Rufus

Actor Dec 19 (age 83) Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France 1967–2025 (58 year career)

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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 articl…

Known For

Film

Amélie

Raphaël Poulain

Film

The Tenant

Georges Badar

Film

Delicatessen

Robert Kube

Film

A Very Long Engagement

Breton

Film

The City of Lost Children

Peeler

Film

The African Doctor

Jean

Film

In the Name of the Land

Jacques Jarjeau

Film

Train of Life

Mordechai

Filmography

Acting (140)

Movies (127)

Class Reunion

as Rolland

An Ideal Father

as L'Evêque

Amélie: The Real Story

as (archive footage)

The Takeover

as Michel

Shoot to Live

as Self

Family

as Jean

Folon

as Self

Mine de rien

as Roger Morels

In the Name of the Land

as Jacques Jarjeau

Dance of Chance

as Le voisin

Knock

as Le vieux Jules

Vive la crise !

as Lucien

Brothers

as Emile

Everyone's Life

as Le chauffeur de taxi

Two Snails Set Off

as (voice)

Go, Toto!

as Joseph (voice)

Noir Enigma

as Roger Baudouin

The African Doctor

as Jean

Winter Song

as Concierge

Stornoway

as Keller

We Love You, You Bastard

as Le Ruf

Soleils

as Voltaire

La Déesse aux cent bras

as Le Dantec

Marius

as 'Piquoiseau'

The Marchers

as François, le pasteur

6.3

Not Very Normal Activities

2013

as Levantour

3.3

À votre bon cœur, mesdames

2013

as Doctor Andreausse

5.0

Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité

2013

as Self

8.0

I'm Going Home To Mum

2012

as Gorbatchev

7.0

10 jours en or

2012

as Père Clément Rozière

5.3

Crédit pour tous

2011

as Pistille

2.0

My Name Is Bernadette

as Forcade

Les Insomniaques

as Le commissaire

La part des anges

as Émile

Colombe

as La Surette

Colère

2010

as Germain Bougron, l'expert

Freedom

2009

as Fernand

6.4

King Guillaume

2009

as Roi Cyril John Delagny

So Woman!

as M. Paroquet

My Stars

as Victor

His Majesty Minor

as Rectus

It Had to be You

as le père de Thomas

Rascals

as Fouchs

Les Irréductibles

as Edmond

Red Needles

as Marullaz

If You Love Me, Follow Me

as Jean-Pierre

One Fine Day

as Cremer

La Volière aux enfants

2006

as The Bishop

6.0

Iznogoud

2005

as le conseiller du calife

3.9

The Great Role

2004

as Monsieur Silberman

5.2

A Very Long Engagement

as Breton

In Your Image

as O pai de Mathilde

Madame Edouard

as Valdès, l'homme à l'oiseau

4.4

Bonhomme de chemin

2004

as Oscar

4.0

Comme si de rien n'était

2003

as Edouard

5.0

Tales of the Magic Clock

Entrusted

as Prof. Bergot

That Day

as Hubus

Saint-Germain ou La négociation

2003

as M. de Biron

6.7

Hôtel des deux mondes

Amélie

as Raphaël Poulain

My Father Saved My Life

as Grinval

Train of Life

as Mordechai

Le radeau de la Méduse

1998

as Harmonica

6.3

Let There Be Light!

1998

as Dieu le chauffeur de Harper

Metroland

as Henri

Love, Math and Sex

as Un spectateur au cinéma

4.5

Tendre piège

1996

as Mr. Gallibert

Crime à l'altimètre

1996

as Octave

7.0

The City of Lost Children

1995

as Peeler

7.2

Les Miserables

1995

as Thénardier 1830 / 1990

6.6

Le Mangeur de lune

1994

as Simon

Poorly Extinguished Fires

1994

as Commander Perleau

L'amour est un jeu d'enfant

1994

as Dorta

Delicatessen

as Robert Kube

The Elegant Criminal

as Canler

La Goutte d'or

as Sigisbert

Promotion canapé

1990

as Inspecteur de justice

The Austrian

as L'abbé Girard

En attendant Godot

as Vladimir

Paperback Woman

as M. Courtois

Ubac

1987

as Le Bossu

Keep Your Right Up

1987

as Policeman

6.0

Exploits of a Young Don Juan

as Le moine

A Plan of Hell

Weekend Killer

Side Roads

as Cyprien

La Chanson du mal-aimé

1982

as Guillaume Apollinaire

5.5

Zoo zéro

1979

as Yves, le chauffeur ventriloque

4.8

The Police War

1979

as Le Garrec, chicken farmer

Surprise Sock

as Antoine

Fire's Share

as Patrick Delbaut

March or Die

as Sgt. Triand

The Goodbye Singing

as Michel

The Tenant

as Georges Badar

Je veux mourir dans la patrie de Jean-Paul Sartre

1976

as Self

Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

1976

as Mathieu

6.7

Au long de rivière Fango

1975

as Jérémie

6.0

La adúltera

1975

as Lucien (as Rufus Narcy)

Lily, aime-moi

as Claude

Trop c'est trop

as Gendarme

Ce que savait Morgan

as Mr. Pemberton

Marriage

1974

as Henri

5.3

A Cloud in the Teeth

1974

as Man with the dog (uncredited)

5.5

La vie facile

1973

as Vicar (uncredited)

The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

1973

as 'Gagnepain'

4.8

Valparaiso, Valparaiso

1973

as Un méchant

3.8

L'école sauvage

1973

The French Calvinists

1972

as Jacques Combassous

6.0

Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad

as Charles

Where Did Tom Go?

as Tom Coupar

One Way Ticket

as Tom Mills

Fantasia Among the Squares

1971

as Wesson

4.9

Troubleshooters

1971

as Mister Ferglough, le prof d'anglais

6.3

The Wedding Ring

1971

as L'éleveur de pigeons

5.8

As Far as Love Can Go

1971

as Le barman

Promise at Dawn

1970

as Russian Violin Teacher (uncredited)

5.3

Safety Catch

1970

as Photographer's assistant

The Cop

as Raymond Aulnay

The American

as Corbeau

Mr. Freedom

as Freddie Fric

Miss Paris et le Majordome

1969

Erotissimo

1969

as le comptable de Philippe

Potatoes

as Larobesse

The Surrounded

as Didier

Doctor Dolittle

1967

as Dog (uncredited)

6.2

Le Point Mort

1967

Television (13)

HIP - High Intellectual Potential

2021

as Henri

7.6

HIP - High Intellectual Potential

as Henri

A French Case

as Le gendarme Féru

The Art of Crime

as Père Christophe

Le Cri

as M. Lesage

Une soupe aux herbes sauvages

2001

as Joseph

Ferbac

1991

as Fernand Graucourt

Champs-Elysées

as Self

30 millions d'amis

as Self

Apostrophes

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Scene of the Crime

as Hacker

À bout portant

as Self