Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Acting

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Born February 18, 1946 · Paris, France (age 80)

​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 i…

Known For

The City of Lost ChildrenThe City of Lost Children · 1995
The City of Lost Children
7.21995
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
DelicatessenDelicatessen · 1991
Delicatessen
7.31991
MovieComedyScience Fiction
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 supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
English EducationEnglish Education · 1983
English Education
4.81983
MovieComedyDrama
After losing both her parents, young Sylvie is enrolled in a strict boarding school of Victorian English education. The school readily and willingly resorts to a very strict regime of correction and corporal punishment to discipline its female pupils and the young girls compensate for the rigors of their education by devoting themselves to all kinds of kinky schoolgirl sexual encounters.
Two BrothersTwo Brothers · 2004
Two Brothers
7.12004
MovieAdventureDrama
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 them to fight each other.
Le BénévoleLe Bénévole · 2007
Le Bénévole
3.82007
Movie
In a Mediterranean city, the association of volunteers The Rescue is expecting a new director. A former trade unionist, Birgos, who’s just escaped from an asylum with Cleo, another internee, is believed, by mistake, to be this new director.
FitzcarraldoFitzcarraldo · 1982
Fitzcarraldo
7.61982
MovieDramaAdventure
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 epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.
To Each His Own CinemaTo Each His Own Cinema · 2007
To Each His Own Cinema
6.52007
MovieComedyDrama
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 filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
The Adventures of PinocchioThe Adventures of Pinocchio · 1996
The Adventures of Pinocchio
5.31996
MovieFamilyFantasy
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 someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.

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Requiem for a KillerRequiem for a Killer · 2011
Requiem for a Killer
5.02011
MovieThriller
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 Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d'Ermeux and try to kill one of her partners: British bariton Alexander Child. Having recently acquired a Scottish distillery, he remains the only obstacle to a strategic pipeline project with considerable economic stakes; having recently won a tough legal battle against British Oil, their last resort is to eliminate him. Complicating everything is Rico, sent by the French contra-espionage, who tries to infiltrate the orchestra and stop the plot against Alexander Child.

Le maître de chant

Flash DriveFlash Drive · 2025
Flash Drive
2025
MovieActionThriller

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

The TargetThe Target · 1997
The Target
6.31997
MovieComedy
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 submarine duty before he can learn her last name and Moscow address. When he is finally freed again, he embarks upon a search for his lost love. Unfortunately, while his aim is true, his timing is off. His first stop is the broadcast headquarters of a major television network. He arrives shortly before the place blasted apart by a bomb. Later, he goes to the apartment of a noted talk-show host in hopes of receiving air-time during which he will plead for information concerning his lost love. But things don't come out as planned for somehow, the sailor ends up considered the prime suspect in the bombing while the real-life terrorist and his cohort, who happen to be in the same apartment building in hopes of knocking off a crooked judge.

Le Préfet