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Jacques Bonnaffé

Jacques Bonnaffé

Actor · Born June 22, 1958 (68) · Douai, Nord, France

Jacques Bonnaffé was born on June 22, 1958 in Douai, Nord, France. He is an actor, known for First Name: Carmen (1983), Ainsi soient-ils (2012) and Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001).

Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 22, 1958 (68)
From
Douai, Nord, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 33% in 30 days

What are Jacques Bonnaffé's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
52%
Self
23%
Morality
9%
Survival
8%
Society
6%
Power
2%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 5 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 9 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

1 analyzed role
  • Tricksteras Jean Genet in Violette (2013)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
8
Tense
4
Warm
4
Contemplative
5
Absurd
3
Other
10

How their films linger

Bittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jacques Bonnaffé's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jacques Bonnaffé's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

87 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Intruders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • The Marching Band(2024)

    as Gilbert Woszniak

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Tiot Bout d’Carbon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Narrateur

  • Adieu Vinyle(2023)

    as Commissioner Borel

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Takeover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Bernard

  • Kadoc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Gone for Good(2021)

    Show as Lucchesi Sr.

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows

  • La dernière douane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Vocals · Actor

  • The Black Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Nadar (voice)

  • As Happy As Possible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Le cycliste

  • Quand sort la recluse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as le docteur Malempiat

  • Quand sort la recluse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as le docteur Malempiat

  • Silent Streams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Vincent Before Noon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Father

  • Murder In The Auvergne Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Commandant Garnier

  • Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Georges Duhamel

  • The Son of Joseph(2016)

    as Le paysan

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Come What May(2015)

    as Roger

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Chameleon Slayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Ferrer

  • Mad Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as The Great Vicar

  • Anton Tchekhov 1890 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Souvorine

  • The Ponzi Scheme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Zarossi

  • My Name Is Hmmm... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Le père de Céline

  • Violette(2013)

    as Jean Genet

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Drumont, histoire d'un antisémite français (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Edmond de Goncourt

  • Clemenceau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Raymond Poincaré

  • The Churchmen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 8 episodes · as Monseigneur Poileaux

  • Coming Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Yves Faroult

  • Dans les pas de Marie Curie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Le narrateur

  • Behind the Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Paul

  • La république des enfants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Célestin

  • Around a Small Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Mario

  • Les Williams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Le Mental de l'équipe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Captain Ahab (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Starbuck

  • The Feelings Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as André

  • The Second Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Pascal

  • Les Zygs, le Secret des Disparus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Laugier / Bébernard

  • Poison Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Professeur Mortier

  • The Page Turner(2006)

    as Monsieur Prouvost

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Le Cri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 4 episodes · as Jules Panaud

  • Itinéraires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Le commandant Amado

  • Lemming(2005)

    as Nicolas Chevalier

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Art of Breaking Up(2005)

    as Fontanet

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Cockles and Muscles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Mathieu

  • When the Sea Rises(2004)

    as Le serveur de bord de mer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Un fils de notre temps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Au bout du rouleau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Georges Massy

  • Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · as Jules jeune

  • The Devils (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Doran

  • The Repentant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Joseph

  • Va savoir+ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Pierre

  • Who Knows?(2001)

    as Pierre

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Il me semble que je serai toujours bien là où je ne suis pas… (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Innocent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Maxime

  • The Happiest Place on Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Couperin

  • Venus Beauty Institute(1999)

    as Jacques

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Jeanne and the Perfect Guy(1998)

    as François

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Michael Kael vs. the World News Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Le médecin chef

  • Capitaine au long cours (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Hervé / Capitaine Hervé

  • Un petit grain de folie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Bernard Dufraisse

  • Lucie Aubrac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Pascal

  • For a Good Cause (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Martineau

  • The Year of Certificate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Paul Fontanes

  • Les frères Gravet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Jacques Gravet

  • A Fox Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Séverin

  • Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de vent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Alfred Bardey

  • Jalna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 8 episodes · as Maurice Vaughan

  • De nietsnut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Étienne

  • The Place of Another (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Dr. Vanacker

  • Couples et amants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Paul

  • Roulez jeunesse ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Bertrand

  • Les Enfants du vent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Simon

  • Cross My Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as History teacher

  • La Campagne de Cicéron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Hippolyte

  • Baptême (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as André Gravey

  • Blancs cassés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Pierre

  • The Mountains of the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Tiago

  • The Secret Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Antoine

  • The Temptation of Isabelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Bruno

  • She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Film Director

  • Staircase C (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Claude

  • A Better Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Adrien

  • Blanche and Marie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Louis

  • Manipulations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Edmond

  • First Name: Carmen(1983)

    as Joseph Bonnaffé

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Ballades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 86 titles from 1983 to 2025; peak year 2005.

Biggest box office

The Marching Band (2024)

$28M worldwide

Highest rated

The Marching Band (2024)

Midcredits 94th

Film career

19832025

Peak 2005 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1983Screen debut· First Name: Carmen

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting86 of 86: 85 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score68thOther crew1 of 86: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s12 · acting1990s21 · acting2000s23 · acting2010s22 · acting2020s8 · 8 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 0% of 19 roles
830308

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jacques Bonnaffé's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 68th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

The Art of Breaking Up (2005)

60th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Marching Band (2024)

Midcredits 94th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jacques Bonnaffé work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jacques Bonnaffé's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Olivier Gourmet shares the most, 3.

Actors

Producers