Acting
Community Rating
7.1
TMDB estimate
Born
October 18, 1940
Died
April 6, 2018 (age 77)
Born in
Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (18 October 1940 – 6 April 2018) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Higelin was born on 18 October 1940. His father, Paul, a railway worker and musician of Alsatian descent, introduced his two sons to various forms of music, while his mother, Renée, of Belgian descent, raised them both. Higelin's entertainment career began at age 14, when he left school to work as a stunt double. While playing a number of minor roles in motion pictures, Higelin was taught to play the guitar by Henri Crolla, a French-Italian jazz guitarist and a composer of film scores. By the early 1960s, Higelin was attending the René Simon drama school, where he won the François Perier award. For two years beginning in 1961, Higelin served in the French military in various countries. Upon returning to France, he resumed his film career but increasingly began to focus on music. By the end of the decade, he had become very active in the artistic underground in Paris and began to channel his music towards radical activism. Higelin began attracting popular attention through his live concerts, typically held in smaller venues, and released his first solo album in 1971. By the middle of the 1970s, Higelin had become one of France's most successful pop musicians, and he remains influential to this day. In the 70's Higelin was in a relationship with a French-Vietnamese woman called Kuelan Nguyen. She accompanied him during the recording of an album at Château d'Hérouville Studio, where Iggy Pop was also recording his debut solo album "The Idiot". Iggy Pop became infatuated with Nguyen, who rejected him, but the incident inspired the song China Girl, which later became a hit when re-recorded by David Bowie. Higelin had three children, all of whom became artists: Arthur H, singer, born to Nicole Courtois in 1966; Kên Higelin, actor, born to Kuelan Nguyen in 1972; Izïa, singer, born to dancer Aziza Zakine in 1990. Higelin married Zakine in 2011. Higelin died on 6 April 2018 in Paris. Source: Article "Jacques Higelin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Ce que le temps a donné à l'homme
as Self
2014

Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité
as Self
2013

Jappeloup
as Henry Dalio, first owner of Jappeloup
2013

Colette, une femme libre
as Georges Wague
2004

Raining Cats and Frogs
as Le lion (voice)
2003

Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998

Un homme à la mer
as Pierre
1993

Against Oblivion
as Self
1991

Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self
1990

Savannah
as Colin
1988

Le monde est à vous
as Self
1987

Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987

Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1987

Victoires de la musique
as Self
1985

Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982

La bande du Rex
as Daniel Pautard aka 'Frankie Mégalo'
1980

Numéro un
as Self
1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975

Apostrophes
as Self
1975

Rockpalast
as Self (piano vocal)
1974