Pierre Brasseur
Known for Acting · 141 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 (3)
Movies (138)
Eyes Without a Face
1960
as Professor Génessier
Children of Paradise
1945
as Frédérick Lemaître
Napoleon
1955
as Barras
Rasputin
1954
as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
Quick
1932
as Maxime
Circulate!
1931
as Jean Dupont-Desroches
Sans famille
1958
as Jeroboam Driscoll
Caravane
1934
as Lt. de Tokay
The Law
1959
as Don Cesare
Bluebeard
1951
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Pétrus
1946
as Rodrigue
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
as Commissioner of the Republic
Two Hours to Kill
1966
as Laurent
King of Hearts
1966
as General Géranium
Port of Shadows
1938
as Lucien
Il bell'Antonio
1960
as Alfio Magnano
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968
as Faria
Famous Love Affairs
1961
as le grand duc Ernest
Le Plaisir
1952
as Julien Ledentu
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971
as Gosselin
Heartbeat
1938
as Cousine (uncredited)
Lost Souvenirs
1950
as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
A Very Handy Man
1964
as Simone Palumbo
Carthage in Flames
1960
as Sidone
Behind These Walls
1946
as Jean-César Morin
Head Against the Wall
1959
as Dr. Varmont
A Matter of Resistance
1966
as Dimanche
Spotlight on a Murderer
1961
as Comte de Kerloquen
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
as Constable of Montmorency
Rencontres
1962
as Carl Krasner
Feu!
1927
as Frémiet's ordinance
Cloportes
1965
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Don't Tempt the Devil
1963
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
as Self
Two Shy Ones
1943
as Vancouver
Gates of the Night
1946
as Georges
Oasis
1955
as Antoine Vallin
The Bureaucrats
1959
as Monsieur Nègre
The Possessors
1958
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Grisou
1938
as Hagnauer
A Young World
1966
as Le Grec
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953
as Bird (voice)
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
as Martin Fenayrou
Summer Light
1943
as Roland
The Gates of Paris
1957
as Juju
Lucky Jo
1964
as Loudéac
Black Humor
1965
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
The Lovers of Verona
1949
as Raffaele
Hitch-Hike
1962
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Crimson Curtain
1952
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
The Winner
1932
as Hunter
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as Father Ballanchon
Passé à vendre
1936
as Bob
Rocambole
1948
as Rocambole
Josefa's Loot
1963
as Mayor
L'Or du duc
1965
as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Pangloss
The Circular Triangle
1964
as Georges Richter
Macédoine
1971
Little One
1935
as Georges Darnetal
Noah's Ark
1947
as Bitru
Life Together
1958
as Pierre Carreau
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as La Brunetière
Adieu Léonard
1943
as Prosper Bonenfant
Promise to the Unknown One
1942
as Lussac
Tower of Lust
1955
as Jehan Buridan
Claudine at School
1937
as Doctor Dubois
Confessions of a Newlywed
1937
as Edmond Trivelin
Tobie Is an Angel
1940
A Little Virtuous
1968
as Jules Polnick
The Revenge of Baccarat
1948
as Rocambole
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
as Self
La Nuit blanche
1948
as Pierre Taverny
The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967
as Self
Second Childhood
1939
as Frossard
Portrait of a Murderer
1949
as Fabius / Jean
A Rare Bird
1935
as Jean Berthier
Goto, Island of Love
1969
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
Fortuna
1966
as Nissim Buzaglo
The Path of Honor
1939
as Philippe
Emile's Boat
1962
as François Larmentiel
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938
as Alexandre Dumas figlio
Une femme qui se partage
1937
Pas de panique
1966
as Fernand Toussaint
Backbiters
1927
as Le type de l'appareil à sous
Weaker Sex
1933
as Jimmy
Le soleil a toujours raison
1943
as Gabriel
La Femme fatale
1946
as Jean Pleyard
Julie de Carneilhan
1950
as Hubert Espivant
The Abominable Man of Customs
1963
as Russian killer
Hercule
1938
as Bastien
Une faim de loup
1932
Le père Lebonnard
1939
as Alfredo Lebonnard
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
1948
as François Picault
Un ange passe
1970
as Florisse
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
A Father Without Knowing It
1932
as Jean
Visages de femmes
1939
as Georges Legrand
Cruise for the Unknown One
1948
as Emile Fréchisse
Café de Paris
1938
as Le Rec
Skipper Next to God
1951
as Captain Joris KnAipper
Le Mari rêvé
1936
as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
The Virgin Bride
1937
as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
Last Desire
1939
as Frossard
Clothing the Naked
1954
as Console Grotti
Dirty Hands
1951
as Hoederer
The Nina B. Affair
1961
as Berrera
Birds in Peru
1968
as Husband
The Drunkard
1953
as Maître Pierre Renneville
Opération Jericho
as Jean-César Morin
The Amorous Garrison
1934
as Paul, rider
Land Without Stars
1946
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
Love Around the House
1947
as 'Douze Apôtres'
Jamaican Man
1950
as Jacques Mervel
La Croisée des chemins
1942
as Hubert Epervans
Corsican Brothers
1939
as Tonio
La Reine des resquilleuses
1937
as Fred Woolson
Honeymoon Trip
1933
as Rudi
Gosse de riche
1938
as Pierre Mougins
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952
as Invisible Man's Friend
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 141 credits spanning from 1925 to 2002, Pierre Brasseur has appeared in 138 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Eyes Without a Face (1960) — as Professor Génessier
- Children of Paradise (1945) — as Frédérick Lemaître
- Napoleon (1955) — as Barras
- Rasputin (1954) — as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
- Quick (1932) — as Maxime
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