Rufus
Acting • Born 1942-12-19
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.
Filmography
139 credits
Amélie
Movie • 2001
Raphaël Poulain
Delicatessen
Movie • 1991
Robert Kube
The City of Lost Children
Movie • 1995
Peeler
Le radeau de la Méduse
Movie • 1998
Harmonica
Trop c'est trop
Movie • 1975
Gendarme
A Very Long Engagement
Movie • 2004
Breton
The Austrian
Movie • 1990
L'abbé Girard
Amélie: The Real Story
Movie • 2023
(archive footage)
Train of Life
Movie • 1998
Mordechai
March or Die
Movie • 1977
Sgt. Triand
One Fine Day
Movie • 2006
Cremer
His Majesty Minor
Movie • 2007
Rectus
King Guillaume
Movie • 2009
Roi Cyril John Delagny
Stornoway
Movie • 2015
Keller
Fantasia Among the Squares
Movie • 1971
Wesson
The French Calvinists
Movie • 1972
Jacques Combassous
Zoo zéro
Movie • 1979
Yves, le chauffeur ventriloque
Les Miserables
Movie • 1995
Thénardier 1830 / 1990
That Day
Movie • 2003
Hubus
Les Irréductibles
Movie • 2006
Edmond
Where Did Tom Go?
Movie • 1971
Tom Coupar
My Stars
Movie • 2008
Victor
Troubleshooters
Movie • 1971
Mister Ferglough, le prof d'anglais
Saint-Germain ou La négociation
Movie • 2003
M. de Biron
Lily, aime-moi
Movie • 1975
Claude
Comme si de rien n'était
Movie • 2003
Edouard
The Cop
Movie • 1970
Raymond Aulnay
Shoot to Live
Movie • 2022
Self
La Chanson du mal-aimé
Movie • 1982
Guillaume Apollinaire
Colère
Movie • 2010
Germain Bougron, l'expert
Potatoes
Movie • 1969
Larobesse
La Volière aux enfants
Movie • 2006
The Bishop
Marius
Movie • 2013
'Piquoiseau'
Le Mangeur de lune
Movie • 1994
Simon
Crime à l'altimètre
Movie • 1996
Octave
Erotissimo
Movie • 1969
le comptable de Philippe
Let There Be Light!
Movie • 1998
Dieu le chauffeur de Harper
Let There Be Light!
Movie • 1998
Dieu l'infirmière
The Takeover
Movie • 2022
Michel
Not Very Normal Activities
Movie • 2013
Levantour
It Had to be You
Movie • 2007
le père de Thomas
We Love You, You Bastard
Movie • 2014
Le Ruf
If You Love Me, Follow Me
Movie • 2006
Jean-Pierre
Red Needles
Movie • 2006
Marullaz
La adúltera
Movie • 1975
Lucien (as Rufus Narcy)
Tales of the Magic Clock
Movie • 2003
Marriage
Movie • 1974
Henri
The Great Role
Movie • 2004
Monsieur Silberman
La part des anges
Movie • 2011
Émile
Madame Edouard
Movie • 2004
Valdès, l'homme à l'oiseau
Je veux mourir dans la patrie de Jean-Paul Sartre
Movie • 1976
Self
The Wedding Ring
Movie • 1971
L'éleveur de pigeons
The Tenant
Movie • 1976
Georges Badar
In Your Image
Movie • 2004
O pai de Mathilde
Surprise Sock
Movie • 1978
Antoine
Folon
Movie • 2021
Self
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Movie • 1973
Un méchant
La Déesse aux cent bras
Movie • 2014
Le Dantec
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
Movie • 1986
Le moine
Family
Movie • 2022
Jean
Tendre piège
Movie • 1996
Mr. Gallibert
L'amour est un jeu d'enfant
Movie • 1994
Dorta
Love, Math and Sex
Movie • 1997
Un spectateur au cinéma
Winter Song
Movie • 2015
Concierge
Fire's Share
Movie • 1978
Patrick Delbaut
The Surrounded
Movie • 1968
Didier
A Cloud in the Teeth
Movie • 1974
Man with the dog (uncredited)
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot
Movie • 1973
'Gagnepain'
Safety Catch
Movie • 1970
Photographer's assistant
An Ideal Father
Movie • 2024
L'Evêque
The African Doctor
Movie • 2016
Jean
So Woman!
Movie • 2009
M. Paroquet
Side Roads
Movie • 1983
Cyprien
Crédit pour tous
Movie • 2011
Pistille
The Goodbye Singing
Movie • 1977
Michel
Les Insomniaques
Movie • 2011
Le commissaire
Everyone's Life
Movie • 2017
Le chauffeur de taxi
Rascals
Movie • 2006
Fouchs
Au long de rivière Fango
Movie • 1975
Jérémie
Vive la crise !
Movie • 2017
Lucien
Brothers
Movie • 2017
Emile
My Father Saved My Life
Movie • 2001
Grinval
En attendant Godot
Movie • 1989
Vladimir
My Name Is Bernadette
Movie • 2011
Forcade
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
Movie • 1976
Mathieu
Knock
Movie • 2017
Le vieux Jules
Colombe
Movie • 2010
La Surette
Noir Enigma
Movie • 2017
Roger Baudouin
10 jours en or
Movie • 2012
Père Clément Rozière
As Far as Love Can Go
Movie • 1971
Le barman
Keep Your Right Up
Movie • 1987
Policeman
Ce que savait Morgan
Movie • 1974
Mr. Pemberton
L'école sauvage
Movie • 1973
La vie facile
Movie • 1973
Vicar (uncredited)
Hôtel des deux mondes
Movie • 2002
Mr. Freedom
Movie • 1969
Freddie Fric
Two Snails Set Off
Movie • 2017
(voice)
Go, Toto!
Movie • 2017
Joseph (voice)
Le Point Mort
Movie • 1967
The Elegant Criminal
Movie • 1990
Canler
Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad
Movie • 1971
Charles
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
Movie • 2013
Doctor Andreausse
In the Name of the Land
Movie • 2019
Jacques Jarjeau
Mine de rien
Movie • 2020
Roger Morels
One Way Ticket
Movie • 1971
Tom Mills
The Police War
Movie • 1979
Le Garrec, chicken farmer
Miss Paris et le Majordome
Movie • 1969
Freedom
Movie • 2009
Fernand
Ubac
Movie • 1987
Le Bossu
Bonhomme de chemin
Movie • 2004
Oscar
Doctor Dolittle
Movie • 1967
Dog (uncredited)
Dance of Chance
Movie • 2019
Le voisin
The American
Movie • 1969
Corbeau
Entrusted
Movie • 2003
Prof. Bergot
Metroland
Movie • 1997
Henri
The Marchers
Movie • 2013
François, le pasteur
Promotion canapé
Movie • 1990
Inspecteur de justice
Poorly Extinguished Fires
Movie • 1994
Commander Perleau
La Goutte d'or
Movie • 1990
Sigisbert
Iznogoud
Movie • 2005
le conseiller du calife
Promise at Dawn
Movie • 1970
Russian Violin Teacher (uncredited)
A Plan of Hell
Movie • 1986
I'm Going Home To Mum
Movie • 2012
Gorbatchev
Brigitte Fontaine : Reflets et crudité
Movie • 2013
Self
Paperback Woman
Movie • 1989
M. Courtois
Soleils
Movie • 2014
Voltaire
Class Reunion
Movie • 2025
Rolland
HIP - High Intellectual Potential
TV • 2021
Henri
A French Case
TV • 2021
Le gendarme Féru
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
À bout portant
TV • 1968
Self
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Hacker
The Art of Crime
TV • 2017
Père Christophe
30 millions d'amis
TV • 1976
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Apostrophes
TV • 1975
Self
Une soupe aux herbes sauvages
TV • 2001
Joseph
Le Cri
TV • 2006
M. Lesage
Ferbac
TV • 1991
Fernand Graucourt