Jean-Paul Belmondo
Born in Neuilly-sur-Siene, France, in 1933, Jean-Paul Belmondo grew up in artistic family, but was initially drawn to sports. After giving up his aspirations to be a boxer, Belmondo turned to acting. After training at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began working on Paris stages but quickly made the transition to the big screen. 1959, starred in "Web of Passion" (1959), renowned director Claude Chabrol's first thriller. The same year he starred in a short film for a young director named Jean-Luc Godard. Belmondo would also star in Godard's feature debut "Breathless" (1960), a role that would become one a hallmark of the early French New Wave and catapulted Belmondo to become one of France's most successful actors over the next four decades. In addition to the dramas of the New Wave, Belmondo also starred in a number of adventures and comedies, including "Banana Peel" (1963), and "That Man from Rio" (1964). He also continued as the face of the New Wave, in Godard's "Pierrot le Fou" (1965), and starred in "Mississippi Mermaid" (1969) directed by legendary Francois Truffaut also starring Catherine Deneuve. Belmondo scored a hit in France, this time playing a cop, in "Fear Over the City" (1975). His comic heist film "Hold-Up" (1985), was remade in the U.S. as "Quick Change" (1990), starring Bill Murray. Belmondo continued to appear in films through the 1990's, notably "Les Miserables" (1995), written and directed by Claude Lelouch, inspired by the Victor Hugo novel. In 2001, Belmondo suffered a stroke, but returned to the screen to play a homeless older man in "A Man and His Dog" (2008). Jean-Paul Belmondo died on September 6, 2021 in Paris, France at the age of 88.
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
Filmography
Movies
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100% |
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My Journey Through French Cinema | Himself (Voice) | $52.1K | 2016 |
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Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine (Up to His Ears) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
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Man and His Dog (Un homme et son chien) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Un homme et son chien | Charles (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ferchaux | Paul Ferchaux (Character) | - | 2001 |
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Actors | Self | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amazon | Edouard (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Perhaps | Ako (Character) | $5.9K | 1999 |
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Half a Chance | Léo Brassac (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desire | Désiré (Character) | - | 1996 |
81% |
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Les misérables |
Henri Fortin/ |
$365.2K | 1995 |
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Stranger in the House |
Loursat (Character), Producer |
- | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Itinerary of a Spoiled Child | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le Solitaire | Stan Jalard (Character) | - | 1987 |
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Hold-Up |
Grimm (Character), Producer |
- | 1985 |
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Happy Easter | Stephane Margelle (Character) | - | 1984 |
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Les morfalous | Sgt. Pierre Augagneur (Character) | - | 1983 |
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Le marginal | Commissaire Philippe Jordan (Character) | - | 1983 |
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Ace of Aces | Jo Cavalier (Character) | - | 1982 |
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Le Professionnel |
Josselin Beaumont dit 'Joss' (Character), Producer |
- | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Heels | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
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Le guignolo |
Alexandre Boroni / |
- | 1980 |
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Flic ou voyou |
Antonio Cerutti/ |
- | 1979 |
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Stuntwoman |
Mike Gaucher et Bruno Ferrari (Character), Producer |
- | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Animal | Mike Gaucher et Bruno Ferrari (Character) | - | 1977 |
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L'Alpagueur | Roger Pilard (Character) | - | 1976 |
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The Body of My Enemy |
François Leclercq (Character), Producer |
- | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter Will Get You | Roger Pilard (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fear on the City | Le commissaire Jean Letellier (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Incorrigible | Victor Vauthier (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Swashbuckler | Nicolas Philibert (Character) | - | 1975 |
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Peur Sur la Ville | Le commissaire Jean Letellier (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Night Caller | Le commissaire Jean Letellier (Character) | - | 1975 |
85% |
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Stavisky | Serge Alexandre Stavisky (Character) | $12.0K | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Secret Agent |
Bob Saint-Clair/ |
- | 1974 |
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The Magnificent One |
Bob Saint-Clair/ |
- | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inheritor | Bart Cordell (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Heels | Dr. Paul Simay (Character) | - | 1972 |
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La Scoumoune (Hit Man)(Mafia Warfare)(The Pariah) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La Scoumoune | Roberto Borgo (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swashbuckler | Nicolas Philibert (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gli sposi dell'anno secondo | Unknown (Character) | - | 1971 |
33% |
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The Burglars | Azad (Character) | - | 1971 |
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Borsalino | François Capella (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Is a Funny Thing | Henri (Character) | - | 1969 |
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The Brain | Arthur Lespinasse (Character) | - | 1969 |
83% |
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Mississippi Mermaid | Louis Mahé (Character) | $26.9K | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ho! |
François Holin/ |
- | 1968 |
26% |
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Casino Royale | French Legionnaire (as Jean Paul Belmondo) (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tender Scoundrel | Tony Maréchal (Character) | - | 1967 |
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The Thief of Paris | Georges Randal (Character) | - | 1967 |
75% |
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Is Paris Burning? | Pierrelot-Yvon Morandat (Character) | - | 1966 |
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Up to His Ears | Arthur Lempereur (Character) | - | 1965 |
88% |
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Pierrot le Fou | Ferdinand Griffon, dit "Pierrot" (Character) | $22.7K | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banana Peel | Michel Thibault (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime on a Summer Morning | Francis (Character) | - | 1965 |
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Weekend at Dunkirk | Julien Maillat (Character) | - | 1964 |
80% |
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That Man From Rio | Pvt. Adrien Dufourquet (Character) | $35.1K | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Week-end à Zuydcoote | Julien Maillat (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Male Hunt | Unknown (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Backfire | David Ladislas (Character) | - | 1964 |
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Greed in the Sun | Rocco (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pepper Candy | Raymond La Legion (Character) | - | 1963 |
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L'aîné des Ferchaux (Magnet of Doom) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Swords of Blood | Louis-Dominique Bourguignon (Character) | - | 1962 |
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La Viaccia | Amerigo (Character) | - | 1962 |
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A Monkey in Winter | Gabriel Fouquet (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Magnet of Doom | Michel Maudet (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lovemakers | Amerigo (Character) | - | 1962 |
96% |
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Leon Morin, Priest | Leon Morin (Character) | $44.5K | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doulos, the Finger Man | Silien (Character) | $82.8K | 1961 |
96% |
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The Informer | Silien (Character) | $82.8K | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love and the Frenchwoman | Gilles (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angel on Earth | Michel Barrot (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Named Rocca | Roberto La Rocca (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angel on Wheels | Michel Barrot (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapped by Fear | Paul Frapier (Character) | - | 1960 |
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A Woman Is a Woman | Alfred Lubitsch (Character) | $99.7K | 1960 |
100% |
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The Big Risk | Eric Stark (Character) | $37.0K | 1960 |
88% |
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Two Women | Michele Di Libero (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soft Singing | Chauvin (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Seven Days... Seven Nights | Chauvin (Character) | - | 1960 |
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Charlotte and Her Boyfriend | Jean (Character) | - | 1960 |
80% |
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Web of Passion | Laszlo Kovacs (Character) | - | 1959 |
95% |
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Breathless | Michel Poiccard alias Laszlo Kovacs (Character) | $47.1K | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Angel on Wheels | Michel (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cheaters | Lou (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Un drôle de dimanche | Unknown (Character) | - | 1958 |
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Be Beautiful But Shut Up | Pierrot (Character) | - | 1957 |