Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 4, 1937
Place of Birth:
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Thierry Roland
Biography
Thierry Roland (4 August 1937 – 16 June 2012) was a French sports commentator. He was born in the city of Boulogne-Billancourt, and died in Paris of a cerebrovascular event at age 74.
Roland was France's leading football commentator for fifty-nine years. He began his career as a radio journalist for ORTF when he was just sixteen years old. He then became a television sports journalist at the age of twenty. He commentated on more than 1,000 football matches, including thirteen World Cups (beginning with the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile) and nine UEFA European Championships.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Shooting Stars | Self |
| 1999 | A Real Young Girl | TV Commentator (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Les Guignols, les 10 premières années | Self |
| 1996 | Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0 | Self |
| 1986 | The Joint Brothers | Le commentateur du match de foot (voice) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | La Guerre de la TNT | Self |
| 2007 | Off Prime | |
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1975 | Apostrophes | Self |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1956 | En direct de... | self |