Jean Rochefort
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (born April 29, 1930 in Paris ; † October 9, 2017 there ) was a French actor . He starred in 160 films, mostly in comedies and dramas.
life and career
After Rochefort had worked in theater and cabaret as an actor and director without much success, he began his career as a film actor in the mid-1950s. In the early 1960s, Rochefort established himself in French film as a much sought-after comedian and character actor. He worked as a film and TV actor from 1956 to 2015, taking on more than 160 roles.
Rochefort was often seen in comical films, for example at the side of Pierre Richard , next to whom he appeared in The Big Blonde with the Black Shoe as a scheming head of the secret service. From 1964 he also played in the Angélique series. Several times came Rochefort next to Jean-Paul Belmondo on ( Cartouche, the bandit ) , with whom he collaborated the Paris Conservatoire had visited.
In the dramatic field he established himself in 1972 as the husband of Annie Girardot and father of Claude Jade in Serge Korber's candlelight , who has left the family. At the age of just 41, he impressed as the father of the 23-year-old Claude Jade, who wants to reconcile the parents. But his film son Bernard Le Coq wants to prevent this and the mother dies before he returns. Candlelight also ensured his distinctive mustache. In order to credibly play the father of Jade and Le Coq, the Mustache let him age - and Rochefort only parted with his trademark once, in 1996 for Ridicule . Shortly after candlelight , his secret service chief made him popular in The Big Blonde with the Black Shoe .
From then on, Rochefort also played leading serious roles in films such as The Watchmaker of St. Paul as an inspector alongside watchmaker Philippe Noiret . With the lead role in one of the most successful French comedies of the 1970s, An Elefant is mistaken , in which he tries to cheat his wife ( Danièle Delorme ) with a photo model ( Anny Duperey ) as Étienne , he finally played himself in the front row the French actor. In 1979, he played an accused with his wife ( Marlène Jobert ) in the German film Grandison , who took his own life. His later successes include the title roles in The Hairdresser's Man (1989), The Killer and the Girl (1993) and The Second Life of Monsieur Manesquier (2002). Rochefort was an integral part of French cinema for five decades. Three times he led himself directed .
In 1976 and 1978 he was awarded a César for best male supporting or leading role .
Jean Rochefort died in his hometown of Paris in October 2017 at the age of 87. Since January 1989, Jean Rochefort was married to Françoise Vidal for the second time. The couple had two children. He also had two children from his first marriage and a son from a relationship with the French actress Nicole Garcia .
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: Fracass, the cheeky cavalier (Le capitaine Fracasse)
- 1962: Cartouche, the Bandit (Cartouche)
- 1962: The iron mask (Le masque de fer)
- 1962: Blinded by the sun (Le soleil dans l'œil)
- 1963: Seven dead a week (Symphonie pour un massacre)
- 1964: Angélique (Angélique, marquise des Anges)
- 1965: Angélique, Part 2 (Merveilleuse Angélique)
- 1965: The great adventures of Monsieur L. (Les tribulations d'un chinois en Chine)
- 1966: Angélique and the King (Angélique et le roy)
- 1966: Who are you, Polly Maggoo? (Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?)
- 1967: Two weeks in September (À cœur joie)
- 1969: Grab the tiger by the tail quickly (Le diable par la queue)
- 1972: Candlelight (Les feux de la chandeleur)
- 1972: The tall blonde with the black shoe (Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire)
- 1973: Take care, Nicolas (Salut, l'artiste)
- 1973: The Heir (L'héritier)
- 1973: The Plot (Le complot)
- 1974: The Specter of Freedom (Le fantôme de la liberté)
- 1974: The watchmaker of St. Paul (L'horloger de Saint-Paul)
- 1974: The tall blonde returns (Le retour du grand blond)
- 1974: When the festival begins ... (Que la fête commence ...)
- 1974: How deep have I sunk (Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso!)
- 1975: The innocents with the dirty hands (Les innocents aux mains sales)
- 1976: An elephant is very wrong (Un éléphant ça trompe énormément)
- 1976: The guilty with the clean hands (Les magiciens)
- 1977: We All Go To Heaven (Nous irons tous au paradis)
- 1977: The warrior (Le crabe-tambour)
- 1978: Die Schlemmer-Orgy (Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?)
- 1979: Edouard, the heartbreaker (Le cavaleur)
- 1979: Grandison
- 1979: Who else goes to university? (French Postcards)
- 1979: Now or never (Courage Fuyons)
- 1980: I hate blondes (Odio le bionde)
- 1980: Dear Strangers (Chère inconnue)
- 1981: Two professionals get out (Un dimanche de flic)
- 1982: Big Brother (Le grand frère)
- 1983: Flirting with Death (L'indiscrétion)
- 1983: My Friend, the Womanizer (L'ami de Vincent)
- 1984: Frankenstein 2000 (Frankenstein 90)
- 1986: 30 ° Minus - The coolest comedy of the year (La galette du roi)
- 1988: War of the Spies (TV Series)
- 1989: The castle is mine (Je suis le seigneur du château)
- 1990: The Hairdresser's Man (Le mari de la coiffeuse)
- 1990: My mother's castle (Le château de ma mère)
- 1992: A monkey circus (Le bal des casse-pieds)
- 1993: The Killer and the Girl (Cible émouvante)
- 1993: Tango Mortale
- 1994: Prêt-à-porter
- 1996: Doomed Encounter (Never Ever)
- 1996: Ridicule - On the ridiculousness of appearances (Ridicule)
- 1998: The Count of Monte Christo (TV miniseries)
- 1998: Barracuda - be careful neighbor (Barracuda)
- 1998: The last cinema in the world (El viento se llevó lo qué)
- 1999: Rembrandt
- 2001: A man sees pink (Le placard)
- 2002: Lost in La Mancha (documentary)
- 2002: The second life of Monsieur Manesquier
- 2003: Treason in the name of the Queen (Saint-Germain ou La négociation) (TV movie)
- 2003: Les clefs de bagnole
- 2006: No mortal word (Ne le dis à personne)
- 2006: We get along wonderfully (Désaccord parfait)
- 2007: Mr. Bean's Holiday
- 2007: J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster
- 2012: Asterix & Obelix - On Her Majesty's Order (Astérix et Obélix: Au service de sa majesté)
- 2012: The girl and the artist (El artista y la modelo)
- 2013: Jack and the cuckoo clock heart (Jack et la mécanique du cœur) (dubbing)
- 2015: Floride
Web links
- Jean Rochefort in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jean Rochefort died
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to other information in Dinan
- ^ L'acteur Jean Rochefort est mort à 87 ans. In: Le Monde (online). October 9, 2017, accessed October 9, 2017 (French).
- ^ Jean Rochefort. In: http://www.steffi-line.de/ . Retrieved April 23, 2015 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rochefort, Jean |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rochefort, Jean Raoul Robert (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 2017 |
Place of death | Paris |