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