Claude Brasseur (; 15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor.
Life and career 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.Claude Brasseur est mort
Accolades Year Award Category Film Result 1977 César Awards Best Supporting Actor Pardon Mon Affaire 1979 César Awards Best Actor A Simple Story Best Supporting Actor 1980 César Awards Best Actor The Police War 1993 César Awards Best Actor The Supper Amiens International Film Festival Best Actor O Fio do Horizonte 2000 Molière Award Best Actor Taking Sides 2008 Legion of Honour Knight Career 2015 Molière Award Best Actor La Colère du Tigre Globe de Cristal Awards Best Actor
Selected filmography Year Title Role Director 1956Meeting in ParisThe young manGeorges Lampin1959Rue des prairiesLouis NeveuxDenys de La PatellièreGreen HarvestRobert BorelliFrançois Villiers1960Eyes Without a FaceAn InspectorGeorges FranjuTrapped by FearLaurent PorteJacques Dupont1961Please, Not Now!ClaudeRoger Vadim1962The Seven Deadly SinsRiriÉdouard MolinaroThe Elusive CorporalPapa / PopJean RenoirMoonlight in MaubeugeWalterJean ChérasseWe Will Go to DeauvilleMaurice DuboisFrancis Rigaud1963GerminalMartin ChavalYves AllégretBanana PeelCharlie MeyerMarcel OphulsSweet and SourThe plumberJacques Baratier1964Bande à partArthurJean-Luc GodardLucky JoLoudéac JuniorMichel Deville1966The Upper HandGiulioDenys de La Patellière1967Shock TroopsGroubecCosta-Gavras1970Too Small TickyInspector Hess1972Le ViagerNoël GalipeauPierre Tchernia Such a Gorgeous Kid Like MeMaître MureneFrançois Truffaut 1973The HeroesRaphael TilbaudetDuccio Tessari 1974Icy BreastsFrançois RollinGeorges Lautner1975Act of AggressionAndré DucatelGérard Pirès1976Le guêpierRenaudRoger PigautBaroccoJulesAndré TéchinéPardon Mon AffaireDanielYves RobertThe Big OperatorAriClaude Pinoteau1977Monsieur PapaFranck LanierPhilippe MonnierPardon Mon Affaire, Too!DanielYves Robert1978The Savage StateGravenoireFrancis GirodL'argent des autresClaude Chevalier d'AvenChristian de ChalongeA Simple StorySergeClaude Sautet1979Lobster for BreakfastMario SpinosiGiorgio CapitaniBye, See You MondayArnold SamsonMaurice DugowsonThe Police WarInspector Jacques FushRobin Davis1980 The Lady BankerLarguéFrancis Girod La BoumFrançois BerettonClaude Pinoteau1981 Quando la coppia scoppiaPier Giorgio FunariSteno1982La Boum 2François BerettonClaude Pinoteau1983Signes extérieurs de richesseJean-Jacques LestradeJacques Monnet1984Souvenirs, SouvenirsFirmaniAriel Zeitoun1985DétectiveÉmile ChenalJean-Luc GodardAmong WolvesLacierJosé Giovanni1986Descente aux enfersAlan KolberFrancis Girod1990Dancing Machine Inspector Michel Eparvier Gilles Béhat1992The Supper Joseph Fouché Édouard Molinaro19931, 2, 3, SunThe bad guyBertrand Blier1998MarriagesAlessioCristina Comencini2000ActorsHimselfBertrand Blier2001The Milk of Human KindnessJean-ClaudeDominique Cabrera2003ChouchouFather LéonMerzak Allouache2004Malabar PrincessRobertGilles Legrand2006Avenue MontaigneJacques Grumberg Danièle ThompsonCampingJacky PicFabien OntenienteLes Petites vacancesThe stranger in the palaceOlivier Peyon2007His Majesty MinorFirosJean-Jacques Annaud2010Camping 2Jacky PicFabien Onteniente2015The Student and Mister HenriHenri VoizotIvan Calbérac2016Camping 3Jacky PicFabien Onteniente2018Rolling to YouJocelyn's fatherFranck Dubosc
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