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.
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Known For
Eyes Without a Face
(1960)
Doctor Génessier
Children of Paradise
(1945)
Frédérick Lemaître
King of Hearts
(1966)
Le Général Géranium
Port of Shadows
(1938)
Lucien
Le Plaisir
(1952)
Julien Ledentu
Full Filmography
Acting
Feu!
(1927)
My Friend Victor
(1931)
Circulate!
(1931)
Quick
(1932)
Maxime
A Father Without Knowing It
(1932)
Jean
Une faim de loup
(1932)
The Winner
(1932)
Hunter
Honeymoon Trip
(1933)
Rudi
Le sexe faible
(1933)
Jimmy
Tell Me Tonight
(1933)
Koretzky
L'Oncle de Pékin
(1934)
Caravane
(1934)
Lt. de Tokay
The Amorous Garrison
(1934)
(Pierre, un "deuxième classe")
Incognito
(1934)
A Rare Bird
(1935)
Jean Berthier
Le Miroir aux alouettes
(1935)
Jean Forestier
Little One
(1935)
Georges Darnetal
Le Bébé de l'escadron
(1935)
Max
Jonny, haute-couture
(1935)
Jonny
Quadrille d'amour
(1935)
Prête-moi ta femme
(1936)
Valse éternelle
(1936)
Jeunesse d'abord
(1936)
Le Mari rêvé
(1936)
Passé à vendre
(1936)
Bob
Claudine at School
(1937)
monsieur Dubois
La Reine des resquilleuses
(1937)
Une femme qui se partage
(1937)
The Virgin Bride
(1937)
Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline
Confessions of a Newlywed
(1937)
Edmond Trivelin
Heartbeat
(1938)
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
(1938)
Alexandre Dumas figlio
Café de Paris
(1938)
Le Rec
Port of Shadows
(1938)
Lucien
Gosse de riche
(1938)
Pierre Mougins
Grisou
(1938)
Hagnauer
Hercule
(1938)
Bastien
Last Desire
(1939)
Frossard
Second Childhood
(1939)
Frossard
Corsican Brothers
(1939)
Tonio
Le père Lebonnard
(1939)
Alfredo Lebonnard
Visages de femmes
(1939)
Sixième étage
(1940)
Jonval, the young cynic
Tobie Is an Angel
(1940)
The Path of Honor
(1940)
Philippe
Three Argentines in Montmartre
(1941)
La Croisée des chemins
(1942)
Promise to the Unknown One
(1942)
Two Shy Ones
(1943)
Vancouver
Adieu Léonard
(1943)
Prosper Bonenfant
Summer Light
(1943)
Roland
Le soleil a toujours raison
(1943)
Gabriel
Children of Paradise
(1945)
Frédérick Lemaître
Behind These Walls
(1946)
Jean-César Morin
Pétrus
(1946)
Rodrigue
Gates of the Night
(1946)
Georges
Land Without Stars
(1946)
Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
La Femme fatale
(1946)
Jean Pleyard
Noah's Ark
(1947)
Bitru
Love Around the House
(1947)
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
(1948)
François Picault
Cruise for the Unknown One
(1948)
Emile Fréchisse
La Nuit blanche
(1948)
Pierre Taverny
Rocambole
(1948)
Rocambole
The Revenge of Baccarat
(1948)
Rocambole
Portrait of a Murderer
(1949)
Fabius / Jean
The Lovers of Verona
(1949)
Raffaele
Millionaires for One Day
(1949)
Francis
Lost Souvenirs
(1950)
Philippe
Julie de Carneilhan
(1950)
Hubert Espivant
Jamaican Man
(1950)
Jacques Mervel
Dirty Hands
(1951)
Hoederer
Bluebeard
(1951)
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Skipper Next to God
(1951)
Captain Joris KnAipper
Torticola contre Frankensberg
(1952)
Crimson Curtain
(1952)
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Le Plaisir
(1952)
Julien Ledentu
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
(1953)
L'Oiseau (voice)
The Drunkard
(1953)
Maître Pierre Renneville
Rasputin
(1954)
Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
Clothing the Naked
(1954)
Console Grotti
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
(1954)
Self
Tower of Lust
(1955)
Jehan Buridan
Oasis
(1955)
Antoine Vallin
Napoleon
(1955)
Barras
The Gates of Paris
(1957)
Juju
Sans famille
(1958)
Jeroboam Driscoll
Life Together
(1958)
Pierre Carreau
The Possessors
(1958)
Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Head Against the Wall
(1959)
Dr. Varmont
The Law
(1959)
Don Cesare
The Bureaucrats
(1959)
Monsieur Nègre
Carthage in Flames
(1960)
Sidone
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
(1960)
Pangloss
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
(1960)
Le commissaire du peuple
Handsome Antonio
(1960)
Alfio Magnano
Eyes Without a Face
(1960)
Doctor Génessier
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
(1961)
Le connétable de Montmorency
The Nina B. Affair
(1961)
Berrera
Famous Love Affairs
(1961)
le grand duc Ernest
Spotlight on a Murderer
(1961)
Comte de Keraudren
Crime Does Not Pay
(1962)
Martin Fenayrou
Rencontres
(1962)
Carl Krasner
Hitch-Hike
(1962)
Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Emile's Boat
(1962)
François Larmentiel
The Abominable Man of Customs
(1963)
Russian killer
Agent of Doom
(1963)
Charlèz
Josefa's Loot
(1963)
Mayor
Don't Tempt the Devil
(1963)
Me Charles Cassidi, avocat de Mme Dupré
A Very Handy Man
(1964)
Simone Palumbo
The Circular Triangle
(1964)
Georges Richter
Lucky Jo
(1964)
Loudéac
Cloportes
(1965)
Tonton
L'or du duc
(1965)
Le Maharadjah (l'oncle)
Black Humor
(1965)
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
(1965)
Un monde nouveau
(1966)
Le Grec
Pas de panique
(1966)
Fernand Toussaint
Fortuna
(1966)
Nissim Buzaglo
Two Hours to Kill
(1966)
Laurent
A Matter of Resistance
(1966)
Dimanche
King of Hearts
(1966)
Le Général Géranium
The Birth of Children of Paradise
(1967)
Self
The Madman of Lab Four
(1967)
le Père Ballanchon
Birds in Peru
(1968)
Husband
A Little Virtuous
(1968)
Jules Polnick
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
(1968)
Faria
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
(1969)
Self
Goto, Island of Love
(1969)
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
Un ange passe
(1970)
Florisse
Macédoine
(1971)
The Married Couple of the Year Two
(1971)
Gosselin
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
(1972)
La Brunetière
Writing
Grisou
(1938)
Theatre Play and Dialogue
Un ange passe
(1970)
Writer
Le Dernier Mélodrame
(1979)
Writer
Sound