Jacques Bonnaffé was formed at the Lille Conservatory after his high school years in Douai (North) where he practiced amateur theater. At 20, he started in the film
Anthracite directed by
Édouard Niermans. In 1995, he is the French voice of actor
Kevin Spacey in the film
The Usual Suspects. He is also dedicated to poetry and readings of
Arthur Rimbaud, Jules Mousseron or other authors such as
Ludovic Janvier,
Valérie Rouzeau,
Jacques Darras or
Jean-Pierre Verheggen. He directs plays with contemporary authors like Joseph Danan,
Jean-Christophe Bailly in
Nature loves to hide. Since September 2015 he is everyday on
France Culture for his column "Jacques Bonnaffé read Poetry". ==Theater==