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).
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 26, 1967 (59)
- Dunkerque, Nord, France
- Actor and writer, also director and producer
- 44 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
What are Jean-Paul Rouve's films like?
Across their 38 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 7 · Wry 2 · Earnest 27
Light 27 · Serious 6 · Dark 4
Grounded 16 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 4
Gentle 14 · Charged 18 · Intense 5
A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 5
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 19
Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 2
Casual 30 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 22 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 5
Resolved 32 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 12 of 29 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Pierre-Jean Lamour in Monsieur Batignole (2002)
- Threshold guardianas Le shérif Steve Marley in Bullit & Riper (2003)
- Allyas Couscous in Podium (2004)
- Heroas Claude Mendelbaum in Let's Be Friends (2005)
- Heroas Vincent in Those Happy Days (2006)
- Mentoras Gustave in Le temps des porte-plumes (2006)
- Heroas Alex in Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours (2007)
- Heroas Le Prince Charmant in Snow White: The Sequel (2007)
- Shadowas Émile Garcin in The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
- Heroas Albert Spaggiari in The Easy Way (2008)
- Allyas Justin de Saint-Hubert in The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
- Heroas David Rousseau in Nobody Else But You (2011)
- Heroas Jeff Tuche in The Tuche Family (2011)
- Shadowas Le vizir in The New Adventures of Aladdin (2015)
- Mentoras Lucien Morisse in Dalida (2016)
- Heroas Jeff Tuche in The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016)
- Tricksteras Guy in C'est la vie! (2017)
- Allyas Benoît Esnard in Lola & Her Brothers (2018)
- Shadowas Le vizir in Aladdin 2 (2018)
- Heroas Jeff Tuche in The Magic Tuche (2018)
- Allyas Julien in Kiss & Tell (2018)
- Mentoras Christian in Spread Your Wings (2019)
- Mentoras Michel Chappaz in Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)
- Heroas Fabrice in Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï (2020)
- Mentoras Le Capitaine des Morts in Little Vampire (2020)
- Heroas Jeff Tuche in Les Tuche 4 (2021)
- Heraldas Papa in Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021)
- Shadowas Gabriel Matzneff in Consent (2023)
- Heroas Jeff Tuche in God Save the Tuche (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy20
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous6
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-Paul Rouve's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 44 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) · actor · free
- Dalida (2016) · actor · free
- Little Vampire (2020) · actor · free
- The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) · actor · free
- The Tuche Family (2011) · actor · free
- Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009) · actor · free
- The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016) · actor · free
- The New Adventures of Aladdin (2015) · actor · free
- Les Tuche 4 (2021) · actor, writer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Jean-Paul Rouve'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
83 credits, 44 with a MovieCove page; 23 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
God Save the Tuche(2025)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Sailing Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Polar Park(2023)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Consent(2023)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Top Dogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï(2020)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Les Tuche 4(2021)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Fantasies(2021)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Maximus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Little Vampire(2020)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Spread Your Wings(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Lola & Her Brothers(2018)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Kiss & Tell(2018)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Aladdin 2(2018)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Magic Tuche(2018)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
C'est la vie!(2017)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Exes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Two Snails Set Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Dalida(2016)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Les Souvenirs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
La queue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
My Son's Murderer Will Die Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Never on the First Night(2014)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Turning Tide(2013)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Denis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Twice Upon a Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Bref.(2011)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Tuche Family(2011)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Low Cost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Great Restaurant II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Final Balance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Nobody Else But You(2011)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
En chantier, monsieur Tanner ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Life Coach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
The Very Very Big Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Easy Way(2008)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Treasure Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
La Vie En Rose(2007)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Snow White: The Sequel(2007)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Les Robins des bois - sont des cons et toujours des cons - Florilèges de sketches 1 et 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Les Robins Des Bois sont toujours des cons (Florilège Vol. 2) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Those Happy Days(2006)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Bunker Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Boudu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Let's Be Friends(2005)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
An Innocent Little Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
A Very Long Engagement(2004)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Casablanca Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Podium(2004)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
RRRrrrr!!!(2004)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Les clefs de bagnole(2003)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Bullit & Riper(2003)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Mon idole(2002)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Accidental Saint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Monsieur Batignole(2002)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Tanguy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Strategy of Failure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Tom Thumb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Les robins des bois - L'instant norvégien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
It's Hard Killing Someone Even on a Monday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Les Robins des Bois : un demi-siècle d'humour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
La Cape et l'épée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Les robins des bois sont des cons (Florilège Vol. 1) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Influence Peddling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Karnaval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Serial Lover(1998)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Robin des Bois d'à peu près Alexandre Dumas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Robins des bois, the Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
God's Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Soumission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 83 titles, 81 of them dated from 1990 to 2025; peak year 2019.
Biggest box office
La Vie En Rose (2007)
Highest rated
La Vie En Rose (2007)
Most popular right now
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
Film career
Peak 2019 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. 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.
- 1998Screen debut· Serial Lover
- 2005First top-billed film· Let's Be Friends
- 2006Breakout· Those Happy Days
- 2006Career best· Those Happy Days
- 2023Career best· Polar Park
Billing
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-Paul Rouve's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 42; across their 37 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th13
- Below 25th11
Shape of the crowd
16 of their 44 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser15
- Broadly Agreed9
- Mixed16
Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 37. 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.
Is Jean-Paul Rouve's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jean-Paul Rouve work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jean-Paul Rouve's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Olivier Baroux shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Olivier BarouxShared titles: Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The Tuche Family (2011), Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours (2007), Bullit & Riper (2003)See all 6 shared titles with Olivier Baroux
- Éric ToledanoShared titles: C'est la vie! (2017), Those Happy Days (2006), Let's Be Friends (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Éric Toledano
- Olivier NakacheShared titles: C'est la vie! (2017), Those Happy Days (2006), Let's Be Friends (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Olivier Nakache
- Gérald Hustache-MathieuShared titles: Polar Park (2023), Nobody Else But You (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
Writers
- Philippe MechelenShared titles: God Save the Tuche (2025), Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The Tuche Family (2011)See all 5 shared titles with Philippe Mechelen
- Julien HervéShared titles: God Save the Tuche (2025), Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Julien Hervé
- Nessim ChikhaouiShared titles: God Save the Tuche (2025), Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016)See all 4 shared titles with Nessim Chikhaoui
- David FoenkinosShared titles: Fantasies (2021), Lola & Her Brothers (2018)See all 2 shared titles with David Foenkinos
Actors
- Pierre LottinShared titles: God Save the Tuche (2025), Polar Park (2023), Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The Tuche Family (2011)See all 6 shared titles with Pierre Lottin
- Sarah SternShared titles: God Save the Tuche (2025), Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The Tuche Family (2011), Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours (2007)See all 6 shared titles with Sarah Stern
- Claire NadeauShared titles: God Save the Tuche (2025), Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The Tuche Family (2011)See all 5 shared titles with Claire Nadeau
- Isabelle NantyShared titles: God Save the Tuche (2025), Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The Tuche Family (2011)See all 5 shared titles with Isabelle Nanty
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Martin RappeneauShared titles: God Save the Tuche (2025), Les Tuche 4 (2021), Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family (2011), Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours (2007)See all 6 shared titles with Martin Rappeneau
- Dorian Rigal-AnsousShared titles: Fantasies (2021), C'est la vie! (2017), Those Happy Days (2006), Let's Be Friends (2005)See all 4 shared titles with Dorian Rigal-Ansous
- Christophe OffensteinShared titles: Lola & Her Brothers (2018), Turning Tide (2013), The Easy Way (2008), Mon idole (2002)See all 4 shared titles with Christophe Offenstein
- Christian AbomnesShared titles: Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Christian Abomnes
Producers
- Romain Le GrandShared titles: Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021), Dalida (2016), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The New Adventures of Aladdin (2015), The Tuche Family (2011)See all 5 shared titles with Romain Le Grand
- Richard GrandpierreShared titles: Les Tuche 4 (2021), The Magic Tuche (2018), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The Tuche Family (2011)See all 4 shared titles with Richard Grandpierre
- Jérôme SeydouxShared titles: Aladdin 2 (2018), Dalida (2016), The Tuche Family: The American Dream (2016), The New Adventures of Aladdin (2015)See all 4 shared titles with Jérôme Seydoux
- Marc MissonnierShared titles: Consent (2023), Little Nicholas' Treasure (2021), Podium (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Marc Missonnier
Mixed roles
- Luc BessonShared titles: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010), Moi César, 10 ans 1/2, 1m39 (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Luc Besson
