Jacques Bonnaffé (born 22 June 1958) is a French actor and stage director.

Jacques Bonnaffé was formed at the Lille Conservatory after his high school years in Douai (North) where he practiced amateur theater.

He is also dedicated to poetry and readings of Arthur Rimbaud, Jules Mousseron or other authors such as Ludovic Janvier, Valérie Rouzeau, Jacques Darras [fr] or Jean-Pierre Verheggen.

He directs plays with contemporary authors like Joseph Danan, Jean-Christophe Bailly in Nature loves to hide.

Since September 2015 he is everyday on France Culture for his column "Jacques Bonnaffé read Poetry".