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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Filmography
all 164
Movies 144
self 25
TV Shows 20
Director 3
Voice 1
Narrator 1
Archives secrètes (2021)
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible (2020)
Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde (2019)
Belmondo ou le goût du risque (2017)
Belmondo, le magnifique (2017)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard (2017)
Belmondo by Belmondo (2016)
Pourquoi Pas (2016)
Les Boloss des belles lettres (2016)
April and the Extraordinary World (2015)
Florida (2015)
Le chercheur inquiet (2014)
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014)
Il est minuit, Paris s'éveille (2012)
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012)
The Artist and the Model (2012)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011)
Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011)
Titeuf (2011)
Cavaliers Seuls (2010)
The Great Restaurant (2010)
Agathe Cléry (2008)
Bien des choses (2008)
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2008)
The Key (2007)
Tell No One: The B-Side (2007)
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
Chez Maupassant (2007)
Twice Upon a Time (2006)
Tell No One (2006)
Hell (2005)
Akoibon (2005)
Lucky Luke and the Daltons (2004)
RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
Heureux ? (2004)
Saint-Germain ou La négociation (2003)
The Car Keys (2003)
J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend (2003)
Pierre et le Loup (2002)
Man on the Train (2002)
Blanche (2002)
Lost in La Mancha (2002)
Honolulu Baby (2001)
The Closet (2001)
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète (2000)
Rembrandt (1999)
Wind with the Gone (1998)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille (1998)
In and Out of Fashion (1998)
Barracuda (1997)
Never Ever (1997)
Clara et son juge (1997)
Ridicule (1996)
The Grand Dukes (1996)
Palace (1996)
Les Bœuf-carottes (1995)
Tom est tout seul (1995)
Ready to Wear (1994)
Once a Year, Every Year (1994)
Lost in Transit (1993)
Wild Target (1993)
Next Time the Fire (1993)
Tango (1993)
L'Atlantide (1992)
The Long Winter (1992)
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
Amoureux fou (1991)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
The Hairdresser's Husband (1990)
Stars 90 (1990)
The Other Woman (1990)
I'm the King of the Castle (1989)
Sueurs froides (1988)
My First 40 Years (1987)
Nulle part ailleurs (1987)
Tandem (1987)
Le Moustachu (1987)
La Galette du roi (1986)
L'Énigme blanche (1985)
Victoires de la musique (1985)
Volley for a Black Buffalo (1985)
New Year's Eve At Bob's (1984)
Frankenstein 90 (1984)
Un dimanche de flics (1983)
A Friend of Vincent (1983)
The Big Brother (1982)
L'Indiscrétion (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed (1981)
Un étrange voyage (1981)
I Hate Blondes (1980)
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
French Postcards (1979)
Courage fuyons (1979)
The Skirt Chaser (1979)
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma (1978)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
Grandison (1978)
Drummer-Crab (1977)
We Will All Meet in Paradise (1977)
The Devil in the Box (1977)
Pardon Mon Affaire (1976)
Cérémonie des César (1976)
Femmes Fatales (1976)
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside (1976)
30 millions d'amis (1976)
Death Rite (1975)
A Happy Divorce (1975)
Isabelle and Lust (1975)
Numéro un (1975)
Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974)
Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974)
The Watchmaker of St. Paul (1974)
T'es fou Marcel (1974)
Hail the Artist (1973)
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973)
Lovely Swine (1973)
Le Complot (1973)
The Inheritor (1973)
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
Hearth Fires (1972)
The Egg (1972)
Midi trente (1972)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Le Misanthrope (1971)
Céleste (1970)
La Liberté en croupe (1970)
The Time to Die (1970)
The Devil by the Tail (1969)
For a Distant Love (1968)
Don't Play with Martians (1968)
Two Weeks in September (1967)
The Sunday of Life (1967)
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966)
Angelique and the King (1966)
Up to His Ears (1965)
Angelique: The Road To Versailles (1965)
Le Naïf amoureux (1965)
Dim Dam Dom (1965)
Beautiful Families (1964)
Angelique (1964)
Les Pieds nickelés (1964)
Trouble Among Widows (1964)
La Foire aux cancres (1963)
La Porteuse de pain (1963)
Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
Outpost in Indo-china (1963)
The Iron Mask (1962)
Sun in Your Eyes (1962)
Cartouche (1962)
Le Mariage de Figaro ou La Folle Journée (1961)
Captain Fracasse (1961)
Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend (1961)
Arden de Faversham (1960)
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (1958)
Meeting in Paris (1956)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1930-04-29
Deathday2017-10-09 (87 years old)
Birth NameJean Raoul Robert Rochefort
Birth Place20th arrondissement of Paris, France
Height
ChildrenClémence Rochefort, Julien Rochefort, Pierre Rochefort
FatherCélestin Rochefort
MotherFernande Rochefort
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsЖан Рошфор, جان روشفور, ジャン・ロシュフォール, 장 로슈포르
AwardsKnight of the Order of Agricultural Merit, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Prize for the best actor of the Union of criticism, Lumières Award for Best Actor, César Award for Best Actor, César Award for Best Supporting Actor, Honorary César, César Award
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