Personal Info
Known Credits
75
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1951-02-06 (74 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Also Known For
Jacky Boufroura
Jacques Villeret
Biography
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
Acting
2025 --
Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 --
L'Âge d'or de la pub
| Self (archive footage)
2022 --
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
La Folle Histoire de François Pignon - De La chèvre au Dîner de cons
| Self
2005 --
The Do-Gooders
| lucien
2005 --
Grey Souls
| Le juge Mierck
2005 --
The Antidote
| André Morin
2005 --
Iznogoud
| Haroun El Poussah
2004 --
Viper in the Fist
| Jacques Rézeau
2004 --
Malabar Princess
| Gaspard
2003 --
Le Furet
| le Furet
2003 --
Strange Gardens
| Jacques Pouzay
2001 --
One Way Ticket
| Jean-Pierre
2001 --
A Crime in Paradise
| Jojo Braconnier
2000 --
Actors
| Self
1999 --
The Children of the Marshland
| Henri Pignol, aka Riton
1998 --
Mookie
| Frère Benoît
1998 --
The Dinner Game
| François Pignon
1997 --
Le Dernier Été
| Georges Mandel
1997 --
Georges Dandin de Molière
| Georges Dandin
1996 --
Golden Boy
| Antoine Bonvoisin
1994 --
Wacko
| Le pompiste
1992 --
The Drummer of Ravel's Boléro
| Le batteur
1992 --
The Son of the Mekong
| Durieux
1992 --
Le bal des Casse-pieds
| Jérôme, le présentateur de la météo
1992 --
588 rue Paradis
| Alexandre Pagès
1991 --
The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish
| Lingerie Man
1991 --
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
| Martineau
1990 --
Three Years
| Alexandre Guillermen
1989 --
Un fil à la patte
| Bouzin
1988 --
La Petite Amie
| Guillaume Bertin
1988 --
Nailcruncher
| Salomon
1987 --
Keep Your Right Up
| Individual
1987 --
L'été en pente douce
| Maurice Leheurt aka Mo
1987 --
Last Summer in Tangiers
| Marcus
1987 --
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
| Georges Pigier
1986 --
The Joint Brothers
| Momo
1986 --
Black Mic Mac
| Michel Le Gorgues
1986 --
Les Folles Années du Twist
| M'sieur John Wayne
1986 --
La Galette du roi
| Utte de Danemark
1985 --
Hold-up
| Jeremie Blanchet, taxi driver
1985 --
Drôle de samedi
| Maurice, the butcher
1985 --
Dialogue de sourds
| The blind
1984 --
The Vultures
| Brigadier Béral
1983 --
First Name: Carmen
| The Man Who Eats Yogurt
1983 --
Waiter!
| Gilbert, Alex's friend
1983 --
Gramps Is in the Resistance
| Maréchal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel
1983 --
Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
| Pelissier
1983 --
Effraction
| Valentin Tralande, truand violent
1983 --
Danton
| François-Joseph Westermann
1983 --
Edith and Marcel
| Jacques Barbier
1982 --
The Big Brother
| Inspecteur Coleau
1981 --
The Cabbage Soup
| L'Oxien (La Denrée)
1981 --
Bolero: Dance of Life
| Jacques
1981 --
Malevil
| Momo
1979 --
Out of Whack
| Henri Fisserman / Paul Flantier / Bouli / Dr. Delomien, ...
1979 --
Dumb But Disciplined
| Jacques Cardot
1979 --
Us Two
| Tonton Musique
1979 --
Heart to Heart
| Sitting student
1978 --
Mountain Pass
| Georges
1978 --
Mon premier amour
| Jacques Labrousse
1978 --
Robert et Robert
| Robert Villiers
1978 --
Un Balcon en forêt
| Gourcuff
1978 --
Le Rabat-joie
| Léon
1977 --
Another Man, Another Chance
| Customer
1976 --
Nono Nénesse
| Nono
1976 --
The Castaways of Turtle Island
| Petit Nono
1976 --
A Second Chance
| L'agent immobilier
1976 --
The Good and the Bad
| Jacques
1975 --
The Common Man
| Gérald
1975 --
Serious as Pleasure
| Le gendarme
1974 --
The Mouth Agape
| (uncredited)
1974 --
Un amour de pluie
| Guillaume
1973 --
Nothing to Report
| Soldat Girot
1972 --
Detective Story
| Le photographe