Editing Jacques Dutronc (section)

{{Short description|French musician and actor}}
{{For|the albums|Jacques Dutronc (1966 album)|Jacques Dutronc (1968 album)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Jacques Dutronc
| image             = Dutronc-live-edit.jpg
| alt               = Jacques Dutronc singing on stage, wearing sunglasses and a dark jacket
| caption           = Dutronc in [[Lorient]], France in January 2010
| background        = solo_singer
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1943|4|28|df=y}}
| 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=sep}}{{refn|group=nb|name=Marriage|Dutronc and Hardy remained legally married until Hardy's death in 2024, although they had been separated since 1988.}}
| website           = 
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'''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"),<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[All Music Guide]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r808175|pure_url=yes}} |title=Jacques Dutronc (Il Est Cinq Heures, Paris S'Éveille)|first=Quint|last=Kik|access-date=14 September 2011}}</ref> "Le Responsable",<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[All Music Guide]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r562331|pure_url=yes}}|title=Dutronc|access-date=14 September 2011|first=John|last=Bush}}</ref> 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",<ref name=amg>{{cite web|publisher=[[All Music Guide]]|first=Yuri|last=German|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p204824/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jacques Dutronc|access-date=14 September 2011}}</ref> although he "remains little known in English speaking territories" aside from a [[cult following]] in the UK.<ref name=et-moi>{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Deming|publisher=[[All Music Guide]]|title=Et Moi et Moi et Moi: Jacques Dutronc 1966–69|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1575301|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=14 September 2011}}</ref>

Dutronc later branched out into film acting, starting in 1973.<ref name=amg/> 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]].<ref name=critic>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1991/van-gogh/|first=Christopher|title=Van Gogh|last=Null|date=29 December 2006|publisher=[[AMC Network]]|access-date=14 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406111050/http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1991/van-gogh/|archive-date=6 April 2012}}</ref> He married Hardy in 1981 and together they have a son, guitarist [[Thomas Dutronc]] (born 1973); the couple separated in 1988, but never divorced.