
Known for
Acting
Born
March 22, 1907
Birthplace
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Died
January 20, 1984 (aged 76)
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 production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Bl...
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1983
as Nestor
1983
1982
as Récitant (voice)
1980
as L’aveugle (voice)
1979
as Romain
1977
as Jeanne's father
1976
as Daniel
1975
as Murdoc
1975
as Le professeur de chant
1975
as Servais' Father
1973
as Burns
1971
as Boris
1971
as Le Duc Vincentio
1970
as Alcandre
1967
1967
as Pao
1967
as Jean Sans-Tête
1966
as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
1965
1964
as Le grand Claus
1964
as Karl / Boss
1964
1964
as Larsen
1963
as Narrator (voice)