Portrait of Claude Brasseur

Claude Brasseur

Acting

Biography

Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor. Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur. He was a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 1960s and 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. One of his film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (1964). Brasseur played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq. A big commercial success were the comedies La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character. Brasseur died on 22 December 2020 at the age of 84. He is buried alongside his father at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Source: Article "Claude Brasseur" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Born: June 15, 1936

Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Filmography

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Godard by Godard

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Rolling to You

as Jocelyn and Lucien's father

2016
Camping 3

as Jacky Pic

2016
Jacques Daniel

as Jacques

2015
2013
Le Renard jaune

as Le commandant

2012
My Lucky Star

as Robert

2012
2011
Another World

as Le Gouverneur

2011
The Great Restaurant II

as The Amnesic Husband

2011
Final Balance

as Vautier

2010
Au bas de l'échelle

as Paul Morvenac

2010
2010
Camping 2

as Jacky Pic

2010
Ah, c'était ça la vie!

as M. de Reuilly-Nonancourt

2007
2007
Mon père avait raison

as Adolphe Bellanger / Charles Bellanger

2007
Stolen Holidays

as L'inconnu du palace

2007
The Elf Case

as André Tarallo

2007
Elf, Kings of Oil

as André Tarallo

2006
Family Hero

as Gabriel Stern

2006
2006
Camping

as Jacky Pic

2006
Avenue Montaigne

as Jacques Grumberg

2005
The Do-Gooders

as Max (voice)

2005
Hot Acts of Love

as Jacques Pellegrin

2005
Edda

as Benito Mussolini

2004
2003
Soraya

as Mossadeq

2003
Chouchou

as Père Léon

2003
Franck Keller

as Franck Keller

2001
The Milk of Human Kindness

as Dr Gérard Cafarelli

2001
Druids

as Narrator (voice)

2000
Actors

as Claude Brasseur

2000
Toreros

as Francisco

1999
Hard Off

as Paul-Édouard

1999
Fait d'hiver

as Docteur Vogein

1998
Marriages

as Alessio (Giulia's Father)

1997
The Other Shore

as Georges Montero

1994
Délit mineur

as Guerin

1993
The Tenors

as Maître Henri Pompians

1993
One, Two, Three, Freeze

as L'enfoiré / The dumb

1992
The Supper

as Fouché

1992
Le Bal des casse-pieds

as Le séducteur

1991
Dirty Like an Angel

as Georges Deblache

1990
Dancing Machine

as L'Inspecteur Michel Eparvier

1989
L'Orchestre rouge

as Léopold Trépper

1989
Brothers in Arms

as Le colonel Revers

1989
Radio corbeau

as Paul Maurier, le correspondant du journal local

1988
L'Argent

as Saccard

1988
Dandin

as Georges Dandin

1987
1986
Descent Into Hell

as Alan Kolber

1986
Taxi Boy

as Pétrus Machin

1986
The Gypsy

as Hubert Durieux

1985
Among Wolves

as Roger Lacier

1985
Detective

as Emile Chenal

1985
Palace

as Robert Morland

1984
1984
The Leopard

as Lartigue

1983
Outward Signs of Wealth

as Dr Jean-Jacques 'Gigi' Lestrade, veterinarian

1983
Cover Up

as Commissaire Martin Griffon

1982
The Party 2

as François Beretton

1982
Legitimate Violence

as Martin Modot

1982
Guy de Maupassant

as Guy de Maupassant

1982
Josepha

as Michel Laurent

1982
1981
A Business of Men

as Le commissaire Servolle

1981
The Red Shade

as Anton Kovetz

1981
Quando la coppia scoppia

as Piergiorgio Funari

1981
1980
The Party

as François Beretton

1980
The Lady Banker

as Judge Largué

1979
The Police War

as Commissioner Jacques Fush

1979
Bye, See You Monday

as Arnold Samson

1979
These Kids Are Grown-Ups

as Léo Dartigues

1979
Lobster for Breakfast

as Mario Spinosi

1978
1978
Other People's Money

as Claude Chevalier d'Aven

1978
The Savage State

as Gravenoire

1977
Monsieur Papa

as Franck Lanier / Monsieur Papa

1977
Fan School

as Self (segment '[L'école des poètes")

1976
Barocco

as Jules

1976
1976
1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie

as Manuel Cauchois

1975
One Must Live Dangerously

as Richard Diquet

1975
Act of Aggression

as André Ducatel

1975
Numéro un

as Self

1974
1974
Icy Breasts

as François Rollin

1973
Lovely Swine

as Pierre, the illusionist

1973
The Heroes

as Raphael Tilbaudet

1972
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

as Maître Murene

1972
A Loser

as Granier

1972
The Annuity

as Noël Galipeau à 39 ans

1972
Le Grand Échiquier

as Self - Main Guest

1971
Too Small My Friend

as Inspector Hess

1971
La Brigade des maléfices

as Eugène Laurentin

1971
1969
Les Eaux mêlées

as Simon adulte

1969
Catherine

as Caboche

1968
1968
1968
1967
La bonne peinture

as Painter Lafleur

1967
Shock Troops

as Groubec

1967
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard

as Arlequin, le faux Dorante

1966
1966
1965
Dom Juan

as Sganarelle

1965
1964
Lucky Jo

as Loudéac Fils dit Junior

1964
1963
Germinal

as Martin Chaval

1963
Sweet and Sour

as Plumber

1963
Chicken Soup

as Girel

1963
Banana Peel

as Charlie Meyer

1962
We Will Go to Deauville

as Maurice Dubois

1962
L'Envie

as Riri

1962
The Seven Deadly Sins

as Riri (segment "L'envie")

1961
1960
1960
Trapped by Fear

as Laurent Porte

1960
Eyes Without a Face

as Police inspector

1959
Green Harvest

as Robert Borelli

1959
Rue de Paris

as Loulou

1956
Meeting in Paris

as Le jeune homme

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