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Actor Jacques Perrin dies at 80

French actor and filmmaker Jacques Perrin, who starred in dozens of films including “Cinema Paradiso” and “The Young Girls of Rochefort” and co-directed “Winged Migration”, has died at the age of 80, his family told AFP.

“The family has the immense sadness of informing you of the death of filmmaker Jacques Perrin, who died on Thursday, April 21 in Paris. He passed away peacefully,” they announced in a statement sent to AFP by his son, Mathieu Simonet.

Born in Paris on July 13, 1941, Perrin appeared in more than 70 films in a long career spanning from the 1950s to the present day.

Actor Jacques Perrin dies at 80

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