Jacques Mayol

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Jacques Mayol, born April 1, 1927, in Shanghai, China, and died December 22, 2001, in Capoliveri, on the island of Elba, Italy, was a French freediver whose story inspired the film The Big Blue (1988). Jacques Mayol grew up in Shanghai, in the French Concession, where his father was an architect. In the summer, the family would often travel to Karatsu, Japan, via the Shanghai-Nagasaki shipping line. It was there that he learned to dive at the age of six. He was fascinated by the "ama," Japanese freedivers who dived for shellfish. It was also in the Nanatsugama caves that he encountered his fi…

  • Acting
  • Born 1 April 1927
  • Died 22 December 2001 (age 74)
  • Shanghai, China
  • 8 credits

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Most-watched Jacques Mayol films currently: The Big Blue (1988), Droit de Réponse (1981), The Big Blue Adventure (1989), Dolphin Man (2017), Ocean Men, Extreme Dive (2002).

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Selected TV credits: Sacrée Soirée (1987), Gaia Symphony (1992).

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