
Jean-Claude Dauphin
Known for Acting · 62 credits
- Born
- 1948-03-16 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Also known as
- Claude Legrand
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 Ătienne 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'Ăge 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."
Known For
TV Shows (18)

Murders in...
2013
as Franck Keller

Maigret
1991
as Le maire Grandmaison

Ciné regards
1978
as Self

Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
as Bernard Deffoux

Les Héritiers
1977
as Frédérik Maller

Chez Maupassant
2007
as Chenal ùgé

Love at First Sight
1992
as JérÎme Sénéchal

The Passenger
2015
as Général Garsac

Les Sesterain ou le miroir 2000
1971
as Pierre Sesterain

Reporters
2007
as Laurent Dewilder

Claudine
1978
as Armand Duplessis

Adresse Inconnue
2008
as Stéphane Weber

Télévision (histoires secrÚtes)
1996
as Narrator (voice)

Los desastres de la guerra
1983
as Savary

Madame le Juge
1978
as Nicolas, le greffier

Au bon beurre
1981
as Léon Lécuyer

Le Temps des as
1978
as Ătienne Leroux

Le Secret des Flamands
1974
as Antonello di Terracina
Movies (44)

Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Night
2012
as Narrator (French voice)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
as Swiss editor

Traces fantĂŽmes, le musĂ©e d'un rĂȘve
1999
as Narrator (voice)

The Friends
1971
as Nicolas

Spécial police
1985
as Durand

The Witness
1969
as Thomas

The Second Wind
2007
as Jacques

Choice of Arms
1981
as Ricky

Sarah
1983
as Senechal

LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
2009
as Minister

Don't Die Too Hard!
2001
as The Commissioner
Some Other Spring
1991
as Luis

Le Poids d'un secret
1996
as Jean Monceau

Nuit d'ivresse
1986
as 2nd Policeman

The Last Bolshevik
1994
as Self (voice)

The School of Flesh
1998
as Louis-Guy

Dracula and Son
1976
as Cristéa/Christian
La Grande Peinture
2013
as Le Ministre

Why Not Me?
1998
as Alain

Au bon beurre
1981
as Léon Lécuyer

Samson le magnifique
1995
as Le Govain

La Mandarine
1972
as Alain

Last Exit Before Roissy
1977
as Jean-Yves, le sous-directeur du Prisunic

Netchayev is Back
1991
as Philippe Martel

Chance and Violence
1974
as Gilbert Morgan

Champagne Charlie
1989
as Ernest

Six-Pack
2000
as Fouquier

Une jeunesse
1983
as Vietti

The Suspects
1974
as Christian Solnes, the singer

L'amour propre ne le reste jamais trĂšs longtemps
1985
as Gautier

The Saint: The Big Bang
1990
as Blancpain

Yiddish Connection
1986
as Toussaint

Murder In La Rochefoucauld
2019
as Duc Thibaut de l'Essile

Tender Souls
2001
as PĂšre de Claire et Emilie

The Tender Age
1968
as Henri Adolphe

Charlie Dingo
1987
as Jupin

Georges Bataille - Ă perte de vue
1997
as Narrator (voice)

Un mauvais garçon
2020
as Yves Fontanelle

Le sourire du clown
1999
as Vogel

What a Flash!
1972

Barry of the Great St. Bernard
1977
as Martin

Brother and Sister
2012
as George Armant

Handsome Face
1972
as Philippe

Accusé MendÚs France
2011
as MaĂźtre Fonlupt
About Jean-Claude Dauphin
Jean-Claude Dauphin (nĂ© 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 Ătienne Legrand and nephew host Jean Nohain, his father's brother. At LycĂ©e Paul-ValĂ©ry in Paris, he studied in the class of Latinist Bernard Mortureux, a specialist in Seneca. His debut, in 1968, in Adolphe ou l'Ăg⊠With 62 credits spanning from 1968 to 2020, Jean-Claude Dauphin has appeared in 44 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean-Claude Dauphin Movies
- Like Stone Lions in the Gateway into Night (2012) â as Narrator (French voice)
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) â as Swiss editor
- Traces fantĂŽmes, le musĂ©e d'un rĂȘve (1999) â as Narrator (voice)
- The Friends (1971) â as Nicolas
- SpĂ©cial police (1985) â as Durand
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