Jean Rochefort

Acting · Born 1930-04-29 in 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…

Filmography

• Pardon Mon Affaire as Étienne
• Tell No One as Gilbert Neuville
• Lost in La Mancha as Self
• The Phantom of Liberty as Mr. Legendre
• The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Colonel Louis Toulouse
• Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart as Méliès (voice)
• My Mother's Castle as Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour
• April and the Extraordinary World as Pops (voice)
• Jappeloup as Self (uncredited)
• Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible as Self (archive footage)

TV

• Dim Dam Dom as Grégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine
• Victoires de la musique as Self
• Nulle part ailleurs as Self
• The Count of Monte Cristo as Fernand Mondego
• Chez Maupassant as le père
• Le Grand Échiquier as Self
• Midi trente as Self
• Les Bœuf-carottes as Venturi
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
• Numéro un as Self