# Pierre Lafon

Pierre Rapenouille, known professionally as Pierre Lafon, was a French dramatic actor born in Lalinde, France on (1773-09-01)September 1, 1773.

## Biography

At 19 years old, Lafon wrote a drama in five actes called La Mort d'Hercule. It was later performed in Bordeaux in 1793.
In 1800, he joined the Comédie-Française where be became known under the name "Lafon des Français."
In his day, Pierre Lafon was among Paris's best respected dramatic actors. « Le beau Lafon » as he was known, quickly eclipsed the great Talma. Lafon's physical beauty and talent as an actor made him a favorite of women, notably Pauline Bonaparte.
Lafon made his final stage appearance in 1839, after which he retired to his daughter's home in Bordeaux. He died on (1846-05-10)May 10, 1846.

## Career at the Comédie-Française

Lafon joined in 1800 and was named a sociétaires of the Comédie-Française that same year. He left the theater in 1830.
His roles included:
* 1800: Orestes in Andromaque by Jean Racine, Comédie-Française
* 1800: Nero in Britannicus by Jean Racine, Comédie-Française
* 1800: Achilles in Iphigénie by Jean Racine, Comédie-Française
* 1801: Alhamar in Alhamar by François-Joseph Depuntis, Comédie-Française
* 1801: Pharnace in Mithridate by Jean Racine, Comédie-Française
* 1802: Clodoër in Isule et Orovèse by Népomucène Lemercier, Comédie-Française
* 1802: Don Léon in Le Roi et le laboureur by Antoine-Vincent Arnault, Comédie-Française
* 1803: Le Tasse in Le Tasse by A. M. Cecile, Comédie-Française
* 1803: Suleiman in Les Trois Sultanes ou Soliman II by Charles-Simon Favart, Comédie-Française
* 1803: Thurson in Siri-Brahé ou les Curieuses by Henry Joseph Thurind de Ryss, Comédie-Française
* 1804: Harpage in Cyrus by Marie-Joseph Chénier, Comédie-Française
* 1805: Aman in Esther by Jean Racine
* 1805: Philip IV of France in Les Templiers by François Just Marie Raynouard :
* 1806: Abner in Athalie by Jean Racine
* 1806: d'Épernon in La Mort de Henri IV, roi de France by Gabriel-Marie Legouvé
* 1806: Alceste in Le Misanthrope by Molière
* 1806: Nero in Octavie by Jean-Marie Siouriguères de Saint-Marc
* 1807: Caurellée La Mort de Du Guesclin by Hyacinthe Dorvo
* 1807: Nicomède in Nicomède by Pierre Corneille
* 1807: Brueys in Brueys et Palaprat by Charles-Guillaume Étienne
* 1807: the prince in Le Paravent by Eugène de Planard
* 1807: Antiochus in Rodogune by Pierre Corneille
* 1808: Artaxerce in Artaxerce by Étienne-Joseph-Bernard Delrieu
* 1809: Pâris in Hector by Jean-Charles-Julien Luce de Lancival
* 1809: Licinius in Vitellie by A. de Selve
* 1810: Thierry in Brunehaut ou les Successeurs de Clovis by Étienne Aignan
* 1811: Nicomède in Annibal by A. J. Denormandie
* 1814: Henri de Bourbon, roi de Navarre in Les États de Blois ou La Mort du duc de Guise by François Just Marie Raynouard
* 1815: Démétrius in Démétrius by Étienne-Joseph-Bernard Delrieu
* 1816: Charlemagne in Charlemagne by Népomucène Lemercier
* 1819: Pyrrhus in Hécube et Polyxène by Pierre-François-Xavier Bourguignon d'Herbigny
* 1819: Talbot in Jeanne d'Arc à Rouen by Charles-Joseph Robillard d'Avrigny
* 1819: Louis IX in Louis IX by Jacques-François Ancelot
* 1820: the Regent in Jean de Bourgogne by Guilleau de Formont
* 1823: Burrhus in Britannicus by Jean Racine
* 1823: Don Pèdre in Pierre de Portugal by Lucien Arnault
* 1824: Shore in Richard III et Jeanne Shore by Népomucène Lemercier
* 1824: Eudore in Eudore et Cymodocée by Gary
* 1825: David in La Clémence de David by Victor Draparnaud
* 1825: Tiberius in Bélisaire by Étienne de Jouy
* 1825: Sigismund in Sigismond de Bourgogne by Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet
* 1825: Leroi in Le Béarnais by Ramond de la Croisette, Fulgence de Bury, and Paul Ledoux
* 1825: Démarate in Léonidas by Michel Pichat
* 1826: Clisson in Charles VI by Alexandre-Jean-Joseph de La Ville de Mirmont
* 1826: Odon in Le Siège de Paris by Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d'Arlincourt
* 1826: Maillard in Marcel by Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont
* 1827: Joad in Athalie by Jean Racine
* 1827: Julien in Julien dans les Gaules by Étienne de Jouy
* 1827: Icilius in Virginie by Alexandre Guiraud
* 1829: the Duke of Nottingham in Élisabeth d'Angleterre by Jacques-François Ancelot