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Jacques Villeret (Jacky Boufroura) was born on 6 February, 1951 in Tours, France, is a French actor (1951–2005). Discover Jacques Villeret's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

Popular As Jacky Boufroura
Occupation Actor
Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 6 February, 1951
Birthday 6 February
Birthplace Tours, France
Date of death 2005
Died Place Évreux, France
Nationality France

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His wife is Irina Tarassov (1979–1998)

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Jacques Villeret Net Worth

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1951

Jacques Villeret (6 February 1951 – 28 January 2005) was a French actor, best known internationally for his role as François Pignon in the comedy Le Dîner de Cons.

During his career, he earned many awards including the prestigious medal and title of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Villeret was born Jacky Boufroura in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother.

He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSAD) in the same class as Louis Seigner, the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathilde Seigner.

While he was most famous for his role as François Pignon in Le Dîner de Cons; both on the stage and in the film, his other celebrated roles included the extra terrestrial in La soupe aux choux, the autistic Mo in L'été en pente douce, and marshal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel in Papy fait de la résistance.

At the time of making the film Un aller simple directed by Laurent Heynemann – a film about integration and racism and the clash of generations – Villeret said that watching the young actors in the film, Barbara Schulz and Lorant Deutsch, reminded him of the insouciance he had had as a young man with his friends at the Conservatoire.

When his career was at its height, with the success of Le Dîner de Cons, everything collapsed in a tragedy mirroring the plot of the film.

Villeret separated from his wife and suffered an enormous financial downfall due to tax issues, plunging him into depression.

Villeret turned to alcohol for comfort, and became an alcoholic.

He isolated himself and hid away for long periods.

He later said: Alcohol is a friend, but a friend who means you harm.

Villeret's love of his profession helped to bring his career back from the brink.

1979

In 1979 Villeret married Irina Tarassov, an actress and writer.

1998

They separated in 1998.

Tarassov wrote about their life together in her book Un jour, tout ira bien. (One day, everything will go well).

2001

In an interview in 2001 he spoke of his admiration for performers like Johnny Hallyday and Jacques Brel for their level of commitment, and quoted the author Louis-Ferdinand Céline: When I write, I put my balls on the table.

2002

In 2002 Villeret met Seny, a Senegalese-French widow descended through her grandfather, Mor Diarra N'Dao, from a long line of Sérès nobles of the ancient Kingdom of Saloum, and they fell instantly and deeply in love.

2005

They were partners for three years, and she was about to move to Paris to be with him when he died in Évreux in January 2005 of a liver haemorrhage.

Seny wrote a memoir of their life together, Jacques Villeret, mon bébé blanc, which was published in Paris by Le Cherche Midi in 2005.