Jacques Villeret
Known for: Acting
Born: February 6, 1951
Died: January 28, 2005
Jacques Villeret (6 February 1951 – 28 January 2005) was a French actor, best known internationally for his role as François Pignon in the comedy Le Dîner de Cons. During his career, he earned many awards including the prestigious medal and title of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Villeret was born Jacky Boufroura in Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSAD) in the same class as Louis Seigner, the grandfather of…
Known for
The Dinner Game
1998
The Children of the Marshland
1999
Malabar Princess
2004
Les Folles Années du Twist
1986
Black Mic Mac
1986
L'été en pente douce
1987
The Antidote
2005
Le Furet
2003
Strange Gardens
2003
A Crime in Paradise
2001
Le Dernier Été
1997
The Drummer of Ravel's Boléro
1992
The Son of the Mekong
1992
Georges Dandin de Molière
1997
Golden Boy
1996
Dumb But Disciplined
1979
Effraction
1983
Un Balcon en forêt
1978
Out of Whack
1979
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
2025
Viper in the Fist
2004
Mookie
1998
Grey Souls
2005
The Castaways of Turtle Island
1976
Iznogoud
2005
The Joint Brothers
1986
Mountain Pass
1978
Dialogue de sourds
1985
Robert et Robert
1978
Edith and Marcel
1983
La Petite Amie
1988
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
1987
Un fil à la patte
1989
Nono Nénesse
1976
The Good and the Bad
1976
The Cabbage Soup
1981
One Way Ticket
2001
The Do-Gooders
2005
The Vultures
1984
Three Years
1990
Waiter!
1983
Us Two
1979
Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
1983
Drôle de samedi
1985
Nailcruncher
1988
La Folle Histoire de François Pignon - De La chèvre au Dîner de cons
2015
Wacko
1994
Le Rabat-joie
1978
Hold-up
1985
Malevil
1981
Le Bal des casse-pieds
1992
588 rue Paradis
1992
Nothing to Report
1973
Last Summer in Tangiers
1987
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
1991
Mon Premier Amour
1978
The Common Man
1975
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
1991
The Big Brother
1982
Danton
1983
La Galette du roi
1986
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
A Second Chance
1976
Serious as Pleasure
1975
First Name: Carmen
1983
Keep Your Right Up
1987
Heart to Heart
1979
Loving in the Rain
1974
Detective Story
1972
Actors
2000
The Mouth Agape
1974
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Bolero
1981
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Merci Bernard
1982
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
Spécial cinéma
1974
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Numéro un
1975
Midi Première
1975
Champs-Elysées
1982
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Discorama
1959
Vivement dimanche
1998
Matin Bonheur
1987
Sacrée soirée
1987
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022