Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officers and criminals in action thriller films. His best known credits include Breathless (1960), That Man from Rio (1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Borsalino (1970), and The Professional (1981). An undisputed box-office champion along with Louis de Funès and Alain Delon, Belmondo attracted nearly 160 million viewers over his 50-year career. Between 1969 and 1982, he starred in the four most popular films of the year in France, surpassed only by de Funès: The Brain (1969), Fear Over the City (1975), Animal (1977), Ace of Aces (1982).[2]
Belmondo frequently played heroic, brave, and virile characters, which made him popular with a wide audience both in France and abroad. Despite being heavily courted by Hollywood, Belmondo refused to appear in English-language films. During his career, he was called the French counterpart of actors such as James Dean, Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart. Described as an icon and national treasure of France, Belmondo was seen as an influential actor in French cinema and an important figure in shaping European cinema. In 1989, Belmondo won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté. He was nominated for two BAFTA Awards throughout his career. In 2011, Belmondo received the Palme d'honneur at the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2017 he received the César d'honneur at the 42nd César Awards.
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Filmography
Belmondo, le magnifique
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Belmondo by Belmondo
2016 · Self
The Emperor's New Clothes
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011 · Self
A Man and His Dog
2009 · Charles
Actors
2000 · Jean-Paul Belmondo
Amazon
2000 · Edouard
Peut-être
1999 · Ako
Half a Chance
1998 · Léo Brassac
Desire
1996 · Désiré
Les Miserables
1995 · Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean
One Hundred and One Nights
1995 · Professor Bébel
Stranger in the House
1992 · Loursat
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
1988 · Sam Lion
The Loner
1987 · Stan Jalard
Hold-up
1985 · Grimm
Happy Easter
1984 · Stephane Margelle
The Vultures
1984 · Sergeant Pierre Augagneur
The Outsider
1983 · Commissaire divisionnaire Philippe Jordan
Ace of Aces
1982 · Jo Cavalier
The Professional
1981 · Commandant Joss Beaumont
Le Guignolo
1980 · Alexandre Dupré / Vicomte de Valombreuse
Cop or Hood
1979 · Divisional Commissioner Stanislas Borovitz / Antonio Cerutti
Animal
1977 · Mike Gaucher / Bruno Ferrari
Hunter Will Get You
1976 · Roger Pilard, aka l'Alpagueur
The Body of My Enemy
1976 · François Leclercq
The Night Caller
1975 · Commissioner Jean Letellier
Incorrigible
1975 · Victor Vauthier
Stavisky...
1974 · Serge Alexandre Stavisky
The Magnificent One
1973 · François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar
The Inheritor
1973 · Bart Cordell
Scoundrel in White
1972 · Le docteur Paul Simay
The Pariah
1972 · Roberto Borgo, aka 'La Scoumoune'
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971 · Nicolas Philibert
The Burglars
1971 · Azad
Borsalino
1970 · François Capella
Mississippi Mermaid
1969 · Louis Mahé
The Brain
1969 · Arthur Lespinasse
Love Is a Funny Thing
1969 · Henri
Ho !
1968 · François Holin, aka Ho
Casino Royale
1967 · Un légionnaire
The Thief of Paris
1967 · Georges Randal
Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Yvon Morandat
Tender Scoundrel
1966 · Tony Maréchal
Pierrot le Fou
1965 · Ferdinand Griffon, 'Pierrot'
Up to His Ears
1965 · Arthur Lempereur
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965 · Francis
That Man from Rio
1964 · Adrien Dufourquet
Male Hunt
1964 · Fernand
Greed in the Sun
1964 · Rocco
Weekend at Dunkirk
1964 · Julien Maillat
Backfire
1964 · David Ladislas
Magnet of Doom
1963 · Michel Maudet
Banana Peel
1963 · Michel Thibault
The Shortest Day
1963 · Erede Siciliano (uncredited)
Le Doulos
1962 · Silien
Cartouche
1962 · Louis-Dominique Bourguignon alias Cartouche
A Monkey in Winter
1962 · Gabriel Fouquet
A Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Alfred Lubitsch
A Man Named Rocca
1961 · Roberto La Rocca
Léon Morin, Priest
1961 · Léon Morin
The Lovemakers
1961 · Amerigo
Breathless
1960 · Michel Poiccard / László Kovács
Two Women
1960 · Michele Di Libero
The Big Risk
1960 · Éric Stark
Letters of a Novice
1960 · Giuliano Verdi
Seven Days… Seven Nights
1960 · Chauvin
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960 · Gilles, l'amant (segment "L'Adultère")
Trapped by Fear
1960 · Paul Frapier
À double tour
1959 · Laszlo Kovacs
An Angel on Wheels
1959 · Michel Barrot
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend
1958 · Jules
The Cheaters
1958 · Lou
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958 · Pierrot, un jeune de la bande d'Olga
Sunday Encounter
1958 · Patrick
On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels
1957 · Venin
