Claude Brasseur
AKA: Claude Espinasse
Birthday: 1936-06-15
Died: 2020-12-22
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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 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.
Filmography
Character: François Beretton
Character: François Beretton
Character: Jacques Grumberg
Character: Le commissaire Servolle
Character: Jacques Pellegrin
Character: Noël Galipeau à 39 ans
Character: L'enfoiré / The dumb
Character: Le colonel Revers
Character: Riri (segment "L'envie")
Character: Georges Deblache
Character: Dr Gérard Cafarelli
Character: Hubert Durieux
Character: Maurice Dubois
Character: L'Inspecteur Michel Eparvier
Character: Claude Chevalier d'Aven
Character: François Rollin
Character: Manuel Cauchois
Character: Dr Jean-Jacques "Gigi" Lestrade, vétérinaire
Character: Richard Diquet
Character: Georges Montero
Character: Paul Maurier, le correspondant du journal local
Character: Léopold Trépper
Character: Docteur Vogein
Character: Commissioner Jacques Fush
Character: Commissaire Martin Griffon
Character: Alessio (Giulia's Father)
Character: Robert Borelli
Character: Guy de Maupassant
Character: Raphael Tilbaudet
Character: Franck Lanier / Monsieur Papa
Character: Pierre, the illusionist
Character: Robert Morland
Character: Piergiorgio Funari
Character: Le jeune homme
Character: Jocelyn and Lucien's father
Character: The amnesic husband
Character: Gaston Boissac
Character: Inspector Hess
Character: Michel Laurent
Character: Loudéac Fils dit Junior
Character: Narrator (voice)
Character: Arlequin, le faux Dorante
Character: Georges Dandin
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)