Rufus

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-12-19 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Rufus

Biography

Rufus (born 19 December 1942; Riom, Puy-de-Dôme) is the stage name of French actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known by the international film audience for his performance as Raphaël, the father of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2001). He has appeared in numerous French TV series and productions, including most of the films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He had the lead role in the movie Train de vie (1998), an award-winning tragicomedy about the Holocaust. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rufus (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2001

Amélie

as Raphaël Poulain

1991

Delicatessen

as Robert Kube

1998

1975

Trop c'est trop

as Gendarme

1990

The Austrian

as L'abbé Girard

2023

Amélie: The Real Story

as (archive footage)

1998

Train of Life

as Mordechai

1977

March or Die

as Sgt. Triand

2006

One Fine Day

as Cremer

2007

2009

King Guillaume

as Roi Cyril John Delagny

2015

Stornoway

as Keller

1972

The French Calvinists

as Jacques Combassous

1979

Zoo zéro

as Yves, le chauffeur ventriloque

1995

Les Miserables

as Thénardier 1830 / 1990

2003

That Day

as Hubus

2006

1971

Where Did Tom Go?

as Tom Coupar

2008

My Stars

as Victor

1971

Troubleshooters

as Mister Ferglough, le prof d'anglais

1975

Lily aime-moi

as Claude

1970

The Cop

as Raymond Aulnay

2022

1982

La Chanson du mal-aimé

as Guillaume Apollinaire

2010

Colère

as Germain Bougron, l'expert

1969

Potatoes

as Larobesse

2006

2013

Marius

as 'Piquoiseau'

1994

1969

Erotissimo

as le comptable de Philippe

1998

Let There Be Light!

as Dieu le chauffeur de Harper

1998

Let There Be Light!

as Dieu l'infirmière

2022

The Takeover

as Michel

2007

It Had to be You

as le père de Thomas

2006

2006

Red Needles

as Marullaz

2004

The Great Role

as Monsieur Silberman

1975

La adúltera

as Lucien (as Rufus Narcy)

1974

Marriage

as Henri

2011

2004

Madame Edouard

as Valdès, l'homme à l'oiseau

1971

The Wedding Ring

as L'éleveur de pigeons

1976

The Tenant

as Georges Badar

2004

In Your Image

as O pai de Mathilde

1978

Surprise Sock

as Antoine

2021

Folon

as Self

1973

2014

2022

Family

as Jean

1996

Tendre piège

as Mr. Gallibert

1997

Love, Math and Sex

as Un spectateur au cinéma

2015

Winter Song

as Concierge

1978

Fire's Share

as Patrick Delbaut

1968

1974

A Cloud in the Teeth

as Man with the dog (uncredited)

2024

An Ideal Father

as L'Evêque

2009

So Woman!

as M. Paroquet

1983

Side Roads

as Cyprien

2011

1977

2011

Les Insomniaques

as Le commissaire

2017

Everyone's Life

as Le chauffeur de taxi

2006

Rascals

as Fouchs

2017

2017

Brothers

as Emile

1989

2011

2017

Knock

as Le vieux Jules

2010

Colombe

as La Surette

2017

Noir Enigma

as Roger Baudouin

2012

10 jours en or

as Père Clément Rozière

1971

1987

Keep Your Right Up

as Policeman

1974

Ce que savait Morgan

as Mr. Pemberton

1973

La vie facile

as Vicar (uncredited)

1969

Mr. Freedom

as Freddie Fric

2017

2017

Go, Toto!

as Joseph (voice)

2013

À votre bon cœur, mesdames

as Doctor Andreausse

2019

In the Name of the Land

as Jacques Jarjeau

2020

Mine de rien

as Roger Morels

1971

One Way Ticket

as Tom Mills

1979

The Police War

as Le Garrec, chicken farmer

2009

Freedom

as Fernand

1987

Ubac

as Le Bossu

2004

1967

Doctor Dolittle

as Dog (uncredited)

2019

Dance of Chance

as Le voisin

1969

The American

as Corbeau

2003

Entrusted

as Prof. Bergot

1997

Metroland

as Henri

2013

The Marchers

as François, le pasteur

1990

Promotion canapé

as Inspecteur de justice

1994

Poorly Extinguished Fires

as Commander Perleau

1990

La Goutte d'or

as Sigisbert

2005

Iznogoud

as le conseiller du calife

1970

Promise at Dawn

as Russian Violin Teacher (uncredited)

2012

1989

Front woman

as M. Courtois

2014

Soleils

as Voltaire

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