Overview

• Chaillou passed away on August 2, 2025 at age 79 after battling a long, unspecified illness with his agent and M6 confirming his death to AFP
• The M6 network extended condolences on social media and highlighted his defining role as DRH Jean-Guy Lecointre on the early 2000s hit Caméra Café
• Yvan Le Bolloc’h and Adrien François of the Festival International du Film de Comédie de Liège praised Chaillou’s generosity, creativity and unwavering loyalty
• Over a career spanning more than three decades, he appeared in over thirty films, forty television series and over thirty stage productions including Molière’s Les Fourberies de Scapin His final film performance in the 2024 drama Que notre joie demeure capped a body of work celebrated for its versatility and innovation