
Rufus
Biography
Rufus (born 19 December 1942; Riom, Puy-de-Dôme) is the stage name of 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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rufus (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Amélie
as Raphaël Poulain
2001

Delicatessen
as Robert Kube
1991

The City of Lost Children
as Peeler
1995

Le radeau de la Méduse
as Harmonica
1998

Trop c'est trop
as Gendarme
1975

A Very Long Engagement
as Breton
2004

The Austrian
as L'abbé Girard
1990

Amélie: The Real Story
as (archive footage)
2023

Train of Life
as Mordechai
1998

March or Die
as Sgt. Triand
1977

One Fine Day
as Cremer
2006

His Majesty Minor
as Rectus
2007

King Guillaume
as Roi Cyril John Delagny
2009

Stornoway
as Keller
2015

Fantasia Among the Squares
as Wesson
1971

The French Calvinists
as Jacques Combassous
1972

Zoo zéro
as Yves, le chauffeur ventriloque
1979

Les Miserables
as Thénardier 1830 / 1990
1995

That Day
as Hubus
2003

Les Irréductibles
as Edmond
2006
TV Appearances

HIP - High Intellectual Potential
as Henri
2021

A French Case
as Le gendarme Féru
2021

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975

À bout portant
as Self
1968

Scene of the Crime
as Hacker
1970

The Art of Crime
as Père Christophe
2017

30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976

Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982

Apostrophes
as Self
1975

Une soupe aux herbes sauvages
as Joseph
2001

Le Cri
as M. Lesage
2006

Ferbac
as Fernand Graucourt
1991