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Jean-Paul Belmondo
Actor, Producer
Died September 6, 2021 (88 years)
Jean-Paul Belmondo (born 9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football. Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris, France, when he knocked out Rene DesMarais in one round. Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief. He won three straight first round knockout victories from 1949 to 1950.
His breakthrough role was in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave. Later he acted in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical movie Leon Morin, Priest (1961) and in Melville's film noir crime film The Fingerman (Le Doulos, 1963) and Godard again with Pierrot le fou (1965). With That Man From Rio (1965) he switched to commercial, mainstream productions, mainly comedies and action films but did appear in the title role of Alain Resnais' masterpiece Stavisky (1974), which some critics regard as Belmondo's finest performance.
Until the mid-1980s, when he ceased to be one of France's biggest box-office stars, Belmondo's typical characters were either dashing adventurers or more cynical heroes. As he grew older, Belmondo preferred concentrating on his stage work, where he encountered success. He suffered a stroke in 2001 and had since been absent from the stage and the screen until 2009 when he appeared in Un homme et son chien (A man and his dog) which was his last performance.
Belmondo died on 6 September 2021 at his home in Paris, after a period of ill health, at the age of 88.
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Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football. Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris, France, when he knocked out Rene DesMarais in one round. Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief. He won three straight first round knockout victories from 1949 to 1950.
His breakthrough role was in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave. Later he acted in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical movie Leon Morin, Priest (1961) and in Melville's film noir crime film The Fingerman (Le Doulos, 1963) and Godard again with Pierrot le fou (1965). With That Man From Rio (1965) he switched to commercial, mainstream productions, mainly comedies and action films but did appear in the title role of Alain Resnais' masterpiece Stavisky (1974), which some critics regard as Belmondo's finest performance.
Until the mid-1980s, when he ceased to be one of France's biggest box-office stars, Belmondo's typical characters were either dashing adventurers or more cynical heroes. As he grew older, Belmondo preferred concentrating on his stage work, where he encountered success. He suffered a stroke in 2001 and had since been absent from the stage and the screen until 2009 when he appeared in Un homme et son chien (A man and his dog) which was his last performance.
Belmondo died on 6 September 2021 at his home in Paris, after a period of ill health, at the age of 88.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Paul Belmondo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2018 | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael · as Michel Poiccard A.k.a. Laszlo Kovacs |
| 2010 | What War May Bring · as Cameo Appearance |
| 2009 | Great Directors · as Michele Di Libero |
| 2008 | A Man and His Dog · as Charles |
| 2003 | The Dreamers · as Michel Poiccard A.k.a. Laszlo Kovacs |
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller · as Ferdinand Griffon (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2001 | L'Aîné des Ferchaux · as Paul Ferchaux |
| 2001 | L'Aîné des Ferchaux (TV Series) · as Paul Ferchaux |
| 2000 | Amazon · as Edouard |
| 1999 | Maybe · as Ako |
| 1998 | Half a Chance · as Léo Brassac |
| 1995 | Desired · as Désiré |
| 1995 | Les Misérables · as Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights · as Professor Bébel |
| 1992 | Stranger in the House · as Loursat |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child · as Sam Lion |
| 1987 | The Loner · as Stan Jalard |
| 1985 | Hold-Up · as Grimm |
| 1984 | Happy Easter · as Stephane Margelle |
| 1984 | The Vultures · as Sergent Pierre Augagneur |
| 1983 | Le Marginal · as Commissaire Philippe Jordan |
| 1982 | Ace of Aces · as Jo Cavalier |
| 1981 | The Professional · as Joss Beaumont |
| 1980 | Le Guignolo · as Alexandre Dupré / Vicomte De Valombreuse |
| 1979 | Cop or Hood · as Commissaire Divisionnaire Stanislas Borovitz / Antonio Cerutti |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | Body of My Enemy · as François Leclercq |
| 1976 | The Hunter Will Get You · as Roger Pilard, Aka L'alpagueur |
| 1975 | Incorrigible · as Victor Vauthier |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | The Night Caller · as Commissaire Jean Letellier |
| 1974 | Stavisky · as Serge Alexandre Stavisky |
| 1973 | Le Magnifique · as François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar |
| 1973 | The Inheritor · as Bart Cordell |
| 1972 | Scoumoune · as Roberto Borgo, Dit « La Scoumoune » |
| 1972 | Docteur Popaul · as Docteur Paul Simay |
| 1971 | The Burglars · as Azad |
| 1971 | The Swashbuckler · as Nicolas Philibert |
| 1970 | Borsalino · as François Capella |
| 1969 | Love Is a Funny Thing · as Henri |
| 1969 | Mississippi Mermaid · as Louis Mahé |
| 1969 | The Brain · as Arthur Lespinasse |
| 1968 | Ho! · as François Holin, Aka Ho |
| 1967 | Casino Royale · as Un Légionnaire |
| 1967 | The Thief of Paris · as Georges Randal |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Yvon Morandat |
| 1966 | Tender Scoundrel · as Tony Maréchal |
| 1965 | Up to His Ears · as Arthur Lempereur |
| 1965 | Pierrot le Fou · as Ferdinand Griffon, 'pierrot' |
| 1965 | Crime on a Summer Morning · as Francis |
| 1964 | Weekend at Dunkirk · as Julien Maillat |
| 1964 | Male Hunt · as Fernand |
| 1964 | Backfire! · as David Ladislas |
| 1964 | Greed in the Sun · as Rocco |
| 1964 | That Man from Rio · as Adrien Dufourquet |
| 1963 | Magnet of Doom · as Michel Maudet |
| 1963 | Banana Peel · as Michel Thibault |
| 1963 | Mare matto · as Le Capitaine Il Livornese |
| 1963 | Sweet and Sour · as Raymond |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day · as Erede Siciliano (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Beach Casanova · as Cameo |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | A Monkey in Winter · as Gabriel Fouquet |
| 1962 | Cartouche · as Louis-Dominique Bourguignon Alias Cartouche |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Man Called Rocca · as Roberto La Rocca |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairs · as Lauzun |
| 1961 | Léon Morin, Priest · as Léon Morin |
| 1961 | A Woman Is a Woman · as Alfred Lubitsch |
| 1961 | La viaccia · as Amerigo |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Lettere di una novizia · as Giuliano Verdi |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman · as Gilles, L'amant (l'adultère) |
| 1960 | Trapped by Fear · as Paul Frapier |
| 1960 | Seven Days... Seven Nights · as Chauvin |
| 1960 | The Big Risk · as Éric Stark |
| 1960 | Breathless · as Michel Poiccard / László Kovács |
| 1959 | The Three Musketeers · as D'artagnan |
| 1959 | Web of Passion · as Laszlo Kovacs |
| 1959 | An Angel on Wheels · as Michel Barrot |
| 1958 | Charlotte and Her Boyfriend · as Jules |
| 1958 | Un drôle de dimanche · as Patrick |
| 1958 | Les tricheurs · as Lou |
| 1958 | Be Beautiful But Shut Up · as Pierrot, Un Jeune De La Bande D'olga |
| 1958 | Les copains du dimanche · as Trébois |
| 1957 | À pied, à cheval et en voiture · as Venin |