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Jean Rochefort | |
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 Rochefort in 1979 | |
| Born | Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (1930-04-29)29 April 1930 |
| Died | 9 October 2017(2017-10-09) (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Grosrouvre Cemetery,Grosrouvre,France |
| Education | CNSAD |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1953–2016 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 6 |
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (French:[ʒãʁɔʃfɔʁ]; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including anHonorary César in 1999.
Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 inParis, France. Jean Rochefort was not born inDinan, but his parents were living there.[1] He was educated at theLycée Pierre Corneille inRouen.[1][2]
Rochefort was nineteen years old when he entered theCentre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined theConservatoire National.[3] After completing hisnational service in 1953, he worked with theCompagnie Grenier Hussenot as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noted for his ability to play bothdrama andcomedy. He then became a television and cinema actor, and also worked as director.
After some supporting roles inCartouche,Captain Fracasse and inMarvelous Angelique, Rochefort played his first big role withAnnie Girardot as his wife andClaude Jade as his daughter inHearth 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 amoustache, his trademark, which he later removed only once, in 1996 forRidicule.
Four years afterHearth Fires he was the leading star of the midlife crisis comedyPardon Mon Affaire as a man who risks his married life withDanièle Delorme for an affair withAnny Duperey. Thanks to the success of this film, Rochefort became very popular. In 1972, he starred oppositePierre Richard as Chief of Counter-Espionage, Louis Toulouse, in theYves Robert comedyLe Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, a role he reprised in the 1974 sequelLe Retour du grand blond, also directed by Robert. In 1998, he starred as "Fernand de Morcerf" oppositeGerard Depardieu in the mini-seriesLe Comte de Monte Cristo.
In the eighties, he became the narrator of the French version ofWelcome to Pooh Corner, replacingLaurie 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 withLes Grands Ducs where he played alongside two other actors of his generation with a similar career,Philippe Noiret andJean-Pierre Marielle.
He was set to play the lead role inThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote, after being found as "the perfect Quixote" by directorTerry Gilliam. Rochefort learned to speak English just for the part. Unfortunately, amongst other production problems, he began suffering from aherniated 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-filmmakerNicole Garcia, he also had a sonPierre. Through his second marriage with Françoise Vidal, he had two children, Louise (1990) and Clémence (1992).
In his thirties during the shooting ofCartouche, he discovered his passion for horses andequestrianism. He was ahorse breeder since then and owned Le Haras de Villequoy. The horse breeding and the estate lent to his character inTell No One, who reflected Rochefort in this regard. His passion led him to become a horse consultant for French television in 2004.
Rochefort died on 9 October 2017 at the age of 87.[4][5]
Rochefort won many awards throughout his career, most notably threeCésar Awards: Best Supporting Actor in 1976 forQue La Fête Commence, Best Actor in 1978 forLe Crabe-Tambour and an honorary prize in 1999. He was nominated for many more awards.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Rencontre à Paris (Meeting in Paris) | Intern | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Une balle dans le canon (A Bullet in the Gun Barrel) | Léopold | |
| 1961 | Vingt mille lieues sur la terre (20,000 Leagues Across the Land), Titre original: Леон Гаррос ищет друга (1960) | Fernand | |
| Le Capitaine Fracasse | Malartic | ||
| 1962 | Cartouche (Swords of Blood) | La Taupe | |
| Le Soleil dans l'oeil (Sun in Your Eyes)[7] | Cameo appearance | ||
| Le Masque de fer (The Iron Mask) | Lastréaumont | ||
| 1963 | Outpost in Indochina[8] | Sergeant Hérange | |
| Symphonie pour un massacre [fr] (Symphony for a Massacre)[9] | Jabeke | ||
| The Bread Peddler | Ovide Soliveau | ||
| La Foire aux cancres [fr] (The Blockhead Fair) | Sigoules | ||
| 1964 | Du grabuge chez les veuves [fr] (Trouble Among Widows) | Inspector Laforêt | |
| Les Pieds nickelés [fr] | Croquignol | ||
| Angélique, Marquise des Anges | François Desgrez | ||
| Beautiful Families | Marquis Osvaldo | (segment "Amare è un po' morire") | |
| 1965 | Merveilleuse Angélique (Marvelous Angelique) | François Desgrez | |
| Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (Up to His Ears) | Leon | ||
| 1966 | Angélique et le roy (Angelique and the King) | François Desgrez | |
| Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Who Are You, Polly Magoo?) | Grégoire Pecque | ||
| 1967 | Le Dimanche de la vie [fr] | Capitain Bordeille | |
| À cœur joie (Two Weeks in September) | Philippe | ||
| 1968 | Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens (Don't Play with Martians) | René Mastier | |
| Pour un amour lointain | Guillaume | ||
| 1969 | The Devil by the Tail | Count Georges de Coustines | |
| 1970 | Le Temps de mourir (The Time to Die) | Hervé Breton | |
| La Liberté en croupe [fr] | Moss | ||
| Céleste [fr] | Georges Cazenave | ||
| 1972 | Les malheurs d'Alfred | Uncredited | |
| L'Œuf [fr][10] ("The Egg") | Victor Dugommier | ||
| Les Feux de la chandeleur (Hearth Fires) | Alexandre Boursault | ||
| Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) | Colonel Louis Toulouse | ||
| 1973 | L'Héritier (The Inheritor) | André Berthier | |
| Le Complot [fr] (The Conspiracy) | Dominique Clavet | ||
| Bel ordure [fr] (Lovely Swine) | Police Inspector | ||
| Dio, sei proprio un padreterno! (Mean Frank and Crazy Tony) | Louis Annunziata | ||
| Salut l'artiste (Hail The Artist) | Clément Chamfort | ||
| 1974 | L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (The Clockmaker) | Inspector Guilboud | |
| Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby) | Foisnard | ||
| Le fantôme de la liberté (The Phantom of Liberty) | Mr. Legendre | ||
| Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (Till Marriage Do Us Part) | Baron Henri De Sarcey | ||
| Retour du grand blond (The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) | Colonel Toulouse | ||
| 1975 | Isabelle devant le désir [fr] (Isabelle and Lust) | Mr. Vaudois | |
| Que la fête commence... (Let Joy Reign Supreme) | Dubois | ||
| Les innocents aux mains sales (Innocents with Dirty Hands) | Albert Légal | ||
| Un divorce heureux (A Happy Divorce) | Jean-Baptiste Morin | ||
| 1976 | Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur [fr] | Commissioner Pichard | |
| Calmos (Cool, Calm and Collected) | Albert | ||
| Les Magiciens (Death Rite) | Edouard | ||
| Pardon Mon Affaire (An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive) | Étienne Dorsay | ||
| 1977 | Le Diable dans la boîte [fr][11] (The Devil in the Box) | Alain Brissot | |
| Nous irons tous au paradis (We Will All Meet in Paradise) | Étienne Dorsay | ||
| Le Crabe-tambour (Drummer-Crab) | The Captain | ||
| 1978 | Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Auguste Grandvilliers | English language |
| 1979 | Le Cavaleur [fr] (Practice Makes Perfect) | Édouard Choiseul | |
| Grandison [fr][12] | Carl Grandison | ||
| Courage - Let's Run | Martin Belhomme | ||
| French Postcards | Mr. Tessier | ||
| 1980 | Chère inconnue [fr] (Sent a Letter to My Love) | Gilles Martin | |
| Odio le bionde (I Hate Blondes) | Donald Rose | ||
| 1981 | Un étrange voyage | Pierre | |
| Il faut tuer Birgitt Haas (Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed) | Charles-Philippe Bauman | ||
| 1982 | L'Indiscrétion [fr] | Alain Tescique | |
| Le Grand Frère (The Big Brother) | Charles-Henri Rossi | ||
| 1983 | Un dimanche de flic [fr][13] ("A Cops' Sunday") | Rupert | |
| L'Ami de Vincent [fr] (A Friend of Vincent) | Vincent Lamarre | ||
| 1984 | Frankenstein 90 | Victor Frankenstein | |
| Réveillon chez Bob [fr] | Louis Alban | ||
| 1985 | David, Thomas et les autres[14] ("A Volley for a Black Buffalo") | Mr. Louis | |
| 1986 | La Galette du roi [fr] | Arnold | |
| 1987 | Le Moustachu [fr] (The Field Agent) | Capitain Duroc | |
| Tandem | Michel Mortez | ||
| My First Forty Years (also known asMy Wonderful Life) | Prince Riccio | ||
| 1989 | Je suis le seigneur du château (I'm the King of the Castle) | Jean Bréaud | |
| 1990 | Le Mari de la coiffeuse (The Hairdresser's Husband) | Antoine | |
| Le Château de ma mère (My Mother's Castle) | Loïs de Montmajour / Adolphe Cassignole | ||
| 1991 | Amoureux fou ("Love Crazy" or "Madly in Love") | Rudolph | |
| 1992 | Le Bal des casse-pieds [fr] | Henri Sauveur | |
| El largo invierno | Jordi Casals | ||
| The Timekeeper | Louis XV of France | Short | |
| L'Atlantide[15] | Le Meige | ||
| 1993 | Tango | Bellhop | |
| Cible émouvante [fr] (Wild Target) | Victor Meynard | ||
| La prossima volta il fuoco[16] ("Next Time the Fire") | Amedeo | ||
| Tombés du ciel (Lost in Transit) | Arturo Conti | ||
| 1994 | Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno (Once a Year, Every Year) | Raffaele | |
| Prêt-à-Porter | Inspector Tantpis | ||
| 1995 | Tom est tout seul[17] | Jean-Pierre | |
| Palace[18] | Thomas Fausto | ||
| 1996 | Les Grands Ducs | Eddie Carpentier | |
| Ridicule | Marquis of Bellegarde | ||
| Never Ever | Gerard Panier | ||
| 1997 | Barracuda [fr] | Mr. Clément | |
| 1998 | Le Serpent a mangé la grenouille[19] | Mr. Moreau | |
| Le Comte de Monte Cristo[20] ("The Count of Monte Cristo") | Fernand de Morcerf | 4 episodes | |
| El viento se llevó lo qué [it][21] ("Gone with the wind") | Edgar Wexley | ||
| 1999 | Rembrandt | Nicolaes Tulp | |
| 2001 | Le Placard | Kopel | |
| Honolulu Baby[22] | Cri Cri | ||
| La Vie sans secret de Walter Nions[23] | Walter Nions | Short | |
| 2002 | L'homme du train (The Man on the Train) | Manesquier | |
| Blanche [fr] | Cardinal Mazarin | ||
| Lost in La Mancha | Himself | Uncredited | |
| 2003 | Fanfan la tulipe | Narrator | Voice |
| Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach | Narrator | Voice | |
| Les Clefs de bagnole (The Car Keys) | Himself | cameo appearance | |
| 2004 | RRRrrrr!!! | Lucie | |
| Frankenstein | Old Blind Man | Miniseries | |
| Les Dalton (The Daltons) | Jolly Jumper | Voice | |
| 2005 | Akoibon [fr] | Chris Barnes | |
| L'enfer (Hell) | Louis | ||
| 2006 | Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One) | Gilbert Neuville | |
| Désaccord parfait [fr] | Louis Ruinard | ||
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Head Waiter | |
| I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster | Jean | ||
| La clef | Joseph Arp | ||
| 2008 | id - Identity of the Soul | Narrator | |
| Agathe Cléry | Louis Guignard | ||
| 2011 | Titeuf | Pépé | Voice |
| 2012 | The Artist and the Model | Marc Cros | |
| Astérix et Obélix: Au service de sa Majesté (Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia) | Lucius Fouinus | ||
| 2013 | Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart | Méliès | Voice |
| Jappeloup | Himself | Uncredited | |
| 2015 | April and the Twisted World | Pops | Voice |
| Floride | Claude Lherminier |
Note critique : Un hommage flamboyant au Boulevard du crime. Une mise en scène insolente et une troupe de comédiens qui joue le jeu avec un bonheur évident. En tête, Jean Rochefort qui interprète avec panache le célèbre Robert Macaire.
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