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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.
Acted in 136
2020s
- 2022
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Movie
2010s
- 2015
Florida
Claude Lherminier
- 2014
- 2013
... à la française !
Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2012
The Artist and the Model
Marc Cros
- 2011
- 2010
The Great Restaurant
Un client du restaurant
2000s
- 2008
Bien des choses
Sultan the dog (voice)
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
Jean
- 2007
The Key
Joseph Arp
- 2006
Twice Upon a Time
Louis Ruinard
- 2005
Hell
Louis
Akoibon
Chris Barnes
- 2004
Les bottes
Récitant (voice)
Heureux ?
The interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches
- 2003
The Car Keys
Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
- 2002
Man on the Train
Monsieur Manesquier
Blanche
Mazarin
- 2001
Honolulu Baby
Cri Cri
1990s
- 1999
Rembrandt
Nicolaes Tulp
- 1998
Wind with the Gone
Edgard Wexley
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Monsieur Moreau
- 1997
Barracuda
Monsieur Clément
Never Ever
Gerard Panier
- 1996
Ridicule
Le Marquis de Bellegarde
The Grand Dukes
Eddie Carpentier
Palace
Thomas Fausto
- 1995
Les Bœuf-carottes
Venturi · 9 episodes
Tom est tout seul
Jean-Pierre
- 1994
Once a Year, Every Year
Raffaele
- 1993
Next Time the Fire
Amedeo
Lost in Transit
Arturo Conti
Wild Target
Victor Meynard
Tango
Bellhop
- 1992
L'Atlantide
Le Meige
From Time to Time
Louis XV
The Long Winter
Jordi Casals
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Henri Sauveur
- 1991
Amoureux fou
Rudolph
- 1990
The Other Woman
Farou
1980s
- 1989
I'm the King of the Castle
Jean Bréaud
- 1987
Tandem
Michel Mortez
Le Moustachu
le capitaine Duroc
- 1986
- 1985
L'Énigme blanche
Henri
Volley for a Black Buffalo
Lajos Ácsi, the count
- 1984
New Year's Eve At Bob's
Louis Alban
Frankenstein 90
Victor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie
The Dogs of Jerusalem
Nicodème
- 1983
Un dimanche de flics
A. Rupert
A Friend of Vincent
Vincent Lamar
- 1982
The Big Brother
Charles-Henri Rossi
L'Indiscrétion
Alain Tescique
- 1981
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed
Charles-Philippe Bauman
Un étrange voyage
Pierre
- 1980
I Sent a Letter to My Love
Gilles Martin
1970s
- 1979
French Postcards
Monsieur Tessier
Courage fuyons
Martin Belhomme
- 1978
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
August Grandvilliers
Grandison
Carl Grandison
- 1977
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Etienne Dorsay
Drummer-Crab
Captain, commander of the escort ship
The Devil in the Box
Alain Brissot
- 1976
Pardon Mon Affaire
Étienne
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
Le commissaire Pichard
- 1975
Death Rite
Edouard
Isabelle and Lust
M. Vaudois
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Abbot Dubois
- 1974
Till Marriage Do Us Part
Barone Henri de Sarcey
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Foisnard
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Commissioner Guilboud
- 1973
Hail the Artist
Clément Chamfort
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
Louis
Lovely Swine
The police inspector
The Inheritor
Le nonce (André Berthier)
- 1972
Hearth Fires
Alexandre Boursault
The Egg
Victor Dugommier
- 1971
Le Misanthrope
Alceste
- 1970
Céleste
Georges Cazenave
La Liberté en croupe
Moss
The Time to Die
Hervé Breton
1960s
- 1969
The Devil by the Tail
Le comte Georges
- 1968
For a Distant Love
Guillaume
Don't Play with Martians
René Mastier
- 1967
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Un causeur dans le boudoir
Two Weeks in September
Philippe
The Sunday of Life
Captain Bordeille
- 1966
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Grégoire Pecque
- 1965
Le Naïf amoureux
Paul Robignac, adult
Dim Dam Dom
Grégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine · 1 episode
- 1964
Beautiful Families
Marchese Osvaldo
Les Pieds nickelés
Croquignol
Trouble Among Widows
Inspecteur Laforêt
- 1963
The Blockhead Fair
Didier's father
La Porteuse de pain
Ovide Soliveau
Symphony for a Massacre
Jabeke
Outpost in Indo-china
Sergeant Hérange
- 1962
La Nuit des rois
Sir André
Sun in Your Eyes
Movie
Cartouche
La Taupe
- 1961
The Marriage of Figaro
Le comte Almaviva
Captain Fracasse
Malartic
Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
Fernand
1950s
- 1958
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Léopold, barman of 'Tip Tap'
The Queen of Spades
Le compte Paul Tomsk
- 1956
Meeting in Paris
L'interne
Directed 1
2010s
- 2010
Cavaliers Seuls
Director
Wrote 1
2010s
- 2010
Cavaliers Seuls
Writer
Appearances33
2020s
- 2026
Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français
Self (archive) - actor
L'Œuvre invisible
Self
- 2021
Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord
Self (archive footage)
Archives secrètes
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
- 2020
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde
Self
- 2017
Belmondo ou le goût du risque
Self
Belmondo, le magnifique
Self (archive footage)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2016
Belmondo by Belmondo
Self
- 2015
Les Rats
Narrator (voice)
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2006
- 2003
- 2002
Pierre et le Loup
Narrator (voice)
Lost in La Mancha
Self
- 2000
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
Self
Speaking of Buñuel
Self
1980s
- 1987
- 1985
- 1982
