Jean Rochefort Filmography

Born:: April 29, 1930 in Paris, France
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Though he is not quite the international icon that his erstwhile acting classmate and occasional co-star Jean-Paul Belmondo is, Jean Rochefort has been a fixture of French cinema for over four decades. Deciding to pursue acting in his youth, Rochefort studied drama at the Paris Conservatory in the...Read More

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Tell No One

Actors: François Cluzet, André Dussollier, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nathalie Baye

Synopsis: An innocent man is on the run after he's accused of murder and his spouse seemingly returns from the grave in this thriller from France. Alex Beck (François Cluzet) is a doctor who has slowly been putting his life back together after his wife Margot was murdered by a serial killer. Eight years on Read More

6/27/08
Mr. Bean's Holiday

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Jean Rochefort, Karel Roden, Max Baldry, Willem Dafoe

Synopsis: Mr. Bean -- the stick-legged goofball man-child created by Rowan Atkinson on television in the early '90s, and in the 1997 feature Bean -- undertakes his second cinematic adventure in the comic romp Mr. Bean's Holiday. Growing thoroughly sick of the wet, cold, and clammy London weather, Mr. Bean (Atkinson Read More

8/24/07
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

Actors: Sergi López, Anna Mouglalis, Edouard Baer, Jean Rochefort, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Synopsis: Writer/director Samuel Benchetrit takes the helm for this laid-back crime comedy that weaves together four stories which all eventually convene at a roadside diner. Franck (Edouard Baer) is a petty criminal who is currently pondering the prospect of holding up a remote diner. When observant Read More

2007
Twice Upon a Time

Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: An addition to the subgenre of neo-screwball comedies, à la Seems Like Old Times and Illegally Yours, Antoine de Caunes' French-language farce Twice Upon a Time (aka Désaccord Parfait) observes the long-delayed reunion between two former lovers. Alice (Charlotte Rampling) is a British stage Read More

2006
Hell

Actors: Emmanuelle Béart, Karin Viard, Marie Gillain, Carole Bouquet, Guillaume Canet

Synopsis: Director Danis Tanovic picks up where the late-Krzysztof Kieslowski left off by taking on the second installment of Kieslowski's "Heaven," "Hell," and "Purgatory" trilogy (the first was adapted by Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer) with this tale of a family whose dark past returns with a Read More

2005
RRRrrrr!!!

Actors: Maurice Barthelemy, Jean-Paul Rouve, Pef Martin Laval, Marina Fois, Elise Lanicol

2004
The Man on the Train

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlie Nelson, Pascal Parmentier

Synopsis: Two men from two different walks of life develop an unexpected friendship in French director Patrice Leconte's 2002 comedy-drama The Man on the Train. Weary from his trip and in anticipation of the heist he's about to perform, Milan (French rock star Johnny Hallyday) steps off the train after Read More

5/9/03
Lost in La Mancha

Actors: Bernard Bouix, René Cleitman, Johnny Depp, Benjamin Fernandez, Terry Gilliam

Synopsis: For years, one of filmmaker Terry Gilliam's great dreams was to make a screen adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's classic tale Don Quixote, and in 2000 it looked as if his dream was to become a reality. In collaboration with Tony Grisoni, Gilliam had written a script called The Man Who Read More

1/31/03
Fanfan la Tulipe

Actors: Vincent Perez, Penélope Cruz, Didier Bourdon, Hélène de Fougerolles, Michel Muller

Synopsis: Directed by Gérard Krawczyk, Fanfan la Tulipe is a remake of the classic 1952 swashbuckling satire by French director Christian-Jaque. Set in the 18th century, Vincent Perez plays the title role of the seductive swordsman Fanfan, who flees his home in order to avoid a forced marriage. A gypsy girl Read More

2003
Le Clefs de Bagnole

Actors: Laurent Baffie, Daniel Russo, Claude Berri, Charles Gassot, Alain Terzian

2003
Blanche

Actors: Lou Doillon, Roschdy Zem, Jean Rochefort, Carole Bouquet, José Garcia

Synopsis: A young woman bent on revenge becomes a legendary thief in the vein of Robin Hood in director Bernie Bonvoisin's 2002 comic swashbuckler Blanche. When she was 14, young Blanche de Perrone's family was massacred by the Cardinal Mazarin's (Jean Rochefort) right-hand man, Captain KKK (Antoine de Caunes Read More

2002
The Closet

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Michèle Laroque, Michel Aumont

Synopsis: While there are plenty of stories about gay men who have pretended to be straight for the sake of their careers, this tart comedy from France considers the dilemma of a straight man doing just the opposite. Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) is an accountant whose personality is bland to the point Read More

1/17/01
Honolulu Baby

Actors: Maurizio Nichetti, Maria de Medeiros, Jean Rochefort, Paulina Gálvez, Giulia Weber

Synopsis: A guy finds himself living most men's fantasy, only to learn it isn't as much fun as he imagined in this offbeat Italian comedy. Alberto Colombo (Maurizio Nichetti) has spent 20 years working an insignificant desk job with a large multinational corporation, and he not only has little to show for Read More

2001
Rembrandt

Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Romane Bohringer, Jean Rochefort, Johanna ter Steege, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey

Synopsis: Klaus Maria Brandauer stars in this gorgeously photographed French-German-Dutch biopic on the life of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn. Told in flashbacks from the point-of-view of the aged artist, the film opens as the young van Rijn arrives in Amsterdam. Soon after establishing his Read More

1999
El Viento se llevo lo que

Actors: Vera Fogwill, Ángela Molina, Fabian Vena, Jean Rochefort, Ulises Dumont

Synopsis: Argentine director Alejando Agresti directed this surreal, allegorical Argentine-French-Dutch- Spanish comedy-drama. Winner of the "Golden Shell Grand Prize" at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival, the absurdist tale is set during the '70s. Young Buenos Aires cabdriver Soledad (Vera Fogwill) Read More

1998
In and Out of Fashion

Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Sami Frey, Anémone, André Dussollier, Zouc

Synopsis: The Paris-based photographer-painter-actor-filmmaker William Klein looks back on five decades of his life and multi-careers in this French documentary. Born in 1926, Klein is a native New Yorker who began living in Paris in 1948, studied painting with Fernand Leger, photographed for Vogue from Read More

1998
The Count of Monte Cristo

Actors: Michel Aumont, Jean Rochefort, Georges Moustaki, Stanislas Merhar, Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti

Synopsis: Gerard Depardieu stars in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic adventure story by Alexandre Dumas. Edmond (Depardieu) has been held in a French prison for nearly 20 years for daring to love Mercedes (Naike Rivelli), a woman who has also been wooed by a man in power, Mondego (Jean Rochefort). Read More

1998
Barracuda

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Guillaume Canet, Claire Keim, Michel Scourneau

Synopsis: This French-German-Belgian thriller, reminiscent of Misery (1990) and The Collector (1965), begins after Fred Astaire-fan Clement (Jean Rochefort) invites comic-book artist Luc (Guillaume Canet) to Sunday dinner with Clement and his wife Violette. Luc's girlfriend Margot announces her pregnancy Read More

10/29/97
Ridicule

Actors: Charles Berling, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrëche, Jean Rochefort, Bernard Giraudeau

Synopsis: This is a French costume drama from director Patrice Leconte that recalls both Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Restoration (1995). Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) is a baron of the 18th century French countryside, wealthy in property and high in social position but poor in cash. Read More

1996
Les Grands Ducs

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Jacob

Synopsis: Three old French jamons attempt to make a comeback by working in a road-show production of Scoubidou in this hilarious French farce. Also on the tour are the flighty leading actress Carla Milo, and a murderous producer, Shapiron, who knows the show is a stinker and tries to convince Read More

1996
Never Ever

Actors: Jane March, Jean Rochefort, Julian Sands

Synopsis: When young banker Thomas Murray's marriage to the blue-blooded Amanda falls apart, he begins working with his father-in-law Arthur in Paris and ends up finding solace in the arms of the beautiful Katharine. While he is off loving Katherine, Amanda rethinks her position and decides to reconcile Read More

1996
Palace

1995
Prêt-à-Porter

Actors: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger

Synopsis: This large, sprawling comedy directed by Robert Altman concerns a variety of romantic and personal intrigues that intersect against the backdrop of Paris's annual "Pret-a-Porter" fashion extravaganza. With 31 principal characters and a number of cameos from well known models, designers, actors and Read More

1994
Tutti Gli Anni una Volta l'Anno

Actors: Giorgio Albertazzi, Paolo Bonacelli, Lando Buzzanca, Carla Cassola, Paolo Ferrari

Synopsis: In this Italian comedy, eight lifelong friends attending their annual dinner party/reunion must re-evaluate their lives after they read a provocative letter from a group member who recently died. All of the remaining eight are retired. The letter suggests they all move into an empty convent and Read More

1994
Tom Est Tout Seul

Actors: Florent Pagny, Jean Rochefort, Martin Lamotte, Hélène Vincent

1994
Cible émouvante

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Marie Trintignant, Guillaume Depardieu, Patachou

Synopsis: Victor Meynard (Jean Rochefort) is an assassin for hire, and he's proud of it. It's part of his family's business. However, in this comedy, there are occasions when he simply cannot bring himself to pull the trigger and make a "hit." Instead, he adopts the boy (Guillaume Depardieu) who would have Read More

1993
Tombes du Ciel

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Ticky Holgado, Marisa Paredes, Laura del Sol

Synopsis: It is not necessary to know that this story is based on a true incident in order to enjoy it; in real life, a man landed in a major European airport without the necessary papers, and while authorities worked (slowly, ever-so slowly) to resolve his citizenship status, he lived and worked there Read More

1993
La Prossima Volta il Fuoco

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Marie-Christine Barrault, Lila Kedrova

Synopsis: The study of semantics has convinced Amedio (Jean Rochefort) that things only have relative validity, and that everything is changeable. So it seems, because while on an Italian holiday with his family, he conceives the idea that his aging wife (Marie-Christine Barrault) should assume the role of Read More

1993
Tango

Actors: Richard Bohringer, Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Noiret, Miou-Miou, Judith Godrëche

Synopsis: If such a thing as gentle humor can be wrung from murderous misogyny, this all-star comedy is the embodiment of it. The basic point of the film seems to be this: unattached men long to live with women, and once they do, they long to live without them. In this story, Paul (Thierry Lhermitte) is Read More

1993
Le Bal des Casse-Pieds

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Odette Laure, Hélène Vincent

Synopsis: In this comedy, veterinarian Henri Sauveur (Jean Rochefort) maintains his dignity and calm in the face of an incredible number of irritating or even genuinely upsetting encounters with inveterate pains-in-the-neck. He suffers from the rudeness (and worse) of Parisian drivers, his relatives, and Read More

1992
El Largo Invierno

Actors: Vittorio Gassman, Jacques Penot, Elizabeth Hurley, Jean Rochefort, Adolfo Marsillach

Synopsis: In 1939, Ramon (Jacques Penot) was a young man, caught up in his Barcelona family's involvement on the Republic side in the brutal Spanish Civil War. He and his family fled into exile ahead of Franco's troops. Now it is many years later, and he has come back to see how his old homestead fared in Read More

1992
Amoureux Fou

1991
My Mother's Castle

Actors: Philippe Caubère, Julien Ciamaca, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Therese Liotard

Synopsis: This charming motion picture relives the beautiful childhood memories of noted film director and writer Marcel Pagnol. While attending school in Marseilles, Marcel Julien Ciamaca daydreams about the nearby hills where he and his family spend vacations at a cottage. It is not enough to sojourn Read More

10/31/90
The Hairdresser's Husband

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Henry Hocking, Roland Bertin, Maurice Chevit, Philippe Clevenot

Synopsis: Erotic, funny, and very French, this film relies heavily on the critically-acclaimed performance of Jean Rochefort. As a child, Antoine (Rochefort) was obsessed with the ample beautician who cut his hair, and since then, his single ambition in life has been to marry a hairdresser. As an adult Read More

10/3/90
Je Suis le Seigneur du Chateau

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Dominique Blanc

Synopsis: When his widowed father M. Bread (Jean Rochefort) hires Mme Vernet (Dominique Blanc) to be his governess to look after him, and she brings along her son (who is the same age) to provide him with a playmate. Thomas (Regis Arpin) is not amused. After all, he muses, Je suis le seigneur de chateau Read More

1989
I Miei Primi Quarant'anni

Actors: Carol Alt, Elliott Gould, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Cosso

Synopsis: Carol Ault and Elliott Gould co-star with Jean Rochefort and Pierre Cosso in this softcore erotic drama. Marina (Ault) is a young woman from a wealthy family who graduates from affairs with her maid and a young count to favoring the brutish attention of domineering men. Although she is portrayed Read More

11/5/87
Le Moustachu

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Claude Brialy, Grace de Capitani, Jean-Claude Leguay

Synopsis: Duroc (Jean Rochefort) is a secret agent called on to deliver an exploding car to a gang of terrorists in this spy spoof. When someone leaks the plan to the terrorists, Duroc becomes the hunted rather than the hunter. He encounters several situations where people unwittingly interfere with his Read More

1987
Tandem

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Gérard Jugnot, Julie Jezequel

Synopsis: A fading television personality and radio quiz-show host is shielded by his right-hand man from learning his show has been cancelled in this situation comedy. Rivetot (Gerard Jugnot) is the loyal longtime assistant to Mortez (Jean Rochefort) who believes the news of the show's demise will be fatal Read More

1987
La Galette Du Roi

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Roger Hanin, Pauline Lafont, Jacques Villeret, Eddy Mitchell

Synopsis: In this conventional, broadly comic farce of greed and royal matrimony, nearly bankrupt businessman Victor Harris (Roger Hanin) is marrying Maria-Helena (Pauline Lafont), a princess who comes with a dowry that is made up of one half of her island kingdom. Her father, the cowardly King Arnold III (Jean Rochefort Read More

1/29/86
Quinze Aout

Actors: Nicole Garcia, Ann-Gisele Glass, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort

1986
Sortuz Egy Fekete Bivalyert

Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Cottençon, Miklos B. Szekely, Laszlo Mate

Synopsis: In this comedy-drama about human foibles, the aftermath of war undoubtedly has something to do with the behavior and feelings of the people living in a small Hungarian village. The lives of the villagers are seen through the eyes of David (Laszlo Mate), an orphaned Jewish boy who has come to Read More

1985
Frankenstein 90

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Eddy Mitchell, Fiona Gelin, Herma Vos, Ged Marlon

Synopsis: Yet another incarnation of Mary Shelley's 1818 Frankenstein, this uneven spoof by Alain Jessua casts Victor Frankenstein as a cybernetics wizard who constructs his monster with a notable lack of aesthetic sense but invests him with great microprocessors, and the newly-minted ogre finds life rather Read More

1984
Un Dimanche de Flics

Actors: Victor Lanoux, Jean Rochefort, Barbara Sukowa, Maurice Biraud, Jean-Roger Milo

Synopsis: This sometimes confusing yet predictable thriller is about two policemen who bust a heroin deal and, after dumping the white powder, take off with the money, but they cannot escape the mob boss hot on their trail -- he wants his money back. After a detective friend is murdered, one of the two Read More

1983
L'Ami de Vincent

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Françoise Fabian, Fanny Cottençon, Marie Dubois

Synopsis: In this plodding drama about a man searching for his friend's wronged lover, there is neither high action nor high suspense to keep -- or even reach -- a quick-paced storyline. A shallow womanizer (Jean Rochefort) plays the trumpet in an orchestra conducted by his steady and stable friend (Philippe Noiret Read More

1983
Le Grand Frère

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Roger Planchon, Souad Amidou, Jean Rochefort

Synopsis: The plot in this story weaves around like a New Year's reveler at four in the morning, heading first in one direction and then in another, with the intention of going home if things would just stop moving. Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) is a doctor whose Hippocratic oath was a hypocritic failure Read More

1982
L'Indiscretion

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Dominique Sanda, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Roland Bertin

Synopsis: Alain Tescique (Jean Rochefort) is in Paris on a brief vacation from his job on a North Sea oil rig, and while he is playing around with a ham radio set he bought for his son, he picks up some suspicious conversations in a neighboring apartment. After some more eavesdropping, he hears about an Read More

1982
I Sent a Letter to My Love

Actors: Simone Signoret, Jean Rochefort, Delphine Seyrig, Geneviève Fontanel, Dominique Labourier

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Bernice Rubens, I Sent a Letter to My Love stars Simone Signoret as a woman who has reached middle age without truly learning how to live. Responsible for the constant care of her paraplegic brother Jean Rochefort, Signoret seeks a brief respite from her confinement by Read More

1981
Reveillon Chez Bob

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Guy Bedos, Agnes Soral, Michel Galabru, Mireille Darc

Synopsis: In this routine, somewhat disconnected story, Louis Alban (Jean Rochefort) has been divorced from his wife for awhile when a ruse perpetrated by his son sends him rushing to see her, but not exactly in a direct line. After Louis reads a New Year's card from his son indicating the boy is being Read More

1981
Un Etrange Voyage

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Camille de Casabianca, Arlette Bonnard, Dominique Besnehard

Synopsis: A father-daughter relationship is melded, strained, and deepened by a shared angst: the grandmother in the family left her home by train and never arrived at her destination. The father Pierre (Jean Rochefort) is distraught that the police could basically dismiss the issue as inexplicable, and he Read More

1981
Il Faut Tuer Birgitt Haas

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer, Bernard Le Coq, Michel Beaune

Synopsis: Birgitt Haas (Lisa Kreuzer) has become the target of the German Secret Service -- she is a German terrorist and the Secret Service would like her eliminated. To that end, they request some help from their French equivalent, represented by Athanase (Philippe Noiret). His plan is to enlist the Read More

1981
Odio le Bionde

Actors: Enrico Montesano, Jean Rochefort, Corinne Clery, Marina Langner, Paola Tedesco

Synopsis: A gang of thieves begin using a highly-detailed book of crime fiction as a blueprint for their own capers. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

10/29/80
Courage Fuyons

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu, Robert Webber

Synopsis: Martin (Jean Rochefort) is a coward who is swept up in the revolt by French students in May, 1968 in this Gallic comedy of errors. He helps the rioters destroy his own auto as his wife and children watch the proceedings in disbelief. Martin wakes up in a student commune and sees the beautiful Eva Catherine Deneuve Read More

1979
Grandison

1979
French Postcards

Actors: Miles Chapin, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Valerie Quennessen, Debra Winger

Synopsis: A "critic's darling" of 1979, the modestly produced French Postcards has an appeal that goes beyond the wine and cheese crowd. Miles Chapin plays Joel, an American student in France on an exchange program. Joel's teacher, Mme. Tessier (Marie-France Pisier), is a "Miss Jean Brodie" type whose ideas Read More

1979
Le Cavaleur

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Catherine Alric, Catherine Leprince, Lila Kedrova

Synopsis: A discontented concert pianist causes all sorts of heartbreak with his egotistical and womanizing antics, and all the people in his life attempt to force him to grow up in this French comedy/drama (with English subtitles). ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Actors: George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret

Synopsis: Max (Robert Morley) is a wealthy, world-class conoisseur of fine food, who cannot stop himself from eating when the food is first-class. His doctor has given him stern warnings that he must lose over one hundred pounds, or he will die of heart failure. The presence of so many four-star chefs in Read More

1978
Le Crabe-Tambour

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Claude Rich, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Dufilho, Odile Versois

Synopsis: Le Crabe Tambour (The Crab Drum) stars Jacques Perrin as the title character. An officer in the French navy, Perrin has earned his nickname through his habit of beating his chest a la King Kong after consuming a crab dinner. Stories of this eccentric but courageous warrior remain in circulation Read More

11/9/77
Le Diable Dans La Boite

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Michel Lonsdale, Dominique Labourier, Micheline Presle, Anouk Ferjac, Bernard Haller

Synopsis: After serving faithfully for over 10 years, the mid-level executive in this film has received notice that he is being fired for vague reasons having something to do with "reorganization" rather than his own job performance. As a protest, he tries attending a company party with his pants off, which Read More

1977
Nous Irons Tous au Paradis

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos, Victor Lanoux, Danièle Delorme

Synopsis: This French comedy is the sequel to the well-regarded Pardon Mon Affaire. This version centers on the sexual fantasies of a quartet of four married, middle-class men attempting to deal with the onset of middle-age. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1977
Calmos

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Bertin, Bernard Blier, Brigitte Fossey, Claude Piéplu

Synopsis: Two middle-aged victims of the war of the sexes, Paul and Albert (Jean-Pierre Marielle and Jean Rochefort) run away from their families at the same time. They ind