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Jean-Paul Belmondo

1933 - 2021

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Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃pɔl ʃaʁl(ə) bɛlmɔ̃do]; 9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officers and criminals in action thriller films. His best known credits include Breathless (1960), That Man from Rio (1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Borsalino (1970), and The Professional (1981). An undisputed box-office champion like Louis de Funès and Alain Delon of the same period, Belmondo attracted nearly 160 million spectators in his 50-year career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Paul Belmondo is the 21st most popular actor (up from 23rd in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from France (down from 68th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Actor.

Jean-Paul Belmondo is most famous for his role in the French New Wave film Breathless.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean-Paul Belmondo ranks 21 out of 13,578. Before him are Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Richard Harris, Danny DeVito, James Stewart, and Richard Burton. After him are Patrick Swayze, Louis de Funès, Jackie Chan, Mary Pickford, Amitabh Bachchan, and Sarah Bernhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jean-Paul Belmondo ranks 2. Before him is Akihito. After him are Karl Lagerfeld, Garrincha, Roman Polanski, Dalida, Montserrat Caballé, Yoko Ono, Michael Caine, Lina Medina, Claudio Abbado, and Francisco Gento. Among people deceased in 2021, Jean-Paul Belmondo ranks 3. Before him are Gerd Müller, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. After him are Michael Collins, Bernie Madoff, Ed Asner, Chun Doo-hwan, Albert Bandura, Christopher Plummer, George Shultz, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Roh Tae-woo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Paul Belmondo ranks 93 out of 6,770. Before him are Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Pope Clement V (1264), Jacques-Louis David (1748), Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744), Louis de Broglie (1892), and Louis Braille (1809). After him are Louis de Funès (1914), Gustave Courbet (1819), Guy de Maupassant (1850), William the Conqueror (1028), Alexandre Dumas fils (1824), and Louis Philippe I (1773).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Jean-Paul Belmondo ranks 3. Before him are Alain Delon (1935), and Brigitte Bardot (1934). After him are Louis de Funès (1914), Sarah Bernhardt (1844), Gérard Depardieu (1948), Catherine Deneuve (1943), Jean Marais (1913), Jean Gabin (1904), Jean Renoir (1894), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), and Fernandel (1903).

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