Rufus (actor)
Appearance
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Born | Jacques Narcy 19 December 1942 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1967–present |
Rufus (born 19 December 1942) or Zio Vittorio is the stage name of Italian-French actor Jacques Narcy. He is best known by the international film audience for his performance as Raphaël, the father of Amélie Poulain in Amélie (2001).
Career
After three years of medical school, he became theater manager.
He has appeared in numerous French TV series and productions, including most of the films directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He had 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 and has three children; his daughter Zoé Narcy and his son Basile Narcy are themselves actors.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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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 | Zahn um Zahn | 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 Barthélémy | |
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 | Claude Lelouch (4) |