Brontis Jodorowsky

Brontis Jodorowsky
Born (1962-10-27) 27 October 1962
Chile
Residence Paris
Citizenship French
Occupation Comedian, actor
Years active 1970–present

Brontis Jodorowsky (born 27 October 1962) is a Chilean actor and theatre director. He is the son of the Chilean-French writer, director and actor Alejandro Jodorowsky[1] and the French actress Bernadette Landru.

Life and career

He was born in Chile.[2]

His first film experience was in 1970, playing one of the main roles in his father's film El Topo.

When he was 12 years old, his father cast him in an unmade film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. He was trained to play the part of Paul Atreides, the main character of Dune. He had been taught by Jean-Pierre Vignau, a famous French coach in Japanese jujitsu karate, judo, aikido and also with a variety of different knives and swords. His training was intensive: 6 hours a day, seven days a week over a period of 2 years until the film project was shelved. Brontis also revealed that this training was painful and merciless.[3]

Jodorowsky received his acting training in Parisian theatres and at the Conservatoire du XIVe. In 2011 he attended a three-month workshop at the New York Film Academy and in 2013 graduated at the Studio Theatre D'Asnières in France.[4]

He also has a career in theatre; he directed and played in a lot of plays, mostly in Paris. A lot of his plays were presented at the Théâtre Du Soleil. He is also known for his Atrides serie of plays.[5]

In 1991 his daughter, Alma Jodorowsky, was born. She became a French model, singer and actress.

In 2009, he wrote and directed a play with his father and was also an actor in "Le Gorille" (The Gorilla). It became one of his better-known pieces.[6]

In the film La Danza De La Realidad (The Dance Of Reality), he had to play the role of his grandfather that he never knew. He discovered a lot about his father (who directed the film) and what he had endured over his lifetime. This grandfather died before the birth of Brontis, so he never saw him with his own eyes.[7]

Theatre

Plays (as director)

Plays (as actor)

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1970 El Topo Hijo Film by his father, Alejandro Jodorowsky.
1971 Pubertinaje First part only.
1974 El Muro Del Silencio Daniel
1981 Black Mirror
1989 Santa Sangre Orderly 1 Film by his father, Alejandro Jodorowsky.
1999 Gialloparma Fabrizio
2005 J'ai Vu Tuer Ben Barka Graphologie expert.
2007 Le Voyageur De La Toussaint Docteur Sauvaget TV movie.
2010 A Season Of Jodorowsky Himself Documentary. Short.
2012 Táu Gustavo
2013 La Danza De La Realidad Jaime Film by his father, Alejandro Jodorowsky.
2013 Jodorowsky's Dune Himself Documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky .
2015 Anton Tchékhov 1890 Alexandre Tchekhov
2016 Endless Poetry

He is also credited in the short film Echek in the "thanks" section.[8]

TV Series

Character: Landis Episode: Flashback

Character: Patrick Venderlen Episode: Vents contraires

Voice dub

Character: Paolo Sessanelli

References

  1. ↑ "Los retos de la genealogía de la memoria en la narrativa finisecular judío-chilena". scielo.cl (in Spanish). 28 March 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Brontis Jodorowsky". IMDb.
  3. ↑ Jodorowsky's Dune (Documentary, 2013)
  4. ↑ Vatinet, David. "Alma Jodorowsky". Agents Associés (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Le Théâtre du Soleil : Distribution des Atrides".
  6. ↑ "LE GORILLE Bande-Annonce - "Le gorille" Un spectacle d'Alejandro et Brontis Jodorowsky". YouTube.
  7. ↑ Clarence Tsui. "Brontis Jodorowsky on Playing His Grandfather in Dad Alejandro's 'The Dance of Reality' (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  8. ↑ "Echek (2000)". IMDb. 1 February 2000.

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