# Claude Brasseur

Claude Brasseur (French pronunciation:; 15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor.

## Life and career

Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur.
He was a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 1960s and a winning Paris-Dakar rally competitor as co-pilot of Jacky Ickx.
From the late 1950s until two years before his death, Brasseur appeared in overall 150 film and television productions. One of his film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (1964). Brasseur played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq. A big commercial success were the comedies La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character.
Brasseur died on 22 December 2020 at the age of 84. He is buried alongside his father at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
| 1977 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Pardon Mon Affaire | Won |
| 1979 | César Awards | Best Actor | A Simple Story | Nominated |
| 1979 | César Awards | Best Supporting Actor | A Simple Story | Nominated |
| 1980 | César Awards | Best Actor | The Police War | Won |
| 1993 | César Awards | Best Actor | The Supper | Nominated |
| 1993 | Amiens International Film Festival | Best Actor | O Fio do Horizonte | Won |
| 2000 | Molière Award | Best Actor | Taking Sides | Nominated |
| 2008 | Legion of Honour | Knight | Career | Won |
| 2015 | Molière Award | Best Actor | La Colère du Tigre | Nominated |
| 2015 | Globe de Cristal Awards | Best Actor | La Colère du Tigre | Nominated |

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director |
| 1956 | Meeting in Paris | The young man | Georges Lampin |
| 1959 | Rue des prairies | Louis Neveux | Denys de La Patellière |
| 1959 | Green Harvest | Robert Borelli | François Villiers |
| 1960 | Eyes Without a Face | An Inspector | Georges Franju |
| 1960 | Trapped by Fear | Laurent Porte | Jacques Dupont |
| 1961 | Please, Not Now! | Claude | Roger Vadim |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Riri | Édouard Molinaro |
| 1962 | The Elusive Corporal | Papa / Pop | Jean Renoir |
| 1962 | Moonlight in Maubeuge | Walter | Jean Chérasse |
| 1962 | We Will Go to Deauville | Maurice Dubois | Francis Rigaud |
| 1963 | Germinal | Martin Chaval | Yves Allégret |
| 1963 | Banana Peel | Charlie Meyer | Marcel Ophuls |
| 1963 | Sweet and Sour | The plumber | Jacques Baratier |
| 1964 | Bande à part | Arthur | Jean-Luc Godard |
| 1964 | Lucky Jo | Loudéac Junior | Michel Deville |
| 1966 | The Upper Hand | Giulio | Denys de La Patellière |
| 1967 | Shock Troops | Groubec | Costa-Gavras |
| 1972 | Le Viager | Noël Galipeau | Pierre Tchernia |
| 1972 | Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me | Maître Murene | François Truffaut |
| 1973 | The Heroes | Raphael Tilbaudet | Duccio Tessari |
| 1974 | Icy Breasts | François Rollin | Georges Lautner |
| 1975 | Act of Aggression | André Ducatel | Gérard Pirès |
| 1976 | Le guêpier | Renaud | Roger Pigaut |
| 1976 | Barocco | Jules | André Téchiné |
| 1976 | Pardon Mon Affaire | Daniel | Yves Robert |
| 1976 | The Big Operator | Ari | Claude Pinoteau |
| 1977 | Monsieur Papa | Franck Lanier | Philippe Monnier |
| 1977 | Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! | Daniel | Yves Robert |
| 1978 | The Savage State | Gravenoire | Francis Girod |
| 1978 | L'argent des autres | Claude Chevalier d'Aven | Christian de Chalonge |
| 1978 | A Simple Story | Serge | Claude Sautet |
| 1979 | Lobster for Breakfast | Mario Spinosi | Giorgio Capitani |
| 1979 | Bye, See You Monday | Arnold Samson | Maurice Dugowson |
| 1979 | The Police War | Inspector Jacques Fush | Robin Davis |
| 1980 | The Lady Banker | Largué | Francis Girod |
| 1980 | La Boum | François Beretton | Claude Pinoteau |
| 1981 | Quando la coppia scoppia | Pier Giorgio Funari | Steno |
| 1982 | La Boum 2 | François Beretton | Claude Pinoteau |
| 1983 | Signes extérieurs de richesse | Jean-Jacques Lestrade | Jacques Monnet |
| 1984 | Souvenirs, Souvenirs | Firmani | Ariel Zeitoun |
| 1985 | Détective | Émile Chenal | Jean-Luc Godard |
| 1985 | Among Wolves | Lacier | José Giovanni |
| 1986 | Descente aux enfers | Alan Kolber | Francis Girod |
| 1990 | Dancing Machine | Inspector Michel Eparvier | Gilles Béhat |
| 1992 | The Supper | Joseph Fouché | Édouard Molinaro |
| 1993 | 1, 2, 3, Sun | The bad guy | Bertrand Blier |
| 1998 | Marriages | Alessio | Cristina Comencini |
| 2000 | Actors | Himself | Bertrand Blier |
| 2001 | The Milk of Human Kindness | Jean-Claude | Dominique Cabrera |
| 2003 | Chouchou | Father Léon | Merzak Allouache |
| 2004 | Malabar Princess | Robert | Gilles Legrand |
| 2006 | Avenue Montaigne | Jacques Grumberg | Danièle Thompson |
| 2006 | Camping | Jacky Pic | Fabien Onteniente |
| 2006 | Les Petites vacances | The stranger in the palace | Olivier Peyon |
| 2007 | His Majesty Minor | Firos | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| 2010 | Camping 2 | Jacky Pic | Fabien Onteniente |
| 2015 | The Student and Mister Henri | Henri Voizot | Ivan Calbérac |
| 2016 | Camping 3 | Jacky Pic | Fabien Onteniente |
| 2018 | Rolling to You | Jocelyn's father | Franck Dubosc |