Cast & creator
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Best known for H, Nestor Burma, The City of Lost Children
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born February 18, 1946, Paris) is a French actor. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of a butcher in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films The City of Lost Children and A Very Long Engagement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Claude Dreyfus licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: J. C. Dreyfus, Jean Claude Dreyfus, Jean-Claude Dreyfuss
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film credits
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television credits
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1970–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (100)
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H
Cyril
1998
Nestor Burma
Charles Baurenot
1991
The City of Lost Children
Marcello
1995
A Very Long Engagement
Commander Lavrouye
2004
De l'autre côté
(Voice)
1989
Delicatessen
Clapet
1991
English Education
Georges / Georgina
1983
Two Brothers
Eugène Normandin
2004
To Each His Own Cinema
The husband (segment "Cinéma érotique")
2007
Fitzcarraldo
Opera 'Ernani' - Sarah Bernhardt
1982
The Outsider
Un travesti au commissariat
1983
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Foreman
1996
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
Marquis Du Hickey
1984
3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings
Camille's Father
2004
The Prize of Peril
Bertrand
1983
Immoral Women
Bini
1979
Our Story
Un voisin
1984
Coco Chanel
Paul Poiret
2008
Philosophale
2001
Princesse Alexandra
Worth
1992
The Target
Le Préfet
1997
Street of the Damned
Un homme de main de Hagen, surnommé « Nez-de-Bœuf »
1984
All the Mornings of the World
Abbe Mathieu
1991
Requiem for a Killer
Le maître de chant
2011
Attila Marcel
M. Kruzinsky
2013
The Lady and the Duke
Le duc d'Orléans
2001
Flash Drive
L'agent Pit - Chef du service action à la CIA
2025
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
L'adjoint De Chodaque
1979
Memoirs of a French Whore
1979
Two Snails Set Off
(voice)
2017
Autumn
Hugo
2004
Les Enfants du printemps
Serge
2000
Pétain
Dumoulin
1993
The Curious Boy
Mr. Dubois
2004
Sélection Officielle
Michel Rivière
2017
Jean de La Fontaine, le défi
Châteauneuf
2007Last cigarette
L'homme énervé
2006
Le Bénévole
Docteur Museau
2007
The Adventures of Zadig
1970
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
Le transformiste du cabaret
1974
Lovely Rita
l'antiquaire
2003
Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"
Self
2005
Death and the Winemaker
Mathilde's Father
2021
Love Affairs Usually End Badly
Dennard
1993
Son of Gascogne
Marco Garciano
1995
Tandem
Le conseiller
1987
The Girl in the Air
Marcel
1992
One Man Against the Organization
Lady Rebecca Rosenbaum
1975
Les Cerfs-volants
The Count
2007
Dog Day
Le Barrec
1984
How Wang-Fo Was Saved
L'empereur (voice)
1987
A Carcass
2015
Necrologies
The Cemetery Guardian
2018
Too Loud A Solitude
Boss
1995
Menina
M. Sertin
2017
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray
Le prêcheur
1977
The Alarm Clock
The Man
1996
Monsieur Max
Sacha Guitry
2007
Krim
Maître d'hôtel / Transvestite
1995
Black Mic Mac 2
1988
Mayday
Daniel
1995
Ukiyo-e: Floating World Images
(voice)
2008
Shadow of Angels
Zwerg
1976
The Voice
Maitre d'hôtel
1992
La Ballade de Titus
Shrink
1997
A Vampire in Paradise
Le faux psychiatre
1992
Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté
Self
2015L'art des Thanatier
Prosper Thanatier (voice)
2012
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
Éléonore
2012
Ugly Melanie
le narrateur
2008
Take Your Bible and Get the Fuck Out of Here!
Philippe Rougeard
2023
Damia: Concert en velours noir
Self
1989
The Boy Soldier
Capitaine Maryla
1981
The Beautiful Story
L'inspecteur du grand magasin
1992
Vive la crise !
Montaigne
2017
Un portrait d’Armande Altaï
Lui-mëme
2023
Limited Edition
Georges Récamier
1997
Le fou du roi
Courtemise
1984
Gregor
2026
Ville étrangère
Taxi driver
1988
Cache Cash
Max Desartre, malfrat dans le fourgon blindé
1994Un ange au paradis
Transvestite from the Grande Eugène (uncredited)
1973
25 décembre 58, 10h36
1991
The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus
Self
2021
Sugar
Mimine
1978
Short Night
1986
Bonsoir
Inspecteur Bruneau
1994
Coyote
M. Poireau
1992
Radio corbeau
Rosati, le boucher
1989
The Great Vincent
Pierre
2008
Anne of Brittany - Live at Castle of the Dukes of Brittany
Le narrateur
2009
Dernier Voyage improvisé
2011
Le Prince de ce monde
Debruges
2008
Le péril rampant
Le Serpent
1982Bless Me, Father
The Man
2020
The Photograph
Etienne
2016
Le deal
Hervé Radius
2007
L'Affaire Salengro
Henri Béraud
2009
Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut
Self
2024