Jean-Paul Belmondo
| Jean-Paul Belmondo | |
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 Belmondo at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo 9 April 1933 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Other names | Bebel |
| Spouse(s) | Elodie Constantin (1953–1965) Natty Belmondo (2002–2008) |
| Awards | Best Actor 1989 Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté |
Jean-Paul Belmondo (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃.pɔl.bɛl.mɔ̃'do] ; born 9 April 1933) is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.
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Career[edit]
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football. Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris, France, when he knocked out Rene DesMarais in one round. Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief. He won 3 straight first round knockout victories from 1949-1950.[1] His breakthrough role was in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave. Later he acted in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical movie Leon Morin, Priest (1961) and in Melville's film noir crime film The Fingerman (Le Doulos, 1963) and Godard again with Pierrot le fou (1965). With That Man From Rio (1965) he switched to commercial, mainstream productions, mainly comedies and action films but did appear in the title role of Alain Resnais' masterpiece Stavisky (1974), which some critics regard as Belmondo's finest performance. Until the mid-1980s, when he ceased to be one of France's biggest box-office stars, Belmondo's typical characters were either dashing adventurers or more cynical heroes. As he grew older, Belmondo preferred concentrating on his stage work, where he encountered success. He suffered a stroke in 2001 and had since been absent from the stage and the screen until 2009 when he appeared in Un homme et son chien (A man and his dog).
He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite, promoted Officier (Officer) in 1986 and promoted Commandeur (Commander) in 1994.[2]
He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur, promoted Officier (Officer) in 1991 and promoted Commandeur (Commander) in 2007.[3]
In 2010 the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards gave him a Career Achievement award.[4] Belmondo attended the ceremony and made appearances in the Los Angeles area.
Personal life[edit]
Belmondo's father, Paul Belmondo, was a sculptor who was born in Algeria of Italian descent.[5][6]
In 1953, Belmondo married Élodie Constantin, with whom he had three children: Patricia (1958), Florence (1960) and Paul (1963). Paul became a Formula One driver; his eldest daughter Patricia was killed in a fire in 1994. In 1966, due to a well-publicized affair between Belmondo and actress Ursula Andress, Belmondo and his wife divorced. He has six grandchildren, three from his daughter Florence- Annabelle, Christopher and Nicholas and three from his son Paul- Alessandro, Victor, and Giacomo.
In 1989, Belmondo met Nathalie Tardivel who was 24 at the time, she and Belmondo married in 2002. On 13 August 2003, when he was 70, his fourth child Stella Eva Angelina was born. In 2008, Belmondo and Tardivel divorced[citation needed].
Gallery[edit]
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Jean-Paul Belmondo at the
1988 Cannes Film Festival. -
Jean-Paul Belmondo's handprint on the pavement in front of the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes.
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Belmondo at the
2011 Cannes Film Festival. -
Jean-Paul Belmondo at the
2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Cultural references[edit]
- Belmondo is saluted in a 1967 episode of the U.S. television sitcom Get Smart. In the episode "The Spirit is Willing" a top agent of the sinister spy agency KAOS is named Paul John Mondebello, an obvious alteration of Belmondo's name.[7] He is also mentioned in a song about "Masculinity" in the play La Cage Aux Folles, and is mentioned in the Donovan song "Sunny South Kensington" on the Mellow Yellow album.
- Belmondo's last name was the inspiration for the name of "Simon Belmondo" better known today as Simon Belmont, of Castlevania Japanese game franchise. Belmondo was well known in Japan in 60'-80' in general: another character, inspired by roles Belmondo played in this period is Cobra of the manga/anime of the same name, both in looks and in behavior.
Selected filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
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| 1959 | Charlotte et son Jules ("Charlotte and Her Boyfriend") | Jean | Jean-Luc Godard |
| À double tour (Web of Passion) | Laszlo Kovacs | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1960 | À bout de souffle ("Breathless") | Michel Poiccard | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Classe tous risques ("The Big Risk") | Eric Stark | Claude Sautet | |
| Moderato cantabile ("Seven Days... Seven Nights") | Chauvin | Peter Brook | |
| La Ciociara) ("Two Women") | Michele de Libero | Vittorio De Sica | |
| 1961 | Le Mauvais Chemin (La Viaccia) | Amerigo | Mauro Bolognini |
| Léon Morin, prêtre ("Léon Morin, Priest") | Léon Morin | Jean-Pierre Melville | |
| Une femme est une femme ("A Woman Is a Woman") | Alfred Lubitsch | Jean-Luc Godard | |
| 1962 | Le Doulos ("The Finger") | Silien | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Cartouche | Louis Dominique Bourguignon | Philippe de Broca | |
| Un singe en hiver | Gabriel Fouquet | Henri Verneuil | |
| Un cœur gros comme ça (documentary "The Winner") | as himself | François Reichenbach | |
| 1963 | Dragées au poivre ("Sweet and Sour") | Raymond | Jacques Baratier |
| L'Aîné des Ferchaux ("Magnet of Doom") | Michel Maudet | Jean-Pierre Melville | |
| Il giorno più corto ("The Shortest Day") | Erede Siciliano | Sergio Corbucci | |
| 1964 | L'Homme de Rio ("That Man from Rio") | Adrien Dufourquet | Philippe de Broca |
| Cent mille dollars au soleil ("Greed in the Sun") | Rocco | Henri Verneuil | |
| Week-end à Zuydcoote ("Weekend at Dunkirk") | Julien Maillat | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1965 | Par un beau matin d'été ("Crime on a Summer Morning") | Francis | Jacques Deray |
| Pierrot le fou | Pierrot (Ferdinand Griffon) | Jean-Luc Godard | |
| Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine ("Up to His Ears") | Arthur Lempereur | Philippe de Broca | |
| 1966 | Paris brûle-t-il? ("Is Paris Burning?") | Pierrelot - Yvon Morandat | René Clément |
| 1967 | Casino Royale | cameo appearance | Ken Hughes, John Huston and others |
| Le Voleur ("The Thief of Paris") | Georges Randal | Louis Malle | |
| 1969 | Le Cerveau ("The Brain") | Arthur Lespinasse | Gérard Oury |
| La Sirène du Mississippi ("Mississippi Mermaid") | Louis Mahé | François Truffaut | |
| Un homme qui me plaît ("Love Is a Funny Thing") | Henri | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1970 | Borsalino | François Capella | Jacques Deray |
| 1971 | Les Mariés de l'an II ("The Married Couple of the Year Two") | Nicolas Philibert | Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Le Casse ("The Burglars") | Azad | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1972 | Docteur Popaul ("Dr. Popaul") | Le docteur Paul Simay | Claude Chabrol |
| La Scoumoune ("The excommunicating") | Roberto Borgo | José Giovanni | |
| 1973 | Le Magnifique | François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar | Philippe de Broca |
| 1974 | Stavisky | Alexandre Stavisky | Alain Resnais |
| 1975 | L'Incorrigible | Victor Vauthier | Philippe de Broca |
| Peur sur la ville ("Fear over the city") | Jean Letellier | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1976 | L'Alpagueur | Roger Pilard ("L'Alpagueur") | Philippe Labro |
| 1977 | L'Animal ("Animal") | Mike Gaucher / Bruno Ferrari | Claude Zidi |
| 1980 | Le Guignolo | Alexandre Dupré | Georges Lautner |
| 1981 | Le Professionnel | Josselin Beaumont, called "Joss" | Georges Lautner |
| 1982 | L'As des as | Jo Cavalier | Gérard Oury |
| 1983 | Le Marginal | Philippe Jordan | Jacques Deray |
| 1984 | Les Morfalous | Pierre Augagneur | Henri Verneuil |
| 1985 | Hold-up | Grimm | Alexandre Arcady |
| 1987 | Le Solitaire | Stan Jalard | Jacques Deray |
| 1988 | Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté | Sam Lion | Claude Lelouch |
| 1995 | Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma ("A Hundred and One Nights") | Professeur Bébel | Agnès Varda |
| Les Misérables | Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1996 | Désiré | Désiré | Bernard Murat |
| 1998 | Une chance sur deux | Léo Brassac | Patrice Leconte |
| 1999 | Peut-être | Ako | Cédric Klapisch |
| 2009 | Un homme et son chien ("A Man and His Dog") | Charles | Francis Huster |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=12225
- ^ "Décret du 14 mai 1994 portant promotion et nomination". JORF 1994 (112): 7102. 1994-05-15. PREX9410898D. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "Décret du 6 avril 2007 portant promotion". JORF 2007 (84): 6582. 08-04-2007. PREX0710141D. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ http://www.lafca.net/years/2009.htm
- ^ Bébel – Jean-Paul Belmondo Fanlisting
- ^ Famous French people of immigrant origin, Eupedia : France Guide
- ^ The Complete Get Smart Guide – Episode Guides – Third Season
External links[edit]
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- Belmondo Biography on newwavefilm.com
- Jean-Paul Belmondo at Yahoo! Movies
- Jean-Paul Belmondo at AllRovi
- Jean-Paul Belmondo at filmsdefrance.com
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- French film actors
- French stage actors
- French film producers
- César Award winners
- Commandeurs of the Ordre national du Mérite
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- French people of Italian descent
- French people of Sicilian descent
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