Jean Rochefort

DOB: 1930-04-29

DOD: 2017-10-09

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.

Starred In

1984
Movie

Frankenstein 90

1972
Movie

Hearth Fires

1976
Movie

Pardon Mon Affaire

1994
Movie

Prêt-à-Porter

2006
Movie

Tell No One

2008
Movie

Agathe Cléry

1961
Movie

Captain Fracasse

2002
Movie

Lost in La Mancha

2006
Movie

Twice Upon a Time

2002
Movie

Man on the Train

2001
Movie

The Closet

1996
Movie

Ridicule

1962
Movie

Cartouche

1993
Movie

Next Time the Fire

2005
Movie

Akoibon

2002
Movie

Blanche

2011
Movie

Titeuf

1965
Movie

Up to His Ears

1993
Movie

Wild Target

1976
Movie

Femmes Fatales

1981
Movie

Un étrange voyage

1999
Movie

Rembrandt

1996
Movie

The Grand Dukes

2005
Movie

Hell

1993
Movie

Tango

1982
Movie

The Big Brother

2007
Movie

The Key

1987
Movie

Tandem

1996
Movie

Palace

1979
Movie

The Skirt Chaser

1998
Movie

Wind with the Gone

1973
Movie

The Inheritor

1977
Movie

Drummer-Crab

1997
Movie

Barracuda

1987
Movie

Le Moustachu

1965
Movie

Le naïf amoureux

1975
Movie

Isabelle and Lust

1968
Movie

For a Distant Love

1986
Movie

La Galette du roi

1993
Movie

Lost in Transit

2002
Movie

Pierre et le Loup

1979
Movie

French Postcards

1973
Movie

The Conspiracy

1964
Movie

Beautiful Families

1973
Movie

Hail the Artist

1990
Movie

The Other Woman

1970
Movie

The Time to Die

1987
Movie

My First 40 Years

1971
Movie

Le Misanthrope

1964
Movie

Angelique

1979
Movie

Courage fuyons

2007
Movie

Mr. Bean's Holiday

1975
Movie

Death Rite

2004
Movie

RRRrrrr!!!

1992
Movie

L'Atlantide

1997
Movie

Clara et son juge

1997
Movie

Never Ever

1972
Movie

The Egg

1990
Movie

My Mother's Castle

1982
Movie

L'Indiscrétion

1995
Movie

Tom est tout seul

1992
Movie

The Long Winter

2015
Movie

Florida

1970
Movie

Céleste

2013
Movie

Jappeloup

1973
Movie

Lovely Swine

1962
Movie

The Iron Mask

1975
Movie

A Happy Divorce

2008
Movie

Bien des choses

1980
Movie

I Hate Blondes

2001
Movie

Honolulu Baby

1963
Movie

The Blockhead Fair

2004
Movie

Heureux ?

1956
Movie

Meeting in Paris

1985
Movie

L'Énigme blanche

1967
Movie

The Sunday of Life

1978
Movie

Grandison

1991
Movie

Amoureux fou

1962
Movie

Sun in Your Eyes

2003
Movie

The Car Keys

2015
Movie

Les Rats

1965
Tv

Dim Dam Dom

1972
Tv

Midi trente

1975
Tv

Numéro un

2012
Tv

Square

1990
Tv

Stars 90