Pierre Brasseur
Acting
Born: December 22, 1905 · Paris, France
Died: August 16, 1972 (aged 66)
Highest Rated
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.
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Movies (124)
Eyes Without a Face
Professor Génessier
Port of Shadows
Lucien
Children of Paradise
Frédérick Lemaître
Carthage in Flames
Sidone
The Law
Don Cesare
Il bell'Antonio
Alfio Magnano
Le Plaisir
Julien Ledentu
Lucky Jo
Loudéac
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Bird (voice)
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Gosselin
The Gates of Paris
Juju
Don't Tempt the Devil
Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
Sans famille
Jeroboam Driscoll
King of Hearts
General Géranium
Famous Love Affairs
le grand duc Ernest
Lost Souvenirs
Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Napoleon
Barras
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Faria
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
La Brunetière
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Commissioner of the Republic
Cloportes
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Alexandre Dumas figlio
Two Hours to Kill
Laurent
Backbiters
Le type de l'appareil à sous
Life Together
Pierre Carreau
Head Against the Wall
Dr. Varmont
Heartbeat
Cousine (uncredited)
Rencontres
Carl Krasner
The Lovers of Verona
Raffaele
A Matter of Resistance
Dimanche
Le soleil a toujours raison
Gabriel
Tower of Lust
Jehan Buridan
The Nina B. Affair
Berrera
Goto, Island of Love
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
Spotlight on a Murderer
Comte de Kerloquen
Summer Light
Roland
The Madman of Lab Four
Father Ballanchon
Caravane
Lt. de Tokay
Crime Does Not Pay
Martin Fenayrou
Oasis
Antoine Vallin
The Revenge of Baccarat
Rocambole
Circulate!
Jean Dupont-Desroches
Gates of the Night
Georges
Valse éternelle
1936
Hercule
Bastien
Une femme qui se partage
1937
Josefa's Loot
Mayor
Pétrus
Rodrigue
Cruise for the Unknown One
Emile Fréchisse
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Constable of Montmorency
Crimson Curtain
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
The Possessors
Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
The Circular Triangle
Georges Richter
Emile's Boat
François Larmentiel
Prête-moi ta femme
1936
A Little Virtuous
Jules Polnick
Un ange passe
Florisse
Un ange passe
1970
The Abominable Man of Customs
Russian killer
Grisou
Hagnauer
A Young World
Le Grec
Noah's Ark
Bitru
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Pangloss
Hitch-Hike
Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Millionaires for One Day
Francis
A Rare Bird
Jean Berthier
L'Or du duc
Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Julie de Carneilhan
Hubert Espivant
Madame Sans-Gêne
1925
Rocambole
Rocambole
A Very Handy Man
Simone Palumbo
Second Childhood
Frossard
Le père Lebonnard
Alfredo Lebonnard
Agent of Doom
Charlèz
One Night's Song
Koretzky
Black Humor
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Clothing the Naked
Console Grotti
Quick
Maxime
Pas de panique
Fernand Toussaint
L'Oncle de Pékin
Philippe
My Friend Victor
Edgar Flachon
Quadrille d'amour
Robert Lanclot
Land Without Stars
Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
The Bureaucrats
Monsieur Nègre
The Path of Honor
Philippe
Dirty Hands
Hoederer
Skipper Next to God
Captain Joris KnAipper
Portrait of a Murderer
Fabius / Jean
La Croisée des chemins
Hubert Epervans
Birds in Peru
Husband
Passé à vendre
Bob
Claudine at School
Doctor Dubois
Adieu Léonard
Prosper Bonenfant
Confessions of a Newlywed
Edmond Trivelin
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
François Picault
Rasputin
Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
Café de Paris
Le Rec
The Amorous Garrison
Paul, rider
La Nuit blanche
Pierre Taverny
Moi et l'impératrice
Didier
Visages de femmes
Georges Legrand
The Virgin Bride
Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
Bluebeard
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
Patache
Two Shy Ones
Vancouver
La Femme fatale
Jean Pleyard
Three Argentines in Montmartre
Toninett
Promise to the Unknown One
Lussac
Love Around the House
'Douze Apôtres'
Jamaican Man
Jacques Mervel
Behind These Walls
Jean-César Morin
Fortuna
Nissim Buzaglo
Sixième étage
Jonval, the young cynic
Last Desire
Frossard
Le Bébé de l'escadron
Max
La Reine des resquilleuses
Fred Woolson
Gosse de riche
Pierre Mougins
Le Mari rêvé
René Daroy /Achille Daroy
Corsican Brothers
Tonio
The Winner
Hunter
Little One
Georges Darnetal
Honeymoon Trip
Rudi
The Drunkard
Maître Pierre Renneville
Jeunesse d'abord
1936
