Personal Info
Роже Блен
Roger Blin
Acting
Biography
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957.
Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art.
He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his productio…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
as Self (archive footage)
The Hospital of Leningrad
as Nestor
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Five and the Skin
as Récitant (voice)
The King and the Mockingbird
as L’aveugle (voice)
The Adolescent
as Romain
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
as Jeanne's father
Nevermore, Forever
as Daniel
That Most Important Thing: Love
as Servais' Father
Aloïse
as Le professeur de chant
