Name
Jean Rochefort
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-04-29
Deathday
2017-10-09 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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 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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Known For
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- 2020 Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 Belmondo ou le goût du risque as Self
- 2017 Belmondo, le magnifique as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 Frankenstein 90 as Victor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie
- 1972 Hearth Fires as Alexandre Boursault
- 1975 Innocents with Dirty Hands as Maitre Albert Legal
- 1976 Pardon Mon Affaire as Étienne
- 1994 Prêt-à-Porter as Inspector Tantpis
- 2006 Tell No One as Gilbert Neuville
- 1974 The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse
- 2008 Agathe Cléry as Louis Guinard
- 1961 Captain Fracasse as Malartic
- 1974 The Phantom of Liberty as Mr. Legendre
- 2002 Lost in La Mancha as Self
- 2006 Twice Upon a Time as Louis Ruinard
- 2002 Man on the Train as Monsieur Manesquier
- 1966 Angelique and the King as François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
- 2001 The Closet as Kopel, le directeur de l'usine
- 1990 The Hairdresser's Husband as Antoine
- 1974 The Watchmaker of St. Paul as Commissioner Guilboud
- 2008 I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster as Jean
- 1972 The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Colonel Louis Toulouse
- 1996 Ridicule as Le Marquis de Bellegarde
- 1962 Cartouche as La Taupe
- 1993 Next Time the Fire as Amedeo
- 1977 We Will All Meet in Paradise as Etienne Dorsay
- 1989 I'm the King of the Castle as Jean Bréaud
- 1978 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? as August Grandvilliers
- 2005 Akoibon as Chris Barnes
- 2002 Blanche as Mazarin
- 2011 Titeuf as Pépé (voice)
- 1965 Up to His Ears as Leon
- 1965 Angelique: The Road to Versailles as François Desgrez
- 1993 Wild Target as Victor Meynard
- 1976 Femmes Fatales as Albert
- 2011 Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 Un étrange voyage as Pierre
- 1999 Rembrandt as Nicolaes Tulp
- 1996 The Grand Dukes as Eddie Carpentier
- 1966 Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? as Grégoire Pecque
- 2005 Hell as Louis
- 1993 Tango as Bellhop
- 1980 I Sent a Letter to My Love as Gilles Martin
- 1982 The Big Brother as Charles-Henri Rossi
- 1976 The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside as Le commissaire Pichard
- 2007 The Key as Joseph Arp
- 1973 Mean Frank and Crazy Tony as Louis
- 1967 Two Weeks in September as Philippe
- 2003 Saint-Germain ou La négociation as Henri de Malassise
- 1974 How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby as Foisnard
- 1974 Till Marriage Do Us Part as Barone Henri de Sarcey
- 1987 Tandem as Michel Mortez
- 1996 Palace as Thomas Fausto
- 1979 The Skirt Chaser as Edouard Choiseul
- 1998 Wind with the Gone as Edgard Wexley
- 1975 Let Joy Reign Supreme as Abbot Dubois
- 1973 The Inheritor as Le nonce (André Berthier)
- 1992 Le Bal des casse-pieds as Henri Sauveur
- 2000 Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète as Self
- 1977 Drummer-Crab as Captain, commander of the escort ship
- 1997 Barracuda as Monsieur Clément
- 1987 Le Moustachu as le capitaine Duroc
- 1969 The Devil by the Tail as Le comte Georges
- 1964 Les Pieds nickelés as Croquignol
- 2012 Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia as Lucius Fouinus
- 1965 Le Naïf amoureux as Paul Robignac, adult
- 1981 Birgit Haas Must Be Killed as Charles-Philippe Bauman
- 1975 Isabelle and Lust as M. Vaudois
- 1968 For a Distant Love as Guillaume
- 1984 New Year's Eve At Bob's as Louis Alban
- 2012 The Artist and the Model as Marc Cros
- 1986 La Galette du roi as Arnold III of Corsalina
- 1993 Lost in Transit as Arturo Conti
- 2011 Belmondo, itinéraire... as Self
- 2002 Pierre et le Loup as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 French Postcards as Monsieur Tessier
- 2003 J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend as Narrator (voice)
- 1973 The Conspiracy as Dominique Clavet
- 1964 Beautiful Families as Marchese Osvaldo
- 2014 Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart as Méliès (voice)
- 1973 Hail the Artist as Clément Chamfort
- 2004 Lucky Luke and the Daltons as Jolly Jumper (voice)
- 1990 The Other Woman as Farou
- 1983 A Friend of Vincent as Vincent Lamar
- 1970 The Time to Die as Hervé Breton
- 1987 My First 40 Years as Principe Riccio
- 1971 Le Misanthrope as Alceste
- 1964 Angelique as François Desgrez
- 1979 Courage fuyons as Martin Belhomme
- 1961 The Marriage of Figaro as Le comte Almaviva
- 2007 Mr. Bean's Holiday as Maître d'hôtel
- 1975 Death Rite as Edouard
- 2004 RRRrrrr!!! as Lucie
- 1992 L'Atlantide as Le Meige
- 1998 Le serpent a mangé la grenouille as Monsieur Moreau
- 1997 Clara et son juge as Judge Larcher
- 2017 À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 1997 Never Ever as Gerard Panier
- 1972 The Egg as Victor Dugommier
- 1994 Once a Year, Every Year as Raffaele
- 1990 My Mother's Castle as Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour
- 1982 L'Indiscrétion as Alain Tescique
- 1985 Volley for a Black Buffalo as Lajos Ácsi, the count
- 1995 Tom est tout seul as Jean-Pierre
- 1992 The Long Winter as Jordi Casals
- 2015 April and the Extraordinary World as Pops (voice)
- 2015 Florida as Claude Lherminier
- 1964 Trouble Among Widows as Inspecteur Laforêt
- 1977 The Devil in the Box as Alain Brissot
- 1970 Céleste as Georges Cazenave
- 1983 Un dimanche de flics as A. Rupert
- 2013 Jappeloup as Self (uncredited)
- 1973 Lovely Swine as The police inspector
- 1962 The Iron Mask as Lastreaumont
- 1975 A Happy Divorce as Jean-Baptiste Morin, læge
- 2008 Bien des choses as Sultan the dog (voice)
- 1980 I Hate Blondes as Donald Rose
- 1963 Outpost in Indo-china as Sergeant Hérange
- 1963 La Porteuse de pain as Ovide Soliveau
- 2001 Honolulu Baby as Cri Cri
- 1963 The Blockhead Fair as Didier's father
- 2004 Heureux ? as The interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches
- 1956 Meeting in Paris as L'interne
- 1963 Symphony for a Massacre as Jabeke
- 1985 L'Énigme blanche as Henri
- 1970 La Liberté en croupe as Moss
- 2016 Belmondo by Belmondo as Self
- 1967 The Sunday of Life as Captain Bordeille
- 1978 Grandison as Carl Grandison
- 1958 A Bullet in the Gun Barrel as Léopold, barman of 'Tip Tap'
- 1991 Amoureux fou as Rudolph
- 2010 The Great Restaurant as Un client du restaurant
- 1961 Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend as Fernand
- 2007 Tell No One: The B-Side as Self
- 2019 Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde as Self
- 1962 Sun in Your Eyes
- 2003 The Car Keys as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
- 1968 Don't Play with Martians as René Mastier
- 2013 ... à la française ! as Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2000 Speaking of Buñuel as Self
- 2021 Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 Les Rats as Narrator (voice)
- 1961 Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre as Fernand
- 1958 The Queen of Spades as Le compte Paul Tomsk
- 1992 From Time to Time as Louis XV
- 2026 L'Œuvre invisible as Self
- 1962 La Nuit des rois as Sir André
- 2004 Les bottes as Récitant (voice)
- 2022 Belmondo: The Incorrigible
- 2026 Exception culturelle, la bataille qui a sauvé le cinéma français as Self (archive) - actor
- 1984 The Dogs of Jerusalem as Nicodème
- 1967 La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire as Un causeur dans le boudoir
- 1965 Dim Dam Dom ( 1 episode ) as Grégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine
- 1985 Victoires de la musique ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1987 Nulle part ailleurs ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 The Count of Monte Cristo ( 4 episodes ) as Fernand Mondego
- 2021 Archives secrètes ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 Chez Maupassant ( 1 episode ) as le père
- 1974 Spécial cinéma ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Les Boloss des belles lettres ( 18 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
- 1972 Midi trente ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 Les Bœuf-carottes ( 9 episodes ) as Venturi
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Numéro un ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2012 Square ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1978 Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma ( 40 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 Vivement dimanche ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1990 Stars 90 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 30 millions d'amis ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 On n'est pas couché ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1976 Cérémonie des César ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1976 Cérémonie des César ( 1 episode ) as Self - President
