Julien Rassam (né Langmann) (14 June 1968 – 3 February 2002) was a French actor.
Biography Born Julien Langmann, Rassam was the son of French film director Claude Berri and brother of film producer Thomas Langmann. His father Claude Berri is Jewish, and his mother Anne-Marie Rassam, is of Lebanese Christian ancestry. On his mother's side, he was the nephew of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam and Paul Rassam. His mother, Anne-Marie Rassam, committed suicide in 1997, jumping from the apartment of Isabelle Adjani's mother.
Career As a child, Rassam appeared in two films directed by his father. In 1992, he played the lead role of the film Albert Souffre. That same year, he appeared in The Accompanist, for which he was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Newcomer in 1993, and he wrote and directed the short film Jour de colère. In 1994, he played a supporting role in Queen Margot.
Personal life and death Rassam was in a relationship with actress Marion Cotillard in the late 1990s. He became a paraplegic in 2000 after an accidental fall from the fourth floor of the Hôtel Raphael in Paris, three years after his mother committed suicide by jumping from a building. Rassam committed suicide in 2002.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1972 Sex-Shop Jules Uncredited1975 Le Mâle du siècle Julien 1992 Albert Souffre Albert 1992 The Accompanist Benoît Weizman 1993 Maigret Lecoeur Episode: "Maigret et l'homme du banc"1993 Jour de colère Short, writer and director1993 Nulle part 1994 Queen Margot Alençon 1994 Tous les garçons et les filles de leur âge... Paul Episode: "Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles"1994 Yalla yaana 1997 Le Secret de Polichinelle Julien 1998 Le Poulpe Le Travesti 1999 Furia Le résistant #1 (final film role)
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