Pierre Brasseur
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieMichel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
La Brunetière
tvLa Brigade des maléfices
1971
Diablevert / Diablegris
movieUn ange passe
1970
Florisse
movieGoto, Island of Love
1969
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
movieBirds in Peru
1968
Husband
movieA Little Virtuous
1968
Jules Polnick
movieThe Madman of Lab Four
1967
Father Ballanchon
movieKing of Hearts
1966
General Géranium
moviePas de panique
1966
Fernand Toussaint
movieA Young World
1966
Le Grec
movieA Matter of Resistance
1966
Dimanche
movieTwo Hours to Kill
1966
Laurent
movieFortuna
1966
Nissim Buzaglo
movieL'Or du duc
1965
Adhémar de Talois-Minet
movieCloportes
1965
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
movieBlack Humor
1965
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
movieThe Circular Triangle
1964
Georges Richter
movieLucky Jo
1964
Loudéac
movieA Very Handy Man
1964
Simone Palumbo
movieAgent of Doom
1963
Charlèz
movieDon't Tempt the Devil
1963
Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
movieThe Abominable Man of Customs
1963
Russian killer
movieCrime Does Not Pay
1962
Martin Fenayrou
movieHitch-Hike
1962
Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
movieEmile's Boat
1962
François Larmentiel
movieRencontres
1962
Carl Krasner
movieFamous Love Affairs
1961
le grand duc Ernest
movieThe Nina B. Affair
1961
Berrera
movieLong Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
Constable of Montmorency
movieSpotlight on a Murderer
1961
Comte de Kerloquen
movieThe Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
Commissioner of the Republic
movieIl bell'Antonio
1960
Alfio Magnano
movieEyes Without a Face
1960
Professor Génessier
movieThe Bureaucrats
1959
Monsieur Nègre
movieHead Against the Wall
1959
Dr. Varmont
movieThe Law
1959
Don Cesare
movieThe Possessors
1958
Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
movieLife Together
1958
Pierre Carreau
movieSans famille
1958
Jeroboam Driscoll
tvLes Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
Maurice Tardenois
movieNapoleon
1955
Barras
movieTower of Lust
1955
Jehan Buridan
movieOasis
1955
Antoine Vallin
movieRasputin
1954
Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
movieClothing the Naked
1954
Console Grotti
movieThe Drunkard
1953
Maître Pierre Renneville
movieCrimson Curtain
1952
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952
Invisible Man's Friend
movieLe Plaisir
1952
Julien Ledentu
movieBluebeard
1951
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
movieDirty Hands
1951
Hoederer
movieSkipper Next to God
1951
Captain Joris KnAipper
movieJamaican Man
1950
Jacques Mervel
movieLost Souvenirs
1950
Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
movieJulie de Carneilhan
1950
Hubert Espivant
moviePortrait of a Murderer
1949
Fabius / Jean
movieThe Lovers of Verona
1949
Raffaele
movieThe Secret of Monte-Cristo
1948
François Picault
movieLa Nuit blanche
1948
Pierre Taverny
movieCruise for the Unknown One
1948
Emile Fréchisse
movieThe Revenge of Baccarat
1948
Rocambole
movieRocambole
1948
Rocambole
movieNoah's Ark
1947
Bitru
movieLove Around the House
1947
'Douze Apôtres'
movieGates of the Night
1946
Georges
moviePétrus
1946
Rodrigue
movieLa Femme fatale
1946
Jean Pleyard
movieLand Without Stars
1946
Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
movieBehind These Walls
1946
Jean-César Morin
movieChildren of Paradise
1945
Frédérick Lemaître
movieAdieu Léonard
1943
Prosper Bonenfant
movieSummer Light
1943
Roland
movieTwo Shy Ones
1943
Vancouver
movieLa Croisée des chemins
1942
Hubert Epervans
movieSixième étage
1940
Jonval, the young cynic
movieThe Path of Honor
1939
Philippe
movieLast Desire
1939
Frossard
movieSecond Childhood
1939
Frossard
movieLe père Lebonnard
1939
Alfredo Lebonnard
movieVisages de femmes
1939
Georges Legrand
movieCafé de Paris
1938
Le Rec
movieThe Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938
Alexandre Dumas figlio
movieGosse de riche
1938
Pierre Mougins
moviePort of Shadows
1938
Lucien
movieGrisou
1938
Hagnauer
movieHeartbeat
1938
Cousine (uncredited)
movieHercule
1938
Bastien
movieClaudine at School
1937
Doctor Dubois
movieThe Virgin Bride
1937
Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
movieLa Reine des resquilleuses
1937
Fred Woolson
movieConfessions of a Newlywed
1937
Edmond Trivelin
movieLe Mari rêvé
1936
René Daroy /Achille Daroy
movieLittle One
1935
Georges Darnetal
movieA Rare Bird
1935
Jean Berthier
Le Miroir aux alouettes
1935
Jean Forestier
movieQuadrille d'amour
1935
Robert Lanclot
movieCaravane
1934
Lt. de Tokay
movieL'Oncle de Pékin
1934
Philippe
movieThe Amorous Garrison
1934
Paul, rider
movieTell Me Tonight
1933
Koretzky
movieQuick
1932
Maxime
movieThe Winner
1932
Hunter
movieCirculate!
1931
Jean Dupont-Desroches
movieMy Friend Victor
1931
Edgar Flachon
movieBackbiters
1927
Le type de l'appareil à sous
Feu!
1927
Frémiet's ordinance
Opération Jericho
Jean-César Morin
Writing3
movieUn ange passe
1970
Writer
movieGrisou
1938
Dialogue, Theatre Play