Acting
Jean-Claude Dauphin
- Born
- Mar 16, 1948 · Age 78
- Place of birth
- Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 44
- TV credits
- 18
Also known as (1)
- Claude Legrand
Biography
Jean-Claude Dauphin (né Legrand; born 16 March 1948) is a French actor who is primarily known for national movie productions in France. He is a uncle to American actors Griffin Newman and James Newman as well as to chef Romilly Newman. He is the son of actor Claude Dauphin and actress Maria Mauban, the grand-son of the poet Maurice Étienne Legrand and nephew host Jean Nohain, his father's brother. At Lycée Paul-Valéry in Paris, he studied in the class of Latinist Bernard Mortureux, a specialist in Seneca. His debut, in 1968, in Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre (Adolphe or the tender Age), directed…
