Jacques Vergès
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday5 March 1925
Died15 August 2013 (age 88)
Place of birthUbon Ratchathani, Siam (now called Thailand)
Known credits12
Biography
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. He was later involved in a number of controversial and high-profile legal cases, with a series of defendants charged with terrorism, serial murder, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. This include…
The Abdallah Case
2026 · Self
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
On n'est pas couché
2006 · Self - Guest
Brothers in Arms
1992 · Self (archive footage)
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988 · Self
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
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