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Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 09, 1933
Died Sep 06, 2021 (88)
Birthplace Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Sep 05, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 ama ... teur 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.

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Filmography

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Ferdinand Griffon (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Body of My Enemy

The Body of My Enemy

1976

as François Leclercq

Incorrigible

Incorrigible

1975

as Victor Vauthier

The Magnificent One

The Magnificent One

1973

as François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar

The Pariah

The Pariah

1972

as Roberto Borgo, aka 'La Scoumoune'

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967

as Un légionnaire

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou

1965

as Ferdinand Griffon, 'Pierrot'

Backfire

Backfire

1964

as David Ladislas

Weekend at Dunkirk

Weekend at Dunkirk

1964

as Julien Maillat

That Man from Rio

That Man from Rio

1964

as Adrien Dufourquet

Cartouche

Cartouche

1962

as Louis-Dominique Bourguignon alias Cartouche

Breathless

Breathless

1960

as Michel Poiccard / László Kovács

Let Sleeping Guns Lie

Let Sleeping Guns Lie

2005

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The Magnificent One

The Magnificent One

1973

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The Body of My Enemy

The Body of My Enemy

1976

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Incorrigible

Incorrigible

1975

Producer

The Magnificent One

The Magnificent One

1973

Producer

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Cannes Film Festival Best Actor The Devils Won
Television Credits

L'Aîné des Ferchaux

as Paul Ferchaux

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 17, 2001

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 20, 1998

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 25, 1974

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Cinépanorama

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 04, 1956

Stars 90

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 03, 1990

Samedi Sébastien

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 17, 2021

Vivement dimanche prochain

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1998

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

Na siehste!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 04, 1987

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1966

Auf los geht's los

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1977

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1975

Der große Preis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1974

Der Sport-Spiegel

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1963

Reflets de Cannes

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 25, 1954

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

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