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Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Actor · Born October 30, 1938 (87) · Paris, France

Jean-Pierre Kalfon (born 30 October 1938) is a French actor and singer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Kalfon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 30, 1938 (87)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 116 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 65 days to Oct 28Up 74% in 30 days

What are Jean-Pierre Kalfon's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th 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
23%
Society
22%
Morality
17%
Self
14%
Power
10%
Ideas
8%
Survival
6%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 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 8 · Serious 1 · Dark 7

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

Grounded 5 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 3

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 7 · Intense 4

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

A split, not a type: Steady 9 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

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

Casual 5 · Engaged 9 · 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 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 7

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Shadow
3 of 6
Ally
1 of 6
Threshold guardian
1 of 6
Mentor
1 of 6
  • Shadowas Le chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise in Weekend (1967)
  • Allyas Simon le Magicien in Les idoles (1968)
  • Shadowas Sébastien Gracq in Mad Love (1969)
  • Shadowas Clément Roquemaure in Love on the Ground (1984)
  • Threshold guardianas Lebel in The Bathers (2003)
  • Mentoras Toussaint in Mafiosa (2006)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Warm
5
Contemplative
5
Melancholic
4
Cold
5
Other
13

How their films linger

Thought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4

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 Jean-Pierre Kalfon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jean-Pierre Kalfon'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

116 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman(2022)

    as Old Man (voice)

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Finale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Jean-Pierre

  • Film Français (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as The director

  • Panthéon Discount (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as M. Bove

  • Demain si j'y suis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • This Summer Feeling(2015)

    as Faris

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Miroir mon amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as le roi Jacob

  • The Rabbi's Cat(2011)

    as Malka of the lions (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Parc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as le propriétaire

  • Asylum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Le grand patron

  • I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Max

  • Heartbeat Detector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Karl Rose

  • American Vertigo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Narrator

  • On The Ropes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Henri

  • Suzanne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Max

  • Mafiosa(2006)

    Show 32 episodes · as Toussaint

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Pierre Debizet

  • Philippe Nahon, de l'acteur fétiche à l'icône (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Ne fais pas ça!(2004)

    as le monologuant au comptoir

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Dreamers(2003)

    as Jean-Pierre Kalfon

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Bathers(2003)

    as Lebel

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Lulu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Simon

  • Replay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Walter Amar

  • Gamer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Albert

  • Total Western (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Ludo

  • The King's Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Louis XIV

  • What I Did for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Anderson

  • Day and Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Lucien

  • La Rivière Espérance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 9 episodes · as Corentin

  • God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Henri Larrieux

  • One Hundred and One Nights(1995)

    as The First Jean-Pierre (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Et demain... Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Jean-Philippe Chaumont

  • Jesuit Joe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Le vautour (Récitant) (voice)

  • Les Hordes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 3 episodes · as Salomon

  • The Expert Halima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Narrator

  • Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Le colonel · as Lenormand · as Sergueï

  • Le banquet(1989)

    as Eryximaque

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • La Garçonne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Marly

  • Corps z'à corps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as President-Director

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Lt. Krovitch

  • Septième ciel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Eddie

  • Vent de panique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Humphries

  • The Cry of the Owl(1987)

    as Le commissaire / Police commisionneer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Funny Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Aboulkian

  • Public Security (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Francis

  • No Goal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Examinateur du permis de conduire

  • Le Cimetière des durs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Rayner

  • Softly from Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 26 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

  • L'Amour ou presque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Max

  • The Night Wears Suspenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Actor

  • The Click (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Dr. Fez

  • In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Captain Speed

  • Love on the Ground(1984)

    as Clémont Roquemaure

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Twin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Ernest Volpinex

  • Laisse béton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Gilles More

  • Dog Day(1984)

    as Marcel Torontopoulos

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Barbarous Street(1984)

    as Paul Chetman, dit 'Rocky Malone', un rocker has been, frère de Chet

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Liberty Belle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Brinon

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

    as Alex Leclerc

  • Confidentially Yours(1983)

    as Massoulier's brother (The Priest)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Rock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Serge

  • Hecate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Massard

  • Nestor Burma, détective de choc(1982)

    as Delpierre

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Chassé-croisé (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • A Thousand Billion Dollars(1982)

    as Bronsky, then Stan Hankins, the informant

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Strange Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as François Lingre

  • Condorman(1981)

    as Morovich

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Bolero(1981)

    as Père Antoine

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Boy Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Commandant de la Mazardière

  • Jetzt und alles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Rudy Smirak

  • The Dogs of War(1980)

    as Benny

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • La Tisane de sarments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Sabbas

  • La Femme flic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Backmann, le directeur de la MJC

  • New Old (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • The Police War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Marc

  • Le coup du singe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • Destins parallèles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • The Song of Roland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Marsile / Turold / Charlemagne

  • The Sorceror's Apprentice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Robespierre

  • The Apprentice Heel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Robert Forelon, le directeur du journal

  • Second Chance(1976)

    as Le bijouter

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Police Commissioner Moulin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Antoine Brunetti

  • Visa de censure n° X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as (uncredited)

  • The Good and the Bad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Lafont

  • Zig Zig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Le guitariste

  • An Angel Passes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • La Dolce Vita Grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Actor

  • The White Gloves of the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Le député Caron

  • The Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Gaëtan

  • The Inner Scar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Fire-keeper / King

  • Le Maître du temps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Actor

  • Jupiter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Hippie

  • Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Evariste

  • Les Gauloises bleues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Ivan à 30 ans

  • The Virgin's Bed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Horseman

  • Mad Love(1969)

    as Sébastien-Pyrrhus

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Bonnot's Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Garnier

  • Birds in Peru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Chauffeur

  • Les idoles(1968)

    as 'Simon le Magicien'

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Revolution Is Only a Beginning. Let's Continue Fighting. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Actor

  • Weekend(1967)

    as Le Chef du Front de Libération de la Seine et Oise

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • My Love, My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Yan

  • Mamaia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Balthazar

  • Les grands moments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Jean Mafitte

  • Diamond Safari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Éric

  • La longue marche(1966)

    as Pitou

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Et la femme créa l'amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Kardec

  • La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Actor

  • To Be a Crook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Jean-Pierre

  • Bayard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 13 episodes · as Caretti

  • Night Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as 2nd friend at the funeral (uncredited)

  • Night of Lust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Sacha Markriff

  • Le 7ème jour de Saint-Malo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as The young priest

  • Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Le premier tueur

  • Histoires ordinaires et extraordinaires (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Trois Soldats Allemands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Narratteur

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 116 titles, 114 of them dated from 1958 to 2023; peak year 1984.

Biggest box office

The Dreamers (2003)

$24M worldwide

Highest rated

The Rabbi's Cat (2011)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

The Dreamers (2003)

Film career

19582023

Peak 1984 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

  • 1967Screen debut· Weekend
  • 2003Career best· The Dreamers

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting114 of 116: 114 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thDirecting1 of 116: 1 only directing, 0 with another roleMusic1 of 116: 1 only music, 0 with another role

By decade

1950s1 · acting1960s21 · acting1970s19 · 17 acting · 2 crew1980s38 · acting1990s9 · acting2000s18 · acting2010s6 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 25 roles
67778287

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 Jean-Pierre Kalfon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 23; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 24 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

The Bathers (2003)

83rd percentile spread · 61% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Rabbi's Cat (2011)

Midcredits 88th · 75% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 47. 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 Jean-Pierre Kalfon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jean-Pierre Kalfon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bulle Ogier shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Mixed roles