Jean Belmondo

Name: Jean Belmondo
Birth Name: Jean-Paul Belmondo
Sex: M
Nationality: French
Birth Date: April 9, 1933
Birth Place: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Profession: actor, producer
Husband/Wife: Elodie Constantin (divorced)
Relationship: Ursula Andress (actress), Laura Antonelli (actress)
   
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JEAN BELMONDO NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Well-regarded in the French film world as well as by movie audiences throughout his career, Belmondo was elected president of the French actors' union in 1963.
  • Always performed all the stunts himself but ceased to do that after the accident during the filming of HOLD-UP (1985).
  • While in Corsica, Jean-Paul suffered a stroke that left the right side of his face paralyzed. (8 August 2001)
  • Belmondo was nominated for BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actor in 1967 for PIERROT LE FOU and for PRETRE LEON MORIN in 1963 for the same award and category.
  • Sometimes Credited As: J.P. Belmondo, Jean Paul Belmondo
  • Nickname: Bebel
  • Has an inimitable smile.
  • Usually combines action with comic episodes.
  • Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#52). (1995)
  • Has his look-alike puppet in the French show LES GUIGNOLS DE L'INFO. (1988)
  • He was awarded the César. (French Oscar) for ITINÉRAIRE D'UN ENFANT GÂTÉ but refused to take the trophy because César, the sculptor who designed the award and gave it his name, had once expressed bad opinions about the work of his father, fellow sculptor Paul Belmondo.
  • Co-owner of Stressa, an italian restaurant on rue Chambiges located behind the Plaza Athena Hotel in Paris' 8th arrondisement. His partners are two brothers who manage the day to day operations of the restaurant.

Quotes
  • "I don't want to be a flying grandpa of the French cinema" (about his further participation in action films).
  • About his further participation in action films: "I don't want to be a flying grandpa of the French cinema."

Awards
  • Art Film Festival: Actor's Mission Award (2001)
  • César Award: Best Actor, ITINERAIRE D'UN ENFANT GATE (1989)
FAN SITES  
  • Classic Movies: Jean Belmondo
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    A French site with a brief biography and filmography.