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Claude Brasseur

Acting Born Jun 15, 1936 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Sacrée soirée

as Self
Film

Eyes Without a Face

as Police inspector
Film

Band of Outsiders

as Arthur

Full filmography

  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
  • Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
  • Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
  • Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self - Main Guest
  • Le monde est à vous (1987) as Self
  • Midi trente (1972) as Self
  • Samedi soir (1971) as Self
  • Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - President
  • Fan School (1977) as Self (segment '[L'école des poètes")
  • 30 millions d'amis (1976) as Self
  • The Party (1980) as François Beretton
  • Coucou c'est nous ! (1992) as Self
  • Matin Bonheur (1987) as Self
  • The Party 2 (1982) as François Beretton
  • Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (1968) as Gustave Legrec
  • Eyes Without a Face (1960) as Police inspector
  • Band of Outsiders (1964) as Arthur
  • Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq (1971) as François Vidocq
  • Actors (2000) as Claude Brasseur
  • L'Argent (1988) as Saccard