Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.
Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to Breton parents. Jean Rochefort was not born in Dinan, but his parents were living there. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.
Rochefort was nineteen years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National. After completing his national service in 1953, he worked with the Compagnie Grenier Hussenot as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noted for his ability to play both drama and comedy. He then became a television and cinema actor, and also worked as director.
After some supporting roles in Cartouche, Captain Fracasse and in Marvelous Angelique, Rochefort played his first big role with Annie Girardot as his wife and Claude Jade as his daughter in Hearth Fires in 1972. In this drama, he starred as a man who leaves his family for ten years before returning. In this film he played at 41 years old a father of adult children (the young Claude Jade was already 23). To appear older, he grew a moustache, his trademark, which he later removed only once, in 1996 for Ridicule.
Four years after Hearth Fires he was the leading star of the midlife crisis comedy Pardon Mon Affaire as a man who risks his married life with Danièle Delorme for an affair with Anny Duperey. Thanks to the success of this film, Rochefort became very popular. In 1972, he starred opposite Pierre Richard as Chief of Counter-Espionage, Louis Toulouse, in the Yves Robert comedy Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, a role he reprised in the 1974 sequel Le Retour du grand blond, also directed by Robert. In 1998, he starred as "Fernand de Morcerf" opposite Gerard Depardieu in the mini-series Le Comte de Monte Cristo.
In the eighties, he became the narrator of the French version of Welcome to Pooh Corner, replacing Laurie Main. This made him popular with children at the time and Disney hired him to record several audio versions of their classic movies. In the 1990s, he returned to comedy with Les Grands Ducs where he played alongside two other actors of his generation with a similar career, Philippe Noiret and Jean-Pierre Marielle.
He was set to play the lead role in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, after being found as "the perfect Quixote" by director Terry Gilliam. Rochefort learned to speak 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.
In 1960, he married Alexandra Moscwa, with whom he had two children: Marie (1962) and Julien (1965). With actress-filmmaker Nicole Garcia, he also had a son Pierre. Through his second marriage with Françoise Vidal, he had two children, Louise (1990) and Clémence (1992). ...
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Filmography (Movies)
Alexandre Trannoy - L’Œuvre invisible
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/03/2025
Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/12/2021
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/11/2020
Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2019
Belmondo ou le goût du risque
Character:Self
Release Date:05/12/2017
Belmondo, le magnifique
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/09/2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2017
Belmondo by Belmondo
Character:Self
Release Date:05/05/2016
Les Rats
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:21/11/2015
April and the Extraordinary World
Character:Pops (voice)
Release Date:04/11/2015
Florida
Character:Claude Lherminier
Release Date:12/08/2015
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Character:Méliès (voice)
Release Date:29/01/2014
Jappeloup
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:13/03/2013
... à la française !
Character:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Release Date:19/01/2013
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia
Character:Lucius Fouinus
Release Date:17/10/2012
The Artist and the Model
Character:Marc Cros
Release Date:28/09/2012
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/10/2011
Belmondo, itinéraire...
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/2011
Titeuf
Character:Pépé (voice)
Release Date:06/04/2011
The Great Restaurant
Character:Un client du restaurant
Release Date:20/02/2010
Agathe Cléry
Character:Louis Guinard
Release Date:11/11/2008
Bien des choses
Character:Sultan the dog (voice)
Release Date:17/05/2008
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
Character:Jean
Release Date:26/03/2008
The Key
Character:Joseph Arp
Release Date:19/12/2007
Tell No One: The B-Side
Character:Self
Release Date:15/10/2007
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Character:Maître d'hôtel
Release Date:22/03/2007
Twice Upon a Time
Character:Louis Ruinard
Release Date:08/11/2006
Tell No One
Character:Gilbert Neuville
Release Date:01/11/2006
Hell
Character:Louis
Release Date:16/11/2005
Akoibon
Character:Chris Barnes
Release Date:13/04/2005
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
Character:Jolly Jumper (voice)
Release Date:08/11/2004
Les bottes
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:12/05/2004
RRRrrrr!!!
Character:Lucie
Release Date:28/01/2004
Heureux ?
Character:The interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches
Release Date:14/01/2004
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
Character:Henri de Malassise
Release Date:20/12/2003
The Car Keys
Character:Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Release Date:10/12/2003
J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:13/08/2003
Pierre et le Loup
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/10/2002
Man on the Train
Character:Monsieur Manesquier
Release Date:02/10/2002
Blanche
Character:Mazarin
Release Date:18/09/2002
Lost in La Mancha
Character:Self
Release Date:11/02/2002
Honolulu Baby
Character:Cri Cri
Release Date:23/03/2001
The Closet
Character:Kopel, le directeur de l'usine
Release Date:17/01/2001
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2000
Speaking of Buñuel
Character:Self
Release Date:09/06/2000
Rembrandt
Character:Nicolaes Tulp
Release Date:09/08/1999
Wind with the Gone
Character:Edgard Wexley
Release Date:12/11/1998
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Character:Monsieur Moreau
Release Date:12/08/1998
Barracuda
Character:Monsieur Clément
Release Date:29/10/1997
Never Ever
Character:Gerard Panier
Release Date:17/09/1997
Clara et son juge
Character:Judge Larcher
Release Date:17/03/1997
Ridicule
Character:Le Marquis de Bellegarde
Release Date:09/05/1996
The Grand Dukes
Character:Eddie Carpentier
Release Date:21/02/1996
Palace
Character:Thomas Fausto
Release Date:12/01/1996
Tom est tout seul
Character:Jean-Pierre
Release Date:25/01/1995
Prêt-à-Porter
Character:Inspector Tantpis
Release Date:23/12/1994
Once a Year, Every Year
Character:Raffaele
Release Date:13/10/1994
Next Time the Fire
Character:Amedeo
Release Date:17/09/1993
Lost in Transit
Character:Arturo Conti
Release Date:01/09/1993
Wild Target
Character:Victor Meynard
Release Date:18/08/1993
Tango
Character:Bellhop
Release Date:03/02/1993
L'Atlantide
Character:Le Meige
Release Date:05/11/1992
From Time to Time
Character:Louis XV
Release Date:12/04/1992
The Long Winter
Character:Jordi Casals
Release Date:15/02/1992
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Character:Henri Sauveur
Release Date:12/02/1992
Amoureux fou
Character:Rudolph
Release Date:07/06/1991
My Mother's Castle
Character:Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour
Release Date:26/10/1990
The Hairdresser's Husband
Character:Antoine
Release Date:03/10/1990
The Other Woman
Character:Farou
Release Date:25/04/1990
I'm the King of the Castle
Character:Jean Bréaud
Release Date:22/02/1989
My First 40 Years
Character:Principe Riccio
Release Date:05/11/1987
Tandem
Character:Michel Mortez
Release Date:17/06/1987
Le Moustachu
Character:le capitaine Duroc
Release Date:08/04/1987
La Galette du roi
Character:Arnold III of Corsalina
Release Date:29/01/1986
L'Énigme blanche
Character:Henri
Release Date:26/12/1985
Volley for a Black Buffalo
Character:Lajos Ácsi, the count
Release Date:16/05/1985
New Year's Eve At Bob's
Character:Louis Alban
Release Date:12/12/1984
Frankenstein 90
Character:Victor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie
Release Date:14/08/1984
Un dimanche de flics
Character:A. Rupert
Release Date:31/10/1983
A Friend of Vincent
Character:Vincent Lamar
Release Date:28/09/1983
The Big Brother
Character:Charles-Henri Rossi
Release Date:08/09/1982
L'Indiscrétion
Character:Alain Tescique
Release Date:21/07/1982
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed
Character:Charles-Philippe Bauman
Release Date:02/09/1981
Un étrange voyage
Character:Pierre
Release Date:04/02/1981
I Hate Blondes
Character:Donald Rose
Release Date:12/09/1980
I Sent a Letter to My Love
Character:Gilles Martin
Release Date:09/04/1980
French Postcards
Character:Monsieur Tessier
Release Date:19/10/1979
Courage fuyons
Character:Martin Belhomme
Release Date:17/10/1979
The Skirt Chaser
Character:Edouard Choiseul
Release Date:17/01/1979
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Character:August Grandvilliers
Release Date:13/09/1978
Grandison
Character:Carl Grandison
Release Date:28/03/1978
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Character:Etienne Dorsay
Release Date:09/11/1977
Drummer-Crab
Character:Captain, commander of the escort ship
Release Date:09/11/1977
The Devil in the Box
Character:Alain Brissot
Release Date:19/04/1977
Pardon Mon Affaire
Character:Étienne
Release Date:22/09/1976
Femmes Fatales
Character:Albert
Release Date:11/02/1976
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
Character:Le commissaire Pichard
Release Date:07/01/1976
Death Rite
Character:Edouard
Release Date:05/09/1975
A Happy Divorce
Character:Jean-Baptiste Morin, læge
Release Date:06/06/1975
Isabelle and Lust
Character:M. Vaudois
Release Date:16/04/1975
Innocents with Dirty Hands
Character:Maitre Albert Legal
Release Date:26/03/1975
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Character:Abbot Dubois
Release Date:23/03/1975
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character:Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse
Release Date:12/11/1974
Till Marriage Do Us Part
Character:Barone Henri de Sarcey
Release Date:24/10/1974
The Phantom of Liberty
Character:Mr. Legendre
Release Date:10/09/1974
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Character:Foisnard
Release Date:19/06/1974
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
Character:Commissioner Guilboud
Release Date:16/01/1974
Hail the Artist
Character:Clément Chamfort
Release Date:06/12/1973
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
Character:Louis
Release Date:23/11/1973
Lovely Swine
Character:The police inspector
Release Date:04/10/1973
The Conspiracy
Character:Dominique Clavet
Release Date:10/05/1973
The Inheritor
Character:Le nonce (André Berthier)
Release Date:22/03/1973
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character:Colonel Louis Toulouse
Release Date:06/12/1972
Hearth Fires
Character:Alexandre Boursault
Release Date:24/05/1972
The Egg
Character:Victor Dugommier
Release Date:08/03/1972
Le Misanthrope
Character:Alceste
Release Date:20/02/1971
Céleste
Character:Georges Cazenave
Release Date:10/12/1970
La Liberté en croupe
Character:Moss
Release Date:30/10/1970
The Time to Die
Character:Hervé Breton
Release Date:08/07/1970
The Devil by the Tail
Character:Le comte Georges
Release Date:07/02/1969
For a Distant Love
Character:Guillaume
Release Date:23/08/1968
Don't Play with Martians
Character:René Mastier
Release Date:31/05/1968
Two Weeks in September
Character:Philippe
Release Date:07/06/1967
The Sunday of Life
Character:Captain Bordeille
Release Date:13/01/1967
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Character:Grégoire Pecque
Release Date:21/10/1966
Angelique and the King
Character:François Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
Release Date:31/01/1966
Up to His Ears
Character:Leon
Release Date:04/12/1965
Angelique: The Road To Versailles
Character:François Desgrez
Release Date:07/07/1965
Le naïf amoureux
Character:Paul Robignac, adult
Release Date:26/06/1965
Beautiful Families
Character:Marchese Osvaldo
Release Date:26/12/1964
Angelique
Character:François Desgrez
Release Date:08/12/1964
Les pieds nickelés
Character:Croquignol
Release Date:30/09/1964
Trouble Among Widows
Character:Inspecteur Laforêt
Release Date:15/04/1964
The Blockhead Fair
Character:Didier's father
Release Date:30/10/1963
La Porteuse de pain
Character:Ovide Soliveau
Release Date:29/08/1963
Symphony for a Massacre
Character:Jabeke
Release Date:23/04/1963
Outpost in Indo-china
Character:Sergeant Hérange
Release Date:16/01/1963
La nuit des Rois
Character:Sir André
Release Date:15/11/1962
The Iron Mask
Character:Lastreaumont
Release Date:26/10/1962
Sun in Your Eyes
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1962
Cartouche
Character:La Taupe
Release Date:07/03/1962
The Marriage of Figaro
Character:Le comte Almaviva
Release Date:25/12/1961
Captain Fracasse
Character:Malartic
Release Date:21/04/1961
Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
Character:Fernand
Release Date:13/01/1961
Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre
Character:Fernand
Release Date:01/01/1961
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Character:Léopold, barman of 'Tip Tap'
Release Date:19/11/1958
The Queen of Spades
Character:Le compte Paul Tomsk
Release Date:22/04/1958
Meeting in Paris
Character:L'interne
Release Date:02/05/1956
Television Appearances
Archives secrètes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Les Boloss des belles lettres
Character:Self - Narrator
Square
Character:Self
Chez Maupassant
Character:le père
On n'est pas couché
Character:Self - Guest
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
The Count of Monte Cristo
Character:Fernand Mondego
Les Bœuf-carottes
Character:Venturi
Stars 90
Character:Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self
Victoires de la musique
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
30 millions d'amis
Character:Self
Numéro un
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Midi trente
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Dim Dam Dom
Character:Grégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine
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