Jean-Claude Dreyfus

French actor, comedian, and author

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Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Jean-Claude Dreyfus at the 2015 Lumière Awards

Born|  (1946-02-18) 18 February 1946 (age 79)

Paris, France

Occupations|

* Actor
* comedian
* author

Years active| 1970–present

Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born 18 February 1946, in Paris) is a French actor, comedian, and author.

He began his career in film acting in 1974 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of the butcher and main antagonist in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.[1] He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films The City of Lost Children and A Very Long Engagement.

## Author

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Year  | Book  | Publishing  | Notes

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2005  | Du cochon considéré comme l'un des beaux-arts | Le Cherche-Midi  | Novel
2006  | Les questions à la con | Pascal Petiot  | Novel
2012  | Ma BioDégradable | Le Cherche-Midi  | Novel

## Theater

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Jean-Claude Dreyfus to the Salon du livre de Paris in March 2013 Year  | Title  | Author  | Director  | Notes

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1976  | L'Échange | Paul Claudel | Anne Delbée  |
1977  | Nuova Colonia | Luigi Pirandello | Anne Delbée (2)  |
1978  | Les gens déraisonnables sont en voie de disparition | Peter Handke | Claude Régy  |
1979  | Les Fausses Confidences | Pierre de Marivaux | Jacques Lassalle  |
1980  | Un dimanche indécis dans la vie d'Anna | Jacques Lassalle  | Jacques Lassalle (2)  |
1981  | Bent | Martin Sherman | Peter Chatel  |
1983  | Hôtel Jawat et de la Plage | Christine Albanel | André Oumansky |
Lulu | Frank Wedekind | André Engel  |
1985  | The Misanthrope | Molière | André Engel (2)  |
1986  | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Luigi Pirandello | Jean-Pierre Vincent  |
As Is | William M. Hoffman | Gérard Vergez  |
1988  | Strange Interlude | Eugene O'Neill | Jacques Rosner  |
1989  | Ruy Blas | Victor Hugo | Jacques Rosner (2)  |
1990  | Le Chant du départ | Ivane Daoudi  | Jean-Pierre Vincent (2)  |
La Nona | Roberto Cossa | Gérard Vergez  | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
1991  | Ornifle ou le Courant d'air | Jean Anouilh | Patrice Leconte |
1997  | Derrière les collines | Jean-Louis Bourdon  | Jean-Louis Bourdon  |
1998  | Hygiene and the Assassin | Amélie Nothomb | Didier Long  | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
Mother Courage and Her Children | Bertolt Brecht | Yves Pignot  |
2005  | Pour ceux qui restent | Pascal Elbé | Charles Berling |
2008  | Réception | Serge Valletti  | Christophe Correia  |
2009-11  | Le Mardi à Monoprix | Emmanuel Darley  | Michel Didym  | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor (2010)
Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor (2011)
2010  | Périphéries Humaines | Euryale Collet-Barquero  | Zmorda Chkimi  |
2011-13  | Dreyfus-Devos | Raymond Devos | Christophe Correia (2)  |
2012  | Viva la Vida | Pierre Tré-Hardy  | Pierre Tré-Hardy  |
2013  | L'Inondation | Émile Zola |  |
2014  | La Trahison d'Einstein | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Steve Suissa |
2015  | Le Chant des oliviers | Marilyne Bal  | Anne Bouvier  |

## Filmography

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Director  | Notes

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1970  | Les aventures de Zadig |  | Claude-Jean Bonnardot  | TV movie
1972  | What a Flash! |  | Jean-Michel Barjol  |
1974  | Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard | The transformist  | Michel Audiard |
1975  | One Man Against the Organization | Lady Rebecca Rosenbaum  | Sergio Grieco |
1976  | Shadow of Angels | Zwerg  | Daniel Schmid |
1977  | Le portrait de Dorian Gray | The preacher  | Pierre Boutron  |
1978  | Le sucre | Mimine  | Jacques Rouffio |
Les folies Offenbach | Grand Duke Wladimir  | Michel Boisrond | TV mini-series
Nuova Colonia | Noccio  | Patrick Bureau  |
1979  | Immoral Women | Bini  | Walerian Borowczyk |
Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette |  | Jean Yanne |
Memoirs of a French Whore |  | Daniel Duval |
Le journal | Noël  | Philippe Lefebvre | TV mini-series
1980  | L'embrumé | Rosen  | Josée Dayan | TV movie
1981  | Caméra une première | Bruno  | Jean-François Delassus | TV series (1 episode)
Allons z'enfants | Captain Maryla  | Yves Boisset |
1982  | Les dossiers de l'écran |  | Jean-François Delassus (2)  | TV series (1 episode)
Fitzcarraldo | Opera Singer  | Werner Herzog |
Le péril rampant | The Snake  | Alberto Yaccelini  | Short
1983  | Le Prix du Danger | Bertrand  | Yves Boisset (2)  |
Éducation anglaise | Georgina  | Jean-Claude Roy  |
Le Marginal | The transvestite  | Jacques Deray |
1984  | Rue barbare |  | Gilles Béhat  |
Dog Day | Le Barrec  | Yves Boisset (3)  |
Le rat |  | Elisabeth Huppert  | TV movie
Le fou du roi | Courtemise  | Yvan Chiffre  |
Our Story | A neighbor  | Bertrand Blier |
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers | Marquis Du Hickey  | Tommy Chong |
Liste noire | Mahler  | Alain Bonnot  |
1987  | Tandem | Adviser  | Patrice Leconte |
La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome | The transvestite  | Julius Amédé Laou  |
Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé | The Emperor  | René Laloux | Short
1988  | Ville étrangère | Taxi driver  | Didier Goldschmidt  |
Black mic-mac 2 | The Commissioner  | Marco Pauly  |
Méliès 88 |  | Philippe Gautier  | TV Short
Le clan | Lamberti  | Claude Barma | TV mini-series
La bête féroce |  | Magali Cerda  | Short
1989  | Radio Corbeau | Rosati  | Yves Boisset (4)  |
Lundi noir | Thierache  | Jean-François Delassus (3)  | TV movie
Jeanne d'Arc, le pouvoir de l'innocence | Jean de Luxembourg | Pierre Badel  | TV movie
Tour d'ivoire |  | Dominique Belet  | Short
1990  | There Were Days... and Moons | The accident's man  | Claude Lelouch |
1991  | La tribu | The alcoholic  | Yves Boisset (5)  |
Delicatessen | Clapet  | Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Commissaire Chabert: Le tueur du zodiaque | Abelar  | Bernard Villiot  | TV movie
Tous les Matins du Monde | Abbe Mathieu  | Alain Corneau |
25 décembre 58, 10h36 |  | Diane Bertrand | Short
1992  | The Voice | Head waiter  | Pierre Granier-Deferre |
Poulets à l'amende | Leguern  | Stéphane Kurc  | TV movie
La Belle Histoire | The Inspector  | Claude Lelouch (2)  |
Princesse Alexandra | Worth  | Denis Amar  | TV movie
Coyote | M. Poireau  | Richard Ciupka  |
Un vampire au paradis | The fake psychiatrist  | Abdelkrim Bahloul  |
Jo et Milou | Simon  | Josée Dayan (2)  | TV movie
La Fille de l'air | Marcel  | Maroun Bagdadi |
L'affaire Salengro | Roger Salengro | Denys de La Patellière | TV movie
Article 22 |  | Gilles Romera  | Short
1993  | Les histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général | Dennard  | Anne Fontaine |
Pétain | Dumoulin  | Jean Marboeuf  |
Le bourgeois gentilhomme | The philosophy teacher  | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie
Télé-carton |  | Gil Lefauconnier & Isabelle Salvini  | Short
Piège à sons |  | Philippe Dorison  | Short
Les portes | M. Levski  | Fabrice Nordmann  | Short
Deux cafés, l'addition |  | Gilles Pujol  | Short
1994  | Bonsoir | Inspector Bruneau  | Jean-Pierre Mocky |
Cache Cash | Max  | Claude Pinoteau |
Passé sous silence | Charles Hutin  | Igaal Niddam  | TV movie
Toilettes |  | Olias Barco  | Short
Lonelytude ou une légère éclaircie |  | Éric Guirado | Short
Le terminus de Rita |  | Filip Forgeau  | Short
Le concert |  | Stéphane Krausz  | Short
1995  | Nestor Burma | Charles Baurenot  | Jean Marboeuf (2)  | TV series (1 episode)
En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît | Daniel  | Pierre Grange  |
Le Fils de Gascogne | Marco Garciano  | Pascal Aubier |
The City of Lost Children | Marcello  | Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2)  |
Krim | The transvestite  | Ahmed Bouchaala  |
Oui | The guard  | Pascal Perennes  | Short
Le courrier des îles |  | Alain Marie  | Short
La main |  | Samuel Dupuy  | Short
Crash record |  | Dominique Champetier  | Short
1996  | Une trop bruyante solitude | Chief  | Véra Caïs  |
Le réveil | The Man  | Marc-Henri Wajnberg | Short
The Adventures of Pinocchio | Foreman  | Steve Barron |
Tiré à part | Georges Récamier  | Bernard Rapp |
1997  | La cible | The prefect  | Pierre Courrège  |
Mira la magnifique | Zaoul  | Agnès Delarive  | TV movie
La ballade de Titus | Doctor Shrink  | Vincent De Brus  |
Le nègre | Jean Jeudi  | François Lévy-Kuentz  | Short
Le milliardaire |  | Julien Eudes  | Short
Enquête d'audience | The attendant  | Laurent Pellicer  | Short
1998  | Pension des oiseaux |  | Dominique Champetier (2)  | Short
Les tartines | The woodcutter  | Fabrice Radenac  | Short
L'homme sans faim | M. Tortionari  | Mathieu Zeitindjioglou  | Short
Jean-Michel | The neighbor  | Alexandre Zanetti  | Short
1999  | H | Cyril Strauss  | Charles Nemes  | TV series (1 episode)
Un peu de retenue! |  | Sylvain Gillet  | Short
Un Noël de chien |  | Nadine Monfils | Short
2000  | Les enfants du printemps | Serge  | Marco Pico  | TV mini-series
Proposition de manger les enfants | The ogre  | Brice Reveney  | Short
2001  | The Lady and the Duke | The Duke of Orleans | Éric Rohmer |
Philosophale |  | Farid Fedjer  |
2002  | Sumoto Life | The first thug  | Jean Pillet  | Short
Il était une 'foi' |  | Nathalie Aussant  | Short
Maigret | Xavier Bresselles  | Yves de Chalonge  | TV series (1 episode)
Au loin... l'horizon |  | Olivier Vidal  |
2003  | Dernière cigarette | The angry man  | Thierry Falivene  | Short
Rien, voilà l'ordre | The libertine  | Jacques Baratier |
Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés | The antique dealer  | Stéphane Clavier |
La peau de chagrin | Narrator  | Stéphane Blanquet & Olive  | Short
2004  | Le cercle vicieux |  | Nicolas Leblanc  | Short
Fragile | The Boss  | Nicolas Bary  | Short
3 garçons, 1 fille, 2 mariages | Camille's father  | Stéphane Clavier (2)  | TV movie
Two Brothers | Administrator Eugene Normandin  | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
Le p'tit curieux | Monsieur Dubois  | Jean Marboeuf (3)  |
Petits mythes urbains | Peter  | Igor Legarreta & Emilio Pérez Pérez  | TV series (1 episode)
Automne | Hugo  | Ra'up McGee  |
A Very Long Engagement | Major François Lavrouye  | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (3)  |
Mauvaise graine | Orak  | Stéphane Blanquet & Olive (2)  | Short
2005  | À l'état d'e(m)bauche | The director  | Bernard Tanguy  | Short
Le juge est une femme | Jacques Villeroy  | Jean-Marc Seban  | TV series (1 episode)
Zooloo | Juan  | Nicolas Bazz  | Short
2006  | Les soliloques du pauvre |  | Laurent Preyale  |
Le bénévole | Doctor Museau  | Jean-Pierre Mocky (2)  |
Au crépuscule des temps | Giuseppe Mariani | Sarah Lévy  | TV movie
2007  | Monsieur Max | Sacha Guitry | Gabriel Aghion | TV movie
Le deal | Hervé Radius  | Jean-Pierre Mocky (3)  |
Jean de La Fontaine - Le défi | M. de Chateauneuf  | Daniel Vigne  |
Chacun son cinéma | The husband  | Roman Polanski |
Situation critique | Mr. Schmob  | Guillaume Le Mezo & Boris Vassallo  | Short
Tierce mineure | Musician  | Olivier Vidal (2)  | Short
Les cerfs-volants | The count  | Jérôme Cornuau  | TV movie
2008  | Vincent, le magnifique | Pierre  | Pascal Forney  | Short
Le prince de ce monde | Debruges  | Manuel Gómez  |
Coco Chanel | Paul Poiret | Christian Duguay | TV movie
Des astres |  | Benjamin Carniaux & Frédéric Ruiz  | Short
Vilaine | Narrator  | Jean-Patrick Benes & Allan Mauduit  |
2009  | L'affaire Salengro | Henri Béraud | Yves Boisset (6)  | TV movie
S.A.R.L. Noël |  | Anita & John Hudson  | Short
Une nuit qu'il était à se morfondre... | Jean-Claude  | Cyril Paris  | Short
Les Ames Pixellisées | Armand  | Michael Castellanet  | Short
2010  | Malena | Marie-Pierre  | Pierre Noguéras  | Short
La vieille dame et le garçon | Philippe  | Gaël Cottat  | Short
Dernier voyage improvisé | Raoul  | Julien Guiol  | Short
6-7 et nous | Mr. Le Maire  | Alain Aubrion & Nicolas Gauffreteau  | Short
2011  | Un crime hors de prix | Henri  | Quentin Lestienne  | Short
Requiem pour une tueuse | The singing master  | Jérôme Le Gris  |
L'orpheline avec en plus un bras en moins | Renaud Duraquet  | Jacques Richard  |
Mama Lova |  | Thomas Szczepanski  |
Bartleby | Turkey  | Olivier Martinez  | Short
2012  | L'art des Thanatier | Voice  | David Le Bozec  | Short
2013  | La belle et le vertige | Mr. Backer  | Maxime Hermet  | Short
Attila Marcel | M. Kruzinsky  | Sylvain Chomet |
2014  | Sur l'océane | The producer  | Enola S. Cluzeau  |
Déconnexion | Dog Seller  | Jérémie Prigent & François Rémond  | Short
Sauliac | Sauliac  | Edouard Giraudo  | Short
2015  | Dom Juan, Acte IV, Scène 3 | M. Dimanche  | Tom Dahio  | Short
Sélection officielle | Michel Rivière  | Jacques Richard (2)  |

## References

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1. ^ Maslin, Janet (October 5, 1991). "Review/Film Festival; Please, How Many Lentils for Your Musical Saw?". The New York Times.

## External links

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* Jean-Claude Dreyfus at IMDb

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