Rufus (actor)
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| Born | Jacques Narcy 19 December 1942 |
| Other names | Zio Vittorio |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1967–Present |
| Children | 3 |
Rufus (born 19 December 1942) or Zio Vittorio is the stage name of Italian-French actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known to international film audiences for his performance as Raphaël, the father of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2001).[1]
Career
After three years at medical school, he became a theatre manager.
He has appeared in numerous French TV series and productions, including most of the films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He played the lead role in the movie Train de vie (1998), an award-winning tragicomedy about the Holocaust.
Personal life
He lives in Neauphle-le-Château in the Yvelines département and has three children; his daughter Zoé Narcy and his son Basile Narcy are themselves actors.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Les encerclés | Christian Gion | ||
| 1969 | Mr. Freedom | Freddie Fric | William Klein | |
| Erotissimo | The Accountant | Gérard Pirès | ||
| Les patates | Larobesse | Claude Autant-Lara | ||
| L'américain | Corbeau | Marcel Bozzuffi | ||
| Week-end surprise | Georges Dumoulin | Short | ||
| La montre | Peter Kassovitz | Short | ||
| Léonce et Léna | Valerio | Guy Lessertisseur | TV movie | |
| Laure | Ferdinand | Moshé Mizrahi | TV series | |
| 1970 | Safety Catch | The photographer's assistant | Yves Boisset | |
| The Cop | Raymond Aulnay | Yves Boisset (2) | ||
| Promise at Dawn | The Violin Teacher | Jules Dassin | ||
| Donkey Skin | Jacques Demy | |||
| Les saintes chéries | Sautarel | Jean Becker | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| Rendez-vous à Badenberg | ZZ 22 | Jean-Michel Meurice | TV series (10 episodes) | |
| 1971 | The Wedding Ring | The pigeons's breeder | Christian de Chalonge | |
| Fantasia Among the Squares | Wesson | Gérard Pirès (2) | ||
| L'amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste | Jean-Daniel Pollet | |||
| Laisse aller... c'est une valse | Mister Ferglough | Georges Lautner | ||
| Un aller simple | Tom Mills | José Giovanni | ||
| Valparaiso, Valparaiso | The Vilain | Pascal Aubier | ||
| Aussi loin que l'amour | The Barman | Frédéric Rossif | ||
| Où est passé Tom? | Tom Coupar | José Giovanni (2) | ||
| 1972 | Les camisards | Jacques Combassous | René Allio | |
| 1973 | La vie facile | The Priest | Francis Warin | |
| The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot | Gagnepain | Nina Companeez | ||
| L'école sauvage | Costa Natsis & Adam Pianko | |||
| Une belle journée | Jean-Charles Tacchella | Short | ||
| Poof | Poof | Lazare Iglesis | TV movie | |
| 1974 | Un nuage entre les dents | The Dog's man | Marco Pico | |
| Mariage | Henri Thierry | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Nouvelles de Henry James | Monsieur Pemberton | Luc Béraud | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1975 | Au long de rivière Fango | Jérémie | Sotha | |
| Lily, aime-moi | Claude | Maurice Dugowson | ||
| Trop c'est trop | The Policeman | Didier Kaminka | ||
| Le chant du départ | Michel | Pascal Aubier (2) | ||
| La adúltera | Lucien | Roberto Bodegas | ||
| 1976 | The Tenant | Georges Badar | Roman Polanski | |
| Un type comme moi ne devrait jamais mourir | Packages's Man | Michel Vianey | ||
| Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 | Mathieu Vernier | Alain Tanner | ||
| 1977 | March or Die | Sergeant Triand | Dick Richards | |
| Je veux mourir dans la patrie de Jean-Paul Sartre | Mosco Boucault | Short | ||
| Aller-retour | The Man | Monique Enckell | Short | |
| Cinéma 16 | Bibi | Jacques Krier | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1978 | Fire's Share | Patrick Delbaut | Étienne Périer | |
| Surprise Sock | Antoine | Jean-François Davy | ||
| 1979 | Ville à prendre | Voice | Patrick Brunie | |
| Zoo zéro | Yves | Alain Fleischer | ||
| The Police War | Le Garrec | Robin Davis | ||
| 1980 | San Francisco | Freddy Charles | TV movie | |
| 1981 | La chanson du mal aimé | Guillaume Apollinaire | Claude Weisz | |
| Une pierre, un arbre, un nuage | Christine van de Putte | Short | ||
| 1982 | Xueiv | Patrick Brunie (2) | ||
| Otototoï | Fonse | Richard Rein | TV movie | |
| 1983 | Itinéraire bis | Cyprien | Christian Drillaud | |
| Eréndira | Photographer | Ruy Guerra | ||
| 1985 | On the Killer's Track | Pierre Hacker | Hajo Gies | |
| Série noire | Léopold | José Giovanni (3) | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1986 | Exploits of a Young Don Juan | The Monk | Gianfranco Mingozzi | |
| 1987 | Vera | Béatrice Pollet | ||
| Ubac | The Hunchback | Jean-Pierre Grasset | ||
| Poisons | Louis Loiseau | Pierre Maillard | ||
| Keep Your Right Up | The Cop | Jean-Luc Godard | ||
| Horoscope favorable | Christine Ehm | Short | ||
| Tatort | Hacker | Hajo Gies (2) | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1988 | Les deux cervelles | Pierre Baudry & Michaëla Watteaux | Short | |
| Sueurs froides | Jacques | Arnaud Sélignac | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Inspector Fumel | Jean-Marie Coldefy | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1989 | En attendant Godot | Vladimir | Walter D. Asmus | TV movie |
| Mary de Cork | Jimmy | Robin Davis (2) | TV movie | |
| Femme de papier | Monsieur Courtois | Suzanne Schiffman | TV movie | |
| 1990 | L'Autrichienne | Father Girard | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| Promotion canapé | Inspector of Justice | Didier Kaminka (2) | ||
| Lacenaire | Canler | Francis Girod | ||
| La goutte d'or | Sigisbert | Marcel Bluwal | TV movie | |
| Le Gorille | Camille Malemans | Jean Delannoy | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1991 | Delicatessen | Robert Kube | Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
| Ferbac | Fernand Graucourt | Marc Rivière | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1992 | Liebesreise | Manol | Sylvia Hoffmann | TV movie |
| Coup de chance | Dorta | Pierre Aknine | TV movie | |
| Parfum de bébé | Raymond | Serge Meynard | TV movie | |
| 1993 | La ballade d'un condamné | Anne-Laure Brénéol | Short | |
| Christinas Seitensprung | The Psychoanalyst | Oliver Storz | TV movie | |
| 1994 | Des feux mal éteints | Commander Perleau | Serge Moati | |
| Joe & Marie | Joe's father | Tania Stöcklin | ||
| Le mangeur de lune | Father Simon | Dai Sijie | ||
| L'amour est un jeu d'enfant | Dorta | Pierre Grimblat | TV movie | |
| 1995 | Les Misérables | Monsieur Thénardier | Claude Lelouch (2) | |
| The City of Lost Children | Peeler | Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2) | ||
| Le nid tombé de l'oiseau | Emile Savigneau | Alain Schwartzstein | TV movie | |
| 1996 | J'ai échoué | The Grand father | Philippe Donzelot | Short |
| Tendre piège | Monsieur Gallibert | Serge Moati (2) | TV movie | |
| La guerre des moutons | Marcel | Rémy Burkel | TV movie | |
| Crime à l'altimètre | Octave | José Giovanni (4) | TV movie | |
| La comète | The Hurdy-Gurdy | Claude Santelli | TV movie | |
| Strangers | Dr. Hoskin | Arnaud Sélignac (2) | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Julie Lescaut | Bellanger | Alain Bonnot | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1997 | Metroland | Henri | Philip Saville | |
| C'est la tangente que je préfère | A spectator | Charlotte Silvera | ||
| Les tourments de Miss Murphy | Voice | Jean-Noël Delamarre | Short | |
| Une soupe aux herbes sauvages | Joseph | Alain Bonnot (2) | TV movie | |
| Inspecteur Moretti | Salengre | Gilles Béhat | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1998 | Que la lumière soit | Harper's Driver | Arthur Joffé | |
| Le Radeau de la Méduse | Soldier Musician | Iradj Azimi | ||
| Train of Life | Mordechai | Radu Mihăileanu | ||
| Un mois de réflexion | Georges Galibert | Serge Moati (3) | TV movie | |
| Le feu sous la glace | Albert Duparc | Françoise Decaux-Thomelet | TV movie | |
| 1999 | De père en fils | Serge | Jérôme Foulon | TV movie |
| Lazzaroni | Oncle Victeur | Serge Moati (4) | TV movie | |
| 2000 | Carpe Diem | Elisabeth Aubert Schlumberger | Short | |
| 2001 | Amélie | Raphaël Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (3) | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie | Grinval | José Giovanni (5) | ||
| 2002-04 | Juliette Lesage, médecine pour tous | Murol | Christian François | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2003 | Comme si de rien n'était | Edouard | Pierre-Olivier Mornas | |
| That Day | Hubus | Raúl Ruiz | ||
| Entrusted | Professor Bergot | Giacomo Battiato | TV movie | |
| Saint-Germain ou La négociation | Monsieur de Biron | Gérard Corbiau | TV movie | |
| Hôtel des deux mondes | Mage Radjapour | Philippe Miquel | TV movie | |
| Commissaire Meyer | Commissioner François Meyer | Michel Favart | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2004 | Le grand rôle | Monsieur Silberman | Steve Suissa | |
| À ton image | Mathilde's father | Aruna Villiers | ||
| Madame Édouard | Valdès | Nadine Monfils | ||
| A Very Long Engagement | The Breton | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (4) | ||
| Bonhomme de chemin | Oscar | Frédéric Mermoud | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Iznogoud | The Counselor | Patrick Braoudé | |
| 2006 | Du jour au lendemain | Cremer | Philippe Le Guay | |
| Les aiguilles rouges | Marullaz | Jean-François Davy (2) | ||
| Les irréductibles | Edmond | Renaud Bertrand | ||
| Qui m'aime me suive | Jean-Pierre | Benoît Cohen | ||
| Les vauriens | Fouchs | Dominique Ladoge | TV movie | |
| La volière aux enfants | The Bishop | Olivier Guignard | TV movie | |
| Le Cri | Monsieur Lesage | Hervé Baslé | TV mini-series | |
| 2007 | His Majesty Minor | Rectus | Jean-Jacques Annaud | |
| Ma vie n'est pas une comédie romantique | Thomas's father | Marc Gibaja | ||
| Le sang noir | Cripure | Peter Kassovitz (2) | TV movie Luchon International Film Festival - Best Actor | |
| Tragédie en direct | Paul | Marc Rivière (2) | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Mes stars et moi | Victor | Laetitia Colombani | |
| Myster Mocky présente | Various | Jean-Pierre Mocky | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2009 | King Guillaume | King Cyril-John Delagny | Pierre-François Martin-Laval | |
| Tricheuse | Monsieur Paroquet | Jean-François Davy (3) | ||
| Korkoro | Fernand | Tony Gatlif | ||
| Adieu créature | David Perrault | Short | ||
| La reine et le cardinal | Cardinal Richelieu | Marc Rivière (3) | TV movie | |
| 2010 | Carnets de rêves | The Man | Baptiste Gourden | Short |
| Colombe | La Surette | Dominique Thiel | TV movie | |
| Colère | Germain Bougron | Jean-Pierre Mocky (2) | TV movie | |
| Profilage | Jacques Mirmont | Eric Summer | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2011 | Crédit pour tous | Pistille | Jean-Pierre Mocky (3) | |
| Les insomniaques | The Commissioner | Jean-Pierre Mocky (4) | ||
| Je m'appelle Bernadette | Monseigneur Forcade | Jean Sagols | ||
| La part des anges | Emile | Sylvain Monod | TV movie | |
| Le repaire de la vouivre | Édouard Pratt | Edwin Baily | TV mini-series | |
| Le sang de la vigne | Jounenaze | Marc Rivière (4) | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2012 | 10 jours en or | Father Clément Rozière | Nicolas Brossette | |
| Les parapluies migrateurs | Elios | Melanie Laleu | Short | |
| La larme du fantôme | The Man | Florian Quittard | Short | |
| Je retourne chez ma mère | Paul | Williams Crépin | TV movie | |
| 2013 | Pas très normales activités | Levantour | Maurice Barthélemy | |
| Marius | Piquoiseau | Daniel Auteuil | ||
| The Marchers | François | Nabil Ben Yadir | ||
| À votre bon coeur mesdames | Doctor Andreausse | Jean-Pierre Mocky (5) | ||
| Je veille sur vous | Jacques | Elodie Fiabane | Short | |
| Passe le briquet à ton voisin | The Fisherman | Sachka Lelouch | Short | |
| Through Blue Summer Nights | Jean | Nicolas Barth | Short | |
| Chérif | Monsieur Hurtince | Julien Zidi | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2014 | Salaud, on t'aime | Le Ruf | Claude Lelouch (3) | |
| Soleils | Voltaire | Olivier Delahaye & Dani Kouyaté | ||
| La menace d'une rose | Q | Thomas Lhermitte | Short | |
| La déesse aux cent bras | Le Dantec | Sylvain Monod (2) | TV movie | |
| 2015 | Chant d'hiver | Otar Iosseliani | ||
| 2016 | The African Doctor | Jean | Julien Rambaldi | |
| 2017 | Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction | The taxi driver | Claude Lelouch (4) | |
| Knock | The old Jules | Lorraine Lévy |
References
- ^ Amsellem, Philippe (2 October 2019). "Marseille : Rufus, la tête dans les étoiles et les pieds sur terre". www.lamarseillaise.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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