Jean Rochefort
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Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999. Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to Breton parents. Jean Rochefort was not born in Dinan, but his parents were living there. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. Rochefort was nineteen years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National. After completing his national service in 1953, he worked with the Compagnie Grenier Hussenot as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noted for his ability to play both drama and comedy. He then became a television and cinema actor, and also worked as director. After some supporting roles in Cartouche, Captain Fracasse and in Marvelous Angelique, Rochefort played his first big role with Annie Girardot as his wife and Claude Jade as his daughter in Hearth Fires in 1972. In this drama, he starred as a man who leaves his family for ten years before returning. In this film he played at 41 years old a father of adult children (the young Claude Jade was already 23). To appear older, he grew a moustache, his trademark, which he later removed only once, in 1996 for Ridicule. Four years after Hearth Fires he was the leading star of the midlife crisis comedy Pardon Mon Affaire as a man who risks his married life with Danièle Delorme for an affair with Anny Duperey. Thanks to the success of this film, Rochefort became very popular. In 1972, he starred opposite Pierre Richard as Chief of Counter-Espionage, Louis Toulouse, in the Yves Robert comedy Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, a role he reprised in the 1974 sequel Le Retour du grand blond, also directed by Robert. In 1998, he starred as "Fernand de Morcerf" opposite Gerard Depardieu in the mini-series Le Comte de Monte Cristo. In the eighties, he became the narrator of the French version of Welcome to Pooh Corner, replacing Laurie Main. This made him popular with children at the time and Disney hired him to record several audio versions of their classic movies. In the 1990s, he returned to comedy with Les Grands Ducs where he played alongside two other actors of his generation with a similar career, Philippe Noiret and Jean-Pierre Marielle. He was set to play the lead role in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, after being found as "the perfect Quixote" by director Terry Gilliam. Rochefort learned to speak English just for the part. Unfortunately, amongst other production problems, he began suffering from a herniated disc. Unable to film for months, production was cancelled. A documentary, Lost in La Mancha, was made about the failed production. In 1960, he married Alexandra Moscwa, with whom he had two children: Marie (1962) and Julien (1965). With actress-filmmaker Nicole Garcia, he also had a son Pierre. Through his second marriage with Françoise Vidal, he had two children, Louise (1990) and Clémence (1992). ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Rochefort, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012)
as Lucius Fouinus
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
as Maître d'hôtel
The Conspiracy (1973)
as Dominique Clavet
Lucky Luke and the Daltons (2004)
as Jolly Jumper (voice)
Agathe Cléry (2008)
as Louis Guinard
The Skirt Chaser (1979)
as Edouard Choiseul
The Closet (2001)
as Kopel, le directeur de l'usine
Prêt-à-Porter (1994)
as Inspector Tantpis
Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011)
as Self
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014)
as Méliès (voice)
Tell No One (2006)
as Gilbert Neuville
Jappeloup (2013)
as Self (uncredited)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
as Colonel Louis Toulouse
Les bottes (2004)
as Récitant (voice)
April and the Extraordinary World (2015)
as Pops (voice)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
as Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour
Tango (1993)
as Bellhop
French Postcards (1979)
as Monsieur Tessier
The Time to Die (1970)
as Hervé Breton
Death Rite (1975)
as Edouard
Angelique (1964)
as François Desgrez
RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
as Lucie
L'Œuvre invisible (2026)
as Self
Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
Actor
We Will All Meet in Paradise (1977)
as Etienne Dorsay
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
as Mr. Legendre
The Hairdresser's Husband (1990)
as Antoine
Captain Fracasse (1961)
as Malartic
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français (2026)
as Self (archive) - actor
Belmondo by Belmondo (2016)
as Self
J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Femmes Fatales (1976)
as Albert
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974)
as Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse
Amoureux fou (1991)
as Rudolph
Angelique and the King (1966)
as François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
La Nuit des rois (1962)
as Sir André
The Artist and the Model (2012)
as Marc Cros
My First 40 Years (1987)
as Principe Riccio
Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965)
as François Desgrez
A Friend of Vincent (1983)
as Vincent Lamar
Sun in Your Eyes (1962)
Actor
Two Weeks in September (1967)
as Philippe
Up to His Ears (1965)
as Leon
Pardon Mon Affaire (1976)
as Étienne
Lovely Swine (1973)
as The police inspector
Hail the Artist (1973)
as Clément Chamfort
Man on the Train (2002)
as Monsieur Manesquier
Clara et son juge (1997)
as Judge Larcher
L'Énigme blanche (1985)
as Henri
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
as August Grandvilliers
The Iron Mask (1962)
as Lastreaumont
Belmondo, le magnifique (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
as Jabeke
Hell (2005)
as Louis
Saint-Germain ou La négociation (2003)
as Henri de Malassise
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973)
as Louis
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
as Self
Isabelle and Lust (1975)
as M. Vaudois
The Dogs of Jerusalem (1984)
as Nicodème
Wind with the Gone (1998)
as Edgard Wexley
Cartouche (1962)
as La Taupe
Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
as Maitre Albert Legal
Les Rats (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)
as Grégoire Pecque
The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
as Commissioner Guilboud
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2008)
as Jean
Ridicule (1996)
as Le Marquis de Bellegarde
The Devil by the Tail (1969)
as Le comte Georges
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed (1981)
as Charles-Philippe Bauman
The Inheritor (1973)
as Le nonce (André Berthier)
Volley for a Black Buffalo (1985)
as Lajos Ácsi, the count
Courage fuyons (1979)
as Martin Belhomme
The Key (2007)
as Joseph Arp
La Porteuse de pain (1963)
as Ovide Soliveau
Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)
as Barone Henri de Sarcey
La Galette du roi (1986)
as Arnold III of Corsalina
The Grand Dukes (1996)
as Eddie Carpentier
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
as Henri Sauveur
Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend (1961)
as Fernand
Florida (2015)
as Claude Lherminier
Tom est tout seul (1995)
as Jean-Pierre
Beautiful Families (1964)
as Marchese Osvaldo
Blanche (2002)
as Mazarin
I'm the King of the Castle (1989)
as Jean Bréaud
Frankenstein 90 (1984)
as Victor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
as Abbot Dubois
Titeuf (2011)
as Pépé (voice)
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside (1976)
as Le commissaire Pichard
Le Moustachu (1987)
as le capitaine Duroc
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Blockhead Fair (1963)
as Didier's father
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974)
as Foisnard
The Long Winter (1992)
as Jordi Casals
Rembrandt (1999)
as Nicolaes Tulp
Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre (1961)
as Fernand
For a Distant Love (1968)
as Guillaume
Belmondo ou le goût du risque (2017)
as Self
The Big Brother (1982)
as Charles-Henri Rossi
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire (1967)
as Un causeur dans le boudoir
Barracuda (1997)
as Monsieur Clément
Outpost in Indo-china (1963)
as Sergeant Hérange
The Sunday of Life (1967)
as Captain Bordeille
New Year's Eve At Bob's (1984)
as Louis Alban
Trouble Among Widows (1964)
as Inspecteur Laforêt
The Car Keys (2003)
as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
From Time to Time (1992)
as Louis XV
La Liberté en croupe (1970)
as Moss
Speaking of Buñuel (2000)
as Self
Drummer-Crab (1977)
as Captain, commander of the escort ship
The Devil in the Box (1977)
as Alain Brissot
Next Time the Fire (1993)
as Amedeo
Lost in Transit (1993)
as Arturo Conti
Palace (1996)
as Thomas Fausto
Un étrange voyage (1981)
as Pierre
Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde (2019)
as Self
I Hate Blondes (1980)
as Donald Rose
Don't Play with Martians (1968)
as René Mastier
Tandem (1987)
as Michel Mortez
Les Pieds nickelés (1964)
as Croquignol
L'Indiscrétion (1982)
as Alain Tescique
The Marriage of Figaro (1961)
as Le comte Almaviva
Wild Target (1993)
as Victor Meynard
Heureux ? (2004)
as The interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches
Un dimanche de flics (1983)
as A. Rupert
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète (2000)
as Self
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
as Louis Ruinard
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard (2017)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hearth Fires (1972)
as Alexandre Boursault
Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
L'Atlantide (1992)
as Le Meige
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (1958)
as Léopold, barman of 'Tip Tap'
Céleste (1970)
as Georges Cazenave
Tell No One: The B-Side (2007)
as Self
The Queen of Spades (1958)
as Le compte Paul Tomsk
Grandison (1978)
as Carl Grandison
Honolulu Baby (2001)
as Cri Cri
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
as Gilles Martin
Never Ever (1997)
as Gerard Panier
The Great Restaurant (2010)
as Un client du restaurant
Once a Year, Every Year (1994)
as Raffaele
A Happy Divorce (1975)
as Jean-Baptiste Morin, læge
Akoibon (2005)
as Chris Barnes
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille (1998)
as Monsieur Moreau
Pierre et le Loup (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
... à la française ! (2013)
as Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Other Woman (1990)
as Farou
The Egg (1972)
as Victor Dugommier
Le Naïf amoureux (1965)
as Paul Robignac, adult
Le Misanthrope (1971)
as Alceste
Meeting in Paris (1956)
as L'interne
Bien des choses (2008)
as Sultan the dog (voice)