Pierre Brasseur
Known For
Acting
Born
1905-12-22 in Paris, France
Died
1972-08-16
Biography
Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris – 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor. He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre. Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur Génessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring with Alida Valli. On May 30, 1927, Brasseur performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Cinépanorama
as Self
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
as Maurice Tardenois
Napoleon
as Barras
Heartbeat
as Cousine (uncredited)
Rencontres
as Carl Krasner
Hercule
as Bastien
Oasis
as Antoine Vallin
L'or du duc
as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Rocambole
as Rocambole
Lucky Jo
as Loudéac
Prête-moi ta femme
Pétrus
as Rodrigue
Sans famille
as Jeroboam Driscoll
Eyes Without a Face
as Professor Génessier
King of Hearts
as General Géranium
Children of Paradise
as Frédérick Lemaître
Sixième étage
as Jonval, the young cynic
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Gosselin
Grisou
as Hagnauer
La Brigade des maléfices
as Diablevert