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Thierry Roland

Acting Born Aug 4, 1937 Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France 12 credits

Biography

Thierry Roland (4 August 1937 – 16 June 2012) was a French sports commentator. He was born in the city of Boulogne-Billancourt, and died in Paris of a cerebrovascular event at age 74.

Roland was France's leading football commentator for fifty-nine years. He began his career as a radio journalist for ORTF when he was just sixteen years old. He then became a television sports journalist at the age of twenty. He commentated on more than 1,000 football matches, including thirteen World Cups (beginning with the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile) and nine UEFA European Championships.

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Known for

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Apostrophes

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self
Film

A Real Young Girl

as TV Commentator (voice) (archive footage)

Full filmography

  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
  • Apostrophes (1975) as Self
  • Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
  • A Real Young Girl (1976) as TV Commentator (voice) (archive footage)
  • Off Prime (2007)
  • En direct de... (1956) as self
  • La Guerre de la TNT (2011) as Self
  • Shooting Stars (2002) as Self
  • The Joint Brothers (1986) as Le commentateur du match de foot (voice)
  • Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0 (1996) as Self
  • Les Guignols, les 10 premières années (1999) as Self