Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

1933 – 2021

Active years (films on this site)

1958–1995

Genres

DramaCrimeWarRomanceComedy

Schools and movements

French New WavePostwar European RealismContemporary European Art CinemaFrench Poetic Realism and Classical Cinema

Directors worked with

Jean-Luc Godard2 filmsJean-Pierre Melville2 filmsMarcel Carné1 filmVittorio De Sica1 filmRenato Castellani1 filmRené Clément1 filmFrançois Truffaut1 filmAlain Resnais1 filmClaude Lelouch1 film

Biography

Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo was a French actor, producer and distributor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s thanks to the success of the film Breathless (1960), he also acted in other films that modernized cinema such as Two Women (1960), Le Doulos (1962), That Man from Rio (1964), Greed in the Sun (1964), and Weekend at Dunkirk (1964). With the film That Man from Rio, he also became a stuntman.

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Awards and honours

International

• Knight of the Legion of Honour 1980
• César Award for Best Actor 1989
• Officer of the Legion of Honour 1991
• Commander of the National Order of Merit 1994
• Commander of the Legion of Honour 2007
• Honorary Palme d'Or 2011
• Knight of the Order of Leopold 2012
• Golden Lion 2016
• Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2016
• Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit 2017
• Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour 2019
• Officer of the National Order of Merit

National / local

• Prix Citron, Orange et Bourgeon 1972
• Prix du Brigadier 1987
• Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎ 2006
• Honorary Lumière Award 2018
• National tribute 2021

11 films on this site

1. Les Tricheurs 1958 · Marcel Carné · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
2. Breathless 1960 · Jean-Luc Godard · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
3. Two Women 1960 · Vittorio De Sica · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
4. Léon Morin, Priest 1961 · Jean-Pierre Melville · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
5. Le Doulos 1962 · Jean-Pierre Melville · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
6. Mare matto 1963 · Renato Castellani · IMDb 6.1 · Cast
7. Pierrot le Fou 1965 · Jean-Luc Godard · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
8. Is Paris Burning? 1966 · René Clément · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
9. Mississippi Mermaid 1969 · François Truffaut · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
10. Stavisky 1974 · Alain Resnais · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
11. Les Misérables (1995) 1995 · Claude Lelouch · IMDb 7.4 · Cast