Jean-Paul Belmondo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-04-09

Day of death

2021-09-06 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Biography

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

Known For

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

  • Vivement dimanche prochain

    Vivement dimanche prochain

  • Der große Preis

    Der große Preis

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Stars 90

    Stars 90

  • Ace of Aces

    Ace of Aces

  • The Brain

    The Brain

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Crazy Sea

    Crazy Sea

  • Cop or Hood

    Cop or Hood

  • Auf los geht's los

    Auf los geht's los

  • The Married Couple of the Year Two

    The Married Couple of the Year Two

  • Animal

    Animal

  • Happy Easter

    Happy Easter

  • Backfire

    Backfire

  • The Professional

    The Professional

  • Famous Love Affairs

    Famous Love Affairs

  • Breathless

    Breathless

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • A Monkey in Winter

    A Monkey in Winter

  • Peut-être

    Peut-être

  • The Vultures

    The Vultures

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • Trapped by Fear

    Trapped by Fear

  • Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

  • Der Sport-Spiegel

    Der Sport-Spiegel

  • Scoundrel in White

    Scoundrel in White

  • Borsalino

    Borsalino

  • De Gaulle, the Last King of France

    De Gaulle, the Last King of France

  • The Night Caller

    The Night Caller

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • Godard by Godard

    Godard by Godard

  • The Burglars

    The Burglars

  • Incorrigible

    Incorrigible

  • Ho !

    Ho !

  • Two Women

    Two Women

  • Up to His Ears

    Up to His Ears

  • Cartouche

    Cartouche

  • The Lovemakers

    The Lovemakers

  • Na siehste!

    Na siehste!

  • Pierrot le Fou

    Pierrot le Fou

  • The Thief of Paris

    The Thief of Paris

  • Stavisky...

    Stavisky...

  • Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

    Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

  • Mississippi Mermaid

    Mississippi Mermaid

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Sweet and Sour

    Sweet and Sour

  • A Man and His Dog

    A Man and His Dog

  • The Shortest Day

    The Shortest Day

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • The Body of My Enemy

    The Body of My Enemy

  • Kean

    Kean

  • The Pariah

    The Pariah

  • Le Guignolo

    Le Guignolo

  • The Inheritor

    The Inheritor

  • Seven Days… Seven Nights

    Seven Days… Seven Nights

  • Léon Morin, Priest

    Léon Morin, Priest

  • À double tour

    À double tour

  • That Man from Rio

    That Man from Rio

  • A Man Named Rocca

    A Man Named Rocca

  • Samedi Sébastien

    Samedi Sébastien

  • La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

  • Hold-up

    Hold-up

  • Magnet of Doom

    Magnet of Doom

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

  • Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

    Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

  • The Magnificent One

    The Magnificent One

  • Letters of a Novice

    Letters of a Novice

  • Half a Chance

    Half a Chance

  • The Loner

    The Loner

  • Stranger in the House

    Stranger in the House

  • Male Hunt

    Male Hunt

  • Weekend at Dunkirk

    Weekend at Dunkirk

  • La Traversée du désir

    La Traversée du désir

  • Sunday Buddies

    Sunday Buddies

  • Senza malizia

    Senza malizia

  • A Woman Is a Woman

    A Woman Is a Woman

  • Le Doulos

    Le Doulos

  • Sunday Encounter

    Sunday Encounter

  • An Angel on Wheels

    An Angel on Wheels

  • Actors

    Actors

  • Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

    Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

  • Hunter Will Get You

    Hunter Will Get You

  • Belmondo by Belmondo

    Belmondo by Belmondo

  • Belmondo ou le goût du risque

    Belmondo ou le goût du risque

  • Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    Be Beautiful and Shut Up

  • Tender Scoundrel

    Tender Scoundrel

  • Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

    Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

  • One Hundred and One Nights

    One Hundred and One Nights

  • Belmondo, itinéraire...

    Belmondo, itinéraire...

  • Love Is a Funny Thing

    Love Is a Funny Thing

  • T'es fou Marcel

    T'es fou Marcel

  • Hommage national à Jean-Paul Belmondo

    Hommage national à Jean-Paul Belmondo

  • L'Aîné des Ferchaux

    L'Aîné des Ferchaux

  • Greed in the Sun

    Greed in the Sun

  • On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels

    On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels

  • God Chose Paris

    God Chose Paris

  • Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965

    Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965

  • Crime on a Summer Morning

    Crime on a Summer Morning

  • Desire

    Desire

  • Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

    Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

  • Jacques Deray, j'ai connu une belle époque

    Jacques Deray, j'ai connu une belle époque

  • Amazon

    Amazon

  • Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

    Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

  • The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

  • Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

    Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

  • The Big Risk

    The Big Risk

  • The Winner

    The Winner

  • Love and the Frenchwoman

    Love and the Frenchwoman

  • Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli

    Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli

  • Belmondo l'incorrigible

    Belmondo l'incorrigible

  • La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo

    La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo

  • Belmondo, le magnifique

    Belmondo, le magnifique

  • The Cheaters

    The Cheaters

  • La Puce à l'oreille

    La Puce à l'oreille

  • Banana Peel

    Banana Peel

  • Riviera-Story

    Riviera-Story

  • J'ai tout donné

    J'ai tout donné

  • Tailleur pour Dames

    Tailleur pour Dames