Jean-Claude Dauphin
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 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. Source: Article "Jean-Claude Dauphin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Murders in...
2013
Maigret
1991
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
Ciné regards
1978
Chez Maupassant
2007
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
Love at First Sight
1992
Choice of Arms
1981
The Passenger
2015
Claudine
1978
LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
2009
The School of Flesh
1998
Filmography
Murders in...
as Franck Keller · 2013
Maigret
as Le maire Grandmaison · 1991
Police Commissioner Moulin
as Bernard Deffoux · 1976
Ciné regards
as Self · 1978
Chez Maupassant
as Chenal âgé · 2007
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Swiss editor · 1988
Love at First Sight
as Jérôme Sénéchal · 1992
Choice of Arms
as Ricky · 1981
The Passenger
as Général Garsac · 2015
Claudine
as Armand Duplessis · 1978
LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
as Minister · 2009
The School of Flesh
as Louis-Guy · 1998
Los desastres de la guerra
as Savary · 1983
Reporters
as Laurent Dewilder · 2007
Les Sesterain ou le miroir 2000
as Pierre Sesterain · 1971
Nuit d'ivresse
as 2nd Policeman · 1986
Madame le Juge
as Nicolas, le greffier · 1978
Le Secret des Flamands
as Antonello di Terracina · 1974
Don't Die Too Hard!
as The Commissioner · 2001
Les Héritiers
as Frédérik Maller · 1977
Le Temps des as
as Étienne Leroux · 1978
Dracula and Son
as Cristéa/Christian · 1976
The Second Wind
as Jacques · 2007
Adresse Inconnue
as Stéphane Weber · 2008
Télévision (histoires secrètes)
as Narrator (voice) · 1996
The Friends
as Nicolas · 1971
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (voice) · 1994
Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Night
as Narrator (French voice) · 2012
Barry of the Great St. Bernard
as Martin · 1977
Murder In La Rochefoucauld
as Duc Thibaut de l'Essile · 2019
Le sourire du clown
as Vogel · 1999
L'amour propre ne le reste jamais très longtemps
as Gautier · 1985
The Tender Age
as Henri Adolphe · 1968
Au bon beurre
as Léon Lécuyer · 1981
Netchayev is Back
as Philippe Martel · 1991
The Suspects
as Christian Solnes, the singer · 1974
Samson le magnifique
as Le Govain · 1995
Spécial police
as Durand · 1985
Chance and Violence
as Gilbert Morgan · 1974
Six-Pack
as Fouquier · 2000
Last Exit Before Roissy
as Jean-Yves, le sous-directeur du Prisunic · 1977
Traces fantômes, le musée d'un rêve
as Narrator (voice) · 1999
Champagne Charlie
as Ernest · 1989
Why Not Me?
as Alain · 1998
Tender Souls
as Père de Claire et Emilie · 2001
Le Poids d'un secret
as Jean Monceau · 1996
Sarah
as Senechal · 1983
The Witness
as Thomas · 1969
What a Flash!
· 1972
The Saint: The Big Bang
as Blancpain · 1990
Some Other Spring
as Luis · 1991
La Mandarine
as Alain · 1972
Au bon beurre
as Léon Lécuyer · 1981
Georges Bataille - À perte de vue
as Narrator (voice) · 1997
Yiddish Connection
as Toussaint · 1986
Brother and Sister
as George Armant · 2012
Handsome Face
as Philippe · 1972
Accusé Mendès France
as Maître Fonlupt · 2011
Une jeunesse
as Vietti · 1983
Un mauvais garçon
as Yves Fontanelle · 2020
Charlie Dingo
as Jupin · 1987
La Grande Peinture
as Le Ministre · 2013