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