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Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Actor · 1933 – 2021 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Paul Belmondo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • Movie5.2

    Casino Royale

    1967 · 858 votes

  • Movie7.5

    À bout de souffle

    Breathless

    1960 · 2.1K votes

  • Movie7.3

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 · 964 votes

  • Movie7.8

    La ciociara

    Two Women

    1960 · 588 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Paris brûle-t-il?

    Is Paris Burning?

    1966 · 229 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Le Professionnel

    The Professional

    1981 · 611 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Le Guignolo

    1980 · 178 votes

  • Movie7.3

    L'Homme de Rio

    That Man from Rio

    1964 · 359 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Les Trois Mousquetaires

    The Three Musketeers

    1959 · 9 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Le Magnifique

    The Magnificent One

    1973 · 392 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Désiré

    Desire

    1996 · 13 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Les Acteurs

    Actors

    2000 · 107 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Borsalino

    1970 · 255 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Une femme est une femme

    A Woman Is a Woman

    1961 · 411 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Le Cerveau

    The Brain

    1969 · 312 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté

    Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

    1988 · 228 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine

    Up to His Ears

    1965 · 202 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Stavisky...

    1974 · 127 votes

  • Movie7.1

    L'As des as

    Ace of Aces

    1982 · 357 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Le Doulos

    1962 · 314 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Tendre voyou

    Tender Scoundrel

    1966 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.0

    L'Animal

    Animal

    1977 · 133 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Classe tous risques

    The Big Risk

    1960 · 153 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Peur sur la ville

    The Night Caller

    1975 · 289 votes

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