Acting
Pierre Brasseur
FR, IT, DE, HE cinema · 140 credits
Born
22 December 1905
Died
16 August 1972 (aged 66)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Пьер Брассёр · Пьер Брассер · Pierre-Albert Espinasse
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Opération Jericho
Opération Jericho
as Jean-César Morin
la loi
as Don Cesare
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La Brunetière
Un ange passe
as Florisse, Actor, Writer
Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
A Little Virtuous
as Jules Polnick
Birds in Peru
as Husband
The Madman of Lab Four
as Father Ballanchon
A Matter of Resistance
as Dimanche
King of Hearts
as General Géranium
Two Hours to Kill
as Laurent
Fortuna
as Nissim Buzaglo
A Young World
as Le Grec
Pas de panique
as Fernand Toussaint
Black Humor
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
L'Or du duc
as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Cloportes
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Lucky Jo
as Loudéac
The Circular Triangle
as Georges Richter
A Very Handy Man
as Simone Palumbo
Don't Tempt the Devil
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
Josefa's Loot
as Mayor
Agent of Doom
as Charlèz
The Abominable Man of Customs
as Russian killer
Emile's Boat
as François Larmentiel
Hitch-Hike
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Crime Does Not Pay
as Martin Fenayrou
Rencontres
as Carl Krasner
Spotlight on a Murderer
as Comte de Kerloquen
The Nina B. Affair
as Berrera
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Constable of Montmorency
Famous Love Affairs
as le grand duc Ernest
Eyes Without a Face
as Professor Génessier
Il bell'Antonio
as Alfio Magnano
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Commissioner of the Republic
Carthage in Flames
as Sidone
The Law
as Don Cesare
Head Against the Wall
as Dr. Varmont
The Bureaucrats
as Monsieur Nègre
The Possessors
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Life Together
as Pierre Carreau
Sans famille
as Jeroboam Driscoll
Napoleon
as Barras
Tower of Lust
as Jehan Buridan
Oasis
as Antoine Vallin
Clothing the Naked
as Console Grotti
Rasputin
as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Bird (voice), Vocals
The Drunkard
as Maître Pierre Renneville
Le Plaisir
as Julien Ledentu
Crimson Curtain
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Torticola contre Frankensberg
1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
as Invisible Man's Friend
Skipper Next to God
as Captain Joris KnAipper
Dirty Hands
as Hoederer
Bluebeard
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Julie de Carneilhan
as Hubert Espivant
Lost Souvenirs
as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Jamaican Man
as Jacques Mervel
Millionaires for One Day
as Francis
Portrait of a Murderer
as Fabius / Jean
The Lovers of Verona
as Raffaele
Cruise for the Unknown One
as Emile Fréchisse
Rocambole
as Rocambole
The Revenge of Baccarat
as Rocambole
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
as François Picault
La Nuit blanche
as Pierre Taverny
Noah's Ark
as Bitru
Love Around the House
as 'Douze Apôtres'
Gates of the Night
as Georges
La Femme fatale
as Jean Pleyard
Pétrus
as Rodrigue
Behind These Walls
as Jean-César Morin
Land Without Stars
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
Children of Paradise
as Frédérick Lemaître
Summer Light
as Roland
Two Shy Ones
as Vancouver
Adieu Léonard
as Prosper Bonenfant
Le soleil a toujours raison
as Gabriel
La Croisée des chemins
as Hubert Epervans
Three Argentines in Montmartre
as Toninett
Sixième étage
as Jonval, the young cynic
Visages de femmes
as Georges Legrand
Corsican Brothers
as Tonio
The Path of Honor
as Philippe
Le père Lebonnard
as Alfredo Lebonnard
Last Desire
as Frossard
Second Childhood
as Frossard
Port of Shadows
as Lucien
Café de Paris
as Le Rec
Gosse de riche
as Pierre Mougins
Grisou
as Hagnauer, Dialogue, Theatre Play
Heartbeat
as Cousine (uncredited)
Hercule
as Bastien
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
as Alexandre Dumas figlio
La Reine des resquilleuses
as Fred Woolson
Claudine at School
as Doctor Dubois
The Virgin Bride
as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
Confessions of a Newlywed
as Edmond Trivelin
Le Mari rêvé
as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
A Rare Bird
as Jean Berthier
Little One
as Georges Darnetal
Le Miroir aux alouettes
1935
Le Miroir aux alouettes
as Jean Forestier
Quadrille d'amour
as Robert Lanclot
Incognito
1934
Incognito
as Marcel
Caravane
as Lt. de Tokay
L'Oncle de Pékin
as Philippe
The Amorous Garrison
as Paul, rider
One Night's Song
as Koretzky
Honeymoon Trip
as Rudi
Moi et l'impératrice
as Didier
The Winner
as Hunter
Quick
as Maxime
My Friend Victor
as Edgar Flachon
Circulate!
as Jean Dupont-Desroches
Feu!
1927
Feu!
as Frémiet's ordinance
Backbiters
as Le type de l'appareil à sous
