Olivier Py

Olivier Py is the kind of total artist I deeply respect. Born in Grasse and working as actor, playwright and theatre director, he has poured himself into an art form that vanishes the instant it ends. The honors he's accumulated, the Legion of Honour, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, and the 2022 National Order of Merit, tell you France regards him as the real thing rather than a passing fashion. I'm drawn less to commercial success than to people who commit a whole life to language and the living stage. Py strikes me as exactly that, a man who belongs under the theatre lights.

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Name (English)

Olivier Py

Name (Japanese)

オリヴィエ・ピィ

Reading

おりゔぃえ・ぴぃ

Born

July 24, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Occupation

actor / writer / playwright / film actor / theatre director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Awards & achievements

• 2022 Officer of the National Order of Merit
• Knight of the Legion of Honour
• Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
• 2016 prix Trop Virilo

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier%20Py
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225531

Tags

• Alpes-Maritimes
• actor
• writer
• playwright

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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