Acting · Paris, France · Born December 22, 1905
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.
MovieMichel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as La Brunetière
TVLa Brigade des maléfices
1971
as Diablevert
MovieThe Married Couple of the Year Two
1971
as Gosselin
Macédoine
1971
MovieUn ange passe
1970
as Florisse
MovieGoto, Island of Love
1969
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
as Self
MovieSous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968
as Faria
MovieBirds in Peru
1968
as Husband
MovieA Little Virtuous
1968
as Jules Polnick
MovieThe Madman of Lab Four
1967
as Father Ballanchon
The Birth of Children of Paradise
1967
as Self
MovieKing of Hearts
1966
as General Géranium
MoviePas de panique
1966
as Fernand Toussaint
MovieA Young World
1966
as Le Grec
MovieA Matter of Resistance
1966
as Dimanche
MovieTwo Hours to Kill
1966
as Laurent
MovieFortuna
1966
as Nissim Buzaglo
MovieL'Or du duc
1965
as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
MovieCloportes
1965
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
MoviePas de caviar pour tante Olga
1965
as Patache
MovieBlack Humor
1965
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
MovieThe Circular Triangle
1964
as Georges Richter
MovieLucky Jo
1964
as Loudéac
MovieA Very Handy Man
1964
as Simone Palumbo
MovieJosefa's Loot
1963
as Mayor
MovieAgent of Doom
1963
as Charlèz
MovieDon't Tempt the Devil
1963
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
MovieThe Abominable Man of Customs
1963
as Russian killer
MovieCrime Does Not Pay
1962
as Martin Fenayrou
MovieHitch-Hike
1962
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
MovieEmile's Boat
1962
as François Larmentiel
MovieRencontres
1962
as Carl Krasner
MovieFamous Love Affairs
1961
as le grand duc Ernest
MovieThe Nina B. Affair
1961
as Berrera
MovieLong Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961
as Constable of Montmorency
MovieSpotlight on a Murderer
1961
as Comte de Kerloquen
MovieCandide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Pangloss
MovieThe Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
as Commissioner of the Republic
MovieIl bell'Antonio
1960
as Alfio Magnano
MovieCarthage in Flames
1960
as Sidone
MovieEyes Without a Face
1960
as Professor Génessier
MovieThe Bureaucrats
1959
as Monsieur Nègre
MovieHead Against the Wall
1959
as Dr. Varmont
MovieThe Law
1959
as Don Cesare
MovieThe Possessors
1958
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
MovieLife Together
1958
as Pierre Carreau
MovieSans famille
1958
as Jeroboam Driscoll
TVLes Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
as Maurice Tardenois
MovieThe Gates of Paris
1957
as Juju
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
MovieNapoleon
1955
as Barras
MovieTower of Lust
1955
as Jehan Buridan
MovieOasis
1955
as Antoine Vallin
MovieRasputin
1954
as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
MovieSaint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
as Self
MovieClothing the Naked
1954
as Console Grotti
MovieThe Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953
as Bird (voice)
MovieThe Drunkard
1953
as Maître Pierre Renneville
MovieCrimson Curtain
1952
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
TVLa Joie de vivre
1952
as Self
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952
as Invisible Man's Friend
MovieLe Plaisir
1952
as Julien Ledentu
MovieBluebeard
1951
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
MovieDirty Hands
1951
as Hoederer
MovieSkipper Next to God
1951
as Captain Joris KnAipper
MovieJamaican Man
1950
as Jacques Mervel
MovieLost Souvenirs
1950
as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
MovieJulie de Carneilhan
1950
as Hubert Espivant
MovieMillionaires for One Day
1949
as Francis
MoviePortrait of a Murderer
1949
as Fabius / Jean
MovieThe Lovers of Verona
1949
as Raffaele
MovieThe Secret of Monte-Cristo
1948
as François Picault
MovieLa Nuit blanche
1948
as Pierre Taverny
MovieCruise for the Unknown One
1948
as Emile Fréchisse
MovieThe Revenge of Baccarat
1948
as Rocambole
MovieRocambole
1948
as Rocambole
MovieNoah's Ark
1947
as Bitru
MovieLove Around the House
1947
as 'Douze Apôtres'
MovieGates of the Night
1946
as Georges
MoviePétrus
1946
as Rodrigue
MovieLa Femme fatale
1946
as Jean Pleyard
MovieLand Without Stars
1946
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
MovieBehind These Walls
1946
as Jean-César Morin
MovieChildren of Paradise
1945
as Frédérick Lemaître
MovieAdieu Léonard
1943
as Prosper Bonenfant
MovieSummer Light
1943
as Roland
MovieTwo Shy Ones
1943
as Vancouver
MovieLe soleil a toujours raison
1943
as Gabriel
MovieLa Croisée des chemins
1942
as Hubert Epervans
MoviePromise to the Unknown One
1942
as Lussac
MovieThree Argentines in Montmartre
1941
as Toninett
Tobie Is an Angel
1940
MovieSixième étage
1940
as Jonval, the young cynic
MovieThe Path of Honor
1939
as Philippe
MovieLast Desire
1939
as Frossard
MovieSecond Childhood
1939
as Frossard
MovieCorsican Brothers
1939
as Tonio
MovieLe père Lebonnard
1939
as Alfredo Lebonnard
MovieVisages de femmes
1939
as Georges Legrand
MovieCafé de Paris
1938
as Le Rec
MovieThe Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938
as Alexandre Dumas figlio
MovieGosse de riche
1938
as Pierre Mougins
MoviePort of Shadows
1938
as Lucien
MovieGrisou
1938
as Hagnauer
MovieHeartbeat
1938
as Cousine (uncredited)
MovieHercule
1938
as Bastien
MovieClaudine at School
1937
as Doctor Dubois
MovieThe Virgin Bride
1937
as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
MovieLa Reine des resquilleuses
1937
as Fred Woolson
MovieConfessions of a Newlywed
1937
as Edmond Trivelin
MovieUne femme qui se partage
1937
MovieLe Mari rêvé
1936
as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
MoviePrête-moi ta femme
1936
MoviePassé à vendre
1936
as Bob
MovieJeunesse d'abord
1936
MovieValse éternelle
1936
MovieLe Bébé de l'escadron
1935
as Max
MovieLittle One
1935
as Georges Darnetal
MovieA Rare Bird
1935
as Jean Berthier
Jonny, haute-couture
1935
as Jonny
Le Miroir aux alouettes
1935
as Jean Forestier
MovieQuadrille d'amour
1935
as Robert Lanclot
MovieCaravane
1934
as Lt. de Tokay
MovieL'Oncle de Pékin
1934
as Philippe
MovieThe Amorous Garrison
1934
as Paul, rider
Incognito
1934
as Marcel
MovieMoi et l'impératrice
1933
as Didier
MovieTell Me Tonight
1933
as Koretzky
MovieHoneymoon Trip
1933
as Rudi
Weaker Sex
1933
as Jimmy
Une faim de loup
1932
MovieQuick
1932
as Maxime
A Father Without Knowing It
1932
as Jean
MovieThe Winner
1932
as Hunter
MovieCirculate!
1931
as Jean Dupont-Desroches
MovieMy Friend Victor
1931
as Edgar Flachon
MovieBackbiters
1927
as Le type de l'appareil à sous
Feu!
1927
as Frémiet's ordinance
MovieMadame Sans-Gêne
1925
Opération Jericho
as Jean-César Morin
