Pierre Brasseur
Known for
If longevity counts for anything, Pierre Brasseur is a French actor who has kept working through several turns of the industry. The list also holds 'Children of Paradise'. The distance between the first credit and the most recent is about 101 years. The role of Professor Génessier in 'Eyes Without a Face' is the one that keeps being brought up.
Pierre Brasseur
118 Movies
2 Series
If longevity counts for anything, Pierre Brasseur is a French actor who has kept working through several turns of the industry. The list also holds 'Children of Paradise'. The distance between the first credit and the most recent is about 101 years. The role of Professor Génessier in 'Eyes Without a Face' is the one that keeps being brought up.
Movies
Plays Frédérick Lemaître
Children of Paradise
1945
Plays Rodrigue
Pétrus
1946
Plays Professor Génessier
Eyes Without a Face
1960
Plays Alfio Magnano
Il bell'Antonio
1960
Plays Lucien
Port of Shadows
1938
Writer
Plays Florisse
Un ange passe
1970
Plays Le Rec
Café de Paris
1938
Plays Carl Krasner
Rencontres
1962
Plays Barras
Napoleon
1955
Plays Jeroboam Driscoll
Sans famille
1958
Plays le grand duc Ernest
Famous Love Affairs
1961
Plays Bastien
Hercule
1938
Plays Gosselin
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971
Plays General Géranium
King of Hearts
1966
Plays Faria
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968
Plays Julien Ledentu
Le Plaisir
1952
Plays Juju
The Gates of Paris
1957
Plays Roland
Summer Light
1943
Plays Jean-César Morin
Behind These Walls
1946
Plays Comte de Kerloquen
Spotlight on a Murderer
1961
Plays Hagnauer
Grisou
1938
Plays Loudéac
Lucky Jo
1964
Plays Dimanche
A Matter of Resistance
1966
Plays Sidone
Carthage in Flames
1960
Plays Francis
Millionaires for One Day
1949
Plays Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Cloportes
1965
Plays Laurent
Two Hours to Kill
1966
Plays Pangloss
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
Plays Don Cesare
The Law
1959
Plays Dr. Varmont
Head Against the Wall
1959
Plays Commissioner of the Republic
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
Plays Jules Polnick
A Little Virtuous
1968
Plays Prosper Bonenfant
Adieu Léonard
1943
Plays Constable of Montmorency
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
Plays Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
Land Without Stars
1946
Plays Mayor
Josefa's Loot
1963
Plays Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
The Possessors
1958
Plays Le type de l'appareil à sous
Backbiters
1927
Plays Edmond Trivelin
Confessions of a Newlywed
1937
Plays Raffaele
The Lovers of Verona
1949
Plays Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Hitch-Hike
1962
Plays Georges
Gates of the Night
1946
Plays Martin Fenayrou
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
Plays Pierre Carreau
Life Together
1958
Plays Monsieur Nègre
The Bureaucrats
1959
Plays Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
Don't Tempt the Devil
1963
Plays Simone Palumbo
A Very Handy Man
1964
Plays Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Bluebeard
1951
Plays Jehan Buridan
Tower of Lust
1955
Plays Father Ballanchon
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
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Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Maurice Tardenois · 1 episode
1973
TV
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
La Brunetière
1972
Film
La Brigade des maléfices
Diablevert · 1 episode
1971
TV
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Gosselin
1971
Film
Un ange passe
Florisse
1970
Film
Goto, Island of Love
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
1969
Film
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Faria
1968
Film
Birds in Peru
Husband
1968
Film
A Little Virtuous
Jules Polnick
1968
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Pierre Brasseur still alive?
Pierre Brasseur passed away on August 16, 1972 at age 66.
What are the most famous roles of Pierre Brasseur?
Pierre Brasseur is best known for roles in Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise, Port of Shadows.
How many movies has Pierre Brasseur been in?
Over a 47-year career (since 1925), Pierre Brasseur has appeared in 118 movies and 2 TV shows.
What was Pierre Brasseur's first movie?
The career of Pierre Brasseur began with Madame Sans-Gêne (1925).
What is Pierre Brasseur's most recent movie or series?
Pierre Brasseur's most recent release is The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life, which premiered on December 22, 1972.
What TV shows has Pierre Brasseur appeared in?
On television, Pierre Brasseur has appeared in Cinépanorama, La Brigade des maléfices, Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, La Joie de vivre.
Pierre Brasseur
1905-12-22 · Paris, France
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.Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.