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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 30, 1933
Died
May 30, 2007
Place of Birth
Aumale, Alger, France [now Sour el Ghozlane, Algeria]
Also Known As
- J.C. Brialy
- Jean Claude Brialy
- Жан-Клод Бриали
Jean-Claude Brialy
0.8 Popularity
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. ... Source: Article "Jean-Claude Brialy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
7.2
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Archives secrètes
2021
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
2020
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
2019
6.2
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
2019
8.0
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé
2014
10.0
Self
Jean Gabin intime
2010
0.0
Alfred Lamproie
Vous êtes de la police ?
2007
Credits
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.2
Archives secrètes
as Self (archive footage)
2021
0.0
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.0
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.0
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.0
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
6.2
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
8.0
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé
as Self (archive footage)
2014
0.0
Jean Gabin intime
as Self
2010
10.0
Vous êtes de la police ?
as Alfred Lamproie
2007
0.0
Arletty, Lady Paname
as Self
2007
6.0
Monsieur Max
as Max Jacob
2007
5.6
On n'est pas couché
as Self - Guest
2006
5.1
The Accursed Kings
as Hugues de Bouville
2005
4.1
Quartier V.I.P.
as Ferdinand
2005
4.3
Quoi? L'éternité.
as Self
2005
0.0
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
as Self
2005
10.0
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.0
People : Jet Set 2
as Minimo
2004
3.4
Le Président Ferrare
as Guillaume Ferrare
2004
8.5
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
2003
5.2
Les filles, personne s'en méfie
as Projectionist
2003
1.0
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film
as Self
2003
5.5
As Luck Would Have It
as Jean-Pierre Muller
2002
5.6
Special Delivery
as Robert Fresnel
2002
4.7
South Kensington
as Ferdinando
2001
5.1
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
7.5
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
as Vandoeuvres
2001
4.3
Unfair Competition
as Mattia Della Rocca
2001
7.0
Les Filles à papa
as Robert, dit « Bob »
2001
7.0
The Blue Bicycle
as Raphaël Mahl
2000
6.1
To the Extreme
as L'avocat
2000
4.4
Actors
as Jean-Claude Brialy
2000
5.7
🎬
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
as Self
2000
1.0
Kennedy et moi
as Benny Grimaldi
1999
6.4
Man of My Life
as Lucien Vilner
1999
0.0
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
as Self
1999
0.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Morrel's Father
1998
7.2
Anna
as Serge
1998
5.7
La Grande Béké
as Dupont Menard
1998
10.0
Shadow Play
as Rene Sandre
1996
7.4
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Abbot
1996
6.6
A French Woman
as Arnoult
1995
5.3
Son of Gascogne
as Self
1995
4.3
One Hundred and One Nights
as The Japanese Guide
1995
6.0
🎬
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
as Self - Co-Host
1994
0.0
The Monster
as Roccarotta
1994
6.9
Queen Margot
as Coligny
1994
7.2
Colpo di coda
as Piantoni
1993
0.0
Coucou c'est nous !
as Self
1992
6.5
La Jalousie
as Albert Blondel
1992
0.0
Août
as Martin
1992
5.5
Ferbac
as Éric Ferbac
1991
0.0
Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self - Guest
1990
8.3
No Fear, No Die
as Pierre Ardennes
1990
6.0
Stars 90
as Self
1990
6.2
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
as Charles Laumière
1990
8.0
Fort Boyard
as Self
1990
7.3
My New Partner II
as Le banquier
1990
6.0
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
as Il giudice
1990
6.2
Comédie d'été
as Gaston
1989
2.0
The Innocents
as Klotz
1987
5.0
Malady of Love
as Frédéric
1987
4.7
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
🎬
Matin Bonheur
as Self
1987
0.0
Le Moustachu
as Leroy
1987
4.4
Maschenka
as Kolin
1987
0.0
Grand Guignol
as M. Albert
1987
3.4
Levy & Goliath
as Bijou / Delaroche
1987
4.9
Le Débutant
as Willy
1986
3.7
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
1986
5.8
Follow My Gaze
as Freddy Langlois
1986
6.0
Inspector Lavardin
as Claude Alvarez
1986
6.2
An Impudent Girl
as Sam
1985
6.5
Marriage of the Century
as Kaffenberg
1985
5.3
The Fourth Power
as PDG de la chaîne
1985
6.2
L'Herbe rouge
as Abbot Gril
1985
0.0
Vivement Truffaut
as Self / Corey (archive footage)
1985
6.0
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
as Le commissaire
1985
5.4
Die schöne Wilhelmine
as Casanova
1984
0.0
Die schöne Wilhelmine
as Casanova
1984
2.0
Pinot simple-flic
as Morcy
1984
5.5
Père Noël et fils
as Thomas
1983
0.0
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Le joueur de tennis flagorneur
1983
6.9
Cover Up
as Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
1983
5.5
Stella
as Roland
1983
6.8
Sarah
as Gabriel Larcange
1983
5.3
Demon Is on the Island
as Dr Paul Henry Marshall
1983
4.9
Deadly Circuit
as Voragine
1983
6.1
Cap Canaille
as Me Samuel Kebadjan
1983
3.6
Notre Dame de la Croisette
as Self
1983
6.0
Edith and Marcel
as Loulou Barrier
1983
5.8
The Girl from Trieste
as Professor Martin
1982
4.6
Mozart
as Le comte d'Affiglio
1982
8.0
The Night of Varennes
as Monsieur Jacob
1982
6.8
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Bolero
as Le directeur du Lido
1981
6.9
Cinq-Mars
as l'historien
1981
1.0
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
as Arsène Lupin
1980
0.0
Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd "813"
as Arsène Lupin / ...
1980
10.0
The Lady Banker
as Paul Cisterne
1980
5.3
Swimming Instructor
as Logan
1979
5.6
The Song of Roland
as Le Seigneur
1978
4.9
Robert et Robert
as Jacques Millet
1978
6.1
Double Murder
as Van Nijlen
1977
2.0
Focal Point
as Michel Gaur
1977
5.0
The Accuser
as Le Rantec
1977
5.7
Julie pot-de-colle
as Jean-Luc Farlot
1977
4.2
Fan School
as Self - Host
1977
7.2
Barocco
as Walt
1976
5.8
Holy Year
as Pierre Bizet
1976
6.6
Scrambled Eggs
as Brumaire
1976
4.0
Un animal doué de déraison
as Claude
1976
5.0
The Judge and the Assassin
as Avocat Villedieu
1976
6.8
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
5.8
Catherine & Co.
as Guillaume
1975
1.0
Numéro un
as Self
1975
6.0
Numéro un
as Self - Host
1975
6.0
Numéro un
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.0
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
as Narrator (voice)
1975
9.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Like a Pot of Strawberries
as Norbert
1974
5.5
The Phantom of Liberty
as Mr. Foucault
1974
7.4
Un amour de pluie
as Seducer
1974
4.7
A Murder Is a Murder
as Paul Kastner
1972
5.2
🎬
Midi trente
as Self
1972
6.0
🎬
Midi trente
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
A Season in Hell
as Paul Verlaine
1971
5.1
Mafia Things
as Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
1971
5.5
🎬
Samedi soir
as Self
1971
6.0
Côté cour, côté champs
1971
0.0
Claire's Knee
as Jérôme
1970
7.3
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
as Count Anne d'Orgel
1970
5.0
À bout portant
as Self
1968
8.0
The Bride Wore Black
as Corey
1968
7.1
Manon 70
as Jean-Paul
1968
5.3
Dear Caroline
as Le comte de Boimussy
1968
4.5
Operation San Pietro
as Cajella
1967
5.9
Lamiel
as Le comte d'Aubigné
1967
4.8
The Oldest Profession
as Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
4.9
Shock Troops
as Jean
1967
6.7
King of Hearts
as Duke of Clover
1966
6.9
Our Husbands
as Ottavio Pelagatta
1966
5.8
I Knew Her Well
as Dario Marchionni
1965
7.4
The Mandrake
as Ligurio
1965
5.7
Love at Sea
as The Disenchanted Man
1965
7.1
How Not to Rob a Department Store
as Marcel
1965
1.0
The Real Bargain
as The gigolo
1965
1.0
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures
as Figurant
1965
4.0
Les Siffleurs
as Jean-Claude Brialy
1964
0.0
Comment épouser un premier ministre
as Philippe Lambert
1964
1.0
Male Companion
as The Prince
1964
4.9
Circle of Love
as Alfred
1964
5.5
Male Hunt
as Antoine Monteil
1964
6.5
Tonio Kröger
as Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
1964
5.0
How to Make a French Dish
as Jacquot
1964
4.5
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
as Sébastien
1963
5.2
Carom Shots
as Paul Martin
1963
6.1
People in Luck
as L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
1963
5.5
The Sword and the Balance
as Jean-Philippe
1963
7.6
Adieu Philippine
as Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
1962
6.9
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Didier Marin
1962
5.5
La banda Casaroli
as Corrado Minguzzi
1962
7.5
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
as François de Vierne
1962
6.0
Sentimental Education
as Frédéric Moreau
1962
5.2
Cléo from 5 to 7
as The Nurse (uncredited)
1962
7.7
Fiancés on the Bridge
as Nurse
1962
6.5
The Burning Court
as Marc Desgrez
1962
4.6
Hitch-Hike
as Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
1962
5.5
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
1962
5.6
Greed
as Arthur
1962
7.5
A Very Private Affair
as Narrateur
1962
5.0
Paris Belongs to Us
as Jean-Marc
1961
6.6
Famous Love Affairs
as Eric Torring
1961
3.8
The Lions Are Loose
as Didier Marèze
1961
5.8
Three Faces of Sin
as Laurent Lénaud
1961
6.3
A Woman Is a Woman
as Émile Récamier
1961
7.3
Wise Guys
as Ronald
1961
5.4
A Story of Water
as The Young Man
1961
6.4
The Army Game
as Capitaine
1960
5.1
The Gigolo
as Jacky
1960
1.0
Le Bel Âge
as Jean-Claude
1960
5.3
Eyes of Love
as Pierre Ségur
1959
4.9
The Big Night
as Scintillone
1959
5.9
Way of Youth
as Paul Tiercelin
1959
6.0
The 400 Blows
as Man in Street
1959
8.0
All the Boys Are Called Patrick
as Patrick
1959
6.6
The Cousins
as Paul
1959
6.8
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
Handsome Serge
as François
1959
6.9
Christine
as Theo Kaiser
1958
6.3
The Lovers
as Boy on a ride (uncredited)
1958
6.6
Et ta sœur…
as Brice
1958
5.3
School for Coquettes
as Robert
1958
1.3
Illegal Cargo
as Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
1958
3.0
Elevator to the Gallows
as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
1958
7.6
The Overworked
as Jimmy
1958
5.8
Anyone Can Kill Me
as Un inspecteur de police
1957
5.9
The Tricyclist
as Jean-Claude
1957
5.5
The Mischief Makers
as The man in the film
1957
6.7
A Girl in a Pocket
as Jean-Loup
1957
4.3
Young Girls Beware
as Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
1957
4.8
A Friend of the Family
as Philippe Lemonnier
1957
0.5
Fool’s Mate
as Claude
1956
6.4
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Kreutzer Sonata
as Trukhacevskij
1956
6.1
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0