
Claude Brasseur
Known For
Acting
Born
1936-06-15 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died
2020-12-22
Biography
Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor. 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 1960s and 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 commercial success were the comedies La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character. Brasseur died on 22 December 2020 at the age of 84. He is buried alongside his father at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Source: Article "Claude Brasseur" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self

Vivement dimanche
as Self

Champs-Elysées
as Self

Spécial cinéma
as Self

Sacrée Soirée
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main Guest

Numéro un
as Self

Fan School
as Self (segment '[L'école des poètes")

Midi trente
as Self

Le monde est à vous
as Self

Coucou c'est nous !
as Self

Samedi soir
as Self

30 millions d'amis
as Self

Detective
as Emile Chenal

The Annuity
as Noël Galipeau à 39 ans

Marriages
as Alessio (Giulia's Father)

Camping 2
as Jacky Pic

Camping 3
as Jacky Pic

Monsieur Papa
as Franck Lanier / Monsieur Papa