Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born 18 February 1946, in Paris) is a French actor, comedian and author.

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 the butcher and main antagonist in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films The City of Lost Children and A Very Long Engagement.

Biography
Jean-Claude Dreyfus made his debut in theather at the age of 15, performing as an illusionist in hotels or cabarets. He later attended Tania Balachova's acting classes . During the 1970s, he became known by performing as a transvestite in various cabarets. He was particularly successful by holding the star of the review La Grande Eugène.  

He made his first screen appearance in the experimental film What a Flash! in 1972, then plays the following year in the comedy How to succeed when one is con and whining , by Michel Audiard , where he interprets a transvestite of cabaret. We then see it in many supporting roles. He collaborated four times with Yves Boisset (on Allons z'enfants , Le Prix du danger , Radio Corbeau and La Tribu ). He plays various supporting roles in cinema, responding to actors 
like Jean Carmet ( Le Sucre ), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Le Marginal ) or Jean Rochefort ( Tandem ).

In addition to his roles on stage and his appearances in the cinema, he made himself known to the general public by interpreting from 1986 a series of advertising spots for ready meals Marie , in which he played the role of Monsieur Marie . 

The 1990's and a double collaboration with filmmakers Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro marked a turning point in the career of Dreyfus, who now accesses cinema to more important roles. In Delicatessen ( 1991 ), he portrays a disturbing butcher. In La Cité des enfants perdus ( 1994 ) he is presented in the form of an astonishing flea trainer.

After having frequented the universe of Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Dreyfus was in the poster of the comedy La Cible , then of the thriller Pulled apart from the journalist Bernard Rapp . He portrays the Duke of Orleans in L'Anglaise et le Duc ,  directed by Éric Rohmer .

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Category:1946 births
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Category:Male actors from Paris
Category:French male film actors
Category:French male television actors
Category:French male stage actors