Louis Jouvet (December 24, 1887 - August 16, 1951) was a renowned French actor and producer. His Anglo-French nephew Peter Wyngarde is an actor.

Louis Jouvet was a living glory of the French theatre where he debuted in 1910. In his life he has worked as pharmacist, manager of a theatre, actor and theatre teacher. He debuted at the movies in 1932 and his best films were of the Golden Age of French cinema called the "poetical realism", e.g. "Hotel du Nord (1938)" or "La Fin du jour, La (1939) (1939)". His character, his eagle-like profile and his unique way of speaking made him unforgetable.