Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Birthday: Mar 30, 1933

Bio: The son of a high-ranking French military officer, Jean-Claude Brialy was expected to following in his father's boot-steps upon completing his studies at Strasbourg University. Brialy was deflected from a lifetime in uniform through his blossoming friendship with aspiring filmmaker Philippe de Broca. Deciding to become an actor, Brialy appeared in some of the… More Bio: The son of a high-ranking French military officer, Jean-Claude Brialy was expected to following in his father's boot-steps upon completing his studies at Strasbourg University. Brialy was deflected from a lifetime in uniform through his blossoming friendship with aspiring filmmaker Philippe de Broca. Deciding to become an actor, Brialy appeared in some of the earliest short-subject projects of such future Nouvelle Vague directors as Jacques Rivette and Jean-Luc Godard. He made his first feature-film appearance in Jean Renoir's Paris Does Strange Things (1958). In collaboration with Claude Chabrol, Brialy starred in Chabrol's maiden directorial effort, Le Beau Serge, then originated the ubiquitous Chabrol protagonist Paul in Les Cousins. This particular role cemented Brialy's standard screen characterization: the impeccably mannered, implicitly decadent boulevardier. One of the busiest of the New Wave directors (especially during the years 1960 and 1961), Jean-Claude Brialy remained so even after launching his own prolific career with 1972's Eglantine.Brialy died of cancer in Paris, France on May 30, 2007. He was 74. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Filmography

Vous êtes de la police? (2007)
- Actor
Six Moral Tales By Eric Rohmer (2006)
- Actor
People (2004)
- Minimo
Les Clefs de bagnole (The Car Keys) (2003)
- Actor
L'effrontee (2003)
- Actor
As Luck Would Have It (2002)
- Jean-Pierre
C'est le Bouquet (2002)
- Actor
Girls Can't Swim (2002)
- Actor
- 71%
South Kensington (2001)
- Actor
Concorrenza sleale (Unfair Competition) (2001)
- Nonno Mattia
To the Extreme (In extremis) (2000)
- Actor
Les Acteurs (Actors ) (2000)
- Himself
Inspecteur Lavardin (1999)
- Actor
Ripoux contre ripoux (Le cop 2)(My New Partner II) (1997)
- Banker
Ridicule (1996)
- Actor
- 76%
The Monster (Il Mostro) (1996)
- Roccarotta
- 40%
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (Beaumarchais, l'insolent) (1996)
- Abbot
- 70%
Shadow Play (1996)
- Actor
Portraits Chinois (1996)
- Rene Sandre
- 69%
Son of Gascogne (1995)
- Actor
Une femme française, (A French Woman) (1995)
- Arnoult
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
- Actor for a Day
Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994)
- Coligny
- 75%
S'en Fout La Mort (No Fear, No Die) (1990)
- Pierre Ardennes
Les innocents (The Innocents) (1987)
- Klotz
Inspecteur Lavardin (1986)
- Claude Alvarez
L'Effrontée (1985)
- Sam "Fruit of the Loom"
Pinot simple flic (1984)
- Morcy
Papy fait de la résistance (1983)
- Tennisman
Édith et Marcel (Edith and Marcel) (1983)
- Actor
Mortelle Randonnee (Deadly Circuit) (Deadly Run) (1983)
- Voragine
Edith and Marcel (1983)
- Loulou Barrier
La Ragazza di Trieste (The Girl from Trieste) (1982)
- Professor Martin
La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982)
- Jacob
Jacko and Lise (1982)
- Guillaume
Les Uns et les Autres (Bolero: Dance of Life) (1981)
- Director of Lidao
- 67%
La banquiere (1980)
- Paul Cisterne
Robert Et Robert (1979)
- Manager
L'imprécateur (The Accuser) (1977)
- Rantec
Barocco (1976)
- Walt
Holy Year (1976)
- Pierre Bizet
Le juge et l'assassin (The Judge and the Assassin) (1975)
- Villedieu Attorney
Catherine et Cie (Catherine & Co.) (1975)
- Actor
Le Fantôme de la Liberté (The Phantom of Liberty) (The Specter of Freedom) (1974)
- Mr. Foucauld
- 88%
Claire's Knee (Le genou de Claire) (1970)
- Jerome
- 95%
La Mariée était en Noir (The Bride Wore Black) (1968)
- Corey
- 79%
Manon 70 (1968)
- Jean-Paul
Un homme de trop,(Shock Troops) (1967)
- Jean
Anna (1967)
- Actor
Oldest Profession (1967)
- Philibert
Le Roi de coeur (King Of Hearts) (1966)
- The Duke--Le Duc de Trefle
- 91%
I Knew Her Well (Io la conoscevo bene) (1966)
- Dario
Tonio Kröger (Tonio Kroeger ) (1965)
- Tonio Kroger
La Ronde (Circle of Love) (1964)
- The Young Gentleman
A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) (1964)
- Emile Recamier
- 86%
Carambolages (Carom Shots) (1963)
- Paul Martin
L' Éducation Sentimentale (Sentimental Education) (Lessons in Love) (1962)
- Frederic
La notte brava (The Big Night) (1962)
- Scintillone
Cleo From 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1962)
- Actor
- 95%
Le Diable et les dix commandements (The Devil and the Ten Commandments) (1962)
- Didier Marin [Episode 7]
Burning Court (1962)
- Marc
Vanina Vanini (1961)
- Actor
Paris Nous Appartient (Paris is Ours) (1960)
- Jean Marc
- 89%
Les Cousins (1959)
- Paul
- 92%
The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups) (1959)
- Man in street
- 100%
Charlotte et Véronique, ou Tous les Garçons s'Appellent Patrick (All the Boys Are Called Patrick) (1959)
- Actor
Le Beau Serge (1959)
- Francois
- 100%
Une Histoire D'Eau (1958)
- The Man
Le Triporteur (The Tricyclist) (1958)
- Jean-Claude
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) (Lift to the Scaffold) (Frantic) (1957)
- Chess player at motel
- 93%
Girl in His Pocket (1957)
- Actor
Fool's Mate (Le Coup du Berger) (1956)
- Actor
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