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