Jean-Claude Dreyfus

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Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born February 18, 1946, Paris) is a French actor. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of a butcher in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films The City of Lost Children and A Very Long Engagement.

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Known For

Delicatessen

Clapet

A Very Long Engagement

Commander Lavrouye

The City of Lost Children

Marcello

Fitzcarraldo

Opera 'Ernani' - Sarah Bernhardt

Two Brothers

Eugène Normandin

Ugly Melanie

le narrateur

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Foreman

The Outsider

Un travesti au commissariat

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Flash Drive MOVIE	L'agent Pit - Chef du service action à la CIA
2024	Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut MOVIE	Self
2023	Take Your Bible and Get the Fuck Out of Here! MOVIE	Philippe Rougeard
2023	Un portrait d’Armande Altaï MOVIE	Lui-mëme
2021	The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus MOVIE	Self
2021	Death and the Winemaker MOVIE	Mathilde's Father
2020	Bless Me, Father MOVIE	The Man
2018	Necrologies MOVIE	The Cemetery Guardian
2017	Menina MOVIE	M. Sertin
2017	Two Snails Set Off MOVIE	(voice)
2017	Sélection Officielle MOVIE	Michel Rivière
2017	Vive la crise ! MOVIE	Montaigne
2015	Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté MOVIE	Self
2015	A Carcass MOVIE	Self
2013	Attila Marcel MOVIE	M. Kruzinsky
2012	L'art des Thanatier MOVIE	Prosper Thanatier (voice)
2012	The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm MOVIE	Éléonore
2011	Dernier Voyage improvisé MOVIE	Self
2011	Requiem for a Killer MOVIE	Le maître de chant
2009	Die Weihnachts-GmbH MOVIE	Self
2009	Anne of Brittany - Live at Castle of the Dukes of Brittany MOVIE	Le narrateur
2009	L'Affaire Salengro MOVIE	Henri Béraud
2008	Ugly Melanie MOVIE	le narrateur
2008	Coco Chanel MOVIE	Paul Poiret
2008	Ukiyo-e: Floating World Images MOVIE	(voice)
2008	Le Prince de ce monde MOVIE	Debruges
2008	The Great Vincent MOVIE	Pierre
2007	To Each His Own Cinema MOVIE	The husband (segment "Cinéma érotique")
2007	Les Cerfs-volants MOVIE	The Count
2007	Le Bénévole MOVIE	Docteur Museau
2007	Jean de La Fontaine, le défi MOVIE	Châteauneuf
2007	Le deal MOVIE	Hervé Radius
2007	Monsieur Max MOVIE	Sacha Guitry
2006	Last cigarette MOVIE	L'homme énervé
2005	Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" MOVIE	Self
2004	A Very Long Engagement MOVIE	Commander Lavrouye
2004	Autumn MOVIE	Hugo
2004	3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings MOVIE	Camille's Father
2004	The Curious Boy MOVIE	Mr. Dubois
2004	Two Brothers MOVIE	Eugène Normandin
2003	Lovely Rita MOVIE	l'antiquaire
2001	The Lady and the Duke MOVIE	Le duc d'Orléans
2001	Philosophale MOVIE	Self
2000	Les Enfants du printemps TV	Serge
1998	H TV	Cyril
1997	La Ballade de Titus MOVIE	Shrink
1997	The Target MOVIE	Le Préfet
1997	Limited Edition MOVIE	Georges Récamier
1996	The Adventures of Pinocchio MOVIE	Foreman
1996	The Alarm Clock MOVIE	The Man
1995	Krim MOVIE	Maître d'hôtel / Transvestite
1995	The City of Lost Children MOVIE	Marcello
1995	Too Loud A Solitude MOVIE	Boss
1995	Mayday MOVIE	Daniel
1995	Son of Gascogne MOVIE	Marco Garciano
1994	Cache Cash MOVIE	Max Desartre, malfrat dans le fourgon blindé
1994	Bonsoir MOVIE	Inspecteur Bruneau
1993	Pétain MOVIE	Dumoulin
1993	Love Affairs Usually End Badly MOVIE	Dennard
1992	The Voice MOVIE	Maitre d'hôtel
1992	Coyote MOVIE	M. Poireau
1992	The Girl in the Air MOVIE	Marcel
1992	Princesse Alexandra TV	Worth
1992	The Beautiful Story MOVIE	L'inspecteur du grand magasin
1991	All the Mornings of the World MOVIE	Abbe Mathieu
1991	Nestor Burma TV	Charles Baurenot
1991	Delicatessen MOVIE	Clapet
1991	25 décembre 58, 10h36 MOVIE	Self
1989	De l'autre côté TV	(Voice)
1989	Radio corbeau MOVIE	Rosati, le boucher
1989	Damia: Concert en velours noir MOVIE	Self
1988	Black Mic Mac 2 MOVIE	Self
1988	Ville étrangère MOVIE	Taxi driver
1987	Tandem MOVIE	le conseiller
1987	How Wang-Fo Was Saved MOVIE	L'empereur (voice)
1984	Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers MOVIE	Marquis Du Hickey
1984	Our Story MOVIE	Un voisin
1984	Le fou du roi MOVIE	Courtemise
1984	Dog Day MOVIE	Le Barrec
1984	Street of the Damned MOVIE	Un homme de main de Hagen, surnommé « Nez-de-Bœuf »
1983	The Outsider MOVIE	Un travesti au commissariat
1983	English Education MOVIE	Georges / Georgina
1983	The Prize of Peril MOVIE	Bertrand
1982	Le péril rampant MOVIE	Le Serpent
1982	Fitzcarraldo MOVIE	Opera 'Ernani' - Sarah Bernhardt
1981	The Boy Soldier MOVIE	Capitaine Maryla
1979	Memoirs of a French Whore MOVIE	Self
1979	I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs MOVIE	L'adjoint De Chodaque
1979	Immoral Women MOVIE	Bini
1978	Sugar MOVIE	Mimine
1977	Le Portrait de Dorian Gray MOVIE	Le prêcheur
1976	Shadow of Angels MOVIE	Zwerg
1975	One Man Against the Organization MOVIE	Lady Rebecca Rosenbaum
1974	How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby MOVIE	Le transformiste du cabaret
1973	Un ange au paradis MOVIE	Transvestite from the Grande Eugène (uncredited)
1970	The Adventures of Zadig MOVIE	Self

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