Jacques Villeret

Jacques Villeret was a French actor, best known internationally for his role as Franois Pignon in the comedy Le Dner de Cons. During his career, he earned many awards including the prestigious medal and title of Chevalier de la Lgion dHonneur.

Villeret was born Mohamed Boufroura in Loches, IndreetLoire, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in the class of Louis Seigner, the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathilde Seigner. While he was most famous for his role as Franois Pignon in Le Dner 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 Lt en pente douce, and marshal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel in Papy fait de la rsistance.

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