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