Claude Brasseur
Born: 1936-06-15 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died: 2020-12-22
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2023
- Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
- L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Camping : histoire d'un succès as Self - Actor
2018
- Rolling to You as Jocelyn and Lucien's father
2016
- Camping 3 as Jacky Pic
- Belmondo by Belmondo as Self
- Jacques Daniel as Jacques
- On refait le boulevard
2015
- The Student and Mister Henri as Henri Voizot
2013
- Le Renard jaune as Le commandant
2012
- Twice Upon a Time as Maurice
- My Lucky Star as Robert
2011
- Final Balance as Vautier
- Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde as Self
- The Great Restaurant II as The Amnesic Husband
- Another World as Le Gouverneur
2010
- Camping 2 as Jacky Pic
- Vieilles canailles as Raoul
- Au bas de l'échelle as Paul Morvenac
- Ah, c'était ça la vie! as M. de Reuilly-Nonancourt
2007
- His Majesty Minor as Firos
- The Elf Case as André Tarallo
- Mon père avait raison as Adolphe Bellanger / Charles Bellanger
- Stolen Holidays as L'inconnu du palace
- Elf, Kings of Oil as André Tarallo
2006
- Camping as Jacky Pic
- Avenue Montaigne as Jacques Grumberg
- J'invente rien as Mahut
- Family Hero as Gabriel Stern
- My Russian Uncle as Gaston Boissac
2005
- The Do-Gooders as Max (voice)
- Edda as Benito Mussolini
- Hot Acts of Love as Jacques Pellegrin
2004
- Malabar Princess as Robert
2003
- Chouchou as Père Léon
- Soraya as Mossadeq
- Franck Keller as Franck Keller
2001
- The Milk of Human Kindness as Dr Gérard Cafarelli
- Druids as Narrator (voice)
2000
- Actors as Claude Brasseur
- The Slammer as Le maton chef
- Toreros as Francisco
1999
- Hard Off as Paul-Édouard
- The Happiest Place on Earth as Delabit
- Fait d'hiver as Docteur Vogein
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- Marriages as Alessio (Giulia's Father)
1997
- The Other Shore as Georges Montero
1994
- Délit mineur as Guerin
1993
- One, Two, Three, Freeze as L'enfoiré / The dumb
- On the Edge of the Horizon as Spino
- The Tenors as Maître Henri Pompians
1992
- The Supper as Fouché
- Coucou c'est nous ! as Self
- Le Bal des casse-pieds as Le séducteur
- Prêcheur en eau trouble as Simon
1991
- Dirty Like an Angel as Georges Deblache
1990
- Dancing Machine as L'Inspecteur Michel Eparvier
1989
- Radio corbeau as Paul Maurier, le correspondant du journal local
- Brothers in Arms as Le colonel Revers
- Eaux troubles as Attila
- L'Orchestre rouge as Léopold Trépper
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Le monde est à vous as Self
- Matin Bonheur as Self
1986
- Descent Into Hell as Alan Kolber
- Taxi Boy as Pétrus Machin
- The Gypsy as Hubert Durieux
1985
- Detective as Emile Chenal
- Palace as Robert Morland
- Among Wolves as Roger Lacier
1984
- Souvenirs souvenirs as Firmani
- The Leopard as Lartigue
- Rallye Paris-Dakar as Self
1983
- Cover Up as Commissaire Martin Griffon
- Outward Signs of Wealth as Dr Jean-Jacques 'Gigi' Lestrade, veterinarian
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- The Party 2 as François Beretton
- Legitimate Violence as Martin Modot
- Josepha as Michel Laurent
- Guy de Maupassant as Guy de Maupassant
1981
- Une robe noire pour un tueur as Simon Risler
- The Red Shade as Anton Kovetz
- A Business of Men as Le commissaire Servolle
- Quando la coppia scoppia as Piergiorgio Funari
1980
- The Lady Banker as Judge Largué
- The Party as François Beretton
1979
- The Police War as Commissioner Jacques Fush
- Lobster for Breakfast as Mario Spinosi
- These Kids Are Grown-Ups as Léo Dartigues
- Bye, See You Monday as Arnold Samson
1978
- The Savage State as Gravenoire
- Other People's Money as Claude Chevalier d'Aven
- A Simple Story as Serge
1977
- Fan School as Self (segment '[L'école des poètes")
- We Will All Meet in Paradise as Daniel
- Monsieur Papa as Franck Lanier / Monsieur Papa
1976
- Pardon Mon Affaire as Daniel
- 30 millions d'amis as Self
- The Hornet's Nest as Renaud
- Let's Make a Dirty Movie as Manuel Cauchois
- Barocco as Jules
- The Big Operator as Ari
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Numéro un as Self
- Act of Aggression as André Ducatel
- One Must Live Dangerously as Richard Diquet
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- Icy Breasts as François Rollin
1973
- The Heroes as Raphael Tilbaudet
- Lovely Swine as Pierre, the illusionist
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Midi trente as Self
- A Gorgeous Girl Like Me as Maître Murene
- The Annuity as Noël Galipeau à 39 ans
- A Loser as Granier
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Too Small My Friend as Inspector Hess
- La Brigade des maléfices as Eugène Laurentin
- Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq as François Vidocq
- Portrait of Marianne as Octave
1969
- Catherine as Caboche
- The Royal Chase as Henri Guifred
- Les Eaux mêlées as Simon adulte
1968
- Spécial Bardot as Self
- Les Dossiers de l'Agence O as Gustave Legrec
- La Double Inconstance as Arlequin
1967
- Shock Troops as Groubec
- La bonne peinture as Painter Lafleur
- Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard as Arlequin, le faux Dorante
1966
- The Upper Hand as Giulio
- The Mad Dog as Marc
1965
- The Real Bargain as Trucker
- Dom Juan as Sganarelle
- Le Mystère de la chambre jaune as Rouletabille
1964
- Band of Outsiders as Arthur
- Lucky Jo as Loudéac Fils dit Junior
1963
- Germinal as Martin Chaval
- Banana Peel as Charlie Meyer
- Sweet and Sour as Plumber
- Chicken Soup as Girel
1962
- L'Envie as Riri
- The Seven Deadly Sins as Riri (segment "L'envie")
- A Touch of Treason as Vigo
- Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge as Walter
- We Will Go to Deauville as Maurice Dubois
- The Elusive Corporal as Papa
1961
- House of Sin as Dominique
- Please, Not Now! as Claude
1960
- Trapped by Fear as Laurent Porte
- Eyes Without a Face as Police inspector
- Pete the Tender as Tony
1959
- Rue de Paris as Loulou
- Green Harvest as Robert Borelli
1957
- Love Descends from the Sky as Julien
1956
- Meeting in Paris as Le jeune homme
- The Country I Come From as Roland