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French musician and actor For|the albums|Jacques Dutronc (1966 album)|Jacques Dutronc (1968 album) October 2024 Infobox musical artist | name = Jacques Dutronc | image = Dutronc-live-edit.jpg | caption = Dutronc in Lorient, France in January 2010 | background = solo_singer | birth_date = Birth date and age|1943/4/28| | birth_place = Paris, German military administration in occupied France during World War II|France | genre = hlist|French pop|French rock|chanson|yé-yé|garage rock|psychedelic rock | occupation = hlist|singer-songwriter|actor | instrument = hlist|Guitar|vocals | years_active = 1961–present | label = hlist|Disques Vogue | Columbia Records | associated_acts = El Toro et les Cyclones | spouse = marriage|Françoise Hardy|30 March 1981|1988|end=seprefn|group=nb|name=Marriage|Dutronc and Hardy remained legally married until Hardy's death in 2024, although they had been separated since 1988. | website = ''Jacques Dutronc'' (IPA|fr|ʒak dytʁɔ̃; born 28 April 1943) is a French singer, songwriter, guitarist, composer, and actor. Some of Dutronc's best-known hits include "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille" (which AllMusic has called "his finest hour"),cite web All Music Guide AllMusic album r808175yes Jacques Dutronc (Il Est Cinq Heures, Paris S'Éveille) Quint Kik 14 September 2011 "Le Responsable",cite web All Music Guide AllMusic album r562331yes Dutronc 14 September 2011 John Bush and "Les Cactus". Dutronc played guitar in the French rock|rock group El Toro et les Cyclones. He wrote successful songs for singer Françoise Hardy in the 1960s before moving on to pursue a successful solo career. His music incorporated traditional French pop and French rock as well as styles such as Psychedelic rock|psychedelic and garage rock. He was also very important in the ''Yé-yé|yéyé'' music movement and has been a longtime songwriting collaborator with Jacques Lanzmann. According to AllMusic, Dutronc is "one of the most popular performers in the French-speaking world",cite web All Music Guide Yuri German AllMusic artist p204824/biographyyes Jacques Dutronc 14 September 2011 although he "remains little known in English speaking territories" aside from a cult following in the UK.cite web Mark Deming All Music Guide Et Moi et Moi et Moi: Jacques Dutronc 1966–69 AllMusic album r1575301yes 14 September 2011 Dutronc later branched out into film acting, starting in 1973. He earned a César Award for César Award for Best Actor|Best Actor for the leading role in ''Van Gogh (1991 film)|Van Gogh'' (1991, which was directed by Maurice Pialat.cite web http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1991/van-gogh/ Christopher Van Gogh Null 29 December 2006 AMC Network 14 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120406111050/http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1991/van-gogh/ 6 April 2012 He married Hardy in 1981 and together they have a son, guitarist Thomas Dutronc (born 1973); the couple separated in 1988, but never divorced.