Biography
Jacques Dutronc (born 28 April 1943) is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. Some of Dutronc's best-known hits include "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" (which AllMusic has called "his finest hour"), "Le Responsable", and "Les Cactus". Dutronc played guitar in the rock group El Toro et les Cyclones. He wrote successful songs for singer Françoise Hardy in the 1960s before moving on to pursue a successful solo career. His music incorporated traditional French pop and F...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The portrait of a woman who remembers. Sheila tells the story of Sheila, without concessions or evasions. Her childhood, her parents, her beginnings, ...

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions wa...

Françoise Hardy : tant de belles choses
2020
as Self

Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique
2019
as Self

Kiss & Tell
2018
as Bertrand
Sequel to 2002's "Summer Things" (Embrassez qui vous voudrez). This French comedy follows various people in two families. Bertrand and his wife, Eliza...

Dutronc, la vie malgré lui
2017
as Self

Les Vieilles Canailles 2017
2017
as Self

The Discreet Françoise Hardy
2016
as Self
Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.

The Discreet Françoise Hardy
2016
Songs
Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.

Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires
2016
as Self

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Les Vieilles Canailles
2014
as Self
Les Vieilles Canailles is the name of the trio bringing together singers Jacques Dutronc , Eddy Mitchell and Johnny Hallyday . Les Vieilles Canailles ...

Les Francis
2014
as Orso
Comical trip to Corse reminiscent of A very bad trip.

Jacques Dutronc - Et vous, et vous, et vous...
2010
as Self

Joseph et la fille
2010
as Joseph
Joseph has just spent 20 years in prison. After being released, he has only one obsession: to make one last heist. To perform this masterpiece, he nee...

The Second Wind
2007
as Orloff
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu ne...

UV
2007
as Dad
During the absence of Philipp, in his house appears the stranger, who calls himself Boris. He says that he was the school comrade of Philipp and it ar...

My Place in the Sun
2007
as Gérard
Three couples and a single guy, from different social and career backgrounds, and of various ages, struggle with finding happiness in their lives.

Pédale dure
2004
as Charles
Loic and Seb are a couple living in Paris's gay district, the Marais. Seb is the owner of the district's most trendy, chic and camp nightclub. It's a ...
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002
as Self
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

Summer Things
2002
as Bertrand Lannier
Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it ...

C'est la vie
2001
as Dimitri
Dimitri joins La Maison, a place where people are welcomed for whom medicine can not do anything anymore. There he meets Suzanne, a volunteer who is d...

Nightcap
2000
as André Polonski
Mika, heiress to a Swiss chocolate company, is married to celebrated pianist André and stepmother to his son, Guillaume, whose mother died in a car wr...

Place Vendôme
1998
as Battistelli
The story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions that made her feel alive. The importance of true love i...

Les Victimes
1996
as Bernard Jaillac
Paris, 1996. Parisian editor Pierre Duval has an affair with Claire, wife of wealthy architect Bernard Jaillac. The latter has to supervise a large-sc...

Le Maître des éléphants
1995
as Garoubier
After the death of his mother, twelve-year-old Martin joins his unknown father in Africa. Newly conceived by this father, who is more worried about th...

Dutronc au Casino
1993
as Self
Singer/songwriter Jacques Dutronc gained popularity in his native France with his provocative songs that matched the rebellious spirit of the '60s so ...

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993
Show recorded on February 26, 1993 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

Sweetheart
1992
as Antoine Gardella
A young French police inspector, Christophe Vade, is assigned to investigate some mysterious murders in a village in the Swiss Alps. His superior is a...

Van Gogh
1991
as Van Gogh
After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps painting amidst the torments of his failing mental hea...

Van Gogh
1991
Music
After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps painting amidst the torments of his failing mental hea...

Separate Bedrooms
1989
as Francis
Martin and Gert lead a very quiet life, until the day when their path crosses that of Marie and Francis. Martin, the shy one, lets himself be seduced ...

My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
1989
as Lucas
Lucas has invented a new computer language but at the same time he has been informed about his strange terminal illness during which he has been gradu...

Cheaters
1984
as Elric
Swaying between pleasure and despair, Elric throws himself into his pathological passion for the casino. Meeting Suzie could have saved him, but the y...

Une jeunesse
1983
as Brossier
After the birthday party of his wife Odile, Louis accompanies a friend to the station. When the train leaves he starts reminiscing about his youth.

Sarah
1983
as Arnold Samson
An insurance investigator meets an attractive woman in a hotel on his way to check out the causes of a fire that destroyed a movie set.

Paradise for All
1982
as Pierre Valois
Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it on monkeys, he tries with a first human patient, Alain ...

Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1982
as Eric Plante
An official's earlier rise to power had some sordid aspects that are about to be uncovered by the death of his uncle. While he is trying to contain an...

The Red Shade
1981
as Léo
The time is the 1930s and two Soviet spies (both Frenchmen by nationality) have been helping Communist factions during the Civil War in Spain. It is t...

Malevil
1981
as Colin
In southern France, in a quiet little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the phar...

Voyage à travers un film (Sauve qui peut (la vie))
1981
as Self
A televisual journey guided by Jean-Luc Godard inside his film Sauve qui peut (la vie), incorporating filmed conversations between him and Isabelle Hu...

Every Man for Himself
1980
as Paul Godard
A look at the sexual and professional lives of three people — a television director, his ex-girlfriend, and a sex worker.

L'entourloupe
1980
as Olivier
Two little criminals without major, dream of adventure and easy life. They agree to go to work in the Poitou as representatives of musical encyclopedi...

Strangulation Blues
1980
Original Music Composer
A very Parisian night. Paul plays at strangling Colette because she doesn't inspire him a single, damn camera shot. Early in the morning, he takes fli...

The Black Sheep
1979
as Vincent Messonier
François, a young man from a wealthy and conservative family, rejects their rigid values and pursues a freer, more unconventional lifestyle. His rebel...

The Bit Between the Teeth
1979
as Loïc Le Guenn
Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math w...

Us Two
1979
as Simon Lacassaigne
Françoise has gone into business seducing men whose wives want to divorce them, and who need incriminating evidence against them. In addition, she has...

Return to the Beloved
1979
as Julien
Julien seeks to reconquer Jeanne, his ex-wife, of whom he is separated and who lives with another man. He is prepared to go far to make it happen.

Scénario de 'Sauve qui peut la vie'
1979
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Godard proposes a diary of his creative process. Looking at photos of three actors, Jacques Dutronc, Isabelle Huppert, and Miou-Miou, who wer...

Pierrot mon ami
1979
as Pierrot
Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palais de la Rigolade whose main attraction is to place...

The Savage State
1978
as Avit
L'Etat Sauvage is based on the novel by Georges Conchon which won the highly esteemed Prix de Goncourt. The story chronicles the mindless racism of bo...
Sale rêveur
1978
as Jérôme
A young man struggling with reality and dreams finds himself caught between his fantasies and the harshness of everyday life. As he drifts through sur...

Focal Point
1977
as Julien
Reporter renowned photographer, Danièle Gaur is conducting an investigation into the alleged accident of her husband Michel. Her research is gradually...

Violette & Francois
1977
as François Levene
Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, François starts to steal.

Mosaïque
1976
as Self
Broadcast from 1977 to 1987 on FR3, every Sunday morning, for 1h30, Mosaïque is a variety show with a set where music groups from the countries of ori...

Mado
1976
as Pierre
A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's unscrupulous offer to buy his company. Determined to avoid the tr...

The Good and the Bad
1976
as Jacques
The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well befo...

That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
as Jacques Chevalier
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress...

OK Patron
1974
as Léon Bonnet
Mario, the head of the Mafia in France, has just been mortally wounded. His "companion" decides to find him a successor, before the New York "organiza...

Antoine and Sebastian
1974
as Sébastien
Antoine has raised Sébastien, the son of a friend who was killed in a plane crash. Sébastien is doing his military service and Antoine would like him ...

Antoine and Sebastian
1974
Original Music Composer
Antoine has raised Sébastien, the son of a friend who was killed in a plane crash. Sébastien is doing his military service and Antoine would like him ...

Pierre and Paul
1969
Original Music Composer
Pierre is a middle-aged factory worker with plenty of unresolved anger. After his father's death, his mother feels compelled to move in with him. Havi...

Christmas at Vaugirard
1966
as Self
The Nativity revisited by Chantal Goya and Serge Gainsbourg as biblical lovers! On New Year's Eve, Marie and Joseph wander through the cold Parisian s...

Le trésor de l’orpheline
1966
Homage to the novelist Delly, to celebrate her centenary, a mini-soap opera (silent photo-novel style with bubbles) with Françoise Dorléac in the role...