Jean-Paul Rouve

Jean-Paul Rouve
Rouve at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1967-01-26) 26 January 1967 Dunkirk, France
Occupations	Actor film director screenwriter producer
Years active	1993–present

Jean-Paul Rouve (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃pɔl ʁuv(ə)]; born 26 January 1967) is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is a founding member of the Les Robins des Bois comedy troupe, active from 1996 onwards.

He has appeared in over 70 film and television productions since 1993, having held roles in comedy films such as Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), RRRrrrr!!! (2004), Those Happy Days (2006) and Les Tuche (2011).

Personal life

A native of Dunkirk, Rouve graduated from the Cours Florent drama school in Paris, where he studied theatre in the class of Isabelle Nanty (with whom he would later star in several productions), alongside Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Marina Foïs, Maurice Barthélemy, Pascal Vincent and Élise Larnicol. Together, the six would form The Royal Imperial Green Rabbit Company troupe, which would soon become Les Robins des Bois.

Rouve lived several years with the novelist Bénédicte Martin; the couple had a son.

Filmography

Filmmaker

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Director	Screenwriter	Producer
2004	RRRrrrr!!!		Yes
2008	The Easy Way	Yes	Yes
2012	Quand je serai petit	Yes	Yes	Yes	As associate producer
2013	Denis		Yes
2015	Memories	Yes	Yes	Yes	As co-producer

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1993	C'est mon histoire	Renaud	Pierre Joassin	TV series (1 episode)
1993–1999	Julie Lescaut	Agent Leveil	Several	TV series (26 episodes)
1996	Le souffleur		Bruno Sauvard & Michael Viger	Short
	Le R.I.F.	Party Leader	Michel Andrieu	TV series (1 episode)
1997	La famille Sapajou	Biscarros	Élisabeth Rappeneau	TV movie
1998	Serial Lover	Edouard 'Douad' Pied	James Huth
1999	Karnaval	Pine	Thomas Vincent
	Trafic d'influence	Jean-Frédéric	Dominique Farrugia
	L'amour déchiré		Yann Piquer	Short
	Le pire des Robins des Bois	Various	Several	TV series (22 episodes)
2000–2001	La cape et l'épée		Several	TV series (24 episodes)
2001	Tanguy	Bruno Lemoine	Étienne Chatiliez
	Le petit poucet	The Queen's rider	Olivier Dahan
	La stratégie de l'échec	Luc	Dominique Farrugia
	Il est difficile de tuer quelqu'un, même un lundi	Jean	Eric Valette	Short
	H	Steward	Éric Lartigau	TV series (1 episode)
	Caméra Café	New Employee	Francis Duquet	TV series (1 episode)
2002	Monsieur Batignole	Pierre-Jean Lamour	Gérard Jugnot	César Award for Most Promising Actor
	Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra	Caius Antivirus	Alain Chabat
	Whatever You Say	Patrick	Guillaume Canet
	Jojo la frite	Joseph	Nicolas Cuche
	Le 17	Tran N'Guyen	Several	TV series (7 episodes)
2003	I, Cesar	Gym Teacher	Richard Berry
	The Car Keys	Himself	Laurent Baffie
	Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?	Steve Marley	Éric Lartigau
2004	A Very Long Engagement	Postman	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
	RRRrrrr!!!	Pierre The Blond	Alain Chabat
	Podium	Couscous	Yann Moix	Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Un petit jeu sans conséquence	Serge Hatier	Bernard Rapp
	Casablanca Driver	Guy	Maurice Barthélemy
2005	Let's Be Friends	Claude Mendelbaum	Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
	Boudu	Hubert	Gérard Jugnot
	Bunker paradise	John Devaux	Stefan Liberski
2006	Those Happy Days	Vincent	Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
	Arthur and the Invisibles	Armand	Luc Besson
	Le temps des porte-plumes	Gustave	Daniel Duval
2007	La Vie en Rose	Louis Gassion	Olivier Dahan
	Snow White: The Sequel	Charming Prince	Picha
	L'île aux trésors	Dr. Livesey	Alain Berbérian
	Ce soir, je dors chez toi	Alex	Olivier Baroux
	Premier voyage	Dad	Grégoire Sivan	Short
2008	La très très grande entreprise	Denis Bosquet	Pierre Jolivet
	The Easy Way	Albert Spaggiari	Jean-Paul Rouve
	La jeune fille et les loups	Émile Garcin	Gilles Legrand
2009	Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard	Armand	Luc Besson
	Le coach	Patrick Marmignon	Olivier Doran
	Myster Mocky présente		Jean-Pierre Mocky	TV series (1 episode)
2010	The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec	Justin de Saint-Hubert	Luc Besson
	Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds	Armand	Luc Besson
	En chantier, monsieur Tanner !	Paul Tanner	Stefan Liberski	TV movie
2011	Les Tuche	Jeff Tuche	Olivier Baroux
	Nobody Else But You	David Rousseau	Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
	Légitime défense	Benoît	Pierre Lacan
	Low Cost	Dagobert	Maurice Barthélemy
	Le grand restaurant II	The Brother	Gérard Pullicino	TV movie
2012	Quand je serai petit	Mathias	Jean-Paul Rouve
2013	Turning Tide	Denis Juhel	Christophe Offenstein
	Denis	Denis	Lionel Bailliu
2014	Never on the First Night	Marc	Melissa Drigeard
	La queue	The Man	Yacine Sersar	Short
	Ce soir je vais tuer l'assassin de mon fils	Philippe Tessier	Pierre Aknine	TV movie
2015	Memories	Philippe	Jean-Paul Rouve
	The New Adventures of Aladdin	Great Vizier	Arthur Benzaquen
	Scènes de ménages	Wedding Planner	Francis Duquet	TV series (1 episode)
2016	Les Tuche 2	Jeff Tuche	Olivier Baroux
	Artaud, le Suréel y los Tarahumaras	Antonin Artaud	Lara Quaglia
	Papa, Alexandre, Maxime & Eduardo	Alexandre	Simon Masnay	Short
2017	Dalida	Lucien Morisse	Lisa Azuelos
	C'est la vie !	Guy	Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache
2018	Alad'2	The vizier		Cameo
2019	Donne-moi des ailes	Christian	Nicolas Vanier
2023	Consent	Gabriel Matzneff	Vanessa Filho

External links

• Jean-Paul Rouve at IMDb