Jacques Villeret

Actor Feb 6 (died age 53) Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France 1959–2025 (66 year career)

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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

Film

The Dinner Game

François Pignon

Film

The Cabbage Soup

L'Oxien (La Denrée)

Film

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Maréchal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel

Film

The Children of the Marshland

Henri Pignol, aka Riton

Film

Strange Gardens

Jacques Pouzay

Film

Danton

François-Joseph Westermann

Film

A Crime in Paradise

Jojo Braconnier

Film

Viper in the Fist

Jacques Rézeau

Filmography

Acting (88)

Movies (75)

Jacques Villeret, drôlement tragique

2025

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

La Folle Histoire de François Pignon - De La chèvre au Dîner de cons

2015

as Self

The Do-Gooders

as lucien

The Antidote

as André Morin

Grey Souls

as Le juge Mierck

Iznogoud

as Haroun El Poussah

Malabar Princess

as Gaspard

Viper in the Fist

as Jacques Rézeau

Le Furet

as le Furet

Strange Gardens

as Jacques Pouzay

A Crime in Paradise

as Jojo Braconnier

One Way Ticket

as Jean-Pierre

Actors

as Jacques Villeret

The Children of the Marshland

1999

as Henri Pignol, aka Riton

The Dinner Game

as François Pignon

Mookie

as Frère Benoît

Le Dernier Été

as Georges Mandel

Georges Dandin de Molière

1997

as Georges Dandin

Golden Boy

as Antoine Bonvoisin

Wacko

as Le pompiste

The Drummer of Ravel's Boléro

1992

as Le batteur

5.9

The Son of the Mekong

1992

as Durieux

588 rue Paradis

1992

as Alexandre Pagès

7.2

Le Bal des casse-pieds

1992

as Jérôme, le présentateur de la météo

5.8

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

1991

as Martineau

5.3

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

1991

as Lingerie Man

5.8

Three Years

1990

as Alexandre Guillermen

Un fil à la patte

as Bouzin

Nailcruncher

as Salomon

La Petite Amie

as Guillaume Bertin

L'été en pente douce

as Maurice Leheurt aka Mo

6.4

C'est encore mieux l'après-midi

1987

as Georges Pigier

4.2

Last Summer in Tangiers

as Marcus

Keep Your Right Up

as Individual

Les Folles Années du Twist

1986

as M'sieur John Wayne

The Joint Brothers

as Momo

La Galette du roi

as Utte de Danemark

Black Mic Mac

as Michel Le Gorgues

Hold-up

as Jeremie Blanchet, taxi driver

Dialogue de sourds

as The blind

Drôle de samedi

as Maurice, the butcher

The Vultures

as Brigadier Béral

Danton

as François-Joseph Westermann

6.8

Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983

as Maréchal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel

6.9

Waiter!

1983

as Gilbert, Alex's friend

5.5

First Name: Carmen

1983

as The Man Who Eats Yogurt

6.0

$Effraction$

Effraction

1983

as Valentin Tralande, truand violent

3.1

Edith and Marcel

1983

as Jacques Barbier

5.8

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!

as Pelissier

The Big Brother

as Inspecteur Coleau

The Cabbage Soup

as L'Oxien (La Denrée)

Bolero

as Jacques

Malevil

as Momo

Out of Whack

as Henri Fisserman / Paul Flantier / Bouli / Dr. Delomien, ...

Heart to Heart

as Sitting student

Us Two

as Tonton Musique

Dumb But Disciplined

as Jacques Cardot

Un Balcon en forêt

as Gourcuff

Mon premier amour

as Jacques Labrousse

Robert et Robert

as Robert Villiers

Mountain Pass

as Georges

Le Rabat-joie

as Léon

Another Man, Another Chance

as Customer

The Good and the Bad

as Jacques

A Second Chance

as L'agent immobilier

6.1

The Castaways of Turtle Island

1976

as Petit Nono

5.9

Nono Nénesse

1976

as Nono

The Common Man

as Gérald

Serious as Pleasure

as Le gendarme

Un amour de pluie

as Guillaume

The Mouth Agape

as (uncredited)

Nothing to Report

as Soldat Girot

Detective Story

as Le photographe

Television (13)

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Matin Bonheur

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Merci Bernard

Midi Première

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Numéro un

as Self

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

as Self

8.0

Discorama

1959

as Self