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Jean Rochefort

Actor

Born - 29 April 1930, Dinan, France
Died - 8 October 2017

Tall, dark-haired, moustachioed French actor, often in comedy, and amiable in a slightly lugubrious way. A popular figure in more than 150 mainly mainstream films, he made his debut at 26 in Rencontre a Paris (1956) and was almost always seen in central roles: Capitaine Fracasse (1961), Cartouche/Swords of Blood (1962), Angelique (1964), Two Weeks in September (1967), The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe (1972), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), Pardon Mon Affaire (1976), Too Many Chefs (1978), Un Etrange Voyage (1981), Frankenstein 90 (1984), Tandem (1987), The Hairdresser's Husband (1990), Wild Target (1993), Palace (1995), Barracuda (1997), Rembrandt (1999), Mr Bean's Holiday (2007), Floride (2015) and many, many more.