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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 29, 1930
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Jean Rochefort
Biography
Jean Rochefort (29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor, with a career that has spanned over six decades.
Rochefort was born in Paris, France. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen He was 19 years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National. After his national service, in 1953, he worked with the Compagnie Grenier Hussenot as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noticed for his ability to play both drama and comedy. He then became a television and cinema actor. He has also worked as director.
In his 30s during the shooting of Cartouche, he discovered his passion for horses and equestrianism. He has been a horse breeder since then and now owns Le Haras de Villequoy. His passion led him to become a horse consultant for French television in 2004. He has won two César Awards: In 1976, Best Supporting Actor for Que la fête commence; and in 1978, Best Actor for Le Crabe-tambour.
He was to play the title character in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, after being found as "the perfect Quixote" by director Terry Gilliam. Rochefort learned 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. With recent news of the film's possible restart, Rochefort has been recast with Robert Duvall, due to his inability to ride a horse.
In 1960 he married Alexandra Moscwa, with whom he fathered two children: a girl, Marie (1962), and a boy, Julien (1965).
In 2007, he sang with the French band Dionysos a short verse in l'homme sans trucage: « Vas-y, saute, monte, grimpe à ton cœur, sauve-toi, n'aie pas peur, ouvre grand, mon petit, il est temps d'avaler une énorme bouffée d'air frais, andalucia, anda, anda, andalucia... » (Go ahead, jump, climbs to your heart, save yourself, don't be afraid, open wide, my boy, it's time to swallow a huge breath of fresh air, andalucia, anda, anda, andaluci...)
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord | |
| 2019 | Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde | Self |
| 2017 | Belmondo ou le goût du risque | Self |
| 2017 | Belmondo, le magnifique | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | À la recherche de... Pierre Richard | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Belmondo by Belmondo | Self |
| 2015 | April and the Extraordinary World | Pops (voice) |
| 2015 | Florida | Claude Lherminier |
| 2015 | Les Rats | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart | Méliès (voice) |
| 2013 | Jappeloup | Self (uncredited) |
| 2013 | ... à la française ! | |
| 2012 | Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia | Lucius Fouinus |
| 2012 | The Artist and the Model | Marc Cros |
| 2011 | Titeuf | Pépé (voice) |
| 2011 | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self |
| 2010 | The Great Restaurant | Un client du restaurant |
| 2008 | Agathe Cléry | Louis Guinard |
| 2008 | I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster | Jean |
| 2008 | Bien des choses | Voix |
| 2007 | The Key | Joseph Arp |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Maître d'hôtel |
| 2007 | Tell No One: The B-Side | Self |
| 2006 | Tell No One | Gilbert Neuville |
| 2006 | Twice Upon a Time | Louis Ruinard |
| 2005 | Akoibon | Chris Barnes |
| 2005 | Hell | Louis |
| 2004 | Lucky Luke and the Daltons | Jolly Jumper (voice) |
| 2004 | RRRrrrr!!! | Lucie |
| 2004 | Heureux ? | The interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches |
| 2003 | Saint-Germain ou La négociation | Henri de Malassise |
| 2003 | J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend | Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | The Car Keys | Actor who refuses to film with Laurent |
| 2002 | Lost in La Mancha | Self |
| 2002 | Man on the Train | Monsieur Manesquier |
| 2002 | Blanche | Mazarin |
| 2002 | Pierre et le Loup | |
| 2001 | The Closet | Kopel, le directeur de l'usine |
| 2001 | Honolulu Baby | Cri Cri |
| 2000 | Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète | Self |
| 2000 | Speaking of Buñuel | Self |
| 1999 | Rembrandt | Nicolaes Tulp |
| 1998 | Wind with the Gone | Edgard Wexley |
| 1998 | Le serpent a mangé la grenouille | |
| 1998 | In and Out of Fashion | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Barracuda | Monsieur Clément |
| 1997 | Clara et son juge | Judge Larcher |
| 1997 | Never Ever | Gerard Panier |
| 1996 | Ridicule | Le Marquis de Bellegarde |
| 1996 | The Grand Dukes | Eddie Carpentier |
| 1996 | Palace | Thomas Fausto |
| 1995 | Tom est tout seul | Jean-Pierre |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Inspector Tantpis |
| 1994 | Once a Year, Every Year | Raffaele |
| 1993 | Next Time the Fire | Amedeo |
| 1993 | Wild Target | Victor Meynard |
| 1993 | Tango | Bellhop |
| 1993 | Lost in Transit | Arturo Conti |
| 1992 | Le Bal des casse-pieds | Henri Sauveur |
| 1992 | L'Atlantide | Le Meige |
| 1992 | The Long Winter | Jordi Casals |
| 1991 | Amoureux fou | Rudolph |
| 1990 | The Hairdresser's Husband | Antoine |
| 1990 | The Other Woman | Farou |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle | Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour |
| 1989 | I'm the King of the Castle | Jean Bréaud |
| 1987 | Tandem | Michel Mortez |
| 1987 | Le Moustachu | le capitaine Duroc |
| 1987 | My First 40 Years | Principe Riccio |
| 1986 | La Galette du roi | Arnold III of Corsalina |
| 1985 | Volley for a Black Buffalo | Lajos Ácsi, the count |
| 1985 | L'Énigme blanche | Henri |
| 1984 | Frankenstein 90 | Victor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie |
| 1984 | New Year's Eve At Bob's | Louis Alban |
| 1983 | A Friend of Vincent | Vincent Lamar |
| 1983 | Un dimanche de flics | A. Rupert |
| 1982 | The Big Brother | Charles-Henri Rossi |
| 1982 | L'Indiscrétion | Alain Tescique |
| 1981 | Un étrange voyage | Pierre |
| 1981 | Birgit Haas Must Be Killed | Charles-Philippe Bauman |
| 1980 | I Sent a Letter to My Love | Gilles Martin |
| 1980 | I Hate Blondes | Donald Rose |
| 1979 | The Skirt Chaser | Edouard Choiseul |
| 1979 | French Postcards | Monsieur Tessier |
| 1979 | Courage fuyons | Martin Belhomme |
| 1978 | Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | August Grandvilliers |
| 1978 | Grandison | Carl Grandison |
| 1977 | We Will All Meet in Paradise | Etienne Dorsay |
| 1977 | Drummer-Crab | Captain, commander of the escort ship |
| 1977 | The Devil in the Box | Alain Brissot |
| 1976 | Pardon Mon Affaire | Étienne |
| 1976 | Femmes Fatales | Albert |
| 1976 | The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside | Le commissaire Pichard |
| 1975 | Innocents with Dirty Hands | Maitre Albert Legal |
| 1975 | Let Joy Reign Supreme | Father Dubois |
| 1975 | Isabelle and Lust | M. Vaudois |
| 1975 | Death Rite | Edouard |
| 1975 | A Happy Divorce | Jean-Baptiste Morin, læge |
| 1974 | The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty | Mr. Legendre |
| 1974 | The Watchmaker of St. Paul | Commissioner Guilboud |
| 1974 | How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby | Foisnard |
| 1974 | Till Marriage Do Us Part | Barone Henri de Sarcey |
| 1973 | Mean Frank and Crazy Tony | Louis |
| 1973 | The Inheritor | Le nonce (André Berthier) |
| 1973 | The Conspiracy | Dominique Clavet |
| 1973 | Hail the Artist | Clément Chamfort |
| 1973 | Lovely Swine | The police inspector |
| 1972 | Hearth Fires | Alexandre Boursault |
| 1972 | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Colonel Louis Toulouse |
| 1972 | The Egg | Victor Dugommier |
| 1971 | Le Misanthrope | Alceste |
| 1970 | The Time to Die | Hervé Breton |
| 1970 | Céleste | Georges Cazenave |
| 1970 | La Liberté en croupe | Moss |
| 1969 | The Devil by the Tail | Le comte Georges |
| 1968 | For a Distant Love | |
| 1968 | Don't Play with Martians | René Mastier |
| 1967 | Two Weeks in September | Philippe |
| 1967 | The Sunday of Life | Captain Bordeille |
| 1966 | Angelique and the King | François Desgrez / Narrator (voice) |
| 1966 | Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? | Grégoire Pecque |
| 1965 | Up to His Ears | Leon |
| 1965 | Angelique: The Road To Versailles | François Desgrez |
| 1965 | Le naïf amoureux | Paul Robignac, adult |
| 1964 | Les pieds nickelés | Croquignol |
| 1964 | Beautiful Families | Marchese Osvaldo |
| 1964 | Angelique | François Desgrez |
| 1964 | Trouble Among Widows | Inspector Laforêt |
| 1963 | Outpost in Indo-china | Sergeant Hérange |
| 1963 | La Porteuse de pain | Ovide Soliveau |
| 1963 | The Blockhead Fair | Sigoules |
| 1963 | Symphony for a Massacre | Jabeke |
| 1962 | Cartouche | La Taupe |
| 1962 | The Iron Mask | Lastreaumont |
| 1962 | Sun in Your Eyes | |
| 1961 | Captain Fracasse | Malartic |
| 1961 | The Marriage of Figaro | Le comte Almaviva |
| 1961 | Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend | Fernand |
| 1961 | Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre | Fernand |
| 1958 | A Bullet in the Gun Barrel | Léopold, barman of 'Tip Tap' |
| 1958 | The Queen of Spades | Le compte Paul Tomsk |
| 1956 | Meeting in Paris | L'interne |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Archives secrètes | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Les Boloss des belles lettres | |
| 2012 | Square | Self |
| 2007 | Chez Maupassant | le père |
| 2006 | On n'est pas couché | Self - Guest |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Fernand Mondego |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |
| 1995 | Les Bœuf-carottes | Venturi |
| 1990 | Stars 90 | Self |
| 1987 | Nulle part ailleurs | Self |
| 1985 | Victoires de la musique | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1978 | Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1976 | 30 millions d'amis | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1965 | Dim Dam Dom | Grégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine |