Biography
Jean-Paul Belmondo (born 9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football. Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris, France, when he knocked out Rene DesMarais in one round. Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief. He won three straight first round knockout victories from 1949 to 1950.
His breakthrough role was in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave. Later he acted in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical movie Leon Morin, Priest (1961) and in Melville's film noir crime film The Fingerman (Le Doulos, 1963) and Godard again with Pierrot le fou (1965). With That Man From Rio (1965) he switched to commercial, mainstream productions, mainly comedies and action films but did appear in the title role of Alain Resnais' masterpiece Stavisky (1974), which some critics regard as Belmondo's finest performance.
Until the mid-1980s, when he ceased to be one of France's biggest box-office stars, Belmondo's typical characters were either dashing adventurers or more cynical heroes. As he grew older, Belmondo preferred concentrating on his stage work, where he encountered success. He suffered a stroke in 2001 and had since been absent from the stage and the screen until 2009 when he appeared in Un homme et son chien (A man and his dog) which was his last performance.
Belmondo died on 6 September 2021 at his home in Paris, after a period of ill health, at the age of 88.
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Filmography
all 156
Movies 137
self 61
TV Shows 19
Producer 19
Narrator 1

Godard by Godard (2023)

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)

Hommage national à Jean-Paul Belmondo (2021)

Samedi Sébastien (2021)

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible (2020)

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020)

Belmondo ou le goût du risque (2017)

Belmondo, le magnifique (2017)

De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017)

The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011)

D'un film à l'autre (2011)

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là (2010)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002)

L'Aîné des Ferchaux (2001)

L'Aîné des Ferchaux (2001)

Amazon (2000)

Toreros (2000)

Half a Chance (1998)

La Puce à l'oreille (1996)

Desire (1996)

Les Miserables (1995)

One Hundred and One Nights (1995)

Le nombril du monde (1993)

Tailleur pour Dames (1993)

Stranger in the House (1992)

Star Life (1990)

Tom and Lola (1990)

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988)

Kean (1988)

Chocolat (1988)

The Loner (1987)

Hold-up (1985)

Outlaws (1985)

Happy Easter (1984)

The Vultures (1984)

The Outsider (1983)

Ace of Aces (1982)

The Professional (1981)

Le Guignolo (1980)

Cop or Hood (1979)

Animal (1977)

The Body of My Enemy (1976)

Hunter Will Get You (1976)

Incorrigible (1975)

Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975)

The Night Caller (1975)

Stavisky... (1974)

The Magnificent One (1973)

The Inheritor (1973)

The Pariah (1972)

Scoundrel in White (1972)

The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971)

Borsalino (1970)

God Chose Paris (1969)

Mississippi Mermaid (1969)

The Brain (1969)

Ho! (1968)

Casino Royale (1967)

The Thief of Paris (1967)

Tender Scoundrel (1966)

Is Paris Burning? (1966)

Up to His Ears (1965)

Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)

Male Hunt (1964)

Backfire (1964)

That Man from Rio (1964)

Magnet of Doom (1963)

Crazy Sea (1963)

Sweet and Sour (1963)

The Shortest Day (1963)

Banana Peel (1963)

Le Doulos (1962)

A Monkey in Winter (1962)

Cartouche (1962)

Riviera-Story (1961)

A Man Named Rocca (1961)

Léon Morin, Priest (1961)

A Woman Is a Woman (1961)

The Lovemakers (1961)

Two Women (1960)

Letters of a Novice (1960)

Trapped by Fear (1960)

Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)

The Big Risk (1960)

Breathless (1960)

The Three Musketeers (1959)

À double tour (1959)

An Angel on Wheels (1959)

Sunday Encounter (1958)

Be Beautiful and Shut Up (1958)

Sunday Buddies (1957)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1933-04-09
Deathday2021-09-06 (88 years old)
Birth NameJean-Paul Charles Belmondo
Birth PlaceNeuilly-sur-Seine, France
Height1.78-meter
RelationshipsNatty Tardivel (2002 - 2008), Élodie Constantin (1959 - 1968), Ursula Andress (1965 - 1972), Laura Antonelli (1972 - 1980)
ChildrenFlorence Belmondo, Patricia Belmondo, Stella Belmondo, Paul Belmondo
FatherPaul Belmondo
SiblingsAlain Belmondo, Muriel Belmondo
RelativesVictor Belmondo
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsЖан-Поль Бельмондо, Жан Поль Бельмондо, 장 폴 벨몽도, Jean Paul Charles Belmondo, Bébel, ژان پل بلموندو
AwardsCommandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Prix du Brigadier, Prix Citron, Orange et Bourgeon, Honorary Palme d'Or, Knight of the Order of Leopold, César Award for Best Actor, Golden Lion
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