Pierre Brasseur

Known for ActingBorn 1905-12-22Died 1972-08-16Paris, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Young World

Clothing the Naked

Sixième étage

Tobie Is an Angel

Corsican Brothers

Gosse de riche

Passé à vendre

Little One

Le Miroir aux alouettes

Incognito

Caravane

Weaker Sex

Une faim de loup

Madame Sans-Gêne

The Path of Honor

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

My Friend Victor

Macédoine

Pas de panique

Pas de caviar pour tante Olga

Oasis

The Drunkard

Julie de Carneilhan

The Secret of Monte-Cristo

La Nuit blanche

Three Argentines in Montmartre

La Reine des resquilleuses

Jeunesse d'abord

Prête-moi ta femme

Valse éternelle

Moi et l'impératrice

Feu!

Cinépanorama

A Very Handy Man

Le Dernier Mélodrame

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

The Circular Triangle

Children of Paradise

Jamaican Man

Love Around the House

Two Shy Ones

Promise to the Unknown One

La Croisée des chemins

Second Childhood

Grisou

Le Mari rêvé

Quadrille d'amour

L'Oncle de Pékin