Jean Rochefort

Biography

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 olde…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) — Maître d'hôtel
2. Tell No One (2006) — Gilbert Neuville
3. Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012) — Lucius Fouinus
4. RRRrrrr!!! (2004) — Lucie
5. Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014) — Méliès (voice)
6. The Closet (2001) — Kopel, le directeur de l'usine
7. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) — Colonel Louis Toulouse
8. Jappeloup (2013) — Self (uncredited)
9. Lucky Luke and the Daltons (2004) — Jolly Jumper (voice)
10. April and the Extraordinary World (2015) — Pops (voice)
11. The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974) — Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse
12. The Phantom of Liberty (1974) — Mr. Legendre
13. My Mother's Castle (1990) — Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour
14. Lost in La Mancha (2002) — Self
15. Prêt-à-Porter (1994) — Inspector Tantpis
16. The Hairdresser's Husband (1990) — Antoine
17. Pardon Mon Affaire (1976) — Étienne
18. Ridicule (1996) — Le Marquis de Bellegarde
19. Cartouche (1962) — La Taupe
20. Up to His Ears (1965) — Leon
21. Angelique (1964) — François Desgrez
22. Agathe Cléry (2008) — Louis Guinard
23. The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) — Fernand Mondego
24. We Will All Meet in Paradise (1977) — Etienne Dorsay
25. Titeuf (2011) — Pépé (voice)
26. Angelique and the King (1966) — François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
27. Femmes Fatales (1976) — Albert
28. Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965) — François Desgrez
29. The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974) — Commissioner Guilboud
30. Man on the Train (2002) — Monsieur Manesquier
31. Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) — August Grandvilliers
32. The Inheritor (1973) — Le nonce (André Berthier)
33. Tandem (1987) — Michel Mortez
34. I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2008) — Jean
35. The Car Keys (2003) — Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
36. Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975) — Abbot Dubois
37. Florida (2015) — Claude Lherminier
38. Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975) — Maitre Albert Legal
39. Drummer-Crab (1977) — Captain, commander of the escort ship
40. The Grand Dukes (1996) — Eddie Carpentier

Directed

1. Cavaliers Seuls (2010) — Director
2. T'es fou Marcel (1974) — Director
3. Pourquoi Pas (2016) — Director