Thierry Roland
Born: 1937-08-04 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died: 2012-06-16
Known For: Acting
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. Source: Article "Thierry Roland" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2011
- La Guerre de la TNT as Self
2007
2002
- Shooting Stars as Self
1999
1996
- Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0 as Self
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
1986
- The Joint Brothers as Le commentateur du match de foot (voice)
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
1976
- A Real Young Girl as TV Commentator (voice) (archive footage)
1975
- Apostrophes as Self
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1956
- En direct de... as self