Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born 18 February 1946, in Paris) is a French actor. He began his acting career 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.
Jean-Claude Dreyfus

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- Name
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus
- Born
- 18 February 1946
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Full name
- Jean-Claude Patrick Raymond Dreyfus.
- Nationality
- France.
- Teachers
- Tania Balachova.
- Languages
- French.
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Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born 18 February 1946, in Paris) is a French actor. He began his acting career 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.
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Biography
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He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films The City of Lost Children and A Very Long Engagement.

Jean-Claude Dreyfus à la cérémonie des prix Lumières
Georges Biard

Jean-Claude Dreyfus à la cérémonie des prix Lumières
Georges Biard
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Key facts
• Name — Jean-Claude Dreyfus • Born — 18 February 1946 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — * Actor • Years Active — 1970–present
Author
Theater
Theater
• Illustration — Jean-Claude Dreyfus at the Salon du livre de Paris in March 2013 • Year — Title — Author — Director — Notes • 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
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 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)
Identity
Identity
Biochemistry of hereditary myopathies / by Jean-Claude Dreyfus and Georges Schapira. Recorded as actor and collector.
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1962
Biochemistry of hereditary myopathies / by Jean-Claude Dreyfus and Georges Schapira. is dated [1962] and held by Wellcome Collection.
2010
Jean-Claude Dreyfus - ERRANCE RAYNALDIENNE - dimanche 4 juillet 2010 is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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