Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy 30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007 was a French actor and director. Contents   1Life and career 2Honours 3Filmography 3.1As actor 3.2As director 4Bibliography 5References 6External links Life and career Brialy was born in Aumale, French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with

Sebastian Roché

Sebastian Charles Edward Roché  born 4 August 1964 is a Scottish-French actor. He is known for his roles as Kurt Mendel in Odyssey 5, Jerry Jacks in General Hospital, Thomas Jerome Newton in Fringe, Balthazar in Supernatural, Mikael in both The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, and Reichsminister Martin Heusmann in The Man in the High Castle. Roché has appeared in the films The Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Peacemaker (1997), 15

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo  born 9 April 1933 is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s and one of the biggest French film stars of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. His best known credits include Breathless (1960) and That Man from Rio (1964). Contents   1Career 1.1Early life 1.2Acting 1.3Stage career 1.4Early films 1.5Stardom 1.6Action

Sandrine Kiberlain

Sandrine Kiberlain born Sandrine Kiberlajn; 25 February 1968 is a French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films The Patriots (1994), A Self Made Hero (1996), For Sale (1998), Alias Betty (2001), Mademoiselle Chambon (2009), 9 Month Stretch (2013), and Number One Fan (2014). Kiberlain has appeared in over sixty films and won two César Awards from eight nominations. Contents   1Career 2Personal life 3Philanthropy 4Filmography 5Discography 5.1Albums

Yves Montand

vo Livi (Italian pronunciation: ), better known as Yves Montand  13 October 1921 – 9 November 1991  was an Italian-French actor and singer. Contents   1Early life 2Career 3Personal life 4Filmography 5Discography 6References 7External links Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, to Giovanni Livi, a broom manufacturer, and Giuseppina Simoni, a devout Catholic, while her husband

Louis de Funès

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983 was a French actor and comedian. According to several polls conducted since 1968, he is France’s favourite actor – having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg  born 21 July 1971 is an English-French actress and singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song “Lemon Incest” at the age of 12, she released an album with her father at the

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson born 3 August 1958 is a French actor, singer and activist. He is best known internationally for his portrayal of The Merovingian in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Contents   1Biography 1.1Early life 1.2First critical accolades 1.3Recent years 2Filmography 3References 4External links Biography Early life Wilson is the son of Georges Wilson, who was an

Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974 was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves (honorary), while Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indeed, the great critical success of Sciuscià (the first

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel born Jean-Pierre Crochon; 27 October 1932 – 19 April 2007 was a French actor. Contents   1Life and career 2Selected filmography 3References 4External links Life and career Cassel was born “Jean-Pierre Crochon” in Paris, the son of Louise-Marguerite (née Fabrègue), an opera singer, and Georges Crochon, a doctor. Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and