Jean Rochefort
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-04-29
Day of Death
2017-10-09 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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
Acting
(2020)
(2020)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
(2017)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2017)
Belmondo, le magnifique
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2016)
Belmondo by Belmondo
as Self
(2015)
April and the Extraordinary World
as Pops (voice)
(2015)
Florida
as Claude Lherminier
(2015)
Les Rats
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
as Méliès (voice)
(2013)
Jappeloup
as Self (uncredited)
(2013)
(2012)
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia
as Lucius Fouinus
(2012)
The Artist and the Model
as Marc Cros
(2011)
Titeuf
as Pépé (voice)
(2011)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
as Self
(2011)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
The Great Restaurant
as Un client du restaurant
(2008)
Agathe Cléry
as Louis Guinard
(2008)
(2008)
Bien des choses
as Voix
(2007)
Mr. Bean's Holiday
as Maître d'hôtel
(2007)
Tell No One: The B-Side
as Self
(2007)
The Key
as Joseph Arp
(2006)
Tell No One
as Gilbert Neuville
(2006)
Twice Upon a Time
as Louis Ruinard
(2005)
Hell
as Louis
(2005)
Akoibon
as Chris Barnes
(2004)
RRRrrrr!!!
as Lucie
(2004)
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
as Jolly Jumper (voice)
(2004)
Heureux ?
as The interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches
(2003)
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
(2003)
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
as Henri de Malassise
(2003)
J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
Lost in La Mancha
as Self
(2002)
Man on the Train
as Monsieur Manesquier
(2002)
Blanche
as Mazarin
(2002)
(2001)
The Closet
as Kopel, le directeur de l'usine
(2001)
Honolulu Baby
as Cri Cri
(2000)
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self
(2000)
(1999)
Rembrandt
as Nicolaes Tulp
(1998)
Wind with the Gone
as Edgard Wexley
(1998)
In and Out of Fashion
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
(1997)
Never Ever
as Gerard Panier
(1997)
Barracuda
as Monsieur Clément
(1997)
Clara et son juge
as Judge Larcher
(1996)
Ridicule
as Le Marquis de Bellegarde
(1996)
Palace
as Thomas Fausto
(1996)
The Grand Dukes
as Eddie Carpentier
(1995)
Tom est tout seul
as Jean-Pierre
(1994)
Prêt-à-Porter
as Inspector Tantpis
(1994)
Once a Year, Every Year
as Raffaele
(1993)
Tango
as Bellhop
(1993)
Lost in Transit
as Arturo Conti
(1993)
Wild Target
as Victor Meynard
(1993)
Next Time the Fire
as Amedeo
(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)
The Hairdresser's Husband
as Antoine
(1990)
My Mother's Castle
as Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour
(1990)
The Other Woman
as Farou
(1989)
I'm the King of the Castle
as Jean Bréaud
(1987)
Tandem
as Michel Mortez
(1987)
My First 40 Years
as Principe Riccio
(1987)
Le Moustachu
as le capitaine Duroc
(1986)
La Galette du roi
as Arnold III of Corsalina
(1985)
Volley for a Black Buffalo
as Lajos Ácsi, the count
(1985)
L'Énigme blanche
as Henri
(1984)
Frankenstein 90
as Victor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie
(1984)
New Year's Eve At Bob's
as Louis Alban
(1983)
A Friend of Vincent
as Vincent Lamar
(1983)
Un dimanche de flics
as A. Rupert
(1982)
The Big Brother
as Charles-Henri Rossi
(1982)
L'Indiscrétion
as Alain Tescique
(1981)
Birgit 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)
The Skirt Chaser
as Edouard Choiseul
(1979)
Courage fuyons
as Martin Belhomme
(1978)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
as August Grandvilliers
(1978)
Grandison
as Carl Grandison
(1977)
We Will All Meet in Paradise
as Etienne Dorsay
(1977)
Drummer-Crab
as Captain, commander of the escort ship
(1977)
The Devil in the Box
as Alain Brissot
(1976)
Pardon Mon Affaire
as Étienne
(1976)
Femmes Fatales
as Albert
(1976)
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
as Le commissaire Pichard
(1975)
Let Joy Reign Supreme
as Father Dubois
(1975)
Innocents with Dirty Hands
as Maitre Albert Legal
(1975)
Death Rite
as Edouard
(1975)
A Happy Divorce
as Jean-Baptiste Morin, læge
(1975)
Isabelle and Lust
as M. Vaudois
(1974)
The Phantom of Liberty
as Mr. Legendre
(1974)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse
(1974)
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
as Commissioner Guilboud
(1974)
Till Marriage Do Us Part
as Barone Henri de Sarcey
(1974)
(1973)
The Inheritor
as Le nonce (André Berthier)
(1973)
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
as Louis
(1973)
The Conspiracy
as Dominique Clavet
(1973)
Hail the Artist
as Clément Chamfort
(1973)
Lovely Swine
as The police inspector
(1972)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as Colonel Louis Toulouse
(1972)
Hearth Fires
as Alexandre Boursault
(1972)
The Egg
as Victor Dugommier
(1971)
Le Misanthrope
as Alceste
(1970)
Céleste
as Georges Cazenave
(1970)
The Time to Die
as Hervé Breton
(1970)
La Liberté en croupe
as Moss
(1969)
The Devil by the Tail
as Le comte Georges
(1968)
Don't Play with Martians
as René Mastier
(1968)
(1967)
The Sunday of Life
as Captain Bordeille
(1967)
Two Weeks in September
as Philippe
(1966)
Angelique and the King
as François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
(1966)
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
as Grégoire Pecque
(1965)
Angelique: The Road To Versailles
as François Desgrez
(1965)
Up to His Ears
as Leon
(1965)
Le naïf amoureux
as Paul Robignac, adult
(1964)
Angelique
as François Desgrez
(1964)
Trouble Among Widows
as Inspector Laforêt
(1964)
Les pieds nickelés
as Croquignol
(1964)
Beautiful Families
as Marchese Osvaldo
(1963)
Symphony for a Massacre
as Jabeke
(1963)
The Blockhead Fair
as Sigoules
(1963)
Outpost in Indo-china
as Sergeant Hérange
(1963)
La Porteuse de pain
as Ovide Soliveau
(1962)
Cartouche
as La Taupe
(1962)
The Iron Mask
as Lastreaumont
(1962)
(1961)
Captain Fracasse
as Malartic
(1961)
The Marriage of Figaro
as Le comte Almaviva
(1961)
Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
as Fernand
(1961)
Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre
as Fernand
(1958)
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
as Léopold, barman of 'Tip Tap'
(1958)
The Queen of Spades
as Le compte Paul Tomsk
(1956)
Meeting in Paris
as L'interne
Crew
(2016)
Pourquoi Pas
Director
(2010)
Cavaliers Seuls
Director, Writer
(1974)
T'es fou Marcel
Director