Acting
Jacques Vergès
- Born
- Mar 5, 1925 · Aged 88
- Died
- Aug 15, 2013
- Place of birth
- Ubon Ratchathani, Siam (now called Thailand)
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 10
- TV credits
- 2
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…
