Rufus

Known for: Acting
Born: December 19, 1942, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Movies: 127

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.9

Amélie

2001

7.3

Delicatessen

1991

7.3

A Very Long Engagement

2004

7.2

The City of Lost Children

1995

7.6

The Tenant

1976

6.8

The African Doctor

2016

6.4

Knock

2017

6.2

Exploits of a Young Don Juan

1986

7.2

In the Name of the Land

2019

7.3

Train of Life

1998

Filmography

2025	Class Reunion	Rolland
2024	An Ideal Father	L'Evêque
2023	Amélie: The Real Story	(archive footage)
2022	Family	Jean
2022	The Takeover	Michel
2022	Shoot to Live	Self
2021	Folon	Self
2020	Mine de rien	Roger Morels
2019	In the Name of the Land	Jacques Jarjeau
2019	Dance of Chance	Le voisin
2017	Noir Enigma	Roger Baudouin
2017	Knock	Le vieux Jules
2017	Go, Toto!	Joseph (voice)
2017	Two Snails Set Off	(voice)
2017	Brothers	Emile
2017	Vive la crise !	Lucien
2017	Everyone's Life	Le chauffeur de taxi
2016	The African Doctor	Jean
2015	Stornoway	Keller
2015	Winter Song	Concierge
2014	Soleils	Voltaire
2014	We Love You, You Bastard	Le Ruf
2014	La Déesse aux cent bras	Le Dantec
2013	À votre bon cœur, mesdames	Doctor Andreausse
2013	The Marchers	François, le pasteur
2013	Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité	Self
2013	Marius	'Piquoiseau'
2013	Not Very Normal Activities	Levantour
2012	I'm Going Home To Mum	Gorbatchev
2012	10 jours en or	Père Clément Rozière
2011	My Name Is Bernadette	Forcade
2011	La part des anges	Émile
2011	Les Insomniaques	Le commissaire
2011	Crédit pour tous	Pistille
2010	Colère	Germain Bougron, l'expert
2010	Colombe	La Surette
2009	Freedom	Fernand
2009	So Woman!	M. Paroquet
2009	King Guillaume	Roi Cyril John Delagny
2008	My Stars	Victor
2007	It Had to be You	le père de Thomas
2007	His Majesty Minor	Rectus
2006	La Volière aux enfants	The Bishop
2006	Rascals	Fouchs
2006	If You Love Me, Follow Me	Jean-Pierre
2006	Les Irréductibles	Edmond
2006	Red Needles	Marullaz
2006	One Fine Day	Cremer
2005	Iznogoud	le conseiller du calife
2004	A Very Long Engagement	Breton
2004	The Great Role	Monsieur Silberman
2004	Madame Edouard	Valdès, l'homme à l'oiseau
2004	In Your Image	O pai de Mathilde
2004	Bonhomme de chemin	Oscar
2003	Saint-Germain ou La négociation	M. de Biron
2003	Tales of the Magic Clock
2003	Comme si de rien n'était	Edouard
2003	Entrusted	Prof. Bergot
2003	That Day	Hubus
2002	Hôtel des deux mondes
2001	Amélie	Raphaël Poulain
2001	My Father Saved My Life	Grinval
1998	Train of Life	Mordechai
1998	Metroland	Henri
1998	Le radeau de la Méduse	Harmonica
1998	Let There Be Light!	Dieu le chauffeur de Harper, Dieu l'infirmière
1997	Love, Math and Sex	Un spectateur au cinéma
1996	Crime à l'altimètre	Octave
1996	Tendre piège	Mr. Gallibert
1995	The City of Lost Children	Peeler
1995	Les Miserables	Thénardier 1830 / 1990
1994	Le Mangeur de lune	Simon
1994	L'amour est un jeu d'enfant	Dorta
1994	Poorly Extinguished Fires	Commander Perleau
1991	Delicatessen	Robert Kube
1990	The Elegant Criminal	Canler
1990	Promotion canapé	Inspecteur de justice
1990	The Austrian	L'abbé Girard
1990	La Goutte d'or	Sigisbert
1989	Paperback Woman	M. Courtois
1989	En attendant Godot	Vladimir
1987	Keep Your Right Up	Policeman
1987	Ubac	Le Bossu
1986	Exploits of a Young Don Juan	Le moine
1986	A Plan of Hell
1985	Weekend Killer
1983	Side Roads	Cyprien
1982	La Chanson du mal-aimé	Guillaume Apollinaire
1979	The Police War	Le Garrec, chicken farmer
1979	Zoo zéro	Yves, le chauffeur ventriloque
1978	Surprise Sock	Antoine
1978	Fire's Share	Patrick Delbaut
1977	The Goodbye Singing	Michel
1977	March or Die	Sgt. Triand
1976	Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000	Mathieu
1976	The Tenant	Georges Badar
1976	Je veux mourir dans la patrie de Jean-Paul Sartre	Self
1975	La adúltera	Lucien (as Rufus Narcy)
1975	Trop c'est trop	Gendarme
1975	Lily, aime-moi	Claude
1975	Au long de rivière Fango	Jérémie
1974	Marriage	Henri
1974	Ce que savait Morgan	Mr. Pemberton
1974	A Cloud in the Teeth	Man with the dog (uncredited)
1973	The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot	'Gagnepain'
1973	L'école sauvage
1973	Valparaiso, Valparaiso	Un méchant
1973	La vie facile	Vicar (uncredited)
1972	The French Calvinists	Jacques Combassous
1971	As Far as Love Can Go	Le barman
1971	Where Did Tom Go?	Tom Coupar
1971	One Way Ticket	Tom Mills
1971	Troubleshooters	Mister Ferglough, le prof d'anglais
1971	Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad	Charles
1971	Fantasia Among the Squares	Wesson
1971	The Wedding Ring	L'éleveur de pigeons
1970	Promise at Dawn	Russian Violin Teacher (uncredited)
1970	The Cop	Raymond Aulnay
1970	Safety Catch	Photographer's assistant
1969	Potatoes	Larobesse
1969	The American	Corbeau
1969	Erotissimo	le comptable de Philippe
1969	Miss Paris et le Majordome
1969	Mr. Freedom	Freddie Fric
1968	The Surrounded	Didier
1967	Doctor Dolittle	Dog (uncredited)
1967	Le Point Mort

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