Jean-Claude Brialy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-03-30
Day of Death
2007-05-30 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Aumale, Alger, France [now Sour el Ghozlane, Algeria]
Jean-Claude Brialy
Biography
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director.
Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor.
In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film Le coup du berger (Fool's Mate) by Jacques Rivette.
By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French nouvelle vague and a star. He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les 400 Coups, 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (Une femme est une femme, 1961), Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970), as well as in films of other filmmakers such as Jean Renoir (Elena et les hommes 1958), Roger Vadim (La ronde, 1964), Philippe de Broca (Le Roi de cœur, 1966), Luis Buñuel (Le Fantôme de la liberté, 1974), and Claude Lelouch (Robert et Robert, 1978).
In 2006, he appeared in his last role, as the eponymous character of the TV film Monsieur Max, directed by Gabriel Aghion. Godard described him as "the French Cary Grant," while Brialy's self-described "life models" had reportedly been actor Sacha Guitry and director Jean Cocteau.
Brialy directed a number of films, including Églantine in 1971, which was loosely inspired by his own memories of a happy childhood spent in Chambellay with his grandparents, and Les volets clos (Closed shutters) in 1972.
He owned the restaurant L'Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis; he'd also worked as a TV presenter, a singer, and a radio host. During the presentation of one of his books, Brialy described himself this way: "I'm a boy who got lucky enough to do what I love in life".
Brialy, in 1959, acquired a château in the commune of Monthyon, near Paris. There, he accommodated and entertained many friends from the cinema and the theatre, such as Jean Marais, Pierre Arditi, and Romy Schneider whom he'd met during the 1958 production of the film Christine. Schneider, after the 1981 fatal accident of her son David, found a "refuge from the paparazzi" in Brialy's home. French singer Barbara would often sing at the piano. Director Jean-Pierre Melville used the château to shoot the last scenes of his 1970 crime film Le Cercle Rouge, where Alain Delon and Yves Montand are killed by the police.
In his books, the autobiographical Le Ruisseau des singes (The river of monkeys) (2000) and the memoir J'ai oublié de vous dire (I Forgot to Tell You) (2004), Brialy revealed that he was bisexual. ...
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Known For
Acting
(2022)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2019)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Hitchcock/Truffaut
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2014)
(2014)
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Jean Gabin intime
as Self
(2007)
Monsieur Max
as Max Jacob
(2007)
Vous êtes de la police ?
as Alfred Lamproie
(2007)
Arletty, Lady Paname
as Self
(2005)
Quartier V.I.P.
as Ferdinand
(2005)
(2005)
Quoi? L'éternité.
as Self
(2004)
People - Jet set 2
as Minimo
(2004)
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
(2003)
Les filles, personne s'en méfie
as Projectionist
(2003)
(2002)
Special Delivery
as Robert Fresnel
(2002)
As Luck Would Have It
as Jean-Pierre Muller
(2001)
South Kensington
as Ferdinando
(2001)
Unfair Competition
as nonno Mattia Della Rocca
(2001)
(2001)
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
as Vandoeuvres
(2001)
Les Filles à papa
as Robert, dit « Bob »
(2000)
Actors
as Jean-Claude Brialy
(2000)
To the Extreme
as L'avocat
(2000)
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
as Self
(1999)
(1999)
Kennedy et moi
as Benny Grimaldi
(1999)
Man of My Life
as Lucien Vilner
(1996)
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Abbot
(1996)
Shadow Play
as Rene Sandre
(1995)
One Hundred and One Nights
as The Japanese Guide
(1995)
Son of Gascogne
as Self
(1995)
A French Woman
as Arnoult
(1994)
The Monster
as Roccarotta
(1994)
Queen Margot
as Coligny
(1994)
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
as Self - Co-Host
(1992)
Août
as Martin
(1992)
La Jalousie
as Albert Blondel
(1990)
My New Partner II
as Le banquier
(1990)
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
as Il giudice
(1990)
No Fear, No Die
as Pierre Ardennes
(1990)
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
as Charles Laumière
(1989)
Comédie d'été
as Gaston
(1987)
The Innocents
as Klotz
(1987)
Levy & Goliath
as Bijou / Delaroche
(1987)
Le Moustachu
as Leroy
(1987)
Malady of Love
as Frédéric
(1987)
Maschenka
as Kolin
(1987)
Grand Guignol
as M. Albert
(1986)
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
(1986)
Follow My Gaze
as Freddy Langlois
(1986)
Inspector Lavardin
as Claude Alvarez
(1986)
Le Débutant
as Willy
(1985)
An Impudent Girl
as Sam
(1985)
The Fourth Power
as PDG de la chaîne
(1985)
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
as Le commissaire
(1985)
Marriage of the Century
as Kaffenberg
(1985)
Vivement Truffaut
as Self / Corey (archive footage)
(1985)
L'Herbe rouge
as Abbot Gril
(1984)
Pinot simple-flic
as Morcy
(1984)
Die schöne Wilhelmine
as Casanova
(1983)
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Le joueur de tennis flagorneur
(1983)
Deadly Circuit
as Voragine
(1983)
Notre Dame de la Croisette
as Self
(1983)
Edith and Marcel
as Loulou Barrier
(1983)
Cover Up
as Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
(1983)
Stella
as Roland
(1983)
Demon Is on the Island
as Dr Paul Henry Marshall
(1983)
Cap Canaille
as Me Samuel Kebadjan
(1983)
Père Noël et fils
as Thomas
(1983)
Sarah
as Gabriel Larcange
(1982)
The Night of Varennes
as Monsieur Jacob
(1982)
The Girl from Trieste
as Professor Martin
(1981)
Bolero
as Le directeur du Lido
(1981)
Cinq-Mars
as l'historien
(1980)
The Lady Banker
as Paul Cisterne
(1980)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
as Arsène Lupin
(1979)
Swimming Instructor
as Logan
(1978)
The Song of Roland
as Le Seigneur
(1978)
Robert et Robert
as Jacques Millet
(1977)
The Accuser
as Le Rantec
(1977)
Focal Point
as Michel Gaur
(1977)
Double Murder
as Van Nijlen
(1977)
Julie pot-de-colle
as Jean-Luc Farlot
(1976)
The Judge and the Assassin
as Avocat Villedieu
(1976)
Holy Year
as Pierre Bizet
(1976)
Scrambled Eggs
as Brumaire
(1976)
Un animal doué de déraison
as Claude
(1976)
Barocco
as Walt
(1975)
Catherine & Co.
as Guillaume
(1975)
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
as Narrator (voice)
(1974)
The Phantom of Liberty
as Mr. Foucault
(1974)
Un amour de pluie
as Seducer
(1974)
Like a Pot of Strawberries
as Norbert
(1972)
A Murder Is a Murder
as Paul Kastner
(1971)
A Season in Hell
as Paul Verlaine
(1971)
Mafia Things
as Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
(1971)
(1970)
Claire's Knee
as Jérôme
(1970)
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
as Count Anne d'Orgel
(1968)
The Bride Wore Black
as Corey
(1968)
Manon 70
as Jean-Paul
(1968)
Dear Caroline
as Le comte de Boimussy
(1967)
The Oldest Profession
as Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
(1967)
Shock Troops
as Jean
(1967)
Lamiel
as Le comte d'Aubigné
(1967)
Operation San Pietro
as Cajella
(1967)
Anna
as Serge
(1966)
King of Hearts
as Duke of Clover
(1966)
Our Husbands
as Ottavio Pelagatta
(1965)
I Knew Her Well
as Dario Marchionni
(1965)
The Mandrake
as Ligurio
(1965)
How Not to Rob a Department Store
as Marcel
(1965)
The Real Bargain
as The gigolo
(1965)
Love at Sea
as The Disenchanted Man
(1965)
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures
as Figurant
(1964)
Male Hunt
as Antoine Monteil
(1964)
Male Companion
as The Prince
(1964)
Circle of Love
as Alfred
(1964)
Comment épouser un premier ministre
as Philippe Lambert
(1964)
How to Make a French Dish
as Jacquot
(1964)
Tonio Kröger
as Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
(1964)
Les Siffleurs
as Jean-Claude Brialy
(1963)
People in Luck
as L'automobiliste (« Le Gros Lot »)
(1963)
Carom Shots
as Paul Martin
(1963)
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
as Sébastien
(1963)
The Sword and the Balance
as Jean-Philippe
(1962)
Cléo from 5 to 7
as The Nurse (uncredited)
(1962)
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
(1962)
A Very Private Affair
as Narrateur
(1962)
Hitch-Hike
as Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
(1962)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Didier Marin
(1962)
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
as François de Vierne
(1962)
Adieu Philippine
as Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
(1962)
Sentimental Education
as Frédéric Moreau
(1962)
The Burning Court
as Marc Desgrez
(1962)
La banda Casaroli
as Corrado Minguzzi
(1962)
Greed
as Arthur
(1961)
A Woman Is a Woman
as Émile Récamier
(1961)
Paris Belongs to Us
as Jean-Marc
(1961)
Famous Love Affairs
as Eric Torring
(1961)
The Lions Are Loose
as Didier Marèze
(1961)
Wise Guys
as Ronald
(1961)
Three Faces of Sin
as Laurent Lénaud
(1961)
Fiancés on the Bridge
as Nurse
(1961)
A Story of Water
as The Young Man
(1960)
Le Bel Âge
as Jean-Claude
(1960)
The Army Game
as Capitaine
(1960)
The Gigolo
as Jacky
(1959)
The 400 Blows
as Man in Street
(1959)
The Cousins
as Paul
(1959)
All the Boys Are Called Patrick
as Patrick
(1959)
Way of Youth
as Paul Tiercelin
(1959)
The Big Night
as Scintillone
(1959)
Eyes of Love
as Pierre Ségur
(1958)
Elevator to the Gallows
as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
(1958)
The Lovers
as Boy on a ride (uncredited)
(1958)
Christine
as Lieutenant Theo Kaiser
(1958)
Handsome Serge
as François
(1958)
Et ta sœur…
as Brice
(1958)
School for Coquettes
as Robert
(1958)
Illegal Cargo
as Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
(1958)
The Overworked
as Jimmy
(1957)
The Tricyclist
as Jean-Claude
(1957)
The Mischief Makers
as The man in the film
(1957)
A Friend of the Family
as Philippe Lemonnier
(1957)
A Girl in a Pocket
as Jean-Loup
(1957)
Young Girls Beware
as Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
(1957)
Anyone Can Kill Me
as Un inspecteur de police
(1956)
Fool’s Mate
as Claude
(1956)
The Kreutzer Sonata
as Trukhacevskij
Crew
(1997)
Georges Dandin de Molière
Director
(1997)
La dame aux camélias
Director, Adaptation
(1992)
La Jalousie
Director
(1983)
A Good Little Devil
Director
(1981)
Cinq-Mars
Director
(1981)
Les Malheurs de Sophie
Screenplay, Director
(1979)
La nuit de l'été
Director
(1974)
Un amour de pluie
Director, Screenplay
(1973)
Closed Shutters
Writer, Director
(1973)
A Rare Bird
Director
(1972)
Églantine
Writer, Director
(1959)
The 400 Blows
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