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Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

26 movies on Netflix

Biography

Jean Rochefort, who died in 2017, was a French actor of stage, television and film. Born in Paris, he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique on rue Blanche at nineteen, later studied at the Conservatoire National, and spent seven years with the Compagnie Grenier Hussenot, where he showed both drama and comedy. After supporting parts in Cartouche, Captain Fracasse and Marvelous Angelique, he took his first big role in Hearth Fires in 1972. Pardon Mon Affaire made him very popular, and he played a counter-espionage chief opposite Pierre Richard in The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) and its sequel The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974). In the 1980s he was the French narrator of Welcome to Pooh Corner. He was to star in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a project chronicled in Lost in La Mancha (2002). Rochefort won three César Awards, including Best Actor for Le Crabe-Tambour and an honorary César in 1999.

87years old at death

  • Born 20th arrondissement of Paris
  • Died 14th arrondissement of Paris
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
  • Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
26
Career span
53 years1962 to 2015

Genres

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Mr. Bean's Holiday2007 Comedy, Familyas Maitre'D

    IMDb rating 6.4143K votes

  2. Tell No One2006 Crime, Drama, Mysteryas Gilbert Neuville

    IMDb rating 7.562K votes

  3. Man on the Train2002as Monsieur Manesquier

    IMDb rating 7.17.9K votes

  4. Ridicule1996as Bellegarde

    IMDb rating 7.38.6K votes

  5. The Phantom of Liberty1974as Legendre / Mr. Legendre

    IMDb rating 7.719K votes

  6. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe1972as Le colonel Louis Marie Alphonse Toulouse

    IMDb rating 7.210K votes

  7. April and the Extraordinary World2015as Pops

    IMDb rating 7.39.1K votes

  8. The Closet2001as Kopel, the director

    IMDb rating 7.019K votes

Most often with

Yves Robert directed four of these films, Patrice Leconte three and Philippe de Broca two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Jean Rochefort's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$377 million

12 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 26 films: 12 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 12 figure not found.

  • 12Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 12Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Mr. Bean's Holiday2007as Maitre'D
    $232M61.6% of the total
  2. 2
    The Closet2001as Kopel, the director
    $50M13.3% of the total
  3. 3
    Tell No One2006as Gilbert Neuville
    $33M8.9% of the total
  4. 4
    Angelique1964as L'avocat François Desgrez
    $22M5.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Titeuf2011as Pépé
    $14M3.7% of the total
  6. 6
    $10M2.7% of the total
  7. 7
    Man on the Train2002as Monsieur Manesquier
    $7.7M2.0% of the total
  8. 8
    The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe1972as Le colonel Louis Marie Alphonse Toulouse
    $4.3M1.1% of the total
Ridicule (1996), $2.5 millionApril and the Extraordinary World (2015), $495,879The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974), $107,502The Phantom of Liberty (1974), $6,749

$3.1 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total

Awards

Nine awards and honors from 1970 to 2004.

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Jean Rochefort's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2004Knight of the Order of Agricultural MeritWon
2002Lumière Award for Best ActorWon
1999Honorary CésarHonorary
1998Officer of the National Order of MeritWon
1978César Award for Best ActorLe Crabe-tambourWon
1976César Award for Best Supporting ActorLet Joy Reign SupremeWon
1970Prize for the best actor of the Union of criticismWon
Knight of the Legion of HonourWon
Officer of Arts and LettersWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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