Claude Brasseur
Birthday: 1936-06-15 | Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, FranceClaude 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 60s and also 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 commerical success were the comedies La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character. He died on 22 December 2020, at the age of 84.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Actor
as Jocelyn and Lucien's father
as Jacky Pic
as Self
as Henri Voizot
as Maurice
as Robert
as Le Gouverneur
as The amnesic husband
as Vautier
as Jacky Pic
as M. de Reuilly-Nonancourt
as Raoul
as André Tarallo
as André Tarallo
as Firos
as L'inconnu du palace
as Gabriel Stern
as Gaston Boissac
as Jacky Pic
as Jacques Grumberg
as Mahut
as Jacques Pellegrin
as Max (voice)
as Robert
as Père Léon
