Jean-Paul Richard Marcel Rouve (; born 26 January 1967) is a French actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is a founding member of the Les Robins des Bois comedy troupe, active from 1996 onwards.
He has appeared in over 70 film and television productions since 1993, having held roles in comedy films such as Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), RRRrrrr!!! (2004), Those Happy Days (2006) and Les Tuche (2011).
On 25 March 2026, he was made a knight of the Legion of Honour by President Emmanuel Macron.
Personal life A native of Malo-les-Bains, Rouve graduated from the Cours Florent drama school in Paris, where he studied theatre in the class of Isabelle Nanty (with whom he would later star in several productions), alongside Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Marina Foïs, Maurice Barthélemy, Pascal Vincent and Élise Larnicol. Together, the six would form The Royal Imperial Green Rabbit Company troupe, which would soon become Les Robins des Bois.
Rouve lived several years with the novelist Bénédicte Martin; the couple had a son.
Filmography Filmmaker Year Title Credited as NotesDirectorScreenwriterProducer 2004 RRRrrrr!!! 2008 The Easy Way 2012 Quand je serai petit As associate producer 2013 Denis 2015 Memories As co-producer
Actor Year Title Role Director Notes 1993 C'est mon histoire Renaud Pierre Joassin TV series (1 episode) 1993–1999 Julie Lescaut Agent Leveil Several TV series (26 episodes)1996 Le souffleur Bruno Sauvard & Michael Viger Short Le R.I.F. Party Leader Michel Andrieu TV series (1 episode) 1997 La famille Sapajou Biscarros Élisabeth Rappeneau TV movie 1998 Serial Lover Edouard 'Douad' Pied James Huth1999 Karnaval Pine Thomas Vincent Trafic d'influence Jean-Frédéric Dominique Farrugia L'amour déchiré Yann Piquer Short Le pire des Robins des Bois Various Several TV series (22 episodes) 2000–2001 La cape et l'épée Several TV series (24 episodes)2001 Tanguy Bruno Lemoine Étienne Chatiliez Le petit poucet The Queen's rider Olivier Dahan La stratégie de l'échec Luc Dominique Farrugia Il est difficile de tuer quelqu'un, même un lundi Jean Eric Valette Short H Steward Éric Lartigau TV series (1 episode) Caméra Café New Employee Francis Duquet TV series (1 episode)2002 Monsieur Batignole Pierre-Jean Lamour Gérard Jugnot César Award for Most Promising Actor Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Caius Antivirus Alain Chabat Whatever You Say Patrick Guillaume Canet Jojo la frite Joseph Nicolas Cuche Le 17 Tran N'Guyen Several TV series (7 episodes)2003 I, Cesar Gym Teacher Richard Berry The Car Keys Himself Laurent Baffie Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? Steve Marley Éric Lartigau2004 A Very Long Engagement Postman Jean-Pierre Jeunet RRRrrrr!!! Pierre The Blond Alain Chabat Podium Couscous Yann Moix Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor Un petit jeu sans conséquence Serge Hatier Bernard Rapp Casablanca Driver Guy Maurice Barthélemy2005 Let's Be Friends Claude Mendelbaum Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache Boudu Hubert Gérard Jugnot Bunker paradise John Devaux Stefan Liberski2006 Those Happy Days Vincent Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache Arthur and the Invisibles Armand Luc Besson Le temps des porte-plumes Gustave Daniel Duval2007 La Vie en Rose Louis Gassion Olivier Dahan Snow White: The Sequel Charming Prince Picha L'île aux trésors Dr. Livesey Alain Berbérian Ce soir, je dors chez toi Alex Olivier Baroux Premier voyage Dad Grégoire Sivan Short2008 La très très grande entreprise Denis Bosquet Pierre Jolivet The Easy Way Albert Spaggiari Jean-Paul Rouve The Maiden and the Wolves Émile Garcin Gilles Legrand2009 Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard Armand Luc Besson Le coach Patrick Marmignon Olivier Doran Myster Mocky présente Jean-Pierre Mocky TV series (1 episode)2010 The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Justin de Saint-Hubert Luc Besson Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds Armand Luc Besson En chantier, monsieur Tanner ! Paul Tanner Stefan Liberski TV movie2011 Les Tuche Jeff Tuche Olivier Baroux Nobody Else But You David Rousseau Gérald Hustache-Mathieu Légitime défense Benoît Pierre Lacan Low Cost Dagobert Maurice Barthélemy Le grand restaurant II The Brother Gérard Pullicino TV movie 2012 Quand je serai petit Mathias Jean-Paul Rouve2013 Turning Tide Denis Juhel Christophe Offenstein Denis Denis Lionel Bailliu2014 Never on the First Night Marc Melissa Drigeard La queue The Man Yacine Sersar Short Ce soir je vais tuer l'assassin de mon fils Philippe Tessier Pierre Aknine TV movie2015 Memories Philippe Jean-Paul Rouve The New Adventures of Aladdin Great Vizier Arthur Benzaquen Scènes de ménages Wedding Planner Francis Duquet TV series (1 episode)2016 Les Tuche 2 Jeff Tuche Olivier Baroux Artaud, le Suréel y los Tarahumaras Antonin Artaud Lara Quaglia Papa, Alexandre, Maxime & Eduardo Alexandre Simon Masnay Short2017 Dalida Lucien Morisse Lisa Azuelos C'est la vie ! Guy Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache 2018 Alad'2 The vizier Cameo 2019 Donne-moi des ailes Christian Nicolas Vanier2023ConsentGabriel MatzneffVanessa Filho
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