Acting
Giani Esposito
IT, FR cinema · 28 credits
Born
23 August 1930
Died
1 January 1974 (aged 43)
Birthplace
Etterbeek, Belgium
Also known as Gianni Esposito · Giovanni Esposito
Giani Esposito (23 August 1930 – 1 January 1974) was a French film actor and singer-songwriter. Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in Etterbeek (Belgium), and he died from viral hepatitis in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1973. As singer-songwriter, between 1958 and 1973, he recorded numerous albums marked with spirituality and poetry. His biggest success is The Clowns (Les Clowns, 1957), several covers by Raymond Devos, Jeanne-Marie Sens, Hervé Vilard and Bernard Lavilliers. He was married with the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito (born in 1963), today singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television. Source: Article "Giani Esposito" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Filmography
Le Coeur cambriolé
as Franz Marertens
Tout pour le mieux
as Flavio Gualdi
The Sea Pirate
as Napoléon
The Big Hit of Surcouf
as Napoléon
Paris Belongs to Us
as Gerard Lenz
Normandy - Neman
as Lemaître
Le Bel Âge
as Claude
Towards Ecstasy
as Jérôme
Les Misérables
as Marius de Pontmercy
Reproduction interdite
as Claude Watroff
That Is the Dawn
as Sandro Galli
The Hussars
as Pietro
Black Dossier
as Jean de Montesson
Bad Liaisons
as Pierre Jaeger
French Cancan
as Prince Alexandre
Quai des blondes
as un tueur
One Hundred Francs Per Second
as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
My Husband Is Marvelous
as Un journaliste (uncredited)
Poison Ivy
as Le capitaine du bateau
Leathernose
as A young guest
Matrimonial Agency
as (uncredited)
Skipper Next to God
as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)