After learning his craft at the theatre with Sacha Pitoëff, Jean-Roger Milo was noticed by the cinema. He appeared in the 1982 movie
Ace of Aces alongside
Jean-Paul Belmondo. In 1993, he was nominated for a
César Award for
Best Supporting Actor for the role of Chaval in the film
Germinal. He played a cop in
L.627. In addition to blockbusters, he has also held roles in more modest productions such as Prison at home or the Sagards movie. Milo's earliest works were minor appearances in
The Key to the Door (1978),
Rosy the Gale (1979), and
Mario Monicelli and the Band of Rex (1980). In 1980 he played the role of a criminal in
The Woman Cop. Milo worked with renowned directors like
Bertrand Tavernier in films like
A Sunday in the Country (1984) and
The Life And Nothing Other (1989).
Claude Berri cast Milo in
Germinal (1993). Jean-Roger Milo died on 12 October 2023, at the age of 66. ==Selected filmography==