Pierre Brasseur
Known for Acting · 142 credits
- Born
- 1905-12-22
- Died
- 1972-08-16
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Пьер Брассёр · Пьер Брассер · Pierre-Albert Espinasse
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (138)
Eyes Without a Face
1960
as Professor Génessier
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968
as Faria
Heartbeat
1938
as Cousine (uncredited)
Oasis
1955
as Antoine Vallin
Sans famille
1958
as Jeroboam Driscoll
Rencontres
1962
as Carl Krasner
Grisou
1938
as Hagnauer
Children of Paradise
1945
as Frédérick Lemaître
Napoleon
1955
as Barras
Opération Jericho
as Jean-César Morin
Un ange passe
1970
as Florisse
Une femme qui se partage
1937
Honeymoon Trip
1933
as Rudi
Pétrus
1946
as Rodrigue
The Possessors
1958
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Café de Paris
1938
as Le Rec
Hercule
1938
as Bastien
Two Hours to Kill
1966
as Laurent
Millionaires for One Day
1949
as Francis
Valse éternelle
1936
Cloportes
1965
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Circulate!
1931
as Jean Dupont-Desroches
Spotlight on a Murderer
1961
as Comte de Kerloquen
Il bell'Antonio
1960
as Alfio Magnano
Backbiters
1927
as Le type de l'appareil à sous
Passé à vendre
1936
as Bob
Lucky Jo
1964
as Loudéac
Port of Shadows
1938
as Lucien
Crimson Curtain
1952
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Summer Light
1943
as Roland
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971
as Gosselin
Moi et l'impératrice
1933
as Didier
L'Oncle de Pékin
1934
as Philippe
Second Childhood
1939
as Frossard
A Father Without Knowing It
1932
as Jean
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
as Martin Fenayrou
The Gates of Paris
1957
as Juju
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
as Commissioner of the Republic
The Lovers of Verona
1949
as Raffaele
Gosse de riche
1938
as Pierre Mougins
Two Shy Ones
1943
as Vancouver
Le Plaisir
1952
as Julien Ledentu
Famous Love Affairs
1961
as le grand duc Ernest
Head Against the Wall
1959
as Dr. Varmont
L'Or du duc
1965
as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Rocambole
1948
as Rocambole
King of Hearts
1966
as General Géranium
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953
as Bird (voice)
The Law
1959
as Don Cesare
Jamaican Man
1950
as Jacques Mervel
Visages de femmes
1939
as Georges Legrand
Feu!
1927
as Frémiet's ordinance
Agent of Doom
1963
as Charlèz
A Rare Bird
1935
as Jean Berthier
Carthage in Flames
1960
as Sidone
The Bureaucrats
1959
as Monsieur Nègre
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
as Constable of Montmorency
La Femme fatale
1946
as Jean Pleyard
Clothing the Naked
1954
as Console Grotti
Don't Tempt the Devil
1963
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
Tower of Lust
1955
as Jehan Buridan
Quadrille d'amour
1935
as Robert Lanclot
A Matter of Resistance
1966
as Dimanche
Le soleil a toujours raison
1943
as Gabriel
Josefa's Loot
1963
as Mayor
The Amorous Garrison
1934
as Paul, rider
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
as Self
Sixième étage
1940
as Jonval, the young cynic
Goto, Island of Love
1969
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
Macédoine
1971
Rasputin
1954
as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
La Nuit blanche
1948
as Pierre Taverny
A Young World
1966
as Le Grec
My Friend Victor
1931
as Edgar Flachon
Life Together
1958
as Pierre Carreau
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as La Brunetière
The Virgin Bride
1937
as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
Gates of the Night
1946
as Georges
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Little One
1935
as Georges Darnetal
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Pangloss
Tell Me Tonight
1933
as Koretzky
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as Father Ballanchon
Une faim de loup
1932
The Revenge of Baccarat
1948
as Rocambole
Confessions of a Newlywed
1937
as Edmond Trivelin
Madame Sans-Gêne
1925
Claudine at School
1937
as Doctor Dubois
Noah's Ark
1947
as Bitru
The Abominable Man of Customs
1963
as Russian killer
Dirty Hands
1951
as Hoederer
Le Mari rêvé
1936
as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
Behind These Walls
1946
as Jean-César Morin
A Very Handy Man
1964
as Simone Palumbo
Lost Souvenirs
1950
as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Weaker Sex
1933
as Jimmy
Le père Lebonnard
1939
as Alfredo Lebonnard
Corsican Brothers
1939
as Tonio
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
1948
as François Picault
The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967
as Self
The Nina B. Affair
1961
as Berrera
Emile's Boat
1962
as François Larmentiel
A Little Virtuous
1968
as Jules Polnick
Cruise for the Unknown One
1948
as Emile Fréchisse
Hitch-Hike
1962
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938
as Alexandre Dumas figlio
Bluebeard
1951
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Portrait of a Murderer
1949
as Fabius / Jean
Prête-moi ta femme
1936
The Circular Triangle
1964
as Georges Richter
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
as Self
Jeunesse d'abord
1936
Adieu Léonard
1943
as Prosper Bonenfant
Black Humor
1965
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Julie de Carneilhan
1950
as Hubert Espivant
Fortuna
1966
as Nissim Buzaglo
Land Without Stars
1946
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952
as Invisible Man's Friend
La Reine des resquilleuses
1937
as Fred Woolson
The Drunkard
1953
as Maître Pierre Renneville
About Pierre Brasseur
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… With 142 credits spanning from 1925 to 2002, Pierre Brasseur has appeared in 138 films and 4 TV shows.
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- Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo (1968) — as Faria
- Heartbeat (1938) — as Cousine (uncredited)
- Oasis (1955) — as Antoine Vallin
- Sans famille (1958) — as Jeroboam Driscoll
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