1885 - 1952

He developed his interested in acting at an early age and he went to the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, where he won the acting price "Prix de tragédie" in 1907.
Afterwards he soon became established at the theater where he became a demanded actor. 
Among others he played at the Théâtre de Paris and from 1926 for Louis Jouvets "Comédie des Champs-Elysées" and later at the Théâtre de l'Athenée. When Jouvet died he took over the direction of this theater.

He already appeared in 1911 in a movie for the first time with "La digue" (11), but his appearances in silent movies remained limited.
During World War I he was injured seriously and it lastet long till he recovered from it. To his other silent movies belong "Marion de Lorme" (18), "La fille de l'eau" (25) and "Morgane la sirène" (28).

With the rise of the sound film his brother Jean Renoir convinced him to continue his film career in this new environment and he engaged him for the role of commissar Maigret for his movie "La nuit du carrefour" (32).

This was the beginning of an intensely film career during the 30s and 40s and there were also some more collaborations with his brother.

To Pierre Renoir well-known movies of the 30s belong "Madame Bovary" (33), "Tovaritch" (35), "La bandera" (35), "Les loups entre eux" (36), "La citadelle du silence" (37), "La Marseillaise" (38), "Le patriote" (38), "Le paradis de Satan" (39) and "Nord-Atlantique" (39).

He was able to continue his career during World War 2 and he took part in productions like "L'embuscade" (41), "Nadia la femme traquée" (42), "Madame et le mort" (43) and "Les enfants du paradis" (45).

He continued his cinematical activities after the war and he remained active as an actor till to his death. 
To his last movies belong "Le capitan" (46), "Menace de mort" (49), "Le mystère de la chambre jaune" (49), "Knock" (51) and "Le jugement de Dieu" (52).

Beside the film business he cleaved to the theater as well. 

Pierre Renoir was married with the actresses Véra Sergine, Marie-Louise Iribe - they founded the filmproduction company "Les artistes réunis" - and Lisa Ruis.
His son Claude Renoir became a well-known cinematographer.
 

Other movies with Pierre Renoir: 
L'agonie des aigles (34) La route impériale (35) Veille d'armes (35) Sous les yeux d'occident (36) Quand minuit sonnera (36) L'homme sans coeur (37) L'île des veuves (37) Boissière (37) Mollenard (38) Légions d'honneur (38) Les nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg (38) L'affaire Lafarge (38) La piste du sud (38) La maison du Maltais (38) Le révolté (38) Serge Panine (39) Le récif de corail (39) Pièges (39) Ceux du ciel (41) Le pavillon brûle (41) Histoire de rire (41) Macao, l'enfer du jeu (42) La loi du printemps (42) Le journal tombe à cinq heures (42) Dernier atout (42) L'appel du bled (42) Le loup des Malveneur (43) Tornavara (43) Le voyageur sans bagages (44) Le père Goriot (45) Le mystère Saint-Val (45) Marie la Misère (45) Peloton d'exécution (45) Mission spéciale (46) Concidences (47) Les trafiquants de la mer (47) La dame d'onze heures (48) Cargaison clandestine (48) La grande volière (48) Scandale aux Champs-Elysées (49) La ferme des sept péchés (49) Le furet (50)