Claude Brasseur
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Camping
as Jacky Pic 2006
Eyes Without a Face
as Police inspector 1960
Rolling to You
as Jocelyn and Lucien's father 2018
The Party 2
as François Beretton 1982
Camping 2
as Jacky Pic 2010
Camping 3
as Jacky Pic 2016
Band of Outsiders
as Arthur 1964
Chouchou
as Père Léon 2003
The Student and Mister Henri
as Henri Voizot 2015
Pardon Mon Affaire
as Daniel 1976
We Will All Meet in Paradise
as Daniel 1977
The Annuity
as Noël Galipeau à 39 ans 1972
Avenue Montaigne
as Jacques Grumberg 2006
Actors
as Claude Brasseur 2000
Malabar Princess
as Robert 2004
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
as Maître Murene 1972