Jean-Pierre Foucault (; born 23 November 1947) is a French television and radio host. He was the host of ''

Qui veut gagner des millions ? ''Qui veut gagner des millions ?'' (''Who Wants to Win Millions?'') is the French version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', which originated in Great Britain on the ITV network. The aim of the game is to win the top prize of €1,000,000 (3 ...

'', the French version of ''

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (WWTBAM) is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Televis ...

'', and of ''Zone Rouge'', the French version of '' The Chair''. He has been hosting the

Miss France Miss France is a national beauty pageant in France held annually in December. The competition was first held in 1920, and has been organized continuously since 1947. The trademark for the pageant is owned by the company Miss France SAS, and is ...

pageant since 1996 and hosted the

Miss Europe Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by , the European distributor of Paramount, as a one-off event where the winner was to star in a film directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. A ...

pageant in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

and

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

. Foucault played himself in the 2006 film ''Mon Meilleur Ami'' directed by

Patrice Leconte Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, screenwriter and comic strip writer. Life and career Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Institut des ...

and starring

Dany Boon Dany Boon (; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy '' Welcome to ...

as a taxi driver who wins the top prize in ''Qui veut gagner des millions ?'' Foucault was born in Marseille to a Jewish mother. He shares his life with Évelyne Jarre without being married. He has a daughter from a previous marriage, Virginie Foucault.

Radio

* 2006–2014: ''La Bonne Touche'' with

Cyril Hanouna Cyril Valéry Isaac Hanouna (; ; born 23 September 1974) is a French radio and television presenter, writer, author, columnist, producer, singer and occasional actor and comedian of Tunisian origin. He hosts the French TV show '' Touche pas à mo ...

(2006–2011) on

RTL RTL may refer to: Media * RTL Group, a European TV, radio, and production company *** List of RTL Group's television stations (including part-owned channels) *** List of RTL Group's radio stations ** RTL Lëtzebuerg, usually referred to simply a ...

* 2014–2016: ''

Les pieds dans le plat Les pieds dans le plat is a French radio show broadcast on Europe 1 which covers news and media reporting. Hosted by Cyril Hanouna, the show is broadcast from Monday to Friday at 4:00 PM. Columnists Guests The show received several guest li ...

'' on

Europe 1 Europe 1, (''Europe un'') formerly known as Europe nº 1, is a privately owned radio station created in 1955. It was owned and operated by Lagardère News, a subsidiary of the Lagardère Group, it was one of the leading radio broadcasting s ...

Filmography

* 2000: '' Most Promising Young Actress'', directed by

Gérard Jugnot Gérard Jugnot (; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy ''troupe'' Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian C ...

: Himself

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