Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (Template:IPA; 9 April 1933Template:Spnd6 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officers and criminals in action thriller films. His best known credits include Breathless (1960), That Man from Rio (1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Borsalino (1970), and The Professional (1981).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> An undisputed box-office champion like Louis de Funès and Alain Delon of the same period, Belmondo attracted nearly 160 million spectators in his 50-year career. Between 1969 and 1982 he played four times in the most popular films of the year in France: The Brain (1969), Fear Over the City (1975), Animal (1977), Ace of Aces (1982), being surpassed on this point only by Louis de Funès.<ref>Philippe Durant, Delon, Belmondo : regards Croisés, Carnot, 2004, page 289.</ref>

Belmondo frequently played heroic, brave, and virile characters, which made him popular with a wide audience both in France and abroad. Despite being heavily courted by Hollywood, Belmondo refused to appear in English-language films.<ref name=chicago/><ref name="time"/> During his career, he was called the French counterpart of actors such as James Dean, Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart.<ref name=nytobit/> Described as an icon and national treasure of France, Belmondo was seen as an influential actor in French cinema and an important figure in shaping European cinema.<ref name=farout/><ref name=nytobit/><ref name=tribute/> In 1989, Belmondo won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté. He was nominated for two BAFTA Awards throughout his career. In 2011, Belmondo received the Palme d'honneur at the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2017 he received the César d'honneur at the 42nd César Awards.<ref name="NPR" />

Early life

Jean-Paul Belmondo was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, on 9 April 1933.<ref name=nytobit>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Belmondo's father, Paul Belmondo, was a Pied-Noir sculptor who was born in Algeria of Italian descent, whose parents were of Sicilian and Piedmontese origin.<ref>Bébel – Jean-Paul Belmondo Fanlisting</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref> Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> His mother, Sarah Madeleine Rainaud-Richard, was a painter.<ref name="Vandoorne Xu Haq 2021">Template:Cite web</ref> As a boy, he was more interested in sport than school, developing a particular interest in boxing and soccer.<ref name="jean">Template:Cite news</ref>

Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris when he knocked out René Desmarais in one round.<ref name=nytobit/> Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief.<ref name="jean"/> He won three straight first-round knockout victories from 1949 to 1950.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "I stopped when the face I saw in the mirror began to change", he later said.<ref name="jean"/>

He did his National Service in French North Africa<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> where he hit himself with a rifle butt to end his military service.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Belmondo was interested in acting.<ref name="merry"/> His late teenage years were spent at a private drama school, and he began performing comedy sketches in the provinces.<ref name="merry"/> He studied under Raymond Giraud and then attended the Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts when he was twenty.<ref name=nytobit/> He studied there for three years.<ref name="merry"/> He probably would have won the prize for best actor, but he participated in a sketch mocking the school, which offended the jury; this resulted in his getting only an honourable mention, "which nearly set off a riot among his incensed fellow students" in August 1956, according to one report.<ref name="jean"/> The incident made front-page news.<ref name="merry"/>

Career

1950s

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Belmondo in Rome in 1962

Belmondo's acting career properly began in 1953, with two performances at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris in Jean Anouilh's Médée and Georges Neveux's Zamore.<ref name="left">Template:Cite web</ref> Belmondo began touring the provinces with friends including Annie Girardot and Guy Bedos.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Belmondo first appeared in the short Moliere (1956).<ref name=nytobit/> His first film role was a scene with Jean-Pierre Cassel in On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (1957),<ref name=foot>Template:Cite book</ref> which was cut from the final film;<ref name=wrap>Template:Cite web</ref> however he had a bigger part in the follow-up A Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik (1958).<ref name=wrap/>

Belmondo had a small role in the comedy Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958), appearing with Alain Delon,<ref name=contempauthors>Template:Cite book</ref> followed by a role as a gangster in Young Sinners (1958), directed by Marcel Carné.<ref name=vanity>Template:Cite web</ref>

Belmondo supported Bourvil and Arletty in Sunday Encounter (1958).<ref name=vanity/> Jean-Luc Godard directed him in a short, Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958), where Belmondo's voice was dubbed by Godard after Belmondo was conscripted into the army.<ref name=guardianobit>Template:Cite news</ref> As part of his compulsory military service, he served in Algeria as a private for six months.<ref name="merry">Template:Cite news</ref>

Belmondo's first lead role was in Les Copains du dimanche (1958).<ref name=copains>Template:Cite news</ref> He later had a supporting part in An Angel on Wheels (1959) with Romy Schneider then appeared in Web of Passion (1959) for Claude Chabrol.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He played D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1959) for French television.<ref name=musket>Template:Cite web</ref>

1960s

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Belmondo in 1962

Belmondo starred in Consider All Risks (1960), a gangster story with Lino Ventura.<ref name=LAO>Template:Cite web</ref> He then played the lead role in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (À Bout de Souffle, 1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave.<ref name=guardianobit/>

Breathless was a major success in France and overseas and launched Belmondo internationally and as the face of the New Wave – even though, as he said "I don't know what they mean" when people used that term.<ref name="jean"/> In the words of The New York Times it led to his having "more acting assignments than he can handle."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

He followed it with Trapped by Fear (1960), then the Italian film Letters By a Novice (1960).<ref name=fear>Template:Cite web</ref> With Jeanne Moreau and director Peter Brook he made Seven Days... Seven Nights (1961) which he later called "very boring."<ref name="merry"/>

Belmondo appeared as a gigolo in the anthology film Love and the Frenchwoman (1960).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Then he made two Italian films, supporting Sophia Loren in Two Women (1961) as a bespectacled country boy ("It may disappoint those who've got me typed" said Belmondo. "But so much the better."<ref name="jean"/>), then opposite Claudia Cardinale in The Lovemakers (1961).<ref name=ind>Template:Cite web</ref>

Two Women and Breathless were widely seen in the United States and the UK.<ref name=LAO/> In 1961, The New York Times called him "the most impressive young French actor since the advent of the late Gérard Philipe".<ref name="new">Template:Cite news</ref>

He was reunited with Godard for A Woman Is a Woman (1961)<ref name=bbcobit>Template:Cite news</ref> and made another all-star anthology comedy, Famous Love Affairs (1961).<ref name=ind/>

Later, he acted in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical movie Léon Morin, Priest (1961), playing a priest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was a retired gangster in A Man Named Rocca (1962),<ref name=rocca>Template:Cite web</ref> then had a massive hit with the swashbuckler Cartouche (1962), directed by Philippe de Broca.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Also popular was A Monkey in Winter (1962), a comedy where he and Jean Gabin played alcoholics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Belmondo filming That Man from Rio in 1963

François Truffaut wanted Belmondo to play the lead in an adaptation of Fahrenheit 451.<ref name=fah>Template:Cite news</ref> This did not happen (the film was made several years later with Oskar Werner);<ref name=fah/> instead Belmondo made two movies with Jean-Pierre Melville: the film noir crime film The Fingerman (Le Doulos, 1963) and Magnet of Doom (1963).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He co-starred with Gina Lollobrigida in Mad Sea (1963) and appeared in another comedy anthology, Sweet and Sour (1963).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There was some controversy when he was arrested for insulting a policeman, when the policeman was charged with assaulting Belmondo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Banana Peel (1963), with Jeanne Moreau, was a popular comedy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Even more successful was the action-adventure tale That Man from Rio (1964), directed by Philippe de Broca – a massive hit in France, and popular overseas as well.<ref name="bogart"/> A 1965 profile compared him to Humphrey Bogart and James Dean.<ref name="bogart">Template:Cite news</ref> It stated Belmondo was:

A later manifestation of youthful rejection... His disengagement from a society his parents made is total. He accepts corruption with a cynical smile, not even bothering to struggle. He is out entirely for himself, to get whatever he can, while he can. The Belmondo type is capable of anything. He knows he is defeated anyway... He represents something tough yet vulnerable, laconic but intense, notably lacking in neuroses or the stumbling insecurities of homus Americanus. He is the man of the moment, completely capable of taking care of himself - and ready to take on the girl of the moment too.<ref name="bogart"/>

Belmondo's own tastes ran to Tintin comics, sports magazines, and detective novels.<ref name="merry"/> He said he preferred "making adventure films like Rio to the intellectual movies of Alain Resnais or Alain Robbe-Grillet.<ref name="merry"/> But with François Truffaut I'd be willing to try."<ref name="merry"/> His fee was said to be between US$150,000–$200,000 per film. Belmondo said he was open to making Hollywood films but he wanted to play an American rather than a Frenchman and was interested in Cary Grant type roles instead of James Dean/Bogart ones.<ref name="merry"/>

Belmondo made Greed in the Sun (1964) with Lino Ventura for director Henri Verneuil, who said Belmondo was "one of the few young actors in France who is young and manly."<ref name="merry"/> Backfire (1964) reunited him with Jean Seberg, his Breathless co-star.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After a role in Male Hunt (1964) he played the lead in Weekend at Dunkirk (1965), another big hit in France.Template:Citation needed

Belmondo dominated the French box office for 1964 – That Man from Rio was the fourth most popular movie in the country, Greed in the Sun was seventh, Weekend at Dunkirk ninth, and Backfire 19th.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) was less successful, though it still performed well on the strength of Belmondo's name.<ref name=crime>Template:Cite web</ref> Up to His Ears (1965) was an attempt to repeat the popularity of That Man Rio, from the same director, but did less well.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

There were Hollywood offers, but Belmondo turned them down.<ref name=chicago/> "He won't make films outside of France", said director Mark Robson, who wanted him for Lost Command (1966).<ref name=chicago/> "He has scripts stacked up and he doesn't see why he should jeopardise his great success by speaking English instead of French."<ref name=chicago>Template:Cite news</ref>

Belmondo was reunited with Godard for Pierrot le Fou (1965) then made a comedy, Tender Scoundrel (1966).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He had small roles in two predominantly English speaking films, Is Paris Burning? (1966) and Casino Royale (1967).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

After making The Thief of Paris (1967) for Louis Malle, Belmondo took an acting hiatus for over a year.<ref name="time"/> "One day it seemed that life was passing me by", he said. "I didn't want to work. So I stopped. Then one day I felt like starting again. So I started."<ref name="time">Template:Cite news</ref>

Belmondo spent three months of that time off in Hollywood but did not accept any offers.<ref name="time"/><ref name=chicago/> He did not want to learn English and appear in English-language films:

Every Frenchman dreams of making a Western, of course but America has plenty of good actors. I'm not being falsely modest but why would they need me? I prefer a national film to an international film. Something is lost. Look at what happened to Italy when they went international.<ref name="time"/>

Belmondo returned to filmmaking with the crime movie, Ho! (1968),<ref name=ho>Template:Cite web</ref> then had a massive hit with a comedy co-starring David Niven, The Brain (1969).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He later appeared in Mississippi Mermaid (1969) for François Truffaut with Catherine Deneuve and the romantic drama Love Is a Funny Thing (1969).<ref name=guardianobit /><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

1970s

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Belmondo in 1971

Belmondo starred alongside Alain Delon in Borsalino (1970), a successful gangster film.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The latter produced the film and Belmondo ended up suing Delon over billing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971) was also popular; even more so was The Burglars (1971).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Inspired by the success Alain Delon had producing his own films, Belmondo formed his own production company, Cerito Films (named after his grandmother, Rosina Cerrito), to develop movies for Belmondo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first Cerito film was the black comedy Dr. Popaul (1972), with Mia Farrow, the biggest hit to date for director Claude Chabrol.<ref name=guardianobit/>

La scoumoune (1972) was a new version of A Man Named Rocca (1961).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Inheritor (1973) was an action film; Le Magnifique (1974), a satiric action romance reunited him with Philippe de Broca.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He produced as well as starred in Stavisky (1974).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Then he made a series of purely commercial films: Incorrigible (1974),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Fear Over the City (1975; one of Belmondo's biggest hits of the decade and the first time he played a policeman on screen),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hunter Will Get You (1976),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Body of My Enemy (1977).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Animal (1977) cast him as a stuntman opposite Raquel Welch and he starred as a policeman in Cop or Hood (1979).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1980s

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Belmondo at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival

In 1980, Belmondo starred in another comedy, Le Guignolo.<ref name=leg>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> He was a secret service agent in The Professional (1981) and a pilot in Ace of Aces (1982).<ref name=ace>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

"What intellectuals don't like is success", said Belmondo.<ref name="theatre"/> "Success in France is always looked down on, not by the public, but by intellectuals. If I'm nude in a film, that's fine for the intellectuals. But if I jump from a helicopter, they think it's terrible."<ref name="theatre"/>

Belmondo kept to commercial films: Le Marginal (1983) as a policeman,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Les Morfalous (1984) as a sergeant in the French Foreign Legion,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hold-Up (1985) as a bank robber,<ref name=bbcobit/> and Le Solitaire (1987), again playing another policeman in the last one, the latter one was a big box office disappointment and Belmondo returned to theatre shortly afterwards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1987, he returned to the theatre after a 26-year absence in a production of Kean, adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre from the novel by Alexandre Dumas.<ref name="theatre"/> "I did theatre for 10 years before going into movies and every year I planned to go back", he recalled.<ref name="theatre"/> "I returned before I became an old man."<ref name="theatre">Template:Cite news</ref>

For Claude Lelouch, Belmondo starred in and co-produced Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For his performance in the film, also titled as Itineraire d'un Enfant Gate, he won a César.<ref name=bbcobit/>

Belmondo claimed there were "several reasons" why he made fewer films in the 1980s.<ref name="theatre"/> "I'm now a producer so it takes time to organise things", he said.<ref name="theatre"/> "But it's also difficult to find good screenplays in France. We have serious writing problems here. And I'd prefer to do theatre for a long time than take on a mediocre film."<ref name="theatre"/>

1990s and later career

In 1990, he played the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac on the stage in Paris, another highly successful production.<ref name="theatre"/> He had a small role in One Hundred and One Nights (1995) then the lead in Lelouch's version of Les Misérables (1995).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also appeared in the comedy Désiré (1996),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Une chance sur deux (1998),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and in the science fiction comedy Peut-être (1999).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2009, Belmondo starred in A Man and His Dog ("Un homme et son chien"), his final film role.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Despite his difficulty in walking and speaking, he played a character who had the same disability.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following this film he was forced into retirement in 2011 having earlier suffered a stroke in 2001.<ref name=upi>Template:Cite web</ref>

Honours and awards

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Belmondo's handprint at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès

In 1989, Belmondo won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté.<ref name=nytobit/>

Belmondo was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Template:Lang, promoted to Officier (Officer) in 1986 and promoted to Commandeur (Commander) in 1994.<ref> Template:Cite journal </ref> He was also made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, promoted Officier (Officer) in 1991, and promoted to Commandeur (Commander) in 2007.<ref> Template:Cite journal </ref>

During his career, he was nominated for two BAFTA Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Belmondo received several honorary awards – Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Golden Lion at the 2016 Venice Film Festival, and César in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2009, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association gave him a career achievement award.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2017, he was received a lifetime achievement honor at the 42nd César Awards accompanied by a two-minute standing ovation.<ref name=NPR/>

Personal life and death

On 4 December 1952, Belmondo married Élodie Constantin,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> with whom he had three children: Patricia (1953–1993), who was killed in a fire, Florence (born 1958), and Paul (born 1963).<ref name=nytobit/> Belmondo and Constantin separated in 1965.<ref name=nytobit/> She filed for divorce in September 1966, and it was finalised on 5 January 1968.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He had relationships with Ursula Andress from 1965 to 1972,<ref>Earl Wilson (16 July 1972). It Happened Last Night. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.</ref> Laura Antonelli from 1972 to 1980,<ref>Mort de Laura Antonelli, star italienne des années 1970 et ex-femme de Jean-Paul Belmondo AlloCiné; 22 June 2015.</ref> Brazilian actress and singer Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor from 1980 to 1987,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Barbara Gandolfi from 2008 to 2012.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1989, Belmondo was in his mid-50s when he met 24-year-old dancer Natty Tardivel.<ref name=nytobit/> The couple lived together for over a decade before marrying in 2002.<ref name=nytobit/> On 13 August 2003, Tardivel gave birth to then 70-year-old Belmondo's fourth child, Stella Eva Angelina.<ref name=nytobit/> Belmondo and Tardivel divorced in 2008.<ref name=nytobit/>

Belmondo was a supporter of football club Paris Saint-Germain.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Belmondo died on 6 September 2021 at his home in Paris, aged 88.<ref name=nytobit/> He had been in failing health since he suffered a stroke a decade earlier.<ref name=upi/> A national tribute was held on 9 September in Hôtel des Invalides.<ref name=tribute>Template:Cite news</ref> President Emmanuel Macron called Belmondo a "national hero".<ref name=tribute/> The last tribute melody was "Chi Mai" by Ennio Morricone (from The 1981 film The Professional). The next day, 10 September, his funeral took place at the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church in the presence of relatives and family. The actors Alain and Anthony Delon also were present.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His remains were cremated at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Unlike his father, the sculptor Paul Belmondo, who was buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery, Jean-Paul's ashes were scattered in the garden of his childhood home in Piriac-sur-Mer, in Loire-Atlantique.<ref>"Le jour où l'on partait disperser ses cendres dans..." : Jean-Paul Belmondo, ces signes troublants remarqués par son fils Paul</ref>

Legacy

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Belmondo at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival

Throughout his career, he was called the French counterpart of actors such as James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Humphrey Bogart.<ref name=nytobit/> On the day of his death, television channels in France altered their schedules to add screenings of his films, which drew over 6.5 million viewers cumulatively.<ref name=honor>Template:Cite web</ref> For his performances as a police officer in many films, the National Police said that "Even if it was just cinema you were in a way one of us, Mr. Belmondo".<ref name=honor/> Throughout his career, he was regarded as an influential French actor and was often seen as the face of the French New Wave.<ref name="Vandoorne Xu Haq 2021"/> Belmondo was described as the "figurehead" of the French New Wave, with his acting techniques often seen as capturing the style and imagination of France in the 1960s.<ref name=farout>Template:Cite web</ref>

Many of his film roles, especially as Michel Poiccard, were regarded as "legendary" and highly influential.<ref name=inf>Template:Cite web</ref> Despite his reluctance to learn English, many often believed had he accepted offers from Hollywood, his success there would have been comparable to that of French actors Charles Boyer or Maurice Chevalier.<ref name=inf/> In an obituary for The Guardian, they hailed Belmondo as an "integral part of the history of French cinema, and France itself".<ref name=inf/> He was described as the "epitome of cool".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

American film director Quentin Tarantino cited Belmondo as an influence and called Belmondo "a verb that represents vitality, charisma, a force of will, it represents super coolness".<ref name=tribute/> English director Edgar Wright said that "cinema will never be quite as cool again" following Belmondo's death.<ref name=NPR>Template:Cite web</ref> He was described as an icon of French cinema and being influential in shaping modern European cinema.<ref name=farout/>

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1956	Molière<ref name=nytobit/>	Le Merluche	Norbert Tildian	short film
1957	On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (À pied, à cheval et en voiture)<ref name=foot/>	Venin	Maurice Delbez	A vehicle for Noël-Noël; Belmondo's role cut from film
1958	Be Beautiful But Shut Up (Sois belle et tais-toi)<ref name=TMC>Template:Cite web</ref>	Pierrot	Marc Allégret	With Mylène Demongeot, Henri Vidal and Alain Delon
	Young Sinners (Les tricheurs)<ref name=TMC/>	Lou	Marcel Carné	With Pascale Petit
	Sunday Encounter (Un drôle de dimanche)<ref name=vanity/>	Patrick	Marc Allegret	With Danielle Darrieux, Arletty and Bourvil
	Les copains du dimanche<ref name=copains/>	Trebois
1959	Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (Charlotte et son Jules)<ref name=guardianobit/>	Jean	Jean-Luc Godard	Short film
	An Angel on Wheels (Mademoiselle Ange)<ref name=TMC/>	Michel Barrot	Géza von Radványi	With Romy Schneider and Henri Vidal
	The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires)<ref name=musket/>	D'Artagnan	Claude Barma	For French TV
	Web of Passion (À double tour, Leda)<ref name=TMC/>	Laszlo Kovacs	Claude Chabrol	With Madeleine Robinson
1960	Breathless (À bout de souffle)<ref name=TMC/>	Michel Poiccard	Jean-Luc Godard	With Jean Seberg; from a story by François Truffaut
	The Big Risk (Classe Tous Risques)<ref name=TMC/>	Eric Stark	Claude Sautet	With Lino Ventura
	Seven Days... Seven Nights (Moderato cantabile)<ref name=TMC/>	Chauvin	Peter Brook	With Jeanne Moreau
	Trapped by Fear (Les distractions)<ref name=fear/>	Paul Frapier	Jacques Dupont	With Alexandra Stewart and Sylva Koscina
	Love and the Frenchwoman (La française et l'amour)<ref name=TMC/>			Anthology film
	Letters By a Novice (Lettere di una novizia)<ref name=TMC/>	Giuliano Verdi	Alberto Lattuada	Italian film with Pascale Petit
	Two Women (La Ciociara)<ref name=TMC/>	Michele de Libero	Vittorio De Sica	Italian film with Sophia Loren
1961	The Lovemakers (La viaccia)<ref name=TMC/>	Amerigo	Mauro Bolognini	Italian film with Claudia Cardinale
	Léon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre)<ref name=TMC/>	Léon Morin	Jean-Pierre Melville	With Emmanuelle Riva
	A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme)<ref name=bbcobit/>	Alfred Lubitsch	Jean-Luc Godard	With Anna Karina and Jean-Claude Brialy
	Famous Love Affairs (Amours célèbres)<ref name=ind/>	Lauzun	Michel Boisrond	Anthology film
	A Man Named Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca)<ref name=rocca/>	Roberto La Rocca	Jean Becker	1972 remade by Belmondo as La Scoumoune
1962	The Finger Man (Le Doulos)<ref name=TMC/>	Silien	Jean-Pierre Melville
	Swords of Blood (Cartouche)<ref name=TMC/>	Louis Dominique Bourguignon	Philippe de Broca	With Claudia Cardinale
	A Monkey in Winter (Un singe en hiver)<ref name=TMC/>	Gabriel Fouquet	Henri Verneuil	With Jean Gabin
	Un cœur gros comme ça (A heart like that) (documentary "The Winner")<ref name=TMC/>	as himself	François Reichenbach
1963	Mad Sea (Mare matto)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Il Livornese	Renato Castellani	Italian film with Gina Lollobrigida
	Banana Peel (Peau de banane)<ref name=TMC/>	Michel Thibault	Marcel Ophüls	With Jeanne Moreau
	Sweet and Sour (Dragées au poivre)<ref name=TMC/>	Raymond	Jacques Baratier
	Magnet of Doom (L'Aîné des Ferchaux)<ref name=TMC/>	Michel Maudet	Jean-Pierre Melville	Set in the USA; based on a novel by Georges Simenon
	The Shortest Day (Il giorno più corto)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Erede Siciliano	Sergio Corbucci	Unbilled cameo
1964	That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio)<ref name=TMC/>	Adrien Dufourquet	Philippe de Broca	With Françoise Dorléac
	Greed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil)<ref name=TMC/>	Rocco	Henri Verneuil	With Lino Ventura
	Backfire (Échappement libre)<ref name=TMC/>	David Ladislas	Jean Becker	Second film with Jean Seberg
	Weekend at Dunkirk (Week-end à Zuydcoote)<ref name=TMC/>	Julien Maillat	Henri Verneuil	With Catherine Spaak
	Male Hunt (La Chasse à l'homme)<ref name=TMC/>	Fernand	Édouard Molinaro	With Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve
1965	Crime on a Summer Morning (Par un beau matin d'été)<ref name=crime/>	Francis	Jacques Deray	With Geraldine Chaplin
	Pierrot le Fou<ref name=TMC/>	Pierrot (Ferdinand Griffon)	Jean-Luc Godard	With Anna Karina
	Up to His Ears (Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine)<ref name=TMC/>	Arthur Lempereur	Philippe de Broca	With Ursula Andress
1966	Tender Scoundrel (Tendre Voyou)<ref name=TMC/>	Antoine Maréchal	Jean Becker	With Geneviève Page, Stefania Sandrelli, Mylène Demongeot, Nadja Tiller and Robert Morley
	Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?)<ref name=TMC/>	Yvon Morandat	René Clément	Hollywood financed film
1967	Casino Royale<ref name=TMC/>	French Legionnaire	Ken Hughes, John Huston and others	cameo role
	The Thief of Paris (Le Voleur)<ref name=TMC/>	Georges Randal	Louis Malle	With Geneviève Bujold
1968	Ho!<ref name=ho/>	François Holin	Robert Enrico	Based on a novel by José Giovanni
1969	The Brain (Le Cerveau)<ref name=TMC/>	Arthur Lespinasse	Gérard Oury	With David Niven, Eli Wallach and Bourvil
	Mississippi Mermaid (La Sirène du Mississippi)<ref name=TMC/>	Louis Mahé	François Truffaut	With Catherine Deneuve
	Love Is a Funny Thing (Un homme qui me plaît)<ref name=TMC/>	Henri	Claude Lelouch	Filmed in the USA; with Annie Girardot
1970	Borsalino<ref name=TMC/>	François Capella	Jacques Deray	With Alain Delon
1971	The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les Mariés de l'an II)<ref name=TMC/>	Nicolas Philibert	Jean-Paul Rappeneau	With Marlène Jobert
	The Burglars (The Burglars)<ref name=TMC/>	Azad	Henri Verneuil	With Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon
1972	Scoundrel in White (Dr Popaul)<ref name=TMC/>	Doctor Paul Simay	Claude Chabrol	With Mia Farrow; also producer
	Scoumoune (La Scoumoune)<ref name=TMC/>	Roberto Borgo	José Giovanni	With Clauda Cardinale
1973	The Inheritor (L'Héritier)<ref name=TMC/>	Bart Cordell	Philippe Labro
	The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique)<ref name=TMC/>	François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar	Philippe de Broca	With Jacqueline Bisset; also producer
1974	Stavisky<ref name=TMC/>	Alexandre Stavisky	Alain Resnais	With Charles Boyer; also producer
1975	Incorrigible (L'Incorrigible)<ref name=TMC/>	Victor Vauthier	Philippe de Broca	With Geneviève Bujold; also producer
	The Night Caller (Peur sur la ville)<ref name=TMC/>	Jean Letellier	Henri Verneuil	First time Belmondo played a policeman; also producer
1976	The Hunter Will Get You (L'Alpagueur)<ref name=TMC/>	Roger Pilard ("L'Alpagueur")	Philippe Labro	Also producer
	Body of My Enemy (Le Corps de mon ennemi)<ref name=TMC/>	François Leclercq	Henri Verneuil	Also producer
1977	Animal (L'Animal)<ref name=TMC/>	Mike Gaucher / Bruno Ferrari	Claude Zidi	With Raquel Welch; also producer
1979	Cop or Hood (Flic ou voyou)<ref name=TMC/>	Antonio Cerutti / Stanislas Borowitz	Georges Lautner	Also producer
1980	Le Guignolo<ref name=leg/>	Alexandre Dupré	Georges Lautner	Also producer
1981	The Professional (Le Professionnel)<ref name=TMC/>	Josselin Beaumont, a.k.a. "Joss"	Georges Lautner	Also producer
1982	Ace of Aces (L'As des as)<ref name=ace/>	Jo Cavalier	Gérard Oury	Also producer
1983	Le Marginal<ref name=TMC/>	Philippe Jordan	Jacques Deray	With Henry Silva; also producer
1984	The Vultures (Les Morfalous)<ref name=TMC/>	Pierre Augagneur	Henri Verneuil	Also producer
	Happy Easter (Joyeuses Pâques)<ref name=TMC/>	Stéphane Margelle	Georges Lautner	With Sophie Marceau; also producer
1985	Outlaws<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>			Producer only
	Hold-up<ref name=TMC/>	Grimm	Alexandre Arcady	Filmed in Canada; with Kim Cattrall. Also producer; remade as Quick Change
1987	The Loner (Le Solitaire)<ref name=TMC/>	Stan Jalard	Jacques Deray	Also producer
1988	Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté<ref name=TMC/>	Sam Lion	Claude Lelouch	Also producer
	Chocolat<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>			Producer only
	Kean<ref name="theatre"/>	Kean	Pierre Badel	Film of Jean-Paul Sartre play which Belmondo performed on stage
1990	Cyrano de Bergerac<ref name="theatre"/>	Cyrano de Bergerac	Robert Hossein	Film of play which Belmondo performed on stage
	Tom and Lola<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>			Producer only
1992	Stranger in the House (L'inconnu dans la maison)<ref name=TMC/>		Georges Lautner	Also producer
1993	Tailleur pour dames<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		Bernard Murat	TV movie
	Le nombril du monde<ref name=TMC/>			Producer only
1995	A Hundred and One Nights (Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma)<ref name=TMC/>	Professeur Bébel	Agnès Varda
	Les Misérables<ref name=TMC/>	Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean	Claude Lelouch
1996	Désiré<ref name=TMC/>	Désiré	Bernard Murat	also producer
1997	La puce à l'oreille<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		Yves Di Tullio	Based on play by Georges Feydeau
1998	Half a Chance (Une chance sur deux)<ref name=TMC/>	Léo Brassac	Patrice Leconte	With Alain Delon
1999	Peut-être<ref name=TMC/>	Ako	Cédric Klapisch	with Romain Duris
	Frédérick ou le Boulevard du Crime<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		Bernard Murat	Recording of play by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt starring Belmondo
2000	The Actors (Les Acteurs)<ref name=TMC/>	Himself	Bertrand Blier	documentary
	Amazon<ref name=TMC/>	Edouard	Philippe de Broca
2001	Ferchaux<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Paul Ferchaux		TV movie from novel by Georges Simenon
2009	A Man and His Dog ("Un homme et son chien") <ref name=TMC/>	Charles	Francis Huster	Final movie role
2010	Allons-y! Alonzo!<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>			short

See also

• Cinema of France

External links

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