Claude Brasseur
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Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor.
Life and career
Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux and grandson of Jules Brasseur. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur.
He was a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 60s and also a winning Paris-Dakar rally competitor, as co-pilot of Jacky Ickx.
From the late 1950s until two years before his death, Brasseur appeared in overall 150 film and television productions. He was a famous character actor in France. One of his first well-known film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part. Brasseur played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq. A big commerical success were the comedies La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character.
He died on December 22, 2020, at the age of 84.
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Pardon Mon Affaire | Template:Won |
| 1979 | César Awards | Best Actor | A Simple Story | Template:Nom |
| Best Supporting Actor | Template:Nom | |||
| 1980 | César Awards | Best Actor | The Police War | Template:Won |
| 1993 | César Awards | Best Actor | The Supper | Template:Nom |
| Amiens International Film Festival | Best Actor | O Fio do Horizonte | Template:Won | |
| 2000 | Molière Award | Best Actor | Taking Sides | Template:Nom |
| 2008 | Legion of Honour | Knight | Career | Template:Won |
| 2015 | Molière Award | Best Actor | La Colère du Tigre | Template:Nom |
| Globe de Cristal Awards | Best Actor | Template:Nom |
Selected filmography
