Jean-Paul Rouve (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃pɔl ʁuv(ə)]; born 26 January 1967) is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is a founding member of the Les Robins des Bois comedy troupe, active from 1996 onwards.[1][2]
Jean-Paul Rouve | |
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Born | Malo-les-Bains, France | 26 January 1967
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Years active | 1993–present |
He has appeared in over 70 film and television productions since 1993, having held roles in comedy films such as Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), RRRrrrr!!! (2004), Those Happy Days (2006) and Les Tuche (2011).
Personal life
editA native of Dunkirk, Rouve graduated from the Cours Florent drama school in Paris, where he studied theatre in the class of Isabelle Nanty (with whom he would later star in several productions),[3] alongside Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Marina Foïs, Maurice Barthélemy, Pascal Vincent and Élise Larnicol. Together, the six would form The Royal Imperial Green Rabbit Company troupe, which would soon become Les Robins des Bois.
Rouve lived several years with the novelist Bénédicte Martin; the couple had a son.[4]
Filmography
editFilmmaker
editYear | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Director | Screenwriter | Producer | |||
2004 | RRRrrrr!!! | Yes | |||
2008 | The Easy Way | Yes | Yes | ||
2012 | Quand je serai petit | Yes | Yes | Yes | As associate producer |
2013 | Denis | Yes | |||
2015 | Memories | Yes | Yes | Yes | As co-producer |
Actor
editYear | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1993 | C'est mon histoire | Renaud | Pierre Joassin | TV series (1 episode) |
1993–1999 | Julie Lescaut | Agent Leveil | Several | TV series (26 episodes) |
1996 | Le souffleur | Bruno Sauvard & Michael Viger | Short | |
Le R.I.F. | Party Leader | Michel Andrieu | TV series (1 episode) | |
1997 | La famille Sapajou | Biscarros | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
1998 | Serial Lover | Edouard 'Douad' Pied | James Huth | |
1999 | Karnaval | Pine | Thomas Vincent | |
Trafic d'influence | Jean-Frédéric | Dominique Farrugia | ||
L'amour déchiré | Yann Piquer | Short | ||
Le pire des Robins des Bois | Various | Several | TV series (22 episodes) | |
2000–2001 | La cape et l'épée | Several | TV series (24 episodes) | |
2001 | Tanguy | Bruno Lemoine | Étienne Chatiliez | |
Le petit poucet | The Queen's rider | Olivier Dahan | ||
La stratégie de l'échec | Luc | Dominique Farrugia | ||
Il est difficile de tuer quelqu'un, même un lundi |
Jean | Eric Valette | Short | |
H | Steward | Éric Lartigau | TV series (1 episode) | |
Caméra Café | New Employee | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) | |
2002 | Monsieur Batignole | Pierre-Jean Lamour | Gérard Jugnot | César Award for Most Promising Actor |
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Caius Antivirus | Alain Chabat | ||
Whatever You Say | Patrick | Guillaume Canet | ||
Jojo la frite | Joseph | Nicolas Cuche | ||
Le 17 | Tran N'Guyen | Several | TV series (7 episodes) | |
2003 | I, Cesar | Gym Teacher | Richard Berry | |
The Car Keys | Himself | Laurent Baffie | ||
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? | Steve Marley | Éric Lartigau | ||
2004 | A Very Long Engagement | Postman | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
RRRrrrr!!! | Pierre The Blond | Alain Chabat | ||
Podium | Couscous | Yann Moix | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
Un petit jeu sans conséquence | Serge Hatier | Bernard Rapp | ||
Casablanca Driver | Guy | Maurice Barthélemy | ||
2005 | Let's Be Friends | Claude Mendelbaum | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
Boudu | Hubert | Gérard Jugnot | ||
Bunker paradise | John Devaux | Stefan Liberski | ||
2006 | Those Happy Days | Vincent | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
Arthur and the Invisibles | Armand | Luc Besson | ||
Le temps des porte-plumes | Gustave | Daniel Duval | ||
2007 | La Vie en Rose | Louis Gassion | Olivier Dahan | |
Snow White: The Sequel | Charming Prince | Picha | ||
L'île aux trésors | Dr. Livesey | Alain Berbérian | ||
Ce soir, je dors chez toi | Alex | Olivier Baroux | ||
Premier voyage | Dad | Grégoire Sivan | Short | |
2008 | La très très grande entreprise | Denis Bosquet | Pierre Jolivet | |
The Easy Way | Albert Spaggiari | Jean-Paul Rouve | ||
La jeune fille et les loups | Émile Garcin | Gilles Legrand | ||
2009 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | Armand | Luc Besson | |
Le coach | Patrick Marmignon | Olivier Doran | ||
Myster Mocky présente | Jean-Pierre Mocky | TV series (1 episode) | ||
2010 | The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec | Justin de Saint-Hubert | Luc Besson | |
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds | Armand | Luc Besson | ||
En chantier, monsieur Tanner ! | Paul Tanner | Stefan Liberski | TV movie | |
2011 | Les Tuche | Jeff Tuche | Olivier Baroux | |
Nobody Else But You | David Rousseau | Gérald Hustache-Mathieu | ||
Légitime défense | Benoît | Pierre Lacan | ||
Low Cost | Dagobert | Maurice Barthélemy | ||
Le grand restaurant II | The Brother | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie | |
2012 | Quand je serai petit | Mathias | Jean-Paul Rouve | |
2013 | Turning Tide | Denis Juhel | Christophe Offenstein | |
Denis | Denis | Lionel Bailliu | ||
2014 | Never on the First Night | Marc | Melissa Drigeard | |
La queue | The Man | Yacine Sersar | Short | |
Ce soir je vais tuer l'assassin de mon fils | Philippe Tessier | Pierre Aknine | TV movie | |
2015 | Memories | Philippe | Jean-Paul Rouve | |
The New Adventures of Aladdin | Great Vizier | Arthur Benzaquen | ||
Scènes de ménages | Wedding Planner | Francis Duquet | TV series (1 episode) | |
2016 | Les Tuche 2 | Jeff Tuche | Olivier Baroux | |
Artaud, le Suréel y los Tarahumaras | Antonin Artaud | Lara Quaglia | ||
Papa, Alexandre, Maxime & Eduardo | Alexandre | Simon Masnay | Short | |
2017 | Dalida | Lucien Morisse | Lisa Azuelos | |
C'est la vie ! | Guy | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | ||
2018 | Alad'2 | The vizier | Cameo | |
2019 | Donne-moi des ailes | Christian | Nicolas Vanier | |
2023 | Consent | Gabriel Matzneff | Vanessa Filho |
References
edit- ^ "Jean-Paul Rouve". unifrance.org. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Jean-Paul Rouve". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ "Quand Isabelle Nanty était la prof de théâtre de Jean-Paul Rouve". Europe 1 (in French). 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Photos Jean-Paul Rouve - Un arrivage de people en herbe..." Archived from the original on 12 March 2009.