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