Jean-Claude Dauphin
Known for
Acting
Born
March 16, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Biography
Jean-Claude Dauphin (né Legrand; born 16 March 1948) is a French actor who is primarily known for national movie productions in France. He is a uncle to American actors Griffin Newman and James Newman as well as to chef Romilly Newman.
He is the son of actor Claude Dauphin and actress Maria Mauban, the grand-son 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...
Best known work
LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
2009
Don't Die Too Hard!
2001
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
Choice of Arms
1981
Nuit d'ivresse
1986
The Second Wind
2007
Dracula and Son
1976
Six-Pack
2000
Maigret
1991
The School of Flesh
1998Filmography
2020
Un mauvais garçonas Yves Fontanelle
2019
Murder In La Rochefoucauldas Duc Thibaut de l'Essile
2015
2013
2013
La Grande Peintureas Le Ministre
2012
Brother and Sisteras George Armant
2012
Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Nightas Narrator (French voice)
2011
Accusé Mendès Franceas Maître Fonlupt
2009
LOL (Laughing Out Loud)as Minister
2008
2007
The Second Windas Jacques
2007
2007
2001
Tender Soulsas Père de Claire et Emilie
2001
Don't Die Too Hard!as The Commissioner
2000
Six-Packas Fouquier
1999
Le sourire du clownas Vogel
1999
Traces fantômes, le musée d'un rêveas Narrator (voice)
1998
Why Not Me?as Alain
1998
The School of Fleshas Louis-Guy
1997
Georges Bataille - À perte de vueas Narrator (voice)
1996
Le Poids d'un secretas Jean Monceau
1996
1995
Samson le magnifiqueas Le Govain
1994
The Last Bolshevikas Self (voice)