Jacques Sernas

Jacques Sernas
Jacques Sernas (1955)
Native name	Lithuanian: Jurgis Šernas
Born	Jacques Sernas (1925-07-30) 30 July 1925 Kaunas, Lithuania
Other names	Jack Sernas
Parents	Jokūbas Šernas

Jacques Sernas (Lithuanian: Jurgis Šernas; sometimes credited as Jack Sernas; born 30 July 1925) is a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career.

Early life and education

He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, the son of Jokūbas Šernas, a signatory of the 1918 Act of Independence of Lithuania, who died when Sernas was a year old. His mother took him to Paris, France, where Sernas received his formal education. During World War II, he joined the French Resistance and was captured and interned at the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany.

Career

Sernas worked first as a leading man and later as a character actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Paris in the epic film Helen of Troy (1956).

His more recent appearances have included appearing as a Cardinale Feltin in the television biographical film Pope John XXIII (2002) and as Ambasciatore in the television comedy film Regina dei fiori (2005).

Partial Filmography

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See also

• List of Lithuanian actors
• List of French actors

References

External links

• Jacques Sernas at the Internet Movie Database
• Database (undated). "Jacques Sernas". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2011.