Jean Rochefort

Also Known As: Жан Рошфор, جان روشفور, ジャン・ロシュフォール, 장 로슈포르

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...) Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Rochefort, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Adult: No

Birthday: April 29, 1930

Age: 95 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: October 09, 2017

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Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
Belmondo ou le goût du risque
Belmondo, le magnifique
Frankenstein 90
Hearth Fires
Innocents with Dirty Hands
Pardon Mon Affaire
Prêt-à-Porter
Tell No One
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Agathe Cléry
Captain Fracasse
The Phantom of Liberty
Lost in La Mancha
Twice Upon a Time
Man on the Train
Angelique and the King
The Closet
The Hairdresser's Husband
The Watchmaker of St. Paul
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Ridicule
Cartouche
Next Time the Fire
We Will All Meet in Paradise
I'm the King of the Castle
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Akoibon
Blanche
Titeuf
Up to His Ears
Angelique: The Road To Versailles
Wild Target
Femmes Fatales
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Un étrange voyage
Rembrandt
The Grand Dukes
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Hell
Tango
I Sent a Letter to My Love
The Big Brother
The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside
The Key
Mean Frank and Crazy Tony
Two Weeks in September
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Till Marriage Do Us Part
Tandem
Palace
The Skirt Chaser
Wind with the Gone
Let Joy Reign Supreme
The Inheritor
Le bal des Casse-pieds
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
Drummer-Crab
Barracuda
Le Moustachu
The Devil by the Tail
Les pieds nickelés
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia
Le naïf amoureux
Birgit Haas Must Be Killed
Isabelle and Lust
For a Distant Love
New Year's Eve At Bob's
The Artist and the Model
La Galette du roi
Lost in Transit
Belmondo, itinéraire...
Pierre et le Loup
French Postcards
J.S. Bach: The Music, The Life, The Legend
The Conspiracy
Beautiful Families
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
Hail the Artist
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
The Other Woman
A Friend of Vincent
The Time to Die
My First 40 Years
Le Misanthrope
Angelique
Courage fuyons
The Marriage of Figaro
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Death Rite
RRRrrrr!!!
L'Atlantide
Le serpent a mangé la grenouille
Clara et son juge
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Never Ever
The Egg
Once a Year, Every Year
My Mother's Castle
L'Indiscrétion
Volley for a Black Buffalo
Tom est tout seul
The Long Winter
April and the Extraordinary World
In and Out of Fashion
Florida
Trouble Among Widows
The Devil in the Box
Céleste
Un dimanche de flics
Jappeloup
Lovely Swine
The Iron Mask
A Happy Divorce
Bien des choses
I Hate Blondes
Outpost in Indo-china
La Porteuse de pain
Honolulu Baby
The Blockhead Fair
Heureux ?
Meeting in Paris
Symphony for a Massacre
L'Énigme blanche
La Liberté en croupe
Belmondo by Belmondo
The Sunday of Life
Grandison
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Amoureux fou
The Great Restaurant
Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend
Tell No One: The B-Side
Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde
Sun in Your Eyes
The Car Keys
Don't Play with Martians
... à la française !
Speaking of Buñuel
Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord
Les Rats
Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre
The Queen of Spades