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Aliases: Жан Рошфор , جان روشفور , ジャン・ロシュフォール , 장 로슈포르

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 67

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Numéro un
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6

Numéro un

(1975) Self
30 millions d'amis
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6

30 millions d'amis

(1976) Self
Midi trente
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6

Midi trente

(1972) Self
Stars 90
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6

Stars 90

(1990) Self
Le Grand Échiquier
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8

Le Grand Échiquier

(1972) Self
The Count of Monte Cristo
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7

The Count of Monte Cristo

(1998) Fernand Mondego
Victoires de la musique
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0

Victoires de la musique

(1985) (Album of the Year for Children)
Dim Dam Dom
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6

Dim Dam Dom

(1965) Grégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Self (archive footage)
2020 Self (archive footage)
2019 Self
2017 Self
Self (archive footage)
Comédien (Images d'archives)
2016 Self
N/A
2015 Pops (voice)
Claude Lherminier
2014 Méliès (voice)
2012 Lucius Fouinus
Marc Cros
2011 (images d'archives)
Self
Pépé (voice)
2010 Un client du restaurant
2008 Louis Guinard
Voix
Jean
2007 Joseph Arp
Self
Maître d'hôtel
le père
2006 Louis Ruinard
Gilbert Neuville
2005 Louis
Chris Barnes
Additional Voices (voice)
2004 Jolly Jumper (voice)
Lucie
The interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches
2003 Henri de Malassise
Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent
Narrator (voice)
2002 N/A
Monsieur Manesquier
Mazarin
Self
2001 Cri Cri
Kopel, le directeur de l'usine
2000 Self
1999 Nicolaes Tulp
1998 Edgard Wexley
Self
Fernand Mondego
N/A
Additional Voices (voice)
Self (archive footage)
1997 Monsieur Clément
Gerard Panier
Judge Larcher
1996 Le Marquis de Bellegarde
Eddie Carpentier
Thomas Fausto
1995 N/A
Jean-Pierre
1994 Inspector Tantpis
Raffaele
1993 Arturo Conti
Victor Meynard
Amedeo
Bellhop
1992 Le Meige
Jordi Casals
Henri Sauveur
1991 Rudolph
1990 Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour
Antoine
Self
Farou
1989 Jean Breaud
1987 Principe Riccio
Self
Michel Mortez
le capitaine Duroc
1986 Arnold III of Corsalina
1985 Henri
(Album of the Year for Children)
Lajos Ácsi, the count
1984 Louis Alban
Victor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie
1983 A. Rupert
Vincent Lamar
1982 Charles-Henri Rossi
Alain Tescique
Self
1981 Charles-Philippe Bauman
Pierre
1980 Donald Rose
Gilles Martin
1979 Monsieur Tessier
Martin Belhomme
Edouard Choiseul
1978 Self - Narrator (voice)
August Grandvilliers
Carl Grandison
1977 Etienne Dorsay
Captain, le Commandant
Alain Brissot
1976 Étienne
Albert
Le commissaire Pichard
Self
1975 Edouard
Jean-Baptiste Morin, læge
M. Vaudois
Self
Maitre Albert Legal
Father Dubois
Self
1974 Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse
Barone Henri de Sarcey
M. Legendre
Foisnard
Commissioner Guilboud
1973 Clément Chamfort
Louis
The police inspector
Dominique
Le nonce (André Berthier)
1972 Colonel Louis Toulouse
Alexandre Boursault
Victor Dugommier
Self
Self
1971 Alceste
1970 Moss
Hervé Breton
1969 Le comte Georges
1968 N/A
René Mastier
1967 Philippe
Captain Bordeille
1966 Grégoire Pecque
François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
1965 Leon
François Desgrez
Paul Robignac, adult
Grégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine
1964 Marchese Osvaldo
François Desgrez
Croquignol
Inspecteur Laforêt
1963 Sigoules
Ovide Soliveau
Jabeke
Sergeant Hérange
1962 Lastreaumont
N/A
La Taupe
1961 Le comte Almaviva
Malartic
Fernand
1958 Léopold, barman of 'Tip Tap'
1956 L'interne
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2016 Director
2010 Director
1974 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2010 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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