Jean-Paul Rouve, born January 26, 1967 in Dunkerque (France), is a French actor and director. Only son, Jean-Paul Rouve grew up in Dunkerque, and was introduced to the theater during his schooling. He took courses at the national drama center of Nord-Pas de Calais and founded an amateur theater troupe. After his baccalaureate, he left for Lille to study information and communication sciences. In 1989, thanks to one of his friends, Emmanuelle Lepoutre, he attended a course given by Isabelle Nanty in a theater school, the Cours Florent, and decided to stay in Paris to study comedy. He was revealed to the general public in the Robins des Bois comic troupe during the 1990s. He established himself during the 2000s as a recurring second role in French cinema, in different genres. Thus, he won the César for best male hope in 2003 for his performance in the historical drama Monsieur Batignole, by Gérard Jugnot, then was nominated for the César for best actor in a supporting role in 2005 for his incarnation of a lookalike of Michel. Polnareff in the comedy Podium, by Yann Moix. In 2006, he played a director of a summer camp in the comedy Nos jours bonheurs, by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, before playing Louis Gassion in the biographical film La Môme (2007), by Olivier Dahan. During the 2010s, he especially won the role of Jeff Tuche, in the series of successful comedies Les Tuche directed by Olivier Baroux. He is also pursuing a career as a director of films with a more dramatic sensitivity, with When I will be little (2012), Les Souvenirs (2014) and Lola et ses frères (2018).

Filmography

• 2025God Save the Tuches — Jeff Tuche, Director, Writer, Co-Producer
• 2024Sailing Home — Jean-Paul Choveau
• 2023Consent — Gabriel Matzneff
• Polar Park — Rousseau
• 2023Top Dogs — Christian Dagostino, Adaptation, Dialogue
• 2022Belmondo: The Incorrigible
• 2022Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï — Fabrice
• 2021Christmas with the Tuches — Jeff Tuche
• 2021Fantasies — Jérémy Michel (sketch 'Antagonistophilie')
• 2021Little Nicholas' Treasure — Nicholas' father
• 2021Maximus — Roussel
• 2020I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere — Jean-Pierre
• 2020Little Vampire — Le Capitaine des morts (voix)
• 2020Small Country: An African Childhood — Michel
• 2019Spread Your Wings — Christian
• 2018Kiss & Tell — Julien
• 2018Lola and Her Brothers — Benoît Esnard, Director, Writer
• 2018The Brand New Adventures of Aladdin — Vizier
• 2018The Magic Tuche — Jeff Tuche, Story
• 2017C'est la vie! — Guy
• 2017Dalida — Lucien Morrise
• 2017The Exes — Antoine
• 2017Two Snails Set Off — (voice)
• 2016The Tuche Family: The American Dream — Jeff Tuche
• 2015The New Adventures of Aladdin — Vizier
• 2014La queue
• 2014Les Souvenirs — Philippe, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Writer
• 2014My Son's Murderer Will Die Tonight — Philippe Tessier
• 2014Never on the First Night — Marc
• 2013Denis — Denis, Dialogue
• 2013Turning Tide — Denis Juhel
• 2012Twice Upon a Time — Mathias, Writer, Director
• Bref — Jean-Jacques
• 2011Final Balance — Benoît
• 2011Low Cost — Dagobert
• 2011Nobody Else But You — David Rousseau
• 2011The Great Restaurant II — Director's Brother
• 2011The Tuche Family — Jeff Tuche
• 2010En chantier, monsieur Tanner ! — Paul Tanner
• 2010The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec — Justin de Saint-Hubert
• 2009Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard — Le père (voice)
• 2009The Life Coach — Patrick Marmignon
• 2008The Easy Way — Albert Spaggiari, Director, Writer
• 2008The Maiden and the Wolves — Émile Garcin
• 2008The Very Very Big Company — Denis
• 2007La Vie en Rose — Louis Gassion
• 2007Snow White: The Sequel — Le Prince Charmant (voice)
• 2007Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours — Alex
• 2007Treasure Island — Docteur Livesey
• 2006A Year in My Life — Gustave
• 2006Bunker Paradise — John Deveau
• 2006Les Robins Des Bois sont toujours des cons (Florilège Vol. 2) — Various Characters
• 2006Les Robins des bois - sont des cons et toujours des cons - Florilèges de sketches 1 et 2 — Various Characters
• 2006Those Happy Days — Vincent
• 2005Boudu — Hubert
• 2005Let's Be Friends — Claude Mendelbaum
• 2004A Very Long Engagement — The Factor
• 2004An Innocent Little Game — Serge Hatier
• 2004Casablanca Driver — Guy, le coiffeur
• 2004Podium — Couscous
• 2004RRRrrrr!!! — Pierre (le Blond), Writer
• 2003I, Cesar — Le prof de gym
• 2003Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? — shérif Steve Marley
• 2003The Car Keys — Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
• 2002Accidental Saint — Joseph
• 2002Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra — Caius antivirus
• 2002Monsieur Batignole — Pierre-Jean Lamour
• 2002Whatever You Say — Patrick
• 2001It's Hard Killing Someone Even on a Monday — Jean, le tueur
• 2001Les robins des bois - L'instant norvégien — Various Characters
• 2001Tanguy — Bruno Lemoine
• 2001The Strategy of Failure — Luc
• 2001Tom Thumb — un cavalier de la reine
• La Cape et l'épée — Le cardinal Claudia/Guy le traître/le sculpteur César/Merlin l'enchanteur/Cartouche/un mousquetaire, etc, Creator
• 2000Les Robins des Bois : un demi-siècle d'humour — Various Characters
• 2000Les robins des bois sont des cons (Florilège Vol. 1) — Various Characters
• 1999Influence Peddling — Jean-Frédéric, l'adjoint du chef de cabinet
• 1999Karnaval — Pine
• 1998Serial Lover — Edouard "Douad" Pied
• 1996Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas — Various Characters
• Robins des bois, the Story — Various Characters
• God's Silence — Samuel Paty
• Podium - Version Longue — Jean-Baptiste Coussaud dit « Couscous », alias Michel Polnar G
• Soumission — François

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2025La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris — Self : Guest
• Super Plan — Self - Guest
• 202440 — Self
• Beau geste — Self
• 2023Ce soir, c'est Palmashow — Self - Guest
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest
• 2022Je connais personne — Self
• 2022Joyeux anniversaire Renaud — Self
• Quelle époque ! — Self - Guest
• Bonsoir ! — Self - Guest
• 2018Les Tuche : un phénomène qui tuche tout le monde — Self
• Quotidien — Self - Guest
• Casting(s) — Self
• The Unexpected Getaway — Self
• C à vous — Self - Guest
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• 2005Une année au front : dans les coulisses de "Un long dimanche de fiançailles" — Self
• Burger Quiz — Self
• The Apartment — Self - Guest
• Who Wants to Win Millions? — Self - Contestant
• 1999Jamel Show — Self
• Télématin — Self
• Cérémonie des César — Self - Presenter