Jean-Claude Dreyfus

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Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Jean-Claude Dreyfus at the Lumières Awards 2015
Born	(1946-02-18) 18 February 1946 (age 78) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, author
Years active	1970–present

Jean-Claude Dreyfus (born 18 February 1946, in Paris) is a French actor, comedian, and author.

He began his career in film acting in 1974 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of the butcher and main antagonist in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.^[1] He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films The City of Lost Children and A Very Long Engagement.