Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

1946-02-18 Paris, France 92 Credits

Biography

​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 Wikipe...

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Flash Drive

Flash Drive

2025

as L'agent Pit - Chef du service action à la CIA

Acting
Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut

Bernard Duvert, l'Esprit souffle où il veut

2024

as Self

Acting
Take Your Bible and Get the Fuck Out of Here!

Take Your Bible and Get the Fuck Out of Here!

2023

as Philippe Rougeard

4.5
Acting

A small village in the north of France is plagued by zombies after a meteorite landed. 3 Homeless peoples must fight for there lives and if zombies we...

Un portrait d’Armande Altaï

Un portrait d’Armande Altaï

2023

as Lui-mëme

Acting

Armande Altaï, an artist, a free woman, a singer, a former singing teacher at Star Academy and an underground hero, cross over Paris from sidewalks to...

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus

2021

as Self

Acting

Self-taught magician, transformist at the Grande Eugène cabaret, man of theater, television and cinema, Jean-Claude D. Dreyfus has been dragging his i...

Death and the Winemaker

Death and the Winemaker

2021

as Mathilde's Father

7.3
Acting

In a fairy tale world, a winemaker creates the most exquisite wine in the world. When Death herself wants to taste the wine, he discovers that his bri...

Bless Me, Father

2020

as The Man

Acting

A man goes to the church in order to confess his last sin to an exasperated young priest.

Necrologies

Necrologies

2018

as The Cemetery Guardian

6.5
Acting

After getting into a cemetery to take pictures for his website, Ludovic is caught by the old grave keeper. Waiting for the police, he shows Ludovic hi...

Menina

Menina

2017

as M. Sertin

6.2
Acting

An 8-year old Portuguese child fled with her parents to France in the early seventies. But the Portuguese terror travels along with her, with an alcoh...

Two Snails Set Off

Two Snails Set Off

2017

as (voice)

6.1
Acting

A forest full of animated animals encourage a pair of snails, who are fully clad in black because they are in mourning for a dead leaf, to celebrate t...

Sélection Officielle

Sélection Officielle

2017

as Michel Rivière

1.8
Acting

Ulysses, an idealistic, novice film director, invites Clothilde, his young and pretty neighbor, to accompany him to the Love Film Festival on Réunion ...

Vive la crise !

Vive la crise !

2017

as Montaigne

4.0
Acting

In a futuristic France, computers decide the fate of the unemployed and the homeless.

Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté

Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté

2015

as Self

Acting
A Carcass

A Carcass

2015

Acting

An attempt to illustrate in animation Baudelaire's poem "A Carcass". A mixture of horror and irony, sacred and profane, life and death.

Attila Marcel

Attila Marcel

2013

as M. Kruzinsky

6.8
Acting

Paul is a sweet man-child, raised — and smothered — by his two eccentric aunts in Paris since the death of his parents when he was a toddler. Now thir...

L'art des Thanatier

2012

as Prosper Thanatier (voice)

Acting
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm

The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm

2012

as Éléonore

2.0
Acting

Eléonore is a gorgeous twenty-year-old who has lost her parents and one of her arms in an accident. She lives in an orphanage in Burgandy.

Dernier Voyage improvisé

Dernier Voyage improvisé

2011

Acting
Requiem for a Killer

Requiem for a Killer

2011

as Le maître de chant

5.0
Acting

Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Sw...

Die Weihnachts-GmbH

2009

Acting
Anne of Brittany - Live at Castle of the Dukes of Brittany

Anne of Brittany - Live at Castle of the Dukes of Brittany

2009

as Le narrateur

Acting

Rock opera.

L'Affaire Salengro

L'Affaire Salengro

2009

as Henri Béraud

3.0
Acting

July 1936. Leon Blum's (Daniel Mesguich) left-wing coalition government is facing one of the hardest strikes paralyzing the whole country's economy. B...

Ugly Melanie

Ugly Melanie

2008

as le narrateur

5.7
Acting

This is the story of too nice girl who one day decides to become evil. And who will find out it is not so easy to do wrong when you have always been n...

Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel

2008

as Paul Poiret

6.6
Acting

Fashion icon Coco Chanel, steeped in wealth and fame, still issues game-changing designs and collections. The audience is taken backwards in time to t...

Ukiyo-e: Floating World Images

Ukiyo-e: Floating World Images

2008

as (voice)

6.0
Acting

400 years ago, in Japan, a revolutionary art was born and would influence the greatest Western artists of the late nineteenth century, the Ukiyo-E "fl...

Le Prince de ce monde

Le Prince de ce monde

2008

as Debruges

5.0
Acting

Abbé Donato believed he could live a quiet little life, far from all temptation, in the village of Sainte-Urulle, well placed in the race for the titl...

The Great Vincent

The Great Vincent

2008

as Pierre

Acting
To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as The husband (segment "Cinéma érotique")

6.5
Acting

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

Les Cerfs-volants

Les Cerfs-volants

2007

as The Count

8.5
Acting

Normandy, 1934. Ludo, raised by his uncle Ambroise, a kite maker, befriends little Lila. For five years he loses sight of her, but when they meet agai...

Cinéma érotique

Cinéma érotique

2007

as Marido

Acting

A middle aged couple watching Emmanuelle are annoyed by an apparent masturbator.

Le Bénévole

Le Bénévole

2007

as Docteur Museau

2.0
Acting

In a Mediterranean city, the association of volunteers The Rescue is expecting a new director. A former trade unionist, Birgos, who’s just escaped fro...

Jean de La Fontaine, le défi

Jean de La Fontaine, le défi

2007

as Châteauneuf

4.8
Acting
Le deal

Le deal

2007

as Hervé Radius

Acting
Monsieur Max

Monsieur Max

2007

as Sacha Guitry

5.6
Acting

Portrait of a homosexual bohemian who converted from Judaism to Catholicism and was captured by the Gestapo in the 1940s.

Last cigarette

2006

as L'homme énervé

Acting

David buys a pack of cigarettes, smokes one, takes the metro and gives the rest of the pack to François, whom he meets on the platform, before walking...

Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles"

2005

as Self

Acting
A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

2004

as Commander Lavrouye

7.3
Acting

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. ...

Autumn

Autumn

2004

as Hugo

5.2
Acting

Jean-Pierre is a hit man in Paris. He wants to stop; an incentive is reconnecting to Michelle, a childhood friend. He's ready to commit himself to her...

3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings

3 Guys, 1 Girl, 2 Weddings

2004

as Camille's Father

4.6
Acting

Romance meets farce against the backdrop of a quiet campaign to legalize gay marriage. Laurent loves his roommate Dan, who's straight and a playboy. L...

The Curious Boy

The Curious Boy

2004

as Mr. Dubois

5.1
Acting

Clement, nine, curious about everything, wants to understand life. Camera in hand, he walks the streets of his small provincial town, following and st...

Two Brothers

Two Brothers

2004

as Eugène Normandin

7.1
Acting

Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces...

Lovely Rita

Lovely Rita

2003

as l'antiquaire

3.5
Acting

Edgar Lamarck - an accountant and auditor is coming to the the shipyard on Cote d'Azur in order to check the statements. After completing his mission,...

The Lady and the Duke

The Lady and the Duke

2001

as Le duc d'Orléans

6.4
Acting

Grace Dalrymple Elliot is a British aristocrat trapped in Paris during the French Revolution. Determined to maintain her stiff upper lip and pampered ...

Philosophale

Philosophale

2001

4.0
Acting
La Ballade de Titus

La Ballade de Titus

1997

as Shrink

Acting

Once upon a time, Titus was locked up in a cellar by his adoptive parents with only a television set, a VCR... and five hundred cartoon tapes... Twent...

The Target

The Target

1997

as Le Préfet

5.6
Acting

A young French sailor falls in love with a Russian tourist during a passion-filled three-day furlough, but is whisked away for a months worth of subma...

Limited Edition

Limited Edition

1997

as Georges Récamier

6.6
Acting

Edward is an editor in a small English publishing house. The story concerns what happens when he receives a very good manuscript from Nicholas, an old...

The Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio

1996

as Foreman

5.2
Acting

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someda...

The Alarm Clock

The Alarm Clock

1996

as The Man

7.0
Acting

t's 6:20 a.m. The camera pans a slew of alarm clocks that start to ring simultaneously, all set to awaken a solitary middle-aged man. The alarms are e...

Krim

Krim

1995

as Maître d'hôtel / Transvestite

Acting

A prize-fighter spends 16 years in prison for killing his wife during a blind rage. Upon his release, he wanders the grim streets of an empty French h...

The City of Lost Children

The City of Lost Children

1995

as Marcello

7.2
Acting

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.

Too Loud A Solitude

Too Loud A Solitude

1995

as Boss

7.5
Acting

An elderly paper-crusher branded a fool in Prague secretly stashes condemned books, preserving their contents and extrapolating from them eccentric sc...

Mayday

Mayday

1995

as Daniel

Acting

This a beautiful May evening. The sun has just set behind the hill. Tonight the inhabitants of the Le Corbusier housing unit are going to experience a...

Son of Gascogne

Son of Gascogne

1995

as Marco Garciano

4.8
Acting

You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars, famous directors and sexy women are doting on you because t...

Cache Cash

Cache Cash

1994

as Max Desartre, malfrat dans le fourgon blindé

5.9
Acting

Antoine, 11, is on holiday with his grandfather. One night he catches thieves hiding their booty in a pond. Antoine seizes the 40 million. But Liza, h...

Bonsoir

Bonsoir

1994

as Inspecteur Bruneau

3.6
Acting

Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himse...

Pétain

Pétain

1993

as Dumoulin

6.0
Acting

During second world war,Philippe Pétain gets absolute powers.The war ends with the arrival of allied forces by Petainism has not been put on trial.

Love Affairs Usually End Badly

1993

as Dennard

5.5
Acting

Zina, young theater opener, hesitates between the love of Slim, taxi driver who hopes to become a lawyer and that of Frederic, who holds the poster at...

The Voice

The Voice

1992

as Maitre d'hôtel

Acting

The tale of two lovers spending time in Rome when, suddenly, in a restaurant, the man believes he recognizes the voice of a woman he once loved... rem...

Coyote

Coyote

1992

as M. Poireau

3.3
Acting

Story of a wild first love that takes place at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River between the refineries at Pointe-Au-Trembles and the rock culture o...

The Girl in the Air

The Girl in the Air

1992

as Marcel

6.4
Acting

Who would have expected Brigitte to marry a prisoner with a long sentence in the first place? In this romantic action movie, that is only the first in...

The Beautiful Story

The Beautiful Story

1992

as L'inspecteur du grand magasin

7.1
Acting

A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief an...

All the Mornings of the World

All the Mornings of the World

1991

as Abbe Mathieu

7.1
Acting

Following the death of his wife, a renowned musician ostracises himself from the outer world and dedicates his life to music. However, his life change...

Delicatessen

Delicatessen

1991

as Clapet

7.3
Acting

In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low sup...

25 décembre 58, 10h36

25 décembre 58, 10h36

1991

Acting

Two children are cycling in a street of the Butte Montmartre, one of them falls and kills himself on the spot. The witnesses of the tragedy meet again...

Radio corbeau

Radio corbeau

1989

as Rosati, le boucher

5.6
Acting

This fast-paced mystery is in part based on a novel by Yves Ellena and is at least equally based on the 1943 classic Le Corbeau, which in 1951 was pro...

Damia: Concert in Black Velvet

1989

as Self

Acting

Documentary on the singer Damia.

Black Mic Mac 2

Black Mic Mac 2

1988

4.0
Acting

In the African district of Paris, a man tries by all means to find his jacket, accidentally lost, which contains a winning lotto ticket.

Ville étrangère

Ville étrangère

1988

as Taxi driver

Acting

An Austrian diplomat assigned to Paris wakes up after having a strange nightmare and finds himself emotionally distanced from his world. He feels abso...

Tandem

Tandem

1987

as le conseiller

7.1
Acting

Michel Mortez travels around France hosting a radio game show he created 25 years ago. He is famous among the average Frenchmen. Rivetot, his assistan...

How Wang-Fo Was Saved

How Wang-Fo Was Saved

1987

as L'empereur (voice)

7.0
Acting

Wang Fo, the greatest master of medieval China, aided by his assistant who has given up everything to follow him, desperately seeks aesthetic perfecti...

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

1984

as Marquis Du Hickey

5.1
Acting

Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.

Our Story

Our Story

1984

as Un voisin

6.3
Acting

Robert Avranche, a middle-aged, alcoholic garage owner, is sitting on a train, reflecting on the emptiness of his life. An attractive young woman, Don...

Le fou du roi

Le fou du roi

1984

as Courtemise

2.3
Acting

Dieudonné, poet and dreamer, is the opposite of his father, the famous D'Artagnan, as he hates walks and duels.

Dog Day

Dog Day

1984

as Le Barrec

5.2
Acting

A criminal shows up at a farmhouse with the law on his heels and several million dollars in his possession.

Street of the Damned

Street of the Damned

1984

as Un homme de main de Hagen, surnommé « Nez-de-Bœuf »

5.0
Acting

In a desolate Paris suburb, no one dares challenge crime boss Hagen, who rules his turf with an iron fist. That includes his former friend Chet, who v...

The Outsider

The Outsider

1983

as Un travesti au commissariat

6.8
Acting

Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of ...

English Education

English Education

1983

as Georges / Georgina

4.4
Acting

After losing both her parents, young Sylvie is enrolled in a strict boarding school of Victorian English education. The school readily and willingly ...

The Prize of Peril

The Prize of Peril

1983

as Bertrand

6.4
Acting

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired li...

Le péril rampant

Le péril rampant

1982

as Le Serpent

Acting

The film follows the villain “The Serpent” in his fight to conquer the world at any cost. Close to the best B series, Yaccelini runs through its plot ...

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

1982

as Opera 'Ernani' - Sarah Bernhardt

7.6
Acting

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an ...

The Boy Soldier

The Boy Soldier

1981

as Capitaine Maryla

7.4
Acting

In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son...

Memoirs of a French Whore

Memoirs of a French Whore

1979

6.3
Acting

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoratio...

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs

1979

as L'adjoint De Chodaque

5.2
Acting

In this satire, a police detectiveis investigating the disappearance and kidnapping of the host of a television dance show. However, instead of findin...

Immoral Women

Immoral Women

1979

as Bini

5.0
Acting

The first episode – featuring frequent Borowczyk muse Marina Pierro – is the longest and, in a way, most substantial: it’s set in Renaissance Rome, wi...

Sugar

Sugar

1978

as Mimine

6.7
Acting

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

1977

as Le prêcheur

5.0
Acting

Basil Hallward is a mediocre painter. His exhibitions owe their success to his social position and nothing more. But one day Basil meets Dorian Gray, ...

Shadow of Angels

Shadow of Angels

1976

as Zwerg

4.0
Acting

Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what litt...

One Man Against the Organization

One Man Against the Organization

1975

as Lady Rebecca Rosenbaum

4.3
Acting

An airport employee switches a pack of drugs for baking soda and absconds to Barcelona, meanwhile the drug-runners are on his trail.

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

1974

as Le transformiste du cabaret

5.5
Acting

A story about a guy who still lives with his mother and sells some really awful alcohol to bartenders. The only way for him to do this is to cry and i...

Un ange au paradis

1973

as Transvestite from the Grande Eugène (uncredited)

Acting

A bored undertaker, married to an ex prostitute, falls in love with a transsexual.

The Adventures of Zadig

The Adventures of Zadig

1970

6.5
Acting

In the time of King Moabdar, in ancient Babylon, the young philosopher, Zadig, undergoes many misadventures.