Jean-Laurent Cochet

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| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1935|01|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Romainville, France

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|04|07|1935|01|28|df=y}}

| death_place=Paris, France

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Jean-Laurent Cochet (28 January 1935 – 7 April 2020) was a French director and actor.

Biography

He was best known for starring in movies such as A Thousand Billion Dollars and Fort Saganne.

He was an important teacher for acting. Hundreds of his students have succeeded in theater and cinema: Gérard Depardieu, Richard Berry, Claude Jade, Isabelle Huppert, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Carole Bouquet, Fabrice Luchini, Raphaël Quenard, etc.{{cite web|url=http://www.agence-adequat.com/fiche.cfm/115-2_35883_jean-laurent_cochet.html|title=ADÉQUAT – Agence artistique, Paris|first=Agence|last=Adequat|website=www.agence-adequat.com|access-date=10 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/theatre/2013/03/05/03003-20130305ARTFIG00457-fouette-cochet.php|title=Fouette Cochet !|date=5 March 2013|publisher=|access-date=10 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.courscochetdelavene.fr/profile/jean-laurent-cochet/|title=Jean-Laurent Cochet – Cours Cochet Delavène|publisher=|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010180034/https://www.courscochetdelavene.fr/profile/jean-laurent-cochet/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Cauhapé|first=Véronique|date=22 April 2023|title=Raphaël Quenard, un comédien porté par ses envies|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2023/04/22/raphael-quenard-un-comedien-porte-par-ses-envies_6170613_3246.html|newspaper=Le Monde|language=fr|access-date=9 February 2024|url-access=subscription}} On 7 April 2020, he died from COVID-19 during the pandemic.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/mort-de-jean-laurent-cochet-maitre-de-theatre-de-depardieu-huppert-luchini-07-04-2020-8295510.php|title=Mort de Jean-Laurent Cochet, maître de théâtre de Depardieu, Huppert, Luchini…|last1=à 12h27|first1=Par Pierre VavasseurLe 7 avril 2020|last2=À 13h57|first2=Modifié Le 7 Avril 2020|date=2020-04-07|website=leparisien.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/cinema/le-grand-homme-de-theatre-jean-laurent-cochet-professeur-de-fabrice-luchini-et-de-gerard-depardieu-est-mort-a-85-ans_3903769.html|title=Le grand homme de théâtre Jean-Laurent Cochet, professeur de Fabrice Luchini et de Gérard Depardieu, est mort à 85 ans|date=2020-04-07|website=Franceinfo|language=fr|access-date=2020-04-07}}{{cite web|title=Jean-Laurent Cochet, Actor Who Taught France's Stars, Dies at 85|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/obituaries/jean-laurent-cochet-dead-coronavirus.html|work=The New York Times|last=Marshall|first=Alex|date=April 10, 2020|access-date=April 10, 2020}}