
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jean Rochefort (born 29 April 1930) is a French actor, with a career that has spanned over five 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.
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Movie | I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster | Jean | 2008-01-18 |
Movie | Tell No One: The B-Side | 2007-10-15 | |
Movie | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Maître d'hôtel | 2007-03-22 |
Movie | The Key | Joseph Arp | 2007-12-19 |
Movie | Tell No One | Gilbert Neuville | 2006-11-01 |
Movie | Twice Upon a Time | Louis Ruinard | 2006-11-08 |
Movie | Akoibon | Chris Barnes | 2005-04-13 |
Movie | Hell | Louis | 2005-11-16 |
Movie | RRRrrrr!!! | Lucie | 2004-01-28 |
Movie | Pride | as Eddie | 2004-06-21 |
Movie | The Car Keys | 2003-12-10 | |
Movie | J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend | Narrator (voice) | 2003-08-13 |
Movie | Saint-Germain ou La négociation | Henri de Malassise | 2003-12-20 |
Movie | Lost in La Mancha | Himself | 2002-02-11 |
Movie | Man on the Train | Monsieur Manesquier | 2002-09-02 |
Movie | Blanche | Mazarin | 2002-09-18 |
Movie | Pierre et le Loup | 2002-10-22 | |
Movie | The Closet | Kopel, le directeur de l'usine | 2001-01-17 |
Movie | Honolulu Baby | Cri Cri | 2001-03-23 |
Movie | Rembrandt | Nicolaes Tulp | 1999-08-09 |
Movie | In and Out of Fashion | 1998-03-03 | |
Movie | Wind with the Gone | Edgard Wexley | 1998-11-12 |
Series | The Count of Monte Cristo | Fernand Mondego | 1998-09-07 |
Movie | Never Ever | Gerard Panier | 1997-09-17 |
Movie | Barracuda | Monsieur Clément | 1997-10-29 |
Movie | The Grand Dukes | Eddie Carpentier | 1996-02-21 |
Movie | Palace | Thomas Fausto | 1996-01-12 |
Movie | Ridicule | Le Marquis de Bellegarde | 1996-05-09 |
Movie | Tom est tout seul | Jean-Pierre | 1995-01-25 |
Movie | Ready to Wear | Tantpis | 1994-12-23 |
Movie | Wild Target | Victor Meynard | 1993-08-18 |
Movie | Tango | Bellhop | 1993-02-03 |
Movie | Lost in Transit | Arturo Conti | 1993-09-01 |
Movie | El largo invierno | Jordi Casals | 1992-02-15 |
Movie | Le Bal des casse-pieds | Henri Sauveur | 1992-02-12 |
Movie | L'Atlantide | 1992-11-05 | |
Movie | Amoureux fou | Rudolph | 1991-06-07 |
Movie | The Hairdresser's Husband | Antoine | 1990-10-03 |
Movie | My Mother's Castle | Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour | 1990-10-26 |
Movie | I'm the King of the Castle | Jean Breaud | 1989-02-22 |
Movie | Le moustachu | le capitaine Duroc | 1987-04-08 |
Movie | Tandem | Michel Mortez | 1987-06-17 |
Movie | My First 40 Years | Principe Riccio | 1987-11-05 |
Movie | The King's Cake | Arnold III | 1986-01-29 |
Movie | L'énigme blanche | Henri | 1985-12-26 |
Movie | Volley for a Black Buffalo | 1985-05-16 | |
Movie | Frankenstein 90 | Victor Frankenstein | 1984-08-14 |
Movie | Réveillon chez Bob | Louis Alban | 1984-12-12 |
Movie | Un dimanche de flic | A. Rupert | 1983-10-31 |
Movie | L'ami de Vincent | Vincent Lamar | 1983-09-28 |
Movie | L'indiscrétion | Alain Tescique | 1982-07-21 |
Movie | The Big Brother | Charles-Henri Rossi | 1982-09-08 |
Movie | Un étrange voyage | Pierre | 1981-02-04 |
Movie | Birgit Haas Must Be Killed | Charles-Philippe Bauman | 1981-09-02 |
Movie | I Sent a Letter to My Love | Gilles Martin | 1980-04-09 |
Movie | I Hate Blondes | Donald Rose | 1980-09-12 |
Movie | The Skirt Chaser | Edouard Choiseul | 1979-01-17 |
Movie | French Postcards | Monsieur Tessier | 1979-10-19 |
Movie | Courage - Let's Run | Martin Belhomme | 1979-10-17 |
Movie | Grandison | 1978-03-28 | |
Movie | Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | August Grandvilliers | 1978-09-13 |
Movie | Le diable dans la boîte | 1977-04-19 | |
Movie | We Will All Meet in Paradise | Etienne Dorsay | 1977-11-09 |
Movie | Le crabe tambour | Captain, le Commandant | 1977-11-09 |
Movie | The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside | Le commissaire Pichard | 1976-01-07 |
Movie | Femmes Fatales | Albert | 1976-02-11 |
Movie | Pardon Mon Affaire | Étienne | 1976-09-22 |
Movie | Death Rite | Edouard | 1976-05-12 |
Movie | Innocents with Dirty Hands | Maitre Albert Legal | 1975-01-01 |
Movie | Let Joy Reign Supreme | l'abbé Dubois | 1975-03-23 |
Movie | 1001 Perversions of Felicia | 1975-09-14 | |
Movie | How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby | Foisnard | 1974-06-19 |
Movie | The Phantom of Liberty | M. Legendre | 1974-09-10 |
Movie | The Watchmaker of St. Paul | Insp. Guilboud | 1974-01-16 |
Movie | Till Marriage Do Us Part | Barone Henri de Sarcey | 1974-10-24 |
Movie | The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse | 1974-11-12 |
Movie | The Inheritor | Le nonce (André Berthier) | 1973-03-22 |
Movie | Le Complot | Dominique | 1973-05-01 |
Movie | Mean Frank and Crazy Tony | Louis | 1973-11-23 |
Movie | Lovely Swine | 1973-10-04 | |
Movie | Salut l'artiste | Clément Chamfort | 1973-12-06 |
Movie | Hearth Fires | Alexandre Boursault | 1972-05-24 |
Movie | The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Toulouse | 1972-12-06 |
Movie | The Time to Die | Hervé Breton | 1970-07-08 |
Movie | La Liberté en croupe | Moss | 1970-10-30 |
Movie | The Devil by the Tail | Le comte Georges | 1969-02-07 |
Movie | Two Weeks in September | Philippe | 1967-06-07 |
Movie | The Sunday of life | 1967-01-13 | |
Movie | Angelique and the King | François Desgrez / voix du narrateur | 1966-01-31 |
Movie | Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? | Grégoire Pecque | 1966-10-21 |
Movie | Up to His Ears | Leon | 1965-12-04 |
Movie | Angelique: The Road To Versailles | François Desgrez | 1965-01-01 |
Movie | Trouble Among Widows | Inspecteur Laforêt | 1964-04-15 |
Movie | Angelique | François Desgrez | 1964-12-08 |
Movie | Beautiful Families | Marchese Osvaldo | 1964-12-25 |
Movie | Outpost in Indo-china | 1963-01-16 | |
Movie | Swords of Blood | La Taupe | 1962-03-07 |
Movie | The Iron Mask | 1962-10-26 | |
Movie | Le Mariage de Figaro ou La Folle Journée | Le comte Almaviva | 1961-12-25 |
Movie | Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend | Fernand | 1961-01-13 |
Movie | Captain Fracasse | Malartic | 1961-04-21 |
Movie | A Bullet in the Gun Barrel | 1958-11-19 | |
Movie | Rencontre à Paris | L'interne | 1956-05-02 |