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| 3 | Jacky Boufroura, [[StageNames better known as]] Jacques Villeret (6 February 1951 – 28 January 2005) was a French actor. |
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| 5 | Born in France from an UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}}n Kabyle father and a French mother, he was best known for his rotund build, his balding and his roles of naive and clumsy but well-meaning guys, either in comedies or in dramatic films. |
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| 7 | He passed away on January 28, 2005 from an hemorrhage following an hepatitis, at age 53. |
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| 9 | !!Selected filmography: |
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| 11 | * ''Film/LaSoupeAuxChoux'' (1981) as the alien, nicknamed "La Denrée" |
| 12 | * ''Film/GrampsIsInTheResistance'' (1983) as Reichsminister Ludwig von Apfelstrudel |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Danton}}'' (1983) as General Westermann |
| 14 | * ''Film/HoldUp'' (1985) as Jérémie Planchet (the taxi driver) |
| 15 | * ''Film/TheDinnerGame'' (1998) as François Pignon |
| 16 | * ''Film/ACrimeInParadise'' (2001) as Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier |
| 17 | * ''Film/StrangeGardens'' (2003) as Jacques Pouzay |
| 18 | * ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' (2005 LiveActionAdaptation) as Caliph Haroun El Poussah |
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| 20 | !!Tropes & Trivia applying to his roles: |
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| 22 | * NiceGuy: Many of his roles were variations on this, with varying degrees of naivety and clumsiness. |
| 23 | * [[invoked]]PosthumousCredit: The last four films he appeared in -- ''Iznogoud'', ''L'Antidote'', ''Les Âmes grises'' and ''Les Parrains'' -- were all released after his death. |
| 24 | * [[invoked]]RoleReprise: He inaugurated the Creator/FrancisVeber stage play ''The Dinner Game'' in 1993, and reprised the role of François Pignon in TheFilmOfThePlay in 1998 (also directed by Veber). |
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