:Jean Rochefort

{{Infobox person

| name = Jean Rochefort

| image = Jean Rochefort, Bestanddeelnr 930-2697.jpg

| caption = Rochefort in 1979

| birth_name = Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|04|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, Third French Republic

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|09|1930|04|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Paris, France

| resting_place = Grosrouvre Cemetery, Grosrouvre, France

| education = CNSAD

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1953–2016

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Elisabeth Bardin|1952|1960|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Alexandra Moscwa|1960|1981|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Françoise Vidal|1989}}

}}

| children = 6

}}

Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort ({{IPA|fr|ʒã ʁɔʃfɔʁ|lang}}; 29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.

Life and career

Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to Breton parents.Source: Who's Who Jean Rochefort was not born in Dinan, but his parents were living there. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.{{cite web|url=http://lgcorneille-lyc.spip.ac-rouen.fr/spip.php?article6|title=Lycée Pierre Corneille de Rouen. The Lycée Corneille of Rouen|website=lgcorneille-lyc.spip.ac-rouen.fr}}{{Cite book|author=Jacques Lafitte, Stephen Taylor|title=Qui est qui en France|publisher=J. Lafitte|date=1999|page=1471}}

Rochefort was nineteen years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National.{{cite web |title=Jean ROCHEFORT |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/artiste/jean-rochefort |website=Festival de Cannes |date=17 May 2011 |access-date=12 February 2022 |language=fr}} 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.

Personal life

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).

In his thirties during the shooting of Cartouche, he discovered his passion for horses and equestrianism. He was a horse breeder since then and owned Le Haras de Villequoy. His passion led him to become a horse consultant for French television in 2004.

Death

Rochefort died on 9 October 2017 at the age of 87.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/url-jean-rochefort-dead-mort-films-don-quixote-dies-age-87-paris-tributes-a7990426.html|title=French acting legend Jean Rochefort has died|date=9 October 2017|work=The Independent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009165203/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/url-jean-rochefort-dead-mort-films-don-quixote-dies-age-87-paris-tributes-a7990426.html |archive-date= 2017-10-09|url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://parismatch.be/actualites/people/80155/jean-rochefort-la-mort-de-lelegant-du-cinema-francais|title=Jean Rochefort, la mort de l'élégant du cinéma français|date=2017-10-09|website=parismatch.be|first=Yannick |last=Vely |language=fr|access-date=2019-05-17}}

Awards

Rochefort won many awards throughout his career, most notably three César Awards: Best Supporting Actor in 1976 for Que La Fête Commence, Best Actor in 1978 for Le Crabe-Tambour and an honorary prize in 1999. He was nominated for many more awards.{{Cite web |title=Jean Rochefort |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734000/awards |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=IMDb}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1956 \|Rencontre à Paris (Meeting in Paris) \|Intern \|Uncredited
1958 \|Une balle dans le canon (A Bullet in the Gun Barrel) \|Léopold \|
rowspan=2\|1961 \|Vingt mille lieues sur la terre (20,000 Leagues Across the Land), Titre original: Леон Гаррос ищет друга (1960) \|Fernand \|
Le Capitaine Fracasse \|Malartic \|
rowspan=3\|1962 \|Cartouche (Swords of Blood) \|La Taupe \|
Le Soleil dans l'oeil (Sun in Your Eyes){{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140556/ \|title=Le soleil dans l'oeil\|access-date=2012-09-02}} \|Cameo appearance \|
Le Masque de fer (The Iron Mask) \|Lastréaumont \|
rowspan=4\|1963 \|Outpost in Indochina{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276144/\|title=Fort-du-fou\|access-date=2012-09-02}} \|Sergeant Hérange \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Symphonie pour un massacre\|fr}} (Symphony for a Massacre){{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057549/\|title=Symphonie pour un massacre\|access-date=2012-09-02}} \|Jabeke \|
The Bread Peddler \|Ovide Soliveau \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|La Foire aux cancres\|fr}} (The Blockhead Fair) \|Sigoules \|
rowspan=4\|1964 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Du grabuge chez les veuves\|fr}} (Trouble Among Widows) \|Inspector Laforêt \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Les Pieds nickelés (1964 film)\|fr\|3=Les Pieds nickelés (film)\|lt=Les Pieds nickelés}} \|Croquignol \|
Angélique, Marquise des Anges \|François Desgrez \|
Beautiful Families \|Marquis Osvaldo \|(segment "Amare è un po' morire")
rowspan=2\|1965 \|Merveilleuse Angélique (Marvelous Angelique) \|François Desgrez \|
Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (Up to His Ears) \|Leon \|
rowspan=2\|1966 \|Angélique et le roy (Angelique and the King) \|François Desgrez \|
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Who Are You, Polly Magoo?) \|Grégoire Pecque \|
rowspan=2\|1967 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Le Dimanche de la vie (film)\|fr\|3=Le Dimanche de la vie (film)\|lt=Le Dimanche de la vie}} \|Capitain Bordeille \|
À cœur joie (Two Weeks in September) \|Philippe \|
rowspan=2\|1968 \|Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens (Don't Play with Martians) \|René Mastier \|
Pour un amour lointain \|Guillaume \|
1969 \|The Devil by the Tail \|Count Georges de Coustines \|
rowspan=3\|1970 \|Le Temps de mourir (The Time to Die) \|Hervé Breton \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|La Liberté en croupe\|fr}} \|Moss \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Céleste (1970 film)\|fr\|3=Céleste (film, 1970)\|lt=Céleste}} \|Georges Cazenave \|
rowspan=4\|1972 \|Les malheurs d'Alfred \| \|Uncredited
{{Interlanguage link multi\|L'Œuf\|fr}}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217703/\|title=L'oeuf\|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("The Egg") \|Victor Dugommier \|
Les Feux de la chandeleur (Hearth Fires) \|Alexandre Boursault \|
Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) \|Colonel Louis Toulouse \|
rowspan=5\|1973 \|L'Héritier (The Inheritor) \|André Berthier \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Le Complot\|fr\|3=Le Complot (film, 1973)\|lt=Le Complot}} (The Conspiracy) \|Dominique Clavet \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Bel ordure\|fr}} (Lovely Swine) \|Police Inspector \|
Dio, sei proprio un padreterno! (Mean Frank and Crazy Tony) \|Louis Annunziata \|
Salut l'artiste (Hail The Artist) \|Clément Chamfort \|
rowspan=5\|1974 \|L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (The Clockmaker) \|Inspector Guilboud \|
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby) \|Foisnard \|
Le fantôme de la liberté (The Phantom of Liberty) \|Mr. Legendre \|
Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (Till Marriage Do Us Part) \|Baron Henri De Sarcey \|
Retour du grand blond (The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) \|Colonel Toulouse \|
rowspan=4\|1975 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Isabelle devant le désir\|fr}} (Isabelle and Lust) \|Mr. Vaudois \|
Que la fête commence... (Let Joy Reign Supreme) \|Dubois \|
Les innocents aux mains sales (Innocents with Dirty Hands) \|Albert Légal \|
Un divorce heureux (A Happy Divorce) \|Jean-Baptiste Morin \|
rowspan=4\|1976 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur\|fr}} \|Commissioner Pichard \|
Calmos (Cool, Calm and Collected) \|Albert \|
Les Magiciens (Death Rite) \|Edouard \|
Pardon Mon Affaire (An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive) \|Étienne Dorsay \|
rowspan=3\|1977 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Le Diable dans la boîte\|fr}}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275302/\|title=Le Diable dans la boîte\|access-date=2012-03-09}} (The Devil in the Box) \|Alain Brissot \|
Nous irons tous au paradis (We Will All Meet in Paradise) \|Étienne Dorsay \|
Le Crabe-tambour (Drummer-Crab) \|The Captain \|
1978 \|Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? \|Auguste Grandvilliers \|English language
rowspan=4\|1979 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Le Cavaleur\|fr}} (Practice Makes Perfect) \|Édouard Choiseul \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Grandison (film)\|fr\|3=Grandison (film)\|lt=Grandison}}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079231\|title=Grandison\|access-date=2012-03-09}} \|Carl Grandison \|
Courage - Let's Run \|Martin Belhomme \|
French Postcards \|Mr. Tessier \|
rowspan=2\|1980 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Chère inconnue\|fr}} (Sent a Letter to My Love) \|Gilles Martin \|
Odio le bionde (I Hate Blondes) \|Donald Rose \|
rowspan=2\|1981 \|Un étrange voyage \|Pierre \|
Il faut tuer Birgitt Haas (Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed) \|Charles-Philippe Bauman \|
rowspan=2\|1982 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|L'Indiscrétion\|fr}} \|Alain Tescique \|
Le Grand Frère (The Big Brother) \|Charles-Henri Rossi \|
rowspan=2\|1983 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Un dimanche de flic\|fr}}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083250/\|title=Un dimanche de flic\|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("A Cops' Sunday") \|Rupert \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|L'Ami de Vincent\|fr}} (A Friend of Vincent) \|Vincent Lamarre \|
rowspan=2\|1984 \|Frankenstein 90 \|Victor Frankenstein \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Réveillon chez Bob\|fr}} \|Louis Alban \|
1985 \|David, Thomas et les autres{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088154/\|title=Sortüz egy fekete bivalyért\|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("A Volley for a Black Buffalo") \|Mr. Louis \|
1986 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|La Galette du roi\|fr}} \|Arnold \|
rowspan=3\|1987 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Le Moustachu\|fr}} (The Field Agent) \|Capitain Duroc \|
Tandem \|Michel Mortez \|
My First Forty Years (also known as My Wonderful Life) \|Prince Riccio \|
1989 \|Je suis le seigneur du château (I'm the King of the Castle) \|Jean Bréaud \|
rowspan=2\|1990 \|Le Mari de la coiffeuse (The Hairdresser's Husband) \|Antoine \|
Le Château de ma mère (My Mother's Castle) \|Loïs de Montmajour / Adolphe Cassignole \|
1991 \|Amoureux fou ("Love Crazy" or "Madly in Love") \|Rudolph \|
rowspan=4\|1992 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Le Bal des casse-pieds\|fr}} \|Henri Sauveur \|
El largo invierno \|Jordi Casals \|
The Timekeeper \|Louis XV of France \|Short
L'Atlantide{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118651/ \|title=l'Atlantide\|access-date=2012-03-09}} \|Le Meige \|
rowspan=4\|1993 \|Tango \|Bellhop \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Cible émouvante\|fr}} (Wild Target) \|Victor Meynard \|
La prossima volta il fuoco{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107891/ \|title=La prossima volta il fuoco\|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("Next Time the Fire") \|Amedeo \|
Tombés du ciel (Lost in Transit) \|Arturo Conti \|
rowspan=2\|1994 \|Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno (Once a Year, Every Year) \|Raffaele \|
Prêt-à-Porter \|Inspector Tantpis \|
rowspan=2\|1995 \|Tom est tout seul{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108357/ \|title=Tom est tout seul\|access-date=2012-03-09}} \|Jean-Pierre \|
Palace{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114076/ \|title=Palace (1995)\|access-date=2012-03-09}} \|Thomas Fausto \|
rowspan=3\|1996 \|Les Grands Ducs \|Eddie Carpentier \|
Ridicule \|Marquis of Bellegarde \|
Never Ever \|Gerard Panier \|
1997 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Barracuda (1997 film)\|fr\|3=Barracuda (film, 1997)\|lt=Barracuda}} \|Mr. Clément \|
rowspan=3\|1998 \|Le Serpent a mangé la grenouille{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161967/ \|title=Le serpent a mangé la grenouille\|access-date=2012-03-09}} \|Mr. Moreau \|
Le Comte de Monte Cristo{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167565/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2/ \|title=Le Comte de Monme Cristo\|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("The Count of Monte Cristo") \|Fernand de Morcerf \|4 episodes
{{Interlanguage link multi\|El viento se llevó lo qué\|it\|3=L'ultimo cinema del mondo\|lt=El viento se llevó lo qué}}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169364/ \|title=El viento se llevó lo qué\|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("Wind with the Gone") \|Edgar Wexley \|
1999 \|Rembrandt \|Nicolaes Tulp \|
rowspan=3\|2001 \|Le Placard \|Kopel \|
Honolulu Baby{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251734/ \|title=Honolulu Baby\|access-date=2012-03-09}} \|Cri Cri \|
La Vie sans secret de Walter Nions{{Cite news\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274198/ \|title=La Vie sans secret de Walter Nions\|access-date=2012-03-09}} \|Walter Nions \|Short
rowspan=3\|2002 \|L'homme du train (The Man on the Train) \|Manesquier \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Blanche (2002 film)\|fr\|3=Blanche (film, 2002)\|lt=Blanche}} \|Cardinal Mazarin \|
Lost in La Mancha \|Himself \|Uncredited
rowspan=3\|2003 \|Fanfan la tulipe \|Narrator \|Voice
Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach \|Narrator \|Voice
Les Clefs de bagnole (The Car Keys) \|Himself \|cameo appearance
rowspan=3\|2004 \|RRRrrrr!!! \|Lucie \|
Frankenstein \|Old Blind Man \|Miniseries
Les Dalton (The Daltons) \|Jolly Jumper \|Voice
rowspan=2\|2005 \|{{Interlanguage link multi\|Akoibon\|fr}} \|Chris Barnes \|
L'enfer (Hell) \|Louis \|
rowspan=2\|2006 \|Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One) \|Gilbert Neuville \|
{{Interlanguage link multi\|Désaccord parfait\|fr}} \|Louis Ruinard \|
rowspan=3\|2007 \|Mr. Bean's Holiday \|Head Waiter \|
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster \|Jean \|
La clef \|Joseph Arp \|
rowspan=2\|2008 \|id - Identity of the Soul \|Narrator \|
Agathe Cléry \|Louis Guignard \|
2011 \|Titeuf \|Pépé \|Voice
rowspan=2\|2012 \|The Artist and the Model \|Marc Cros \|
Astérix et Obélix: Au service de sa Majesté (Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia) \|Lucius Fouinus \|
rowspan=2\|2013 \|Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart \|Méliès \|Voice
Jappeloup \|Himself \|Uncredited
rowspan=2\|2015 \|April and the Twisted World \|Pops \|Voice
Floride \|Claude Lherminier \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1956

|Rencontre à Paris (Meeting in Paris)

|Intern

|Uncredited

1958

|Une balle dans le canon (A Bullet in the Gun Barrel)

|Léopold

rowspan=2|1961

|Vingt mille lieues sur la terre (20,000 Leagues Across the Land), Titre original: Леон Гаррос ищет друга (1960)

|Fernand

Le Capitaine Fracasse

|Malartic

rowspan=3|1962

|Cartouche (Swords of Blood)

|La Taupe

Le Soleil dans l'oeil (Sun in Your Eyes){{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140556/

|title=Le soleil dans l'oeil|access-date=2012-09-02}}

|Cameo appearance

Le Masque de fer (The Iron Mask)

|Lastréaumont

rowspan=4|1963

|Outpost in Indochina{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276144/|title=Fort-du-fou|access-date=2012-09-02}}

|Sergeant Hérange

{{Interlanguage link multi|Symphonie pour un massacre|fr}} (Symphony for a Massacre){{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057549/|title=Symphonie pour un massacre|access-date=2012-09-02}}

|Jabeke

The Bread Peddler

|Ovide Soliveau

{{Interlanguage link multi|La Foire aux cancres|fr}} (The Blockhead Fair)

|Sigoules

rowspan=4|1964

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Du grabuge chez les veuves|fr}} (Trouble Among Widows)

|Inspector Laforêt

{{Interlanguage link multi|Les Pieds nickelés (1964 film)|fr|3=Les Pieds nickelés (film)|lt=Les Pieds nickelés}}

|Croquignol

Angélique, Marquise des Anges

|François Desgrez

Beautiful Families

|Marquis Osvaldo

|(segment "Amare è un po' morire")

rowspan=2|1965

|Merveilleuse Angélique (Marvelous Angelique)

|François Desgrez

Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (Up to His Ears)

|Leon

rowspan=2|1966

|Angélique et le roy (Angelique and the King)

|François Desgrez

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Who Are You, Polly Magoo?)

|Grégoire Pecque

rowspan=2|1967

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Le Dimanche de la vie (film)|fr|3=Le Dimanche de la vie (film)|lt=Le Dimanche de la vie}}

|Capitain Bordeille

À cœur joie (Two Weeks in September)

|Philippe

rowspan=2|1968

|Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens (Don't Play with Martians)

|René Mastier

Pour un amour lointain

|Guillaume

1969

|The Devil by the Tail

|Count Georges de Coustines

rowspan=3|1970

|Le Temps de mourir (The Time to Die)

|Hervé Breton

{{Interlanguage link multi|La Liberté en croupe|fr}}

|Moss

{{Interlanguage link multi|Céleste (1970 film)|fr|3=Céleste (film, 1970)|lt=Céleste}}

|Georges Cazenave

rowspan=4|1972

|Les malheurs d'Alfred

|Uncredited

{{Interlanguage link multi|L'Œuf|fr}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217703/|title=L'oeuf|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("The Egg")

|Victor Dugommier

Les Feux de la chandeleur (Hearth Fires)

|Alexandre Boursault

Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire (The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe)

|Colonel Louis Toulouse

rowspan=5|1973

|L'Héritier (The Inheritor)

|André Berthier

{{Interlanguage link multi|Le Complot|fr|3=Le Complot (film, 1973)|lt=Le Complot}} (The Conspiracy)

|Dominique Clavet

{{Interlanguage link multi|Bel ordure|fr}} (Lovely Swine)

|Police Inspector

Dio, sei proprio un padreterno! (Mean Frank and Crazy Tony)

|Louis Annunziata

Salut l'artiste (Hail The Artist)

|Clément Chamfort

rowspan=5|1974

|L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (The Clockmaker)

|Inspector Guilboud

Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby)

|Foisnard

Le fantôme de la liberté (The Phantom of Liberty)

|Mr. Legendre

Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (Till Marriage Do Us Part)

|Baron Henri De Sarcey

Retour du grand blond (The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe)

|Colonel Toulouse

rowspan=4|1975

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Isabelle devant le désir|fr}} (Isabelle and Lust)

|Mr. Vaudois

Que la fête commence... (Let Joy Reign Supreme)

|Dubois

Les innocents aux mains sales (Innocents with Dirty Hands)

|Albert Légal

Un divorce heureux (A Happy Divorce)

|Jean-Baptiste Morin

rowspan=4|1976

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur|fr}}

|Commissioner Pichard

Calmos (Cool, Calm and Collected)

|Albert

Les Magiciens (Death Rite)

|Edouard

Pardon Mon Affaire (An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive)

|Étienne Dorsay

rowspan=3|1977

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Le Diable dans la boîte|fr}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275302/|title=Le Diable dans la boîte|access-date=2012-03-09}} (The Devil in the Box)

|Alain Brissot

Nous irons tous au paradis (We Will All Meet in Paradise)

|Étienne Dorsay

Le Crabe-tambour (Drummer-Crab)

|The Captain

1978

|Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

|Auguste Grandvilliers

|English language

rowspan=4|1979

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Le Cavaleur|fr}} (Practice Makes Perfect)

|Édouard Choiseul

{{Interlanguage link multi|Grandison (film)|fr|3=Grandison (film)|lt=Grandison}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079231|title=Grandison|access-date=2012-03-09}}

|Carl Grandison

Courage - Let's Run

|Martin Belhomme

French Postcards

|Mr. Tessier

rowspan=2|1980

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Chère inconnue|fr}} (Sent a Letter to My Love)

|Gilles Martin

Odio le bionde (I Hate Blondes)

|Donald Rose

rowspan=2|1981

|Un étrange voyage

|Pierre

Il faut tuer Birgitt Haas (Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed)

|Charles-Philippe Bauman

rowspan=2|1982

|{{Interlanguage link multi|L'Indiscrétion|fr}}

|Alain Tescique

Le Grand Frère (The Big Brother)

|Charles-Henri Rossi

rowspan=2|1983

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Un dimanche de flic|fr}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083250/|title=Un dimanche de flic|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("A Cops' Sunday")

|Rupert

{{Interlanguage link multi|L'Ami de Vincent|fr}} (A Friend of Vincent)

|Vincent Lamarre

rowspan=2|1984

|Frankenstein 90

|Victor Frankenstein

{{Interlanguage link multi|Réveillon chez Bob|fr}}

|Louis Alban

1985

|David, Thomas et les autres{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088154/|title=Sortüz egy fekete bivalyért|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("A Volley for a Black Buffalo")

|Mr. Louis

1986

|{{Interlanguage link multi|La Galette du roi|fr}}

|Arnold

rowspan=3|1987

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Le Moustachu|fr}} (The Field Agent)

|Capitain Duroc

Tandem

|Michel Mortez

My First Forty Years (also known as My Wonderful Life)

|Prince Riccio

1989

|Je suis le seigneur du château (I'm the King of the Castle)

|Jean Bréaud

rowspan=2|1990

|Le Mari de la coiffeuse (The Hairdresser's Husband)

|Antoine

Le Château de ma mère (My Mother's Castle)

|Loïs de Montmajour / Adolphe Cassignole

1991

|Amoureux fou ("Love Crazy" or "Madly in Love")

|Rudolph

rowspan=4|1992

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Le Bal des casse-pieds|fr}}

|Henri Sauveur

El largo invierno

|Jordi Casals

The Timekeeper

|Louis XV of France

|Short

L'Atlantide{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118651/

|title=l'Atlantide|access-date=2012-03-09}}

|Le Meige

rowspan=4|1993

|Tango

|Bellhop

{{Interlanguage link multi|Cible émouvante|fr}} (Wild Target)

|Victor Meynard

La prossima volta il fuoco{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107891/

|title=La prossima volta il fuoco|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("Next Time the Fire")

|Amedeo

Tombés du ciel (Lost in Transit)

|Arturo Conti

rowspan=2|1994

|Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno (Once a Year, Every Year)

|Raffaele

Prêt-à-Porter

|Inspector Tantpis

rowspan=2|1995

|Tom est tout seul{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108357/

|title=Tom est tout seul|access-date=2012-03-09}}

|Jean-Pierre

Palace{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114076/

|title=Palace (1995)|access-date=2012-03-09}}

|Thomas Fausto

rowspan=3|1996

|Les Grands Ducs

|Eddie Carpentier

Ridicule

|Marquis of Bellegarde

Never Ever

|Gerard Panier

1997

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Barracuda (1997 film)|fr|3=Barracuda (film, 1997)|lt=Barracuda}}

|Mr. Clément

rowspan=3|1998

|Le Serpent a mangé la grenouille{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161967/

|title=Le serpent a mangé la grenouille|access-date=2012-03-09}}

|Mr. Moreau

Le Comte de Monte Cristo{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167565/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2/

|title=Le Comte de Monme Cristo|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("The Count of Monte Cristo")

|Fernand de Morcerf

|4 episodes

{{Interlanguage link multi|El viento se llevó lo qué|it|3=L'ultimo cinema del mondo|lt=El viento se llevó lo qué}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169364/

|title=El viento se llevó lo qué|access-date=2012-03-09}} ("Wind with the Gone")

|Edgar Wexley

1999

|Rembrandt

|Nicolaes Tulp

rowspan=3|2001

|Le Placard

|Kopel

Honolulu Baby{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251734/

|title=Honolulu Baby|access-date=2012-03-09}}

|Cri Cri

La Vie sans secret de Walter Nions{{Cite news|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274198/

|title=La Vie sans secret de Walter Nions|access-date=2012-03-09}}

|Walter Nions

|Short

rowspan=3|2002

|L'homme du train (The Man on the Train)

|Manesquier

{{Interlanguage link multi|Blanche (2002 film)|fr|3=Blanche (film, 2002)|lt=Blanche}}

|Cardinal Mazarin

Lost in La Mancha

|Himself

|Uncredited

rowspan=3|2003

|Fanfan la tulipe

|Narrator

|Voice

Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach

|Narrator

|Voice

Les Clefs de bagnole (The Car Keys)

|Himself

|cameo appearance

rowspan=3|2004

|RRRrrrr!!!

|Lucie

Frankenstein

|Old Blind Man

|Miniseries

Les Dalton (The Daltons)

|Jolly Jumper

|Voice

rowspan=2|2005

|{{Interlanguage link multi|Akoibon|fr}}

|Chris Barnes

L'enfer (Hell)

|Louis

rowspan=2|2006

|Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One)

|Gilbert Neuville

{{Interlanguage link multi|Désaccord parfait|fr}}

|Louis Ruinard

rowspan=3|2007

|Mr. Bean's Holiday

|Head Waiter

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

|Jean

La clef

|Joseph Arp

rowspan=2|2008

|id - Identity of the Soul

|Narrator

Agathe Cléry

|Louis Guignard

2011

|Titeuf

|Pépé

|Voice

rowspan=2|2012

|The Artist and the Model

|Marc Cros

Astérix et Obélix: Au service de sa Majesté (Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia)

|Lucius Fouinus

rowspan=2|2013

|Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

|Méliès

|Voice

Jappeloup

|Himself

|Uncredited

rowspan=2|2015

|April and the Twisted World

|Pops

|Voice

Floride

|Claude Lherminier

Theater

1953: Azouk by Alexandre Rivemale, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Fontaine
1953: L'Huitre et la perle by William Saroyan, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Fontaine
1953: Les Images d'Épinal by Albert Vidalie, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Cabaret La Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons
1954: Responsabilité limitée by Robert Hossein, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Fontaine
1954: L’Amour des quatre colonels by Peter Ustinov, adaptation Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Fontaine
1957: Romanoff et Juliette by Peter Ustinov, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Marigny
1957: L’Amour des quatre colonels by Peter Ustinov, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
1958: Tessa by Jean Giraudoux from the work of Basil Dean and Margaret Kennedy, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Marigny
1958: L’Étonnant Pennypacker by Liam O'Brien, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Marigny
1960: Champignol malgré lui by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières, staging Jean-Pierre Grenier, Théâtre Marigny
1960: Le Comportement des époux Bredburry by François Billetdoux, staging by the author, Théâtre des Mathurins
1960: Génousie by René de Obaldia, staging Roger Mollien, TNP Théâtre Récamier
1961: Loin de Rueil by Maurice Jarre and Roger Pillaudin from the work of Raymond Queneau, staging Maurice Jarre and Jean Vilar, TNP Théâtre national de Chaillot
1962: Frank V by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, staging André Barsacq, Théâtre de l'Atelier
1964: Cet animal étrange by Gabriel Arout from the work of Anton Tchekhov, staging Claude Régy, Théâtre Hébertot
1965: La Collection and L’Amant by Harold Pinter, staging Claude Régy, Théâtre Hébertot
1966: La prochaine fois je vous le chanterai by James Saunders, staging Claude Régy, Théâtre Antoine
1969: Le Prix by Arthur Miller, staging Raymond Rouleau, Théâtre Montparnasse
1970: Un jour dans la mort de Joe Egg by Peter Nichols, staging Michel Fagadau, Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse
1971: C'était hier by Harold Pinter, staging Jorge Lavelli, Théâtre Montparnasse
1982: L'Étrangleur s'excite by Éric Naggar, staging Jean Rochefort, Théâtre Hébertot
1985: Boulevard du mélodrame by Juan Pineiro and Alfredo Arias, staging Alfredo Arias, National Dramatic Center of Aubervilliers{{cite journal|journal=Télé 7 Jours|issue= 1377|date= 18–24 October 1986| page=99|quote=Note critique : Un hommage flamboyant au Boulevard du crime. Une mise en scène insolente et une troupe de comédiens qui joue le jeu avec un bonheur évident. En tête, Jean Rochefort qui interprète avec panache le célèbre Robert Macaire.}}
1988: Une vie de théâtre by David Mamet, adaptation Pierre Laville, staging Michel Piccoli, Théâtre des Mathurins
1988: La femme à contre-jour by Éric Naggar, staging Jean Rochefort, Théâtre des Mathurins
1988: Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) by Igor Stravinsky, staging Jean Rochefort, Théâtre de Paris
1988: Le Carnaval des animaux musique Camille Saint-Saëns
1989: Une vie de théâtre by David Mamet, staging Michel Piccoli
1991: Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) by Igor Stravinsky, staging Jean Rochefort
1995: Oraison funèbre sur la mort de Condé by Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, music Jean-Baptiste Lully, direction Hervé Niquet, Royal Chapel of the Château de Versailles
1996: Le Petit Tailleur music Tibor Tibor Harsányi and Le Carnaval des animaux music Camille Saint-Saëns, Théâtre du Châtelet, Bruxelles
1998: Art by Yasmina Reza, staging Patrice Kerbrat, with Pierre Vaneck and Jean-Louis Trintignant, Théâtre Hébertot
2004: Heureux ? sketches by Fernand Raynaud, with Bruno Fontaine, Comédie des Champs-Élysées
2006: Mousquetaires de Richelieu, show of the Puy du Fou
2007: Entre autres, a one-man show with Lionel Suarez playing accordion, in which he pays a tribute to the authors who influenced him, from Roland Barthes to Jean Yanne, notwithstanding Fernandel, Verlaine, Boby Lapointe or Primo Levi, Théâtre de la Madeleine
2007 at the Olympia: where he sang "Félicie aussi", a song by Fernandel, during the last three concerts of Vincent Delerm's tour 30 and 31 May 2007 and 1 June 2007