Rufus

Person · Open Library

Born

1863

Died

1948

Works

176

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Film & TV

Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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…

Known for

• Class Reunion — Rolland2025
• An Ideal Father — L'Evêque2024
• Amélie: The Real Story — (archive footage)2023
• Shoot to Live — Self2022
• The Takeover — Michel2022
• Family — Jean2022
• Folon — Self2021
• HIP - High Intellectual Potential — Henri2021
• A French Case — Le gendarme Féru2021
• Mine de rien — Roger Morels2020

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Germany

Active from

1957-07-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

551,835

Total plays

3,286,613

There are multiple artists under the same name: 1) A 1970s funk band, best known for launching the career of their lead singer, Chaka Khan. Major hits during their career include "Tell Me Something Good," "Sweet Thing," and "Ain't Nobody" Rufus gained a fan in Stevie Wonder thanks to their cover of his "Maybe Your Baby." Wonder gave them a new composition, the slowly grinding "Tell Me Something Good," that he'd written specifically with Khan's vocal style in mind. <a href="https://www.last.fm/

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jacques

Gender

male

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

Riom

Occupation

television actor

Languages spoken

French

Native language

French

Official website

www.rufus.fr

Image

Rufus 2010.jpg

Residence

Neauphle-le-Château

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