Rufus (actor)

French actor (born 1942)

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Rufus

Rufus in 2016

Born|

Jacques Narcy

(1942-12-19) 19 December 1942 (age 82)

Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1967–present
Children| 3

Rufus (born 19 December 1942) is the stage name of French actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known to international film audiences for his performance as Raphaël, the father of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2001).[1]

## Career

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After three years at medical school, he became a theatre manager.

He has appeared in numerous French TV series and productions, including most of the films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He played the lead role in the movie Train de vie (1998), an award-winning tragicomedy about the Holocaust.

## Personal life

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He lives in Neauphle-le-Château in the Yvelines département and has three children; his daughter Zoé Narcy and his son Basile Narcy are themselves actors.

## Filmography

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Director  | Notes

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1967  | Les encerclés |  | Christian Gion  |
1969  | Mr. Freedom | Freddie Fric  | William Klein |
Erotissimo | The Accountant  | Gérard Pirès |
Les patates | Larobesse  | Claude Autant-Lara |
L'américain | Corbeau  | Marcel Bozzuffi |
Week-end surprise |  | Georges Dumoulin  | Short
La montre |  | Peter Kassovitz | Short
Léonce et Léna | Valerio  | Guy Lessertisseur  | TV movie
Laure | Ferdinand  | Moshé Mizrahi | TV series
1970  | Safety Catch | The photographer's assistant  | Yves Boisset |
The Cop | Raymond Aulnay  | Yves Boisset (2)  |
Promise at Dawn | The Violin Teacher  | Jules Dassin |
Donkey Skin |  | Jacques Demy |
Les saintes chéries | Sautarel  | Jean Becker | TV series (3 episodes)
Rendez-vous à Badenberg | ZZ 22  | Jean-Michel Meurice  | TV series (10 episodes)
1971  | The Wedding Ring | The pigeons's breeder  | Christian de Chalonge |
Fantasia Among the Squares | Wesson  | Gérard Pirès (2)  |
L'amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste |  | Jean-Daniel Pollet |
Laisse aller... c'est une valse | Mister Ferglough  | Georges Lautner |
Un aller simple | Tom Mills  | José Giovanni |
Valparaiso, Valparaiso | The Vilain  | Pascal Aubier |
Aussi loin que l'amour | The Barman  | Frédéric Rossif |
Où est passé Tom? | Tom Coupar  | José Giovanni (2)  |
1972  | Les camisards | Jacques Combassous  | René Allio |
1973  | La vie facile | The Priest  | Francis Warin  |
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot | Gagnepain  | Nina Companeez |
L'école sauvage |  | Costa Natsis & Adam Pianko  |
Une belle journée |  | Jean-Charles Tacchella | Short
Poof | Poof  | Lazare Iglesis  | TV movie
1974  | Un nuage entre les dents | The Dog's man  | Marco Pico  |
Mariage | Henri Thierry  | Claude Lelouch |
Nouvelles de Henry James | Monsieur Pemberton  | Luc Béraud | TV series (1 episode)
1975  | Au long de rivière Fango | Jérémie  | Sotha |
Lily, aime-moi | Claude  | Maurice Dugowson |
Trop c'est trop | The Policeman  | Didier Kaminka  |
Le chant du départ | Michel  | Pascal Aubier (2)  |
La adúltera | Lucien  | Roberto Bodegas |
1976  | The Tenant | Georges Badar  | Roman Polanski |
Un type comme moi ne devrait jamais mourir | Packages's Man  | Michel Vianey  |
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 | Mathieu Vernier  | Alain Tanner |
1977  | March or Die | Sergeant Triand  | Dick Richards |
Je veux mourir dans la patrie de Jean-Paul Sartre |  | Mosco Boucault  | Short
Aller-retour | The Man  | Monique Enckell  | Short
Cinéma 16 | Bibi  | Jacques Krier  | TV series (1 episode)
1978  | Fire's Share | Patrick Delbaut  | Étienne Périer |
Surprise Sock | Antoine  | Jean-François Davy |
1979  | Ville à prendre | Voice  | Patrick Brunie  |
Zoo zéro | Yves  | Alain Fleischer  |
The Police War | Le Garrec  | Robin Davis |
1980  | San Francisco |  | Freddy Charles  | TV movie
1981  | La chanson du mal aimé | Guillaume Apollinaire | Claude Weisz |
Une pierre, un arbre, un nuage |  | Christine van de Putte  | Short
1982  | Xueiv |  | Patrick Brunie (2)  |
Otototoï | Fonse  | Richard Rein  | TV movie
1983  | Itinéraire bis | Cyprien  | Christian Drillaud  |
Eréndira | Photographer  | Ruy Guerra |
1985  | On the Killer's Track [de] | Pierre Hacker  | Hajo Gies [de] |
Série noire | Léopold  | José Giovanni (3)  | TV series (1 episode)
1986  | Exploits of a Young Don Juan | The Monk  | Gianfranco Mingozzi |
1987  | Vera |  | Béatrice Pollet  |
Ubac | The Hunchback  | Jean-Pierre Grasset  |
Poisons | Louis Loiseau  | Pierre Maillard  |
Keep Your Right Up | The Cop  | Jean-Luc Godard |
Horoscope favorable |  | Christine Ehm  | Short
Tatort | Hacker  | Hajo Gies (2)  | TV series (1 episode)
1988  | Les deux cervelles |  | Pierre Baudry & Michaëla Watteaux  | Short
Sueurs froides | Jacques  | Arnaud Sélignac  | TV series (1 episode)
Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Inspector Fumel  | Jean-Marie Coldefy  | TV series (1 episode)
1989  | En attendant Godot | Vladimir | Walter D. Asmus | TV movie
Mary de Cork | Jimmy  | Robin Davis (2)  | TV movie
Femme de papier | Monsieur Courtois  | Suzanne Schiffman | TV movie
1990  | L'Autrichienne | Father Girard  | Pierre Granier-Deferre |
Promotion canapé | Inspector of Justice  | Didier Kaminka (2)  |
Lacenaire | Canler  | Francis Girod |
La goutte d'or | Sigisbert  | Marcel Bluwal | TV movie
Le Gorille | Camille Malemans  | Jean Delannoy | TV series (1 episode)
1991  | Delicatessen | Robert Kube  | Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
Ferbac | Fernand Graucourt  | Marc Rivière | TV series (1 episode)
1992  | Liebesreise | Manol  | Sylvia Hoffmann  | TV movie
Coup de chance | Dorta  | Pierre Aknine  | TV movie
Parfum de bébé | Raymond  | Serge Meynard  | TV movie
1993  | La ballade d'un condamné |  | Anne-Laure Brénéol  | Short
Christinas Seitensprung | The Psychoanalyst  | Oliver Storz  | TV movie
1994  | Des feux mal éteints | Commander Perleau  | Serge Moati |
Joe & Marie | Joe's father  | Tania Stöcklin  |
Le mangeur de lune | Father Simon  | Dai Sijie |
L'amour est un jeu d'enfant | Dorta  | Pierre Grimblat  | TV movie
1995  | Les Misérables | Monsieur Thénardier | Claude Lelouch (2)  |
The City of Lost Children | Peeler  | Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2)  |
Le nid tombé de l'oiseau | Emile Savigneau  | Alain Schwartzstein  | TV movie
1996  | J'ai échoué | The Grand father  | Philippe Donzelot  | Short
Tendre piège | Monsieur Gallibert  | Serge Moati (2)  | TV movie
La guerre des moutons | Marcel  | Rémy Burkel  | TV movie
Crime à l'altimètre | Octave  | José Giovanni (4)  | TV movie
La comète | The Hurdy-Gurdy  | Claude Santelli | TV movie
Strangers | Dr. Hoskin  | Arnaud Sélignac (2)  | TV series (1 episode)
Julie Lescaut | Bellanger  | Alain Bonnot  | TV series (1 episode)
1997  | Metroland | Henri  | Philip Saville |
C'est la tangente que je préfère | A spectator  | Charlotte Silvera  |
Les tourments de Miss Murphy | Voice  | Jean-Noël Delamarre  | Short
Une soupe aux herbes sauvages | Joseph  | Alain Bonnot (2)  | TV movie
Inspecteur Moretti | Salengre  | Gilles Béhat  | TV series (1 episode)
1998  | Que la lumière soit | Harper's Driver  | Arthur Joffé |
Le Radeau de la Méduse | Soldier Musician  | Iradj Azimi  |
Train of Life | Mordechai  | Radu Mihăileanu |
Un mois de réflexion | Georges Galibert  | Serge Moati (3)  | TV movie
Le feu sous la glace | Albert Duparc  | Françoise Decaux-Thomelet  | TV movie
1999  | De père en fils | Serge  | Jérôme Foulon  | TV movie
Lazzaroni | Oncle Victeur  | Serge Moati (4)  | TV movie
2000  | Carpe Diem |  | Elisabeth Aubert Schlumberger  | Short
2001  | Amélie | Raphaël Poulain  | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (3)  | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie | Grinval  | José Giovanni (5)  |
2002-04  | Juliette Lesage, médecine pour tous | Murol  | Christian François  | TV series (3 episodes)
2003  | Comme si de rien n'était | Edouard  | Pierre-Olivier Mornas  |
That Day | Hubus  | Raúl Ruiz |
Entrusted | Professor Bergot  | Giacomo Battiato | TV movie
Saint-Germain ou La négociation | Monsieur de Biron  | Gérard Corbiau | TV movie
Hôtel des deux mondes | Mage Radjapour  | Philippe Miquel  | TV movie
Commissaire Meyer | Commissioner François Meyer  | Michel Favart  | TV series (1 episode)
2004  | Le grand rôle | Monsieur Silberman  | Steve Suissa |
À ton image | Mathilde's father  | Aruna Villiers  |
Madame Édouard | Valdès  | Nadine Monfils |
A Very Long Engagement | The Breton  | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (4)  |
Bonhomme de chemin | Oscar  | Frédéric Mermoud  | TV movie
2005  | Iznogoud | The Counselor  | Patrick Braoudé |
2006  | Du jour au lendemain | Cremer  | Philippe Le Guay |
Les aiguilles rouges | Marullaz  | Jean-François Davy (2)  |
Les irréductibles | Edmond  | Renaud Bertrand  |
Qui m'aime me suive | Jean-Pierre  | Benoît Cohen  |
Les vauriens | Fouchs  | Dominique Ladoge  | TV movie
La volière aux enfants | The Bishop  | Olivier Guignard  | TV movie
Le Cri | Monsieur Lesage  | Hervé Baslé  | TV mini-series
2007  | His Majesty Minor | Rectus  | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
Ma vie n'est pas une comédie romantique | Thomas's father  | Marc Gibaja  |
Le sang noir | Cripure  | Peter Kassovitz (2)  | TV movie
Luchon International Film Festival - Best Actor
Tragédie en direct | Paul  | Marc Rivière (2)  | TV movie
2008  | Mes stars et moi | Victor  | Laetitia Colombani |
Myster Mocky présente | Various  | Jean-Pierre Mocky | TV series (1 episode)
2009  | King Guillaume | King Cyril-John Delagny  | Pierre-François Martin-Laval |
Tricheuse | Monsieur Paroquet  | Jean-François Davy (3)  |
Korkoro | Fernand  | Tony Gatlif |
Adieu créature |  | David Perrault  | Short
La reine et le cardinal | Cardinal Richelieu | Marc Rivière (3)  | TV movie
2010  | Carnets de rêves | The Man  | Baptiste Gourden  | Short
Colombe | La Surette  | Dominique Thiel  | TV movie
Colère | Germain Bougron  | Jean-Pierre Mocky (2)  | TV movie
Profilage | Jacques Mirmont  | Eric Summer  | TV series (1 episode)
2011  | Crédit pour tous | Pistille  | Jean-Pierre Mocky (3)  |
Les insomniaques | The Commissioner  | Jean-Pierre Mocky (4)  |
Je m'appelle Bernadette | Monseigneur Forcade  | Jean Sagols  |
La part des anges | Emile  | Sylvain Monod  | TV movie
Le repaire de la vouivre | Édouard Pratt  | Edwin Baily  | TV mini-series
Le sang de la vigne | Jounenaze  | Marc Rivière (4)  | TV series (1 episode)
2012  | 10 jours en or | Father Clément Rozière  | Nicolas Brossette  |
Les parapluies migrateurs | Elios  | Melanie Laleu  | Short
La larme du fantôme | The Man  | Florian Quittard  | Short
Je retourne chez ma mère | Paul  | Williams Crépin  | TV movie
2013  | Pas très normales activités | Levantour  | Maurice Barthélemy |
Marius | Piquoiseau  | Daniel Auteuil |
The Marchers | François  | Nabil Ben Yadir |
À votre bon coeur mesdames | Doctor Andreausse  | Jean-Pierre Mocky (5)  |
Je veille sur vous | Jacques  | Elodie Fiabane  | Short
Passe le briquet à ton voisin | The Fisherman  | Sachka Lelouch  | Short
Through Blue Summer Nights | Jean  | Nicolas Barth  | Short
Chérif | Monsieur Hurtince  | Julien Zidi  | TV series (1 episode)
2014  | Salaud, on t'aime | Le Ruf  | Claude Lelouch (3)  |
Soleils | Voltaire  | Olivier Delahaye & Dani Kouyaté |
La menace d'une rose | Q  | Thomas Lhermitte  | Short
La déesse aux cent bras | Le Dantec  | Sylvain Monod (2)  | TV movie
2015  | Chant d'hiver |  | Otar Iosseliani |
2016  | The African Doctor | Jean  | Julien Rambaldi  |
2017  | Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction | The taxi driver  | Claude Lelouch (4)  |
Knock | The old Jules  | Lorraine Lévy |

## References

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1. ^ Amsellem, Philippe (2 October 2019). "Marseille : Rufus, la tête dans les étoiles et les pieds sur terre". www.lamarseillaise.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2020.

## External links

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* Rufus at IMDb

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