Biography
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Jean-Paul Belmondo (nicknamed Bébel) (born April 9 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, east of Paris in 1933), is a French actor.
As a youngster, he did not do too well in his studies, but developed a passion for boxing and football (soccer).
His breakthrough role was in Jean-Luc Godard's À bout de souffle (aka Breathless) (1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave. Later he played in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical movie Léon Morin, Prêtre (Leon Morin, Priest 1960), then in the Film Noir crime film Le Doulos (The Fingerman 1963). With L'homme de Rio (aka That Man From Rio) (1965) he started to switch to commercial mainstream productions, mainly comedies and action films. Until the mid-1980s, Belmondo's typical characters have been either dashing adventurers or more cynical heroes. He was one of France's biggest box-office stars until 1986. As he grew older, Belmondo preferred concentrating on his stage work, where he encountered great success. He suffered a stroke in 2001 and has since been absent from the stage and the screen.
Family Life
Jean-Paul's father Paul was a famous sculptor of Sicilian descent. In 1953, he married Elodie Constantin, with whom he had three children; Patricia (1958) Florence (1960) and Paul (1963), who was a Formula One driver. His eldest daughter Patricia was killed in 1994 in a fire. In 1966, he and his wife were divorced. In 1989 he met Nathalie Tardivel, better known as Natty, who was at the time 24 years old. After marrying Natty in 2002, on the 13th of August 2003, at the age of 70, his fourth child Stella was born.
Filmography as actor includes
- Amazones (2000)
- Les Acteurs (2000)
- Peut-être (1999)
- Une chance sur deux (1998)
- Désiré (1996)
- Les Misérables or Les Misérables du vingtième siècle (1995)
- Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
- L'Inconnu dans la maison (1992)
- Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988)
- Le Solitaire (1987)
- Hold-Up (1985)
- Joyeuses Pâques (1984)
- Les Morfalous (1984)
- Le Marginal (1983)
- L'As des as (1982)
- Le Professionnel (1981)
- Le Guignolo (1980)
- Flic ou voyou (1979)
- L'Animal (1977)
- Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976)
- L'Alpagueur (1976)
- L'Incorrigible (1975)
- Peur sur la ville (1975)
- Stavisky... (1974)
- Le Magnifique (1973)
- L'Héritier (1973)
- La Scoumoune (1972)
- Docteur Popaul (1972)
- Les Mariés de l'an II (1971)
- Le Casse (1971)
- Borsalino (film) (1970)
- Un homme qui me plaît (1969)
- La Sirène du Mississippi (1969)
- Le Cerveau (1969)
- Ho! (1968)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Le Voleur, (1967)
- Tendre voyou (1966)
- Paris brûle-t-il? (1966)
- Les Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine (1965)
- Pierrot le fou (1965)
- Par un beau matin d'été (1965)
- Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
- La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
- Échappement libre (1964)
- Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964)
- L'Homme de Rio (1964)
- Mare matto (1963)
- Dragées au poivre (1963)
- L'Aîné des Ferchaux (1963)
- Peau de banane (1963)
- Il Giorno più corto (1962)
- I Dongiovanni della Costa Azzurra (1962) (uncredited)
- Le Doulos (1962)
- Un singe en hiver (1962)
- Cartouche (1962)
- Un nommé La Rocca (1961)
- Amours célèbres (1961) (segment "Lauzun)
- Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
- Une femme est une femme (1961)
- La Viaccia (1961)
- La Ciociara (Two Women) (1960)
- Lettere di una novizia (1960)
- Charlotte et son Jules (1960)
- Les Distractions (1960)
- La Française et l'amour (1960) (segment "L'Adultère")
- Moderato cantabile (1960)
- Classe tous risques (1960)
- À bout de souffle (Breathless) (1960)
- À double tour (1959)
- Ein Engel auf Erden (1959)
- Les Tricheurs (1958)
- Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
- Sois belle et tais-toi (1958)
- Les Copains du dimanche (1958)
- À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957)
- Molière (1956)
See also
- Cinema of France
External links
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