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Thierry Roland

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.


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Born:
Aug 4, 1937 In Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the series En direct de... 1956-02-16
Latest Project:
Series La Guerre de la TNT 2011-11-22
Known For
Poster of La Guerre de la TNT
Poster of Les Guignols de l'info
Poster of Apostrophes
Poster of Le Grand Échiquier
Filmography
Series La Guerre de la TNT Self 2011-11-22
Movie Shooting Stars Self 2002-04-24
Movie Amélie Thierry Roland (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) 2001-04-25
Movie Les Guignols de l'info - L’Exclusive des 10 ans des Guignols Self 1999-02-19
Movie Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0 Self 1996-06-19
Series Les Guignols de l'info Self 1988-08-29
Movie The Joint Brothers Le commentateur du match de foot (voice) 1986-10-15
Series Champs-Elysées Self 1982-01-16
Movie A Real Young Girl TV Commentator (voice) (archive footage) 1976-01-01
Series Apostrophes Self 1975-01-10
Series Le Grand Échiquier Self 1972-01-12
Series En direct de... self 1956-02-16