Jean Rochefort
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...)
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Known For
Acting
2020
asSelf (archive footage)
2017
asSelf
2017
asSelf (archive footage)
1984
asVictor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie
1972
asAlexandre Boursault
1975
asMaitre Albert Legal
1976
asÉtienne
1994
asInspector Tantpis
2006
asGilbert Neuville
1974
asColonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse
2008
asLouis Guinard
1961
asMalartic
2002
asSelf
1974
asM. Legendre
2006
asLouis Ruinard
2002
asMonsieur Manesquier
1966
asFrançois Desgrez / Narrator (voice)
2001
asKopel, le directeur de l'usine
1990
asAntoine
1974
asCommissioner Guilboud
2008
asJean
1972
asColonel Louis Toulouse
1996
asLe Marquis de Bellegarde
1962
asLa Taupe
1993
asAmedeo
1977
asEtienne Dorsay
1989
asJean Breaud
1978
asAugust Grandvilliers
2005
asChris Barnes
2002
asMazarin
2011
asPépé (voice)
1965
asLeon
1965
asFrançois Desgrez
1993
asVictor Meynard
1976
asAlbert
2011
asSelf (archive footage)
1981
asPierre
1999
asNicolaes Tulp
1996
asEddie Carpentier
1966
asGrégoire Pecque
2005
asLouis
1993
asBellhop
1980
asGilles Martin
1982
asCharles-Henri Rossi
1976
asLe commissaire Pichard
2007
asJoseph Arp
1973
asLouis
1967
asPhilippe
2003
asHenri de Malassise
1974
asFoisnard
1974
asBarone Henri de Sarcey
1987
asMichel Mortez
1996
asThomas Fausto
1979
asEdouard Choiseul
1998
asEdgard Wexley
1975
asFather Dubois
1973
asLe nonce (André Berthier)
1992
asHenri Sauveur
2000
asSelf
1977
asCaptain, commander of the escort ship
1997
asMonsieur Clément
1987
asle capitaine Duroc
1969
asLe comte Georges
1964
asCroquignol
2012
asLucius Fouinus
1965
asPaul Robignac, adult
1981
asCharles-Philippe Bauman
1968
as
1975
asM. Vaudois
1984
asLouis Alban
2012
asMarc Cros
1986
asArnold III of Corsalina
1993
asArturo Conti
2011
asSelf
2002
as
1979
asMonsieur Tessier
2003
asNarrator (voice)
1973
asDominique
1964
asMarchese Osvaldo
2014
asMéliès (voice)
1973
asClément Chamfort
2004
asJolly Jumper (voice)
1990
asFarou
1983
asVincent Lamar
1970
asHervé Breton
1987
asPrincipe Riccio
1971
asAlceste
1964
asFrançois Desgrez
1979
asMartin Belhomme
1961
asLe comte Almaviva
2007
asMaître d'hôtel
1975
asEdouard
2004
asLucie
1992
asLe Meige
1998
as
1997
asJudge Larcher
2017
asSelf - Actor (archive footage)
1997
asGerard Panier
1972
asVictor Dugommier
1994
asRaffaele
1990
asAdolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour
1982
asAlain Tescique
1985
asLajos Ácsi, the count
1995
asJean-Pierre
1992
asJordi Casals
2015
asPops (voice)
1998
asSelf (archive footage)
2015
asClaude Lherminier
1964
asInspector Laforêt
1977
asAlain Brissot
1970
asGeorges Cazenave
1983
asA. Rupert
2013
asSelf (uncredited)
1973
asThe police inspector
1962
asLastreaumont
1975
asJean-Baptiste Morin, læge
2008
asVoix
1980
asDonald Rose
1963
asSergeant Hérange
1963
asOvide Soliveau
2001
asCri Cri
1963
asSigoules
2004
asThe interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches
1956
asL'interne
1963
asJabeke
1985
asHenri
1970
asMoss
1967
asCaptain Bordeille
2016
asSelf
1978
asCarl Grandison
1958
asLéopold, barman of 'Tip Tap'
1991
asRudolph
2010
asUn client du restaurant
1961
asFernand
2007
asSelf
2019
asSelf
1962
as
2003
asActor who refuses to film with Laurent
1968
asRené Mastier
2013
as
2000
asSelf
2020
as
2015
asNarrator (voice)
1961
asFernand
asGrégoire Alexandrovich, Prince Potemkine
asSelf
asSelf
asFernand Mondego
asSelf (archive footage)
asle père
asSelf
asSelf
as asSelf
asVenturi
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
Production
Crew
Directing
