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