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).
| 2025 | Les Tuche : God Save the Tuche as Jeff Tuche |
| 2024 | La vallée des fous as Jean-Paul |
| 2023 | Le Consentement as Gabriel Matzneff |
| 2023 | Ce soir, c'est Palmashow 2 as Self - Guest |
| 2023 | Les Cadors as Christian Dagostino |
| 2022 | Je connais personne as Self |
| 2022 | Joyeux anniversaire Renaud as Self |
| 2022 | Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï as Fabrice |
| 2021 | Les Tuche 4 as Jeff Tuche |
| 2021 | Pıtırcık: Hazine Avı as Nicholas' father |
| 2021 | Fanteziler as Jérémy Michel (sketch 'Antagonistophilie') |
| 2021 | Maximus as Roussel |
| 2020 | Petit Vampire as Le Capitaine des morts |
| 2020 | Petit Pays as Michel |
| 2020 | Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part as Jean-Pierre |
| 2019 | Kanatlarını Aç as Christian |
| 2018 | Lola et ses frères as Benoît Esnard |
| 2018 | Voyez comme on danse as Julien |
| 2018 | Alaaddin 2: Alaaddin'in Dönüşü as Le vizir |
| 2018 | Les Tuche : un phénomène qui tuche tout le monde as Self |
| 2018 | Les Tuche 3 as Jeff Tuche |
| 2017 | Düğünümüz Var as Guy |
| 2017 | Les Ex as Antoine |
| 2017 | Deux escargots s’en vont as (voice) |
| 2017 | Dalida as Lucien Morrise |
| 2016 | Görgüsüzler 2 as Jeff Tuche |
| 2015 | Alaaddin’in Yeni Serüvenleri as Le Vizir |
| 2014 | Les Souvenirs as Philippe |
| 2014 | La queue |
| 2014 | Ce soir je vais tuer l'assassin de mon fils as Philippe Tessier |
| 2014 | Asla ilk Gecede as Marc |
| 2013 | Akıntıya Karşı - En solitaire as Denis Juhel |
| 2013 | Denis as Denis |
| 2012 | Quand je serai petit as Mathias |
| 2011 | Les Tuche as Jeff Tuche |
| 2011 | Low Cost as Dagobert |
| 2011 | Le Grand Restaurant II as Director's brother |
| 2011 | Meşru Müdafa as Benoît |
| 2011 | Senden Başka Kimseyle as David Rousseau |
| 2010 | Adele'nin Olağanüstü Maceraları as Justin de Saint-Hubert |
| 2010 | En chantier, monsieur Tanner ! as Paul Tanner |
| 2009 | Le Coach as Patrick Marmignon |
| 2008 | La Très Très Grande Entreprise as Denis |
| 2008 | Sans arme, ni haine, ni violence as Albert Spaggiari |
| 2008 | Genç Kız ve Kurtlar as Émile Garcin |
| 2007 | Bu Akşam Seninleyim as Alex |
| 2007 | Macera Adası as Docteur Livesey |
| 2007 | Kaldırım Serçesi as Louis Gassion |
| 2007 | Blanche Neige, la suite as Le Prince Charmant (voice) |
| 2006 | Les Robins des bois - sont des cons et toujours des cons - Florilèges de sketches 1 et 2 as Various Characters |
| 2006 | Les Robins Des Bois sont toujours des cons (Florilège Vol. 2) as Various Characters |
| 2006 | Nos jours heureux as Vincent |
| 2006 | Bunker Paradise as John Deveau |
| 2006 | Le Temps des porte-plumes as Gustave |
| 2005 | Boudu as Hubert |
| 2005 | Je préfère qu'on reste amis... as Claude Mendelbaum |
| 2004 | Un petit jeu sans conséquence as Serge Hatier |
| 2004 | Kayıp Nişanlı as The Factor |
| 2004 | Podium as Couscous |
| 2004 | RRRrrrr!!! as Pierre (le Blond) |
| 2003 | Les Clefs de bagnole as Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent |
| 2003 | Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? as shérif Steve Marley |
| 2003 | Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1,39 m as Le prof de gym |
| 2002 | Mon idole as Patrick |
| 2002 | Jojo la frite as Joseph |
| 2002 | Monsieur Batignole as Pierre-Jean Lamour |
| 2002 | Asteriks ve Oburiks Görevimiz Kleopatra as Caius antivirus |
| 2001 | Tanguy as Bruno Lemoine |
| 2001 | La Stratégie de l'échec as Luc |
| 2001 | Le Petit Poucet as un cavalier de la reine |
| 2001 | Les robins des bois - L'instant norvégien as Various Characters |
| 2001 | Il est difficile de tuer quelqu'un, même un lundi as Jean, le tueur |
| 2000 | Les Robins des Bois : un demi-siècle d'humour as Various Characters |
| 2000 | Les robins des bois sont des cons (Florilège Vol. 1) as Various Characters |
| 1999 | Trafic d'influence as Jean-Frédéric, l'adjoint du chef de cabinet |
| 1999 | Karnaval as Pine |
| 1996 | Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas as Various Characters |
| Soumission as François |
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