Roland Giraud is a French actor. He married actress Maaike Jansen in 1966. Giraud began his theatrical training in the 1960s and joined

Coluche Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment ca ...

's theatrical company in 1971. Around this time he worked also with the troupe, Le Splendid. His first cinematic role came in 1974 in

Michel Audiard Paul Michel Audiard (; 15 May 1920 – 27 July 1985) was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural scene of the 1960s and 1970s. He ...

's ''Bons baisers...à lundi''. He acquired greater recognition for ''

Papy fait de la résistance ''Gramps Is in the Resistance'' or Papy fait de la résistance is a French war comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1983. Plot Héléna Bourdelle, a.k.a. "La Bourdelle", is a world-renowned opera singer and the wife of maestro André Bo ...

'', and again, for his appearance in

Coline Serreau Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French actress, film director and writer. Early life and education She was born in Paris, the daughter of theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau and actress Geneviève Serreau. In Paris, Serreau studi ...

's '' Trois hommes et un couffin''. He lost his daughter Géraldine, an actress herself, murdered when she was just thirty-six, in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.''The Independent -'France glued to saga of the fugitive' 27 October 2009

Selected filmography

* ''

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears ''Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears'' or ''Les héros n'ont pas froid aux oreilles'' is a 1979 French comedy film directed by Charles Nemes. Plot Two single men without stories that are cousins, working in the same bank and live in the same dwe ...

'' (1979) * ''

Clara et les Chics Types ''Clara et les Chics Types'' is a 1981 French comedy drama directed by Jacques Monnet. Plot In Grenoble, Mickey, Bertrand, Frederick, Charles, Louise and Aimee, united by a common love of music, form a group, the Why Notes. One day, Bertrand rem ...

'' (1981) * '' Signes extérieurs de richesse'' (1983) * '' Trois hommes et un couffin (1985)'' * ''

Tranches de vie ''Slices of Life'' (''Tranches de vie'') is a 1985 French comedy-sci fi film directed by François Leterrier. It is based on Gérard Lauzier's comic strip of the same name. Plot The film is a series of sketches Cast * Laura Antonelli as Mo ...

'' (1985) * '' Sans peur et sans reproche'' (1988) * '' Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück'' (1991) * '' A Mere Mortal (Simple mortel)'' — 1991 * ''

Beur sur la ville ''Beur sur la ville'' () is a 2011 French comedy directed by Djamel Bensalah. Plot Khalid Belkacem is a young Frenchman of Maghrebi origin who has failed all his graduation exams. However, he discovers that he still has one unlikely opportunit ...

'' (2011) * '' The Gilded Cage'' (2013)

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* 1942 births Living people French male stage actors French male film actors People from Rabat 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male television actors {{france-actor-stub