Jean-Claude Dauphin

Jean-Claude Dauphin (né Legrand; born 16 March 1948) is a French actor who is primarily known for national movie productions in France. He is an uncle to American actors Griffin Newman and James Newman as well as to chef Romilly Newman.

Biography

He is the son of actor Claude Dauphin and actress Maria Mauban, the grandson of the poet Maurice Étienne Legrand and nephew host Jean Nohain, his father's brother.

At Lycée Paul-Valéry in Paris, he studied in the class of Latinist Bernard Mortureux, a specialist in Seneca.

His debut, in 1968, in Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre (Adolphe or the tender Age), directed by Bernard Toublanc-Michel, made him famo

In 1969, he plays Claude Jade's fiancé in The Witness. At the time, Claude Jade and Jean-Claude Dauphin were a couple. Jade later wrote in her autobiography Baisers envolés: "He was charming, funny, intelligent, and I was not long in going out with him. With our fair complexion and fine features, we could have played a brother and a sister."

Gérard Blain hired him in 1970 for The Friends, a gay romance which won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival, and in 1972 Bernard Paul gave him the lead role alongside Dominique Labourier in Beau Masque (Handsome Face). He plays alongside Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret in Edouard Molinaro's La Mandarine, and alongside Isabelle Adjani in the television series Le Secret des Flamands.

Other films in the 1970s: Le Hasard et la Violence, Les Suspects, Hugues-le-loup, Dracula and Son...

In 1980, he played Ulysses alongside Nicole Jamet in The Inconnue of Arras by Raymond Rouleau. He is also the voice-over or the reciter of many documentaries of French television.

In 1981, he was Ricky in Choice of Arms by Alain Corneau and participated, in 1984, in Souvenirs, Souvenirs. One of his most important roles is that of Clovis, the hero of Adieu la vie, directed by Maurice Dugowson in 1986.

In 1987, he played with Guy Marchand and Caroline Cellier in Charlie Dingo by Gilles Béhat, and with Juliette Binoche in The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

One of his latest film hits is his role in Benoît Jacquot's The School of Flesh (1998) with Isabelle Huppert. Later movies are including Léa (2011).

Since the 1990 he worked more for television where he met again his former fiancée Claude Jade in Sentiments mortels, an episode of TV series Navarro.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1968 Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre Henri Rebecque / Adolphe 1969 The Witness Thomas 1971 The Friends Nicolas 1972 Sweet Deception Alain / Sister 1972 What a Flash! 1972 Beau Masque Philippe 1974 Le Hasard et la Violence Gilbert Morgan 1974 The Suspects Solnes 1976 Dracula and Son Cristéa 1977 Barry of the Great St. Bernard Martin TV movie1977 La fille d'Amérique Jérôme 1977 Dernière sortie avant Roissy Jean-Yves, le sous-directeur du Prisunic 1981 Choice of Arms Ricky 1983 Sarah Senechal 1983 Une jeunesse Vietti 1984 Souvenirs, Souvenirs Jean-Michel 1985 Spécial police Durand 1985 L'amour propre ne le reste jamais très longtemps Gautier 1986 Yiddish Connection Toussaint 1986 Nuit d'ivresse Le deuxième flic / 2nd Policeman 1986 Série noire Antoine / Clovis 2 episodes1987 Charlie Dingo Jupin 1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Swiss editor 1991 Netchaïev est de retour Philippe Martel 1998 The School of Flesh Louis-Guy 1999 Why Not Me? Alain 1999 Le sourire du clown Vogel 2000 Six-Pack Fouquier 2001 La tour Montparnasse infernale Le commissaire 2001 Les âmes câlines Père de Claire et Emilie 2007 The Second Wind Jacques le notaire 2008 LOL (Laughing Out Loud) Le ministre 2010 Streamfield, les carnets noirs Corbin - 'le corbeau' 2011 Léa Pierre 2011 The Monk Narrateur Voice