Jean-Paul Belmondo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

126

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

  • Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Vivement dimanche

    Vivement dimanche

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Night Caller

    The Night Caller

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • One Hundred and One Nights

    One Hundred and One Nights

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

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Ace of Aces

    Ace of Aces

  • The Professional

    The Professional

  • Ho !

    Ho !

  • Backfire

    Backfire

  • Borsalino

    Borsalino

  • Two Women

    Two Women

  • Peut-être

    Peut-être

  • Trapped by Fear

    Trapped by Fear

  • Happy Easter

    Happy Easter

  • Vivement dimanche prochain

    Vivement dimanche prochain

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • Crazy Sea

    Crazy Sea

  • The Thief of Paris

    The Thief of Paris

  • Kean

    Kean

  • The Burglars

    The Burglars

  • The Brain

    The Brain

  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

  • The Pariah

    The Pariah

  • Der große Preis

    Der große Preis

  • Stavisky...

    Stavisky...

  • The Inheritor

    The Inheritor

  • Pierrot le Fou

    Pierrot le Fou

  • A Monkey in Winter

    A Monkey in Winter

  • The Magnificent One

    The Magnificent One

  • Hold-up

    Hold-up

  • Cartouche

    Cartouche

  • Le Guignolo

    Le Guignolo

  • Breathless

    Breathless

  • The Vultures

    The Vultures

  • Seven Days… Seven Nights

    Seven Days… Seven Nights

  • Stars 90

    Stars 90

  • Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

    Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

  • Tender Scoundrel

    Tender Scoundrel

  • Up to His Ears

    Up to His Ears

  • Auf los geht's los

    Auf los geht's los

  • Half a Chance

    Half a Chance

  • De Gaulle, the Last King of France

    De Gaulle, the Last King of France

  • Actors

    Actors

  • Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

  • Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

    Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

  • Animal

    Animal

  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

  • Incorrigible

    Incorrigible

  • That Man from Rio

    That Man from Rio

  • A Woman Is a Woman

    A Woman Is a Woman

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Banana Peel

    Banana Peel

  • Stranger in the House

    Stranger in the House

  • A Man and His Dog

    A Man and His Dog

  • The Married Couple of the Year Two

    The Married Couple of the Year Two

  • Male Hunt

    Male Hunt

  • An Angel on Wheels

    An Angel on Wheels

  • Crime on a Summer Morning

    Crime on a Summer Morning

  • The Body of My Enemy

    The Body of My Enemy

  • The Shortest Day

    The Shortest Day

  • Léon Morin, Priest

    Léon Morin, Priest

  • Sweet and Sour

    Sweet and Sour

  • Letters of a Novice

    Letters of a Novice

  • À double tour

    À double tour

  • Sunday Encounter

    Sunday Encounter

  • Magnet of Doom

    Magnet of Doom

  • La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo

    La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo

  • Der Sport-Spiegel

    Der Sport-Spiegel

  • Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

    Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

  • Godard by Godard

    Godard by Godard

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • Weekend at Dunkirk

    Weekend at Dunkirk

  • Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

    Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

  • Cop or Hood

    Cop or Hood

  • Belmondo ou le goût du risque

    Belmondo ou le goût du risque

  • Mississippi Mermaid

    Mississippi Mermaid

  • La Traversée du désir

    La Traversée du désir

  • Belmondo by Belmondo

    Belmondo by Belmondo

  • The Big Risk

    The Big Risk

  • Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    Be Beautiful and Shut Up

  • Na siehste!

    Na siehste!

  • La Puce à l'oreille

    La Puce à l'oreille

  • On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels

    On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels

  • Hommage national à Jean-Paul Belmondo

    Hommage national à Jean-Paul Belmondo

  • Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

    Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible

  • Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

    Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

  • Samedi Sébastien

    Samedi Sébastien

  • Love and the Frenchwoman

    Love and the Frenchwoman

  • Greed in the Sun

    Greed in the Sun

  • Hunter Will Get You

    Hunter Will Get You

  • Amazon

    Amazon

  • Love Is a Funny Thing

    Love Is a Funny Thing

  • T'es fou Marcel

    T'es fou Marcel

  • The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor's New Clothes

  • Sunday Buddies

    Sunday Buddies

  • Belmondo, itinéraire...

    Belmondo, itinéraire...

  • Le Doulos

    Le Doulos

  • The Loner

    The Loner

  • J'ai tout donné

    J'ai tout donné

  • The Lovemakers

    The Lovemakers

  • Desire

    Desire

  • A Man Named Rocca

    A Man Named Rocca

  • Scoundrel in White

    Scoundrel in White

  • The Cheaters

    The Cheaters

  • L'Aîné des Ferchaux

    L'Aîné des Ferchaux

  • Famous Love Affairs

    Famous Love Affairs

  • Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli

    Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli

  • Belmondo, le magnifique

    Belmondo, le magnifique

  • Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

    Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède

  • Senza malizia

    Senza malizia

  • Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

    Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

  • Tailleur pour Dames

    Tailleur pour Dames

  • God Chose Paris

    God Chose Paris

  • Riviera-Story

    Riviera-Story

  • Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965

    Panorama: Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1965

  • Belmondo l'incorrigible

    Belmondo l'incorrigible

  • Jacques Deray, j'ai connu une belle époque

    Jacques Deray, j'ai connu une belle époque

  • The Winner

    The Winner