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Jean Rochefort
Actor
Born April 29, 1930Died October 9, 2017 (87 years)
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). ...
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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). ...
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Jean Rochefort Filmography
| 2020 | Le fantôme de Laurent Terzieff · as Cast |
| 2015 | The Rats · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | April and the Extraordinary World · as Pops (voice) |
| 2015 | Florida · as Claude Lherminier |
| 2013 | Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart · as Méliès (voice) |
| 2013 | À la française · as Minister Of Foreign Affairs |
| 2012 | Astérix and Obélix: God Save Britannia · as Lucius Fouinus |
| 2012 | The Artist and the Model · as Marc Cros |
| 2011 | Titeuf: The Movie · as Pépé (voice) |
| 2010 | The Great Restaurant · as Un Client Du Restaurant |
| 2008 | Agathe Cléry · as Louis Guinard |
| 2007 | I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster · as Jean |
| 2007 | The Key · as Joseph Arp |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday · as Maître D'hôtel |
| 2007 | Chez Maupassant (TV Series) · as Le Père |
| 2006 | Twice Upon a Time · as Louis Ruinard |
| 2006 | Tell No One · as Gilbert Neuville |
| 2005 | Hell · as Louis |
| 2005 | Akoibon · as Chris Barnes |
| 2004 | Lucky Luke and the Daltons · as Jolly Jumper (voice) |
| 2004 | Frankenstein (2004) (TV Series) · as Old Blind Man |
| 2004 | Pride · as Eddie (french Version) |
| 2004 | RRRrrrr!!! · as Lucie |
| 2003 | Saint-Germain ou La négociation · as Henri De Malassise |
| 2003 | Les clefs de bagnole · as Actor Who Refuses To Film With Laurent |
| 2003 | Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Fanfan · as Récitant |
| 2002 | Man on the Train · as Monsieur Manesquier |
| 2002 | Blanche · as Mazarin |
| 2001 | Honolulu Baby · as Cri Cri |
| 2001 | The Closet · as Kopel, Le Directeur De L'usine |
| 1999 | Rembrandt · as Nicolaes Tulp |
| 1998 | Wind with the Gone · as Edgard Wexley |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (TV Series) · as Fernand Mondego |
| 1997 | Barracuda · as Monsieur Clément |
| 1997 | Clara et son juge · as Judge Larcher |
| 1996 | Never Ever · as Gerard Panier |
| 1996 | Ridicule · as Le Marquis De Bellegarde |
| 1996 | Les grands ducs · as Eddie Carpentier |
| 1995 | Palace · as Thomas Fausto |
| 1995 | Les boeuf-carottes (TV Series) · as Venturi |
| 1995 | Tom est tout seul · as Jean-Pierre |
| 1994 | Ready to Wear · as Inspector Tantpis |
| 1993 | Lost in Transit · as Arturo Conti |
| 1993 | Wild Target · as Victor Meynard |
| 1993 | Tango · as Bellhop |
| 1992 | L'Atlantide · as Le Meige |
| 1992 | The Long Winter · as Jordi Casals |
| 1992 | Le bal des casse-pieds · as Henri Sauveur |
| 1991 | Amoureux fou · as Rudolph |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle · as Adolphe Cassignol, Aka Loïs De Montmajour |
| 1990 | The Hairdresser's Husband · as Antoine |
| 1989 | I'm the King of the Castle · as Jean Bréaud |
| 1987 | I miei primi 40 anni · as Principe Riccio |
| 1987 | Tandem · as Michel Mortez |
| 1987 | Le moustachu · as Le Capitaine Duroc |
| 1986 | The King's Cake · as Arnold Iii Of Corsalina |
| 1985 | L'énigme blanche · as Henri |
| 1985 | Sortüz egy fekete bivalyért · as Lajos Ácsi, The Count |
| 1984 | New Year's Eve at Bob's · as Louis Alban |
| 1984 | Frankenstein 90 · as Victor Frankenstein, Alias Victor Lafaurie |
| 1983 | A Friend of Vincent · as Vincent Lamar |
| 1983 | Un dimanche de flic · as A. Rupert |
| 1982 | Le grand frère · as Charles-Henri Rossi |
| 1982 | L'indiscrétion · as Alain Tescique |
| 1981 | Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed · as Charles-Philippe Bauman |
| 1981 | Un étrange voyage · as Pierre |
| 1980 | I Hate Blondes · as Donald Rose |
| 1980 | I Sent a Letter to My Love · as Gilles Martin |
| 1979 | French Postcards · as Monsieur Tessier |
| 1979 | Courage fuyons · as Martin Belhomme |
| 1979 | Practice Makes Perfect · as Edouard Choiseul |
| 1978 | Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? · as August Grandvilliers |
| 1977 | Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! · as Etienne Dorsay |
| 1977 | Le Crabe-Tambour · as Captain, Commander Of The Escort Ship |
| 1976 | Pardon Mon Affaire · as Étienne |
| 1976 | Femmes Fatales · as Albert |
| 1976 | Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur · as Le Commissaire Pichard |
| 1975 | Death Rite · as Edouard |
| 1975 | A Happy Divorce · as Jean-Baptiste Morin, Læge |
| 1975 | Dirty Hands · as Maitre Albert Legal |
| 1975 | Let Joy Reign Supreme · as Abbot Dubois |
| 1974 | The Return of the Tall Blond Man · as Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse |
| 1974 | Till Marriage Do Us Part · as Barone Henri De Sarcey |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty · as Mr. Legendre |
| 1974 | How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby · as Foisnard |
| 1974 | The Clockmaker · as Commissioner Guilboud |
| 1973 | Salut l'artiste · as Clément Chamfort |
| 1973 | Mean Frank and Crazy Tony · as Louis |
| 1973 | Le complot · as Dominique Clavet |
| 1973 | The Inheritor · as Le Nonce (andré Berthier) |
| 1972 | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe · as Colonel Louis Toulouse |
| 1972 | Hearth Fires · as Alexandre Boursault |
| 1972 | The Troubles of Alfred · as Voice Only |
| 1970 | The Time to Die · as Hervé Breton |
| 1969 | The Devil by the Tail · as Le Comte Georges |
| 1968 | Pour un amour lointain · as Guillaume |
| 1968 | Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens · as René Mastier |
| 1967 | Two Weeks in September · as Philippe |
| 1967 | The Sunday of Life · as Captain Bordeille |
| 1966 | Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? · as Grégoire Pecque |
| 1966 | Angelique and the King · as François Desgrez / Narrator (voice) |
| 1965 | Up to His Ears · as Leon |
| 1965 | Merveilleuse Angélique · as François Desgrez |
| 1965 | Dim Dam Dom (TV Series) · as Grégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine |
| 1964 | Beautiful Families · as Marchese Osvaldo |
| 1964 | Angélique · as François Desgrez |
| 1964 | Les pieds nickelés · as Croquignol |
| 1964 | Trouble Among Widows · as Inspector Laforêt |
| 1963 | The Bread Peddler · as Ovide Soliveau |
| 1963 | Symphonie pour un massacre · as Jabeke |
| 1963 | Outpost in Indo-china · as Sergeant Hérange |
| 1962 | The Iron Mask · as Lastreaumont |
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| 1962 | Cartouche · as La Taupe |
| 1961 | Captain Fracasse · as Malartic |
| 1961 | Leon Garros ishchet druga · as Fernand |
| 1960 | The Youth Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | A Bullet in the Gun Barrel · as Léopold, Barman Of 'tip Tap' |
| 1957 | The camera explores time (TV Series) · as Chauveau-Lagarde |
| 1956 | Meeting in Paris · as L'interne |