Jean-Claude Dauphin

• Name — Jean-Claude Dauphin • Birth Name — Jean-Claude Legrand • Born — 16 March 1948 • Birthplace — Boulogne-Billancourt, France • Occupation — Actor • Mother — Maria Mauban • Father — Claude Dauphin • Relatives — * Jean Nohain (uncle) • James Newman (nephew) • Griffin Newman (nephew) • Romilly Newman (niece)

He is the son of actor Claude Dauphin and actress Maria Mauban, the grandson of the poet Maurice Étienne Legrand and nephew host Jean Nohain, his father's brother. At Lycée Paul-Valéry in Paris, he studied in the class of Latinist Bernard Mortureux, a specialist in Seneca. His debut, in 1968, in Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre (Adolphe or the tender Age), directed by Bernard Toublanc-Michel, made him famo In 1969, he plays Claude Jade's fiancé in The Witness. At the time, Claude Jade and Jean-Claude Dauphin were a couple. Jade later wrote in her autobiography Baisers envolés: "He was charming, funny, intelligent, and I was not long in going out with him. With our fair complexion and fine features, we could have played a brother and a sister." Gérard Blain hired him in 1970 for The Friends, a gay romance which won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival, and in 1972 Bernard Paul gave him the lead role alongside Dominique Labourier in Beau Masque (Handsome Face). He plays alongside Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret in Edouard Molinaro's La Mandarine, and alongside Isabelle Adjani in the television series Le Secret des Flamands. Other films in the 1970s: Le Hasard et la Violence, Les Suspects, Hugues-le-loup, Dracula and Son... In 1980, he played Ulysses alongside Nicole Jamet in The Inconnue of Arras by Raymond Rouleau. He is also the voice-over or the reciter of many documentaries of French television. In 1981, he was Ricky in Choice of Arms by Alain Corneau and participated, in 1984, in Souvenirs, Souvenirs. One of his most important roles is that of Clovis, the hero of Adieu la vie, directed by Maurice Dugowson in 1986. In 1987, he played with Guy Marchand and Caroline Cellier in Charlie Dingo by Gilles Béhat, and with Juliette Binoche in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. One of his latest film hits is his role in Benoît Jacquot's The School of Flesh (1998) with Isabelle Huppert. Later movies are including Léa (2011). Since the 1990 he worked more for television where he met again his former fiancée Claude Jade in Sentiments mortels, an episode of TV series Navarro.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1968 — Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre — Henri Rebecque / Adolphe • 1969 — The Witness — Thomas • 1971 — The Friends — Nicolas • 1972 — Sweet Deception — Alain / Sister • 1972 — What a Flash! • 1972 — Beau Masque — Philippe • 1974 — Le Hasard et la Violence — Gilbert Morgan • 1974 — The Suspects — Solnes • 1976 — Dracula and Son — Cristéa • 1977 — Barry of the Great St. Bernard — Martin — TV movie • 1977 — La fille d'Amérique — Jérôme • 1977 — Dernière sortie avant Roissy — Jean-Yves, le sous-directeur du Prisunic • 1981 — Choice of Arms — Ricky • 1983 — Sarah — Senechal • 1983 — Une jeunesse — Vietti • 1984 — Souvenirs, Souvenirs — Jean-Michel • 1985 — Spécial police — Durand • 1985 — L'amour propre ne le reste jamais très longtemps — Gautier • 1986 — Yiddish Connection — Toussaint • 1986 — Nuit d'ivresse — Le deuxième flic / 2nd Policeman • 1986 — Série noire — Antoine / Clovis — 2 episodes • 1987 — Charlie Dingo — Jupin • 1988 — The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Swiss editor • 1991 — Netchaïev est de retour — Philippe Martel • 1998 — The School of Flesh — Louis-Guy • 1999 — Why Not Me? — Alain • 1999 — Le sourire du clown — Vogel • 2000 — Six-Pack — Fouquier • 2001 — La tour Montparnasse infernale — Le commissaire • 2001 — Les âmes câlines — Père de Claire et Emilie • 2007 — The Second Wind — Jacques le notaire • 2008 — LOL (Laughing Out Loud) — Le ministre • 2010 — Streamfield, les carnets noirs — Corbin - 'le corbeau' • 2011 — Léa — Pierre • 2011 — The Monk — Narrateur — Voice