Jacques Vergès

Actor

Born: March 5, 1925
Died: August 15, 2013 (age 88)
From: Ubon Ratchathani, Siam (now called Thailand)

Jacques Vergès (French pronunciation: [ʒak vɛʁʒɛs]; 5 March 1925 – 15 August 2013) was a French-Algerian lawyer of Vietnamese origin and anti-colonial activist. Vergès began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II, under Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces. After becoming a lawyer, he became well known for his defense of FLN militants during the Algerian War of Independence.…

Filmography (10)

The Abdallah Case (2026)
Self
In the Darkroom
In the Darkroom (2013)
Manifesto of the 121 (2011)
Self
Facing Genocide: Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot (2010)
Self
Guerres secrètes du FLN en France (2010)
Self
Stéphane Guillon - Portraits au vitriol (1ère salve) (2008)
Self
My Enemy's Enemy (2007)
Self
Terror's Advocate (2007)
Self
Brothers in Arms (1992)
Self (archive footage)
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
Self