Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Jean-Paul Belmondo (9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s and a major French film star for several decades from 1960s. His best known credits include Breathless (1960) and That Man from Rio (1964).
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1956 | Moliere | Le Merluche | Norbert Tildian | short film |
1957 | On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (À pied, à cheval et en voiture) | Venin | Maurice Delbez | A vehicle for Noël Noël; Belmondo's role cut from film |
1958 | Be Beautiful But Shut Up (Sois belle et tais-toi) | Pierrot | Marc Allégret | With Mylène Demongeot, Henri Vidal and Alain Delon |
Young Sinners (Les tricheurs) | Lou | Marcel Carné | With Pascale Petit | |
Sunday Encounter (Un drôle de dimanche) | Patrick | Marc Allegret | With Danielle Darrieux, Arletty and Bourvil | |
Les copains du dimanche | Trebois | Film shot to promote trade union movement | ||
1959 | Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (Charlotte et son Jules) | Jean | Jean-Luc Godard | Short film |
An Angel on Wheels (Mademoiselle Ange) | Michel Barrot | Géza von Radványi | With Romy Schneider and Henri Vidal | |
The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) | D'Artagnan | Claude Barma | For French TV | |
Web of Passion (À double tour, Leda) | Laszlo Kovacs | Claude Chabrol | With Madeleine Robinson | |
1960 | Breathless (À bout de souffle) | Michel Poiccard | Jean-Luc Godard | With Jean Seberg; from a story by François Truffaut |
The Big Risk (Classe Tous Risques) | Eric Stark | Claude Sautet | With Lino Ventura | |
Seven Days... Seven Nights (Moderato cantabile) | Chauvin | Peter Brook | With Jeanne Moreau | |
Trapped by Fear (Les distractions) | Paul Frapier | Jacques Dupont | With Alexandra Stewart and Sylva Koscina | |
Love and the Frenchwoman (La française et l'amour) | Anthology film | |||
Letters By a Novice (Lettere di una novizia) | Giuliano Verdi | Alberto Lattuada | Italian film with Pascale Petit | |
Two Women (La Ciociara) | Michele de Libero | Vittorio De Sica | Italian film with Sophia Loren | |
1961 | The Lovemakers (La viaccia) | Amerigo | Mauro Bolognini | Italian film with Claudia Cardinale |
Léon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre) | Léon Morin | Jean-Pierre Melville | With Emmanuelle Riva | |
A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) | Alfred Lubitsch | Jean-Luc Godard | With Anna Karina and Jean-Claude Brialy | |
Famous Love Affairs (Amours célèbres) | Lauzun | Michel Boisrond | Anthology film | |
A Man Named Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca) | Roberto La Rocca | Jean Becker | 1972 remade by Belmondo as La Scoumoune | |
1962 | The Finger Man (Le Doulos) | Silien | Jean-Pierre Melville | |
Swords of Blood (Cartouche) | Louis Dominique Bourguignon | Philippe de Broca | With Claudia Cardinale | |
A Monkey in Winter (Un singe en hiver) | Gabriel Fouquet | Henri Verneuil | With Jean Gabin | |
Un cœur gros comme ça (documentary "The Winner") | as himself | François Reichenbach | ||
1963 | Crazy Sea (Mare matto) | Il Livornese | Renato Castellani | Italian film with Gina Lollobrigida |
Banana Peel (Peau de banane) | Michel Thibault | Marcel Ophüls | With Jeanne Moreau | |
Sweet and Sour (Dragées au poivre) | Raymond | Jacques Baratier | ||
Magnet of Doom (L'Aîné des Ferchaux) | Michel Maudet | Jean-Pierre Melville | Set in the USA; based on a novel by Georges Simenon | |
The Shortest Day (Il giorno più corto) | Erede Siciliano | Sergio Corbucci | Unbilled cameo | |
1964 | That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio) | Adrien Dufourquet | Philippe de Broca | With Françoise Dorléac |
Greed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil) | Rocco | Henri Verneuil | With Lino Ventura | |
Backfire (Échappement libre) | David Ladislas | Jean Becker | Second film with Jean Seberg | |
Weekend at Dunkirk (Week-end à Zuydcoote) | Julien Maillat | Henri Verneuil | With Catherine Spaak | |
Male Hunt (La Chasse à l'homme) | Fernand | Édouard Molinaro | With Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve | |
1965 | Crime on a Summer Morning (Par un beau matin d'été) | Francis | Jacques Deray | With Geraldine Chaplin |
Pierrot le Fou | Pierrot (Ferdinand Griffon) | Jean-Luc Godard | With Anna Karina | |
Up to His Ears (Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) | Arthur Lempereur | Philippe de Broca | With Ursula Andress | |
1966 | Tender Scoundrel (Tendre Voyou) | Antoine Maréchal | Jean Becker | With Geneviève Page, Stefania Sandrelli, Mylène Demongeot, Nadja Tiller and Robert Morley |
Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?) | Yvon Morandat | René Clément | Hollywood financed film | |
1967 | Casino Royale | French Legionnaire | Ken Hughes, John Huston and others | cameo role |
The Thief of Paris (Le Voleur) | Georges Randal | Louis Malle | With Geneviève Bujold | |
1968 | Ho! | François Holin | Robert Enrico | Based on a novel by José Giovanni |
1969 | The Brain (Le Cerveau) | Arthur Lespinasse | Gérard Oury | With David Niven, Eli Wallach and Bourvil; most popular movie of the year in France |
Mississippi Mermaid (La Sirène du Mississippi) | Louis Mahé | François Truffaut | With Catherine Deneuve | |
Love Is a Funny Thing (Un homme qui me plaît) | Henri | Claude Lelouch | Filmed in the USA; with Annie Girardot | |
1970 | Borsalino | François Capella | Jacques Deray | With Alain Delon |
1971 | The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les Mariés de l'an II) | Nicolas Philibert | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | With Marlène Jobert |
The Burglars (The Burglars) | Azad | Henri Verneuil | With Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon | |
1972 | Scoundrel in White (Dr Popaul) | Doctor Paul Simay | Claude Chabrol | With Mia Farrow; also producer |
Scoumoune (La Scoumoune) | Roberto Borgo | José Giovanni | With Clauda Cardinale | |
1973 | The Inheritor (L'Héritier) | Bart Cordell | Philippe Labro | |
The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) | François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar | Philippe de Broca | With Jacqueline Bisset; also producer | |
1974 | Stavisky | Alexandre Stavisky | Alain Resnais | With Charles Boyer; also producer |
1975 | Incorrigible (L'Incorrigible) | Victor Vauthier | Philippe de Broca | With Geneviève Bujold; also producer |
The Night Caller (Peur sur la ville) | Jean Letellier | Henri Verneuil | First time Belmondo played a policeman; also producer | |
1976 | The Hunter Will Get You (L'Alpagueur) | Roger Pilard ("L'Alpagueur") | Philippe Labro | Also producer |
Body of My Enemy (Le Corps de mon ennemi) | François Leclercq | Henri Verneuil | Also producer | |
1977 | Animal (L'Animal) | Mike Gaucher / Bruno Ferrari | Claude Zidi | With Raquel Welch; also producer |
1979 | Cop or Hood (Flic ou voyou) | Antonio Cerutti / Stanislas Borowitz | Georges Lautner | Also producer |
1980 | Le Guignolo | Alexandre Dupré | Georges Lautner | Also producer |
1981 | The Professional (Le Professionnel) | Josselin Beaumont, a.k.a. "Joss" | Georges Lautner | Also producer |
1982 | Ace of Aces (L'As des as) | Jo Cavalier | Gérard Oury | Also producer |
1983 | Le Marginal | Philippe Jordan | Jacques Deray | With Henry Silva; also producer |
1984 | The Vultures (Les Morfalous) | Pierre Augagneur | Henri Verneuil | Also producer |
Happy Easter (Joyeuses Pâques) | Stéphane Margelle | Georges Lautner | With Sophie Marceau; also producer | |
1985 | Outlaws | Producer only | ||
Hold-up | Grimm | Alexandre Arcady | Filmed in Canada; with Kim Cattrall. Also producer; remade as Quick Change | |
1987 | The Loner (Le Solitaire) | Stan Jalard | Jacques Deray | Also producer |
1988 | Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté | Sam Lion | Claude Lelouch | Also producer |
Chocolat | Producer only | |||
Kean | Kean | Pierre Badel | Film of Jean-Paul Sartre play which Belmondo performed on stage | |
1990 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac | Robert Hossein | Film of play which Belmondo performed on stage |
Tom and Lola | Producer only | |||
1992 | Stranger in the House (L'inconnu dans la maison) | Georges Lautner | Also producer | |
1993 | Tailleur pour dames | Bernard Murat | TV movie | |
Le nombril du monde | Producer only | |||
1995 | A Hundred and One Nights (Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma) | Professeur Bébel | Agnès Varda | |
Les Misérables | Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean | Claude Lelouch | ||
1996 | Désiré | Désiré | Bernard Murat | also producer |
1997 | La puce à l'oreille | Yves Di Tullio | Based on play by Georges Feydeau | |
1998 | Half a Chance (Une chance sur deux) | Léo Brassac | Patrice Leconte | With Alain Delon |
1999 | Peut-être | Ako | Cédric Klapisch | with Romain Duris |
Frédérick ou le Boulevard du Crime | Bernard Murat | Recording of play by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt starring Belmondo | ||
2000 | The Actors (Les Acteurs) | Himself | Bertrand Blier | documentary |
Amazon | Edouard | Philippe de Broca | ||
Toreros | Eric Barbier | Producer only | ||
2001 | Ferchaux | Paul Ferchaux | TV movie from novel by Georges Simenon | |
2009 | A Man and His Dog ("Un homme et son chien") | Charles | Francis Huster | Final movie role |
2010 | Allons-y! Alonzo! | short |
See also
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