Jean-Paul Belmondo
Biography
Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officers and criminals in action thriller films. His best known credits include Breathless (1960), That Man from Rio (1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Borsalino (1970), and The Professional (1981). An undisputed box-office champion along with Louis de Funès and Alain Delon, Belmondo attracted nearly 160 million viewers over his 50-year career. Between 1969 and 1982, he starred in the four most popular films of the year in France, surpassed only by de Funès: The Brain (1969), Fear Over the City (1975), Animal (1977), Ace of Aces (1982).[2] Belmondo frequently played heroic, brave, and virile characters, which made him popular with a wide audience both in France and abroad. Despite being heavily courted by Hollywood, Belmondo refused to appear in English-language films. During his career, he was called the French counterpart of actors such as James Dean, Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart. Described as an icon and national treasure of France, Belmondo was seen as an influential actor in French cinema and an important figure in shaping European cinema. In 1989, Belmondo won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté. He was nominated for two BAFTA Awards throughout his career. In 2011, Belmondo received the Palme d'honneur at the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2017 he received the César d'honneur at the 42nd César Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Paul Belmondo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Godard by Godard | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2022 | Belmondo l'incorrigible | Self | HIT | |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2020 | Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2017 | Belmondo, le magnifique | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2017 | De Gaulle, the Last King of France | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2017 | La Folle Histoire de Jean-Paul Belmondo | Self | HIT | |
| 2016 | Belmondo by Belmondo | Self | HIT | |
| 2015 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2011 | Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self | HIT | |
| 2010 | Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2002 | Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1995 | Les Miserables | Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean | HIT | |
| 1992 | Stranger in the House | Loursat | HIT | |
| 1988 | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child | Sam Lion | HIT | |
| 1983 | The Outsider | Commissaire divisionnaire Philippe Jordan | HIT | |
| 1982 | Ace of Aces | Jo Cavalier | HIT | |
| 1981 | The Professional | Joss Beaumont | HIT | |
| 1976 | The Body of My Enemy | François Leclercq | FLOP | |
| 1976 | Hunter Will Get You | Roger Pilard, aka l'Alpagueur | HIT | |
| 1975 | The Night Caller | Commissioner Jean Letellier | HIT | |
| 1973 | The Magnificent One | François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar | HIT | |
| 1972 | The Pariah | Roberto Borgo, aka 'La Scoumoune' | HIT | |
| 1972 | J'ai tout donné | Self | HIT | |
| 1971 | The Burglars | Azad | HIT | |
| 1971 | The Married Couple of the Year Two | Nicolas Philibert | HIT | |
| 1970 | Borsalino | François Capella | HIT | |
| 1969 | Mississippi Mermaid | Louis Mahé | HIT | |
| 1969 | The Brain | Arthur Lespinasse | HIT | |
| 1967 | The Thief of Paris | Georges Randal | HIT | |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Yvon Morandat | HIT | |
| 1965 | Up to His Ears | Arthur Lempereur | HIT | |
| 1965 | Pierrot le Fou | Ferdinand Griffon, 'Pierrot' | HIT | |
| 1965 | Crime on a Summer Morning | Francis | HIT | |
| 1964 | Weekend at Dunkirk | Julien Maillat | HIT | |
| 1964 | Male Hunt | Fernand | HIT | |
| 1964 | Greed in the Sun | Rocco | HIT | |
| 1964 | That Man from Rio | Adrien Dufourquet | HIT | |
| 1962 | Le Doulos | Silien | HIT | |
| 1962 | A Monkey in Winter | Gabriel Fouquet | HIT | |
| 1962 | Cartouche | Louis-Dominique Bourguignon alias Cartouche | FLOP | |
| 1961 | Léon Morin, Priest | Léon Morin | HIT | |
| 1961 | A Woman Is a Woman | Alfred Lubitsch | HIT | |
| 1960 | Two Women | Michele Di Libero | HIT | |
| 1960 | Letters of a Novice | Giuliano Verdi | FLOP | |
| 1960 | Trapped by Fear | Paul Frapier | HIT | |
| 1960 | The Big Risk | Éric Stark | HIT | |
| 1960 | Breathless | Michel Poiccard / László Kovács | HIT | |
| 1958 | Charlotte and Her Boyfriend | Jules | HIT | |
| 1958 | The Cheaters | Lou | HIT |