

🎬 Movies Mates PEOPLE
Jean-Paul Rouve
Acting
Biography
Jean-Paul Rouve, born January 26, 1967 in Dunkerque (France), is a French actor and director.
Only son, Jean-Paul Rouve grew up in Dunkerque, and was introduced to the theater during his schooling. He took courses at the national drama center of Nord-Pas de Calais and founded an amateur theater troupe. After his baccalaureate, he left for Lille to study information and communication sciences. In 1989, thanks to one of his friends, Emmanuelle Lepoutre, he attended a course given by Isabelle Nanty in a theater school, the Cours Florent, and decided to stay in Paris to study comedy.
He was revealed to the general public in the Robins des Bois comic troupe during the 1990s.
He established him…
Read full biography
Jean-Paul Rouve, born January 26, 1967 in Dunkerque (France), is a French actor and director. Only son, Jean-Paul Rouve grew up in Dunkerque, and was introduced to the theater during his schooling. He took courses at the national drama center of Nord-Pas de Calais and founded an amateur theater troupe. After his baccalaureate, he left for Lille to study information and communication sciences. In 1989, thanks to one of his friends, Emmanuelle Lepoutre, he attended a course given by Isabelle Nanty in a theater school, the Cours Florent, and decided to stay in Paris to study comedy. He was revealed to the general public in the Robins des Bois comic troupe during the 1990s. He established himself during the 2000s as a recurring second role in French cinema, in different genres. Thus, he won the César for best male hope in 2003 for his performance in the historical drama Monsieur Batignole, by Gérard Jugnot, then was nominated for the César for best actor in a supporting role in 2005 for his incarnation of a lookalike of Michel. Polnareff in the comedy Podium, by Yann Moix. In 2006, he played a director of a summer camp in the comedy Nos jours bonheurs, by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, before playing Louis Gassion in the biographical film La Môme (2007), by Olivier Dahan. During the 2010s, he especially won the role of Jeff Tuche, in the series of successful comedies Les Tuche directed by Olivier Baroux. He is also pursuing a career as a director of films with a more dramatic sensitivity, with When I will be little (2012), Les Souvenirs (2014) and Lola et ses frères (2018).
Biography expanded
BODY OF WORK
Jean-Paul Rouve's Filmography
Select any movie to open its full Movies Mates details page.

La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris
as Self : Guest

God Save the Tuches
as Jeff Tuche

Sailing Home
as Jean-Paul Choveau

40
as Self

Consent
as Gabriel Matzneff

Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
as Self - Guest

Top Dogs
as Christian Dagostino

Je connais personne
as Self

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Joyeux anniversaire Renaud
as Self

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
as Fabrice

Christmas with the Tuches
as Jeff Tuche

Little Nicholas' Treasure
as Nicholas' father

Fantasies
as Jérémy Michel (sketch 'Antagonistophilie')

Maximus
as Roussel

Little Vampire
as Le Capitaine des morts (voix)

Small Country: An African Childhood
as Michel

I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
as Jean-Pierre

Spread Your Wings
as Christian

Lola and Her Brothers
as Benoît Esnard

Kiss & Tell
as Julien

The Brand New Adventures of Aladdin
as Vizier

Les Tuche : un phénomène qui tuche tout le monde
as Self

The Magic Tuche
as Jeff Tuche

C'est la vie!
as Guy

The Exes
as Antoine

Two Snails Set Off
as (voice)

Dalida
as Lucien Morrise

The Tuche Family: The American Dream
as Jeff Tuche

The New Adventures of Aladdin
as Vizier

Les Souvenirs
as Philippe

La queue

My Son's Murderer Will Die Tonight
as Philippe Tessier

Never on the First Night
as Marc

Turning Tide
as Denis Juhel

Denis
as Denis

Twice Upon a Time
as Mathias

The Tuche Family
as Jeff Tuche

Low Cost
as Dagobert

The Great Restaurant II
as Director's Brother

Final Balance
as Benoît

Nobody Else But You
as David Rousseau

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
as Justin de Saint-Hubert

En chantier, monsieur Tanner !
as Paul Tanner

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
as Le père (voice)

The Life Coach
as Patrick Marmignon

The Very Very Big Company
as Denis

The Easy Way
as Albert Spaggiari

The Maiden and the Wolves
as Émile Garcin

Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
as Alex

Treasure Island
as Docteur Livesey

La Vie en Rose
as Louis Gassion

Snow White: The Sequel
as Le Prince Charmant (voice)

Les Robins des bois - sont des cons et toujours des cons - Florilèges de sketches 1 et 2
as Various Characters

Les Robins Des Bois sont toujours des cons (Florilège Vol. 2)
as Various Characters

Those Happy Days
as Vincent

Bunker Paradise
as John Deveau

A Year in My Life
as Gustave

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

Boudu
as Hubert

Let's Be Friends
as Claude Mendelbaum

An Innocent Little Game
as Serge Hatier

A Very Long Engagement
as The Factor

Casablanca Driver
as Guy, le coiffeur

Podium
as Couscous

RRRrrrr!!!
as Pierre (le Blond)

The Car Keys
as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent

Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
as shérif Steve Marley

I, Cesar
as Le prof de gym

Whatever You Say
as Patrick

Accidental Saint
as Joseph

Monsieur Batignole
as Pierre-Jean Lamour

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
as Caius antivirus

Tanguy
as Bruno Lemoine

The Strategy of Failure
as Luc

Tom Thumb
as un cavalier de la reine

Les robins des bois - L'instant norvégien
as Various Characters

It's Hard Killing Someone Even on a Monday
as Jean, le tueur

Les Robins des Bois : un demi-siècle d'humour
as Various Characters

Les robins des bois sont des cons (Florilège Vol. 1)
as Various Characters

Jamel Show
as Self

Influence Peddling
as Jean-Frédéric, l'adjoint du chef de cabinet

Karnaval
as Pine

Serial Lover
as Edouard "Douad" Pied

Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas
as Various Characters
No Poster
Soumission
as François
No Poster
God's Silence
as Samuel Paty