# Jacques Boudet

Jacques Boudet (15 April 1935 – 15 July 2024) was a French stage and screen actor. He had great success in the 1980s with his appearance in Exercises in Style, and is featured in the film The Names of Love (2010).

## Career

In cinema, he frequently appeared in films by Robert Guédiguian. He excelled in composite roles such as his Duc de Guermantes in Un amour de Swann, the brother of the character played by Philippe Noiret in Père et fils and the cynical politician with a southern French accent in L'Ivresse du pouvoir. He also appeared in the 1979 British TV play Churchill and the Generals as Charles de Gaulle.

## Death

Boudet died in his sleep at his home in Montpellier, France, on 15 July 2024, at the age of 89.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1967 | La double méprise | The Domestic | Jean-Pierre Marchand | TV movie |
| 1967 | Lagardère | A Lackey | Jean-Pierre Decourt | TV mini-series |
| 1971 | La coqueluche | | Christian-Paul Arrighi | |
| 1975 | That Most Important Thing: Love | Robert Beninge | Andrzej Żuławski | |
| 1976 | Dracula and Son | | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1977 | L'apprenti salaud | The Locksmith | Michel Deville | |
| 1977 | Le couple témoin | The Psychosociologiste | William Klein | |
| 1977 | Julie pot-de-colle | The Commissioner | Philippe de Broca | |
| 1977 | Tendre poulet | The Elegant Man | Philippe de Broca (2) | |
| 1977 | La question | Commander Roch | Laurent Heynemann | |
| 1977 | L'ombre et la nuit | The Psychoanalyst | Jean-Louis Leconte | |
| 1978 | On a marché sur les eaux | | François Migeat | Short |
| 1979 | Revenir en décembre | | Véronique Caillot | Short |
| 1979 | Churchill and the Generals | Charles de Gaulle | Alan Gibson | TV movie |
| 1980 | Bobo la tête | | Gilles Katz | |
| 1980 | L'histoire du cahier anonyme | | Olivier Douyère | Short |
| 1980 | Les amours des années folles | Laurent | Boramy Tioulong | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1981 | Strange Affair | M. Blain | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1981 | Asphalte | | Denis Amar | |
| 1981 | Une affaire d'hommes | | Nicolas Ribowski | |
| 1981 | Histoire contemporaine | M. Bonnaud | Michel Boisrond | TV mini-series |
| 1981 | Les gaietés de la correctionnelle | Trousselier | Jeannette Hubert | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1982 | Josepha | Moulu | Christopher Frank | |
| 1982 | Envers du décor | | Marc Guiet | Short |
| 1982 | Jimmy Jazz | M. Colonna | Laurent Perrin | Short |
| 1982 | Mozart [fr] | | Marcel Bluwal | TV mini-series |
| 1983 | Itinéraire bis | The Server | Christian Drillaud | |
| 1983 | Une pierre dans la bouche | Pump Attendant | Jean-Louis Leconte (2) | |
| 1983 | Un bruit qui court | | Daniel Laloux & Jean-Pierre Sentier | |
| 1984 | Swann in Love | Duke de Guermantes | Volker Schlöndorff | |
| 1984 | Dangerous Moves | Stuffli | Richard Dembo | |
| 1984 | Rive droite, rive gauche | The Minister | Philippe Labro | |
| 1984 | Quidam | | Gérard Marx | TV movie |
| 1984 | L'appartement | Falavigna | Dominique Giuliani | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1985 | Rouge midi | Fredou | Robert Guédiguian | |
| 1986 | Cours privé | Bonnier | Pierre Granier-Deferre (2) | |
| 1986 | Music Hall | | Marcel Bluwal (2) | TV movie |
| 1986 | Cinéma 16 | The Tailor | Philippe Condroyer | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1987 | Agent trouble | The Writer | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |
| 1987 | Buisson ardent | Henri's Father | Laurent Perrin (2) | |
| 1987 | American Playhouse | Guillaume Apollinaire | Jill Godmilow | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1988 | Natalia | André Brachaire | Bernard Cohn | |
| 1988 | La petite amie | Charles | Luc Béraud | |
| 1988 | La bête féroce | | Magali Cerda | Short |
| 1989 | Ce qui me meut | Grégoire Charpentier | Cédric Klapisch | Short |
| 1989 | Le retour d'Arsène Lupin | Lawsky | Philippe Condroyer (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1990 | La Femme Nikita | The Chemist | Luc Besson | |
| 1990 | Every Other Weekend | Jacquet | Nicole Garcia | |
| 1990 | L'ami Giono | Albernic | Marcel Bluwal (3) | TV movie |
| 1990 | La goutte d'or | | Marcel Bluwal (4) | TV movie |
| 1990 | La belle Anglaise | Berthier | Jacques Besnard | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | Merci la vie | Craven | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1991 | Dieu vomit les tièdes | Fernand | Robert Guédiguian (2) | |
| 1991 | Le coup suprême | Professor | Jean-Pierre Sentier (2) | |
| 1991 | Le cri du cochon | | Alain Guesnier | |
| 1991 | Le piège | Schlessinger | Serge Moati | TV movie |
| 1991 | Les ritals | | Marcel Bluwal (5) | TV movie |
| 1992 | The Return of Casanova | Abbot | Édouard Niermans | |
| 1992 | L.627 | Raymond | Bertrand Tavernier | |
| 1992 | Navarro | François Ferrat | Yvan Butler | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | Tout ça... pour ça ! | The Prosecutor | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1993 | L'argent fait le bonheur | M. Goudre | Robert Guédiguian (3) | |
| 1993 | Hélène traverse la Manche | | Franciska Moeneclay | Short |
| 1993 | L'homme dans la nuit | Fléchard | Claude Boissol | TV movie |
| 1993 | Navarro | Jean-Louis Seurat | Nicolas Ribowski (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1993 | Ferbac | Inspector Bertin | Bruno Gantillon | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Farinelli | Felipe V | Gérard Corbiau | |
| 1994 | Des feux mal éteints | Newspaper Boss | Serge Moati (2) | |
| 1994 | Le nez au vent | | Lucie Caries | Short |
| 1994 | Pas si grand que ça ! | The Teacher | Bruno Herbulot | TV movie |
| 1994 | La récréation | The Inspector | Nicolas Ribowski (3) | TV movie |
| 1994 | La guerre des privés | Desgranges | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Renseignements généraux | Lemoult | Boramy Tioulong (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | Les Misérables | The Doctor | Claude Lelouch (2) | |
| 1995 | À la vie, à la mort! | Papa Carlossa | Robert Guédiguian (4) | |
| 1995 | Marie-Louise ou la permission | | Manuel Flèche | |
| 1995 | Pressions | | Sanvi Panou | Short |
| 1995 | Lulu roi de France | The Count | Bernard Uzan | TV movie |
| 1995 | Julie Lescaut | M. de Courcy | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | Chercheur d'héritiers | François Guyon | Laurent Heynemann (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1996 | Rainbow pour Rimbaud | The Minister | Jean Teulé | |
| 1996 | Les Cordier, juge et flic | The Piedmontese | Bruno Herbulot (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Marius and Jeannette | Justin | Robert Guédiguian (5) | |
| 1997 | An Air So Pure | M. Elmer | Yves Angelo | |
| 1997 | Tenue correcte exigée | The Judge | Philippe Lioret | |
| 1997 | Sapho | Caoudal | Serge Moati (3) | TV movie |
| 1997 | Nini | André | Myriam Touzé | TV movie |
| 1998 | À la place du coeur | Monsieur Lévy | Robert Guédiguian (6) | |
| 1998 | Les beaux pères | Harmond | Guillaume Tunzini | Short |
| 1998 | Les marchands de gloire | Lucien Grandel | Georges Folgoas | TV movie |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo | President of the Room | Josée Dayan (2) | TV mini-series |
| 1998 | Maigret | Inspector Cadavre | Pierre Joassin | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999 | The Children of the Marshland | Tane | Jean Becker | |
| 1999 | Le plus beau pays du monde | Clothaire | Marcel Bluwal (6) | |
| 1999 | Le bleu des villes | The Chief | Stéphane Brizé | |
| 1999 | Dessine-moi un jouet | Abbot Michalon | Hervé Baslé | TV movie |
| 1999 | Joséphine, ange gardien | Café's Owner | Dominique Baron | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999 | Dossier : disparus | Father Marc | Paolo Barzman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Bellyful | Henri | Melvin Van Peebles | |
| 2000 | The Town Is Quiet | Paul's Father | Robert Guédiguian (7) | |
| 2000 | À l'attaque ! | Pépé Moliterno | Robert Guédiguian (8) | |
| 2000 | Une rue dans sa longueur | The Third Man | Thomas Salvador | Short |
| 2001 | Mademoiselle | Gilbert Frémont | Philippe Lioret (2) | |
| 2001 | The Milk of Human Kindness | Jean-François | Dominique Cabrera | |
| 2001 | Tanguy | The Judge | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 2001 | De toute urgence | François | Philippe Triboit | TV movie |
| 2001 | Maigret | Descharneaux | Pierre Granier-Deferre (3) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2001 | Chercheur d'héritiers | The Notary | Patrice Martineau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Safe Conduct | Café's Owner | Bertrand Tavernier (2) | |
| 2002 | Marie-Jo and Her Two Lovers | Jean-Christophe | Robert Guédiguian (9) | |
| 2002 | Il buma | Ben | Giovanni Massa | |
| 2002 | Commissariat Bastille | Edmond Valençay d'Argenton | Jean-Marc Seban, Gilles Béhat & Jacques Malaterre | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 2003 | Père et fils | Joseph | Michel Boujenah | |
| 2003 | Midi à sa porte... | | Michel Alexandre | Short |
| 2003 | Jean Moulin, une affaire française | Charles de Gaulle | Pierre Aknine | TV movie |
| 2003 | Ambre a disparu | Mordelles | Denys Granier-Deferre | TV movie |
| 2004 | Mon père est ingénieur | Natacha's Father | Robert Guédiguian (10) | |
| 2004 | La confiance règne | Philippe Térion | Étienne Chatiliez (2) | |
| 2004 | L'empreinte | Paul Vannier | David Mathieu-Mahias | |
| 2004 | La faucheuse à ma mère | The Father | Carole Guenot | Short |
| 2004 | Une autre vie | | Bernadette Massin & Fabrice Nicot | Short |
| 2004 | Mon fils cet inconnu | Bernard | Caroline Huppert | TV movie |
| 2004 | Le grand patron | Marcel Bonmartin | Christian Bonnet | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2005 | Cache cache | The Dentist | Yves Caumon | |
| 2005 | L'arbre et l'oiseau | M. Ruche | Marc Rivière | TV movie |
| 2005 | La pomme de Newton | Michel | Laurent Firode | TV movie |
| 2005 | Joséphine, ange gardien | Malleval | Sylvie Ayme | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2006 | Comedy of Power | Descarts | Claude Chabrol | |
| 2006 | Those Happy Days | Albert | Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache | |
| 2006 | The Colonel | The Senator | Laurent Herbiet | |
| 2006 | Le passager de l'été | Father Saucey | Florence Moncorgé-Gabin | |
| 2006 | Plus ou moins | | Gianguido Spinelli | Short |
| 2007 | Trivial | Commissioner Penaud | Sophie Marceau | |
| 2007 | Polichinelle | The Father | David Braun | Short |
| 2007 | Chez Maupassant | The Minister | Claude Chabrol (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Lady Jane | Henri | Robert Guédiguian (11) | |
| 2008 | Agathe Cléry | Roland Cléry | Étienne Chatiliez (3) | |
| 2008 | À droite toute | Chanoine Vivié | Marcel Bluwal (7) | TV mini-series |
| 2009 | Le coach | Jacques Marmignon | Olivier Doran | |
| 2009 | Au siècle de Maupassant | Judge Boissec | Claude Chabrol (3) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Romantics Anonymous | Rémi | Jean-Pierre Améris | |
| 2010 | The Names of Love | Lucien Martin | Michel Leclerc | |
| 2010 | La très excellente et divertissante histoire de François Rabelais | Jean du Bellay | Hervé Baslé (2) | TV movie |
| 2010 | Les toqués | Mr. Dutot | Laurence Katrian | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | The Minister | Senator July | Pierre Schoeller | |
| 2011 | Beur sur la ville | The Minister | Djamel Bensalah | |
| 2011 | De force | Jacques de Saint-Amont | Frank Henry | |
| 2011 | La résistance de grenadine | Francis | Philippe Collet | Short |
| 2011 | Château Mouton Rothschild | Étienne | Louis Aubert | Short |
| 2011 | Bas les coeurs | The Mayor | Robin Davis | TV movie |
| 2011 | Longue peine | Charles Grimaud | Christian Bonnet (2) | TV movie |
| 2011 | Les Edelweiss | Jacques Crozat | Philippe Proteau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2012 | Farewell, My Queen | Monsieur de la Tour du Pin | Benoît Jacquot | |
| 2012 | Voyage sans retour | Judge Tollec | François Gérard | |
| 2012 | La ville est calme | Wolfgang Léonard | Alexandre Labarussiat | Short |
| 2012 | Parle tout bas, Si c'est d'amour | Clément | Sylvain Monod | TV movie |
| 2012 | R.I.S, police scientifique | Father Maxime Vernon | Julien Zidi | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2012 | Plus belle la vie | Gaston Domert | Christophe Reichert & Emmanuel Rigaut | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2013 | Shanghai Belleville | Henri | Show-Chun Lee | |
| 2013 | La Famille Katz | Osie | Arnauld Mercadier | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2014 | Ariane's Thread | Jacques | Robert Guédiguian (12) | |
| 2014 | Memories | The Painter | Jean-Paul Rouve | |
| 2014 | Rosenn | | Yvan Le Moine | |
| 2014 | Pointe noire | Michel | Ludovic Vieuille | Short |
| 2015 | 14 Juillet | René | Michaël Barocas | Short |
| 2015 | The Childhood of a Leader | The Priest | Brady Corbet | |
| 2015 | Shanghai Belleville | Le retraité français / Henri | Show-Chun Lee | |
| 2015 | Le chapeau de Mitterrand | President Desmoines | Robin Davis | TV movie |
| 2017 | Loue-moi! | Papyto | Coline Assous & Virginie Schwartz | |
| 2017 | Sales gosses | François | Frédéric Quiring | |
| 2017 | The House by the Sea | Martin - le père d'Yvan | Robert Guédiguian | |
| 2017 | The Crown | Charles de Gaulle | Stephen Daldry | TV series (Episode: "Dear Mrs. Kennedy") |
| 2017 | Paris etc | Le père de Marianne et Mathilde | Zabou Breitman | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 2018 | Lola et ses frères | Vieux monsieur au cimetière | Jean-Paul Rouve | |
| 2019 | La lutte des classes | Le père de Paul | Michel Leclerc | |
| 2019 | Docteur? | M. Xanakis | Tristan Séguéla | |
| 2019 | La loi de Damien | Pierre Turenne | Arnaud Sélignac | TV series (1 episodes) |
| 2020 | Polseres vermelles | Mr. Chergui | | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 2021 | Super Z | PDG | Julien de Volte & Arnaud Tabarly | |
| 2023 | Little Girl Blue | Daniel Cordier | Mona Achache | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1963 | Gurvan | Tanguy Malmanche | Jean Moign | |
| 1966 | Amphitryon | Molière | Henri Massadau | |
| 1966 | Don Carlos | Friedrich Schiller | Stephan Meldegg | |
| 1967 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Luigi Pirandello | Gabriel Monnet | |
| 1969 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Jean-Marie Serreau | |
| 1972 | Le Printemps des Bonnets Rouges | Paol Keineg | Jean-Marie Serreau (2) | |
| 1974 | Pol | Alain Didier-Weill | Jacques Seiler | Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse |
| 1975 | Lear | Edward Bond | Patrice Chéreau | Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe |
| 1976 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Benno Besson | Festival d'Avignon |
| 1977 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Benno Besson (2) | Festival d'Avignon |
| 1978 | Déménagement | Anne-Marie Kraemer | Jacques Kraemer | Festival d’Avignon |
| 1979 | Attention au travail | A Collective | Gildas Bourdet | |
| 1980–1982 | Exercises in Style | Raymond Queneau | Jacques Seiler (2) | Théâtre des Célestins |
| 1984 | La Bagarre | Roger Vitrac | Jacques Seiler (3) | Théâtre de l'Atelier |
| 1986 | The Miser | Molière | Roger Planchon | Théâtre Mogador |
| 1987 | The Birthday Party | Harold Pinter | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1989–1990 | Monsieur Songe | Robert Pinget | Jacques Seiler (4) | Théâtre de l'Œuvre |
| 1990 | Exercises in Style | Raymond Queneau | Jacques Seiler (5) | Théâtre de l'Œuvre |
| 1990 | The School for Wives | Molière | Marcel Maréchal | |
| 1992 | The Boors | Carlo Goldoni | Jérôme Savary | |
| 1993 | The Cherry Orchard | Anton Tchekhov | Marcel Maréchal (2) | |
| 1994 | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Bertolt Brecht | Jérôme Savary (2) | |
| 1995 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Bertolt Brecht | Jérôme Savary (3) | |
| 1996 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Jérôme Savary (4) | |
| 1998 | Les Marchands de gloire | Marcel Pagnol | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1999 | Celui qui a dit non | Robert Hossein | Robert Hossein | |
| 2001 | Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Robert Hossein (2) | Théâtre Marigny |
| 2001 | Les apparences sont trompeuses | Thomas Bernhard | Robert Cantarella | |
| 2004 | Mrs. Warren's Profession | George Bernard Shaw | Michel Fagadau (2) | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| 2005 | Loot | Joe Orton | Marion Bierry | |
| 2007 | Leonce and Lena | Georg Büchner | Jean-Baptiste Sastre | Théâtre national de Chaillot |
| 2007–2008 | Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie | Eugène Labiche & Marc-Michel | Jean-Baptiste Sastre (2) | Théâtre national de Chaillot |
| 2009 | The Birthday Party | Harold Pinter | Michel Fagadau (3) | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| 2010 | Krapp's Last Tape | Samuel Beckett | Christophe Gand | Théâtre du Palais-Royal |
| 2012 | Tartarin of Tarascon | Alphonse Daudet | Jérôme Savary (5) | |
| 2013 | The Dumb Waiter | Harold Pinter | Christophe Gand (2) | |
| 2014 | Visiting Mr. Green | Jeff Baron | Thomas Joussier | |