Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur.
He was a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 60s and also a winning Paris-Dakar rally competitor, as co-pilot of Jacky Ickx.
From the late 1950s until two years before his death, Brasseur appeared in overall 150 film and television productions. One of his film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (1964). Brasseur played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq. A big commerical success were the comedies La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character.
He died on 22 December 2020, at the age of 84.
Movies
The Party
François Beretton
The Party 2
François Beretton
Avenue Montaigne
Jacques Grumberg
Pardon Mon Affaire
Daniel
A Simple Story
Serge
The Lady Banker
Judge Largué
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Maître Murene
J'invente rien
Mahut
Eyes Without a Face
Inspector
Band of Outsiders
Arthur
A Business of Men
Le commissaire Servolle
Camping
Jacky Pic
Hot Acts of Love
Jacques Pellegrin
We Will All Meet in Paradise
Daniel
Malabar Princess
Robert
The Elusive Corporal
Papa
The Annuity
Noël Galipeau à 39 ans
Sweet and Sour
Plumber
Camping 2
Jacky Pic
One, Two, Three, Freeze
L'enfoiré / The dumb
The Slammer
Le maton chef
Barocco
Jules
Please, Not Now!
Claude
The Supper
Fouché
Chouchou
Père Léon
Brothers in Arms
Le colonel Revers
Souvenirs souvenirs
Firmani
Actors
Self
The Red Shade
Anton Kovetz
Act of Aggression
André Ducatel
Hard Off
Paul-Édouard
Final Balance
Vautier
Detective
Emile Chenal
Descent Into Hell
Alan Kolber
The Seven Deadly Sins
Riri (segment "L'envie")
Banana Peel
Charlie Meyer
Rue de Paris
Loulou
Germinal
Martin Chaval
Dirty Like an Angel
Georges Deblache
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
Léo Dartigues
The Upper Hand
Giulio
The Milk of Human Kindness
Dr Gérard Cafarelli
Le bal des Casse-pieds
Le séducteur
The Gypsy
Hubert Durieux
We Will Go to Deauville
Maurice Dubois
Dancing Machine
L'Inspecteur Michel Eparvier
Other People's Money
Claude Chevalier d'Aven
Family Hero
Gabriel Stern
Icy Breasts
François Rollin
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Manuel Cauchois
Signes extérieurs de richesse
Dr Jean-Jacques "Gigi" Lestrade, vétérinaire
One Must Live Dangerously
Richard Diquet
My Lucky Star
Robert
The Other Shore
Georges Montero
Radio corbeau
Paul Maurier, le correspondant du journal local
Lobster for Breakfast
Mario Spinosi
L'Orchestre rouge
Léopold Trépper
Vieilles canailles
Raoul
On the Edge of the Horizon
Spino
The Big Operator
Ari
The Country I Come From
Roland
Trapped by Fear
Laurent Porte
Fait d'hiver
Docteur Vogein
The Leopard
Lartigue
The Police War
Commissioner Jacques Fush
A Touch of Treason
Vigo
Legitimate Violence
Martin Modot
Au bas de l'échelle
Paul Morvenac
Un clair de lune à Maubeuge
Walter
Cover Up
Commissaire Martin Griffon
Rallye Paris-Dakar
The Do-Gooders
Max (voice)
Marriages
Alessio (Giulia's Father)
Among Wolves
Roger Lacier
Edda
The Mad Dog
Marc
Green Harvest
Robert Borelli
Another World
Le Gouverneur
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
Dom Juan
Sganarelle
The Heroes
Raphael Tilbaudet
L'Argent
Saccard
Bye, See You Monday
Arnold Samson
Eaux troubles
Attila
Délit mineur
Guerin
Monsieur Papa
Franck Lanier / Monsieur Papa
The Hornet's Nest
Renaud
The Student and Mister Henri
Henri Voizot
Shock Troops
Groubec
Camping 3
Jacky Pic
Lovely Swine
Pierre, the illusionist
House of Sin
Dominique
The Savage State
Gravenoire
Stolen Holidays
A Loser
Granier
Palace
Robert Morland
His Majesty Minor
Firos
Spécial Bardot
Self
Les Prédateurs - Le Procès de l'affaire Elf (Partie 2)
Quando la coppia scoppia
Piergiorgio Funari
Meeting in Paris
Le jeune homme
On refait le boulevard
Rolling to You
Jocelyn and Lucien's father
Les Prédateurs - Les Rois du pétrole (Partie 1)
André Tarallo
La bonne peinture
Lafleur
Une robe noire pour un tueur
Simon Risler
Belmondo by Belmondo
Self
Pete the Tender
Tony
Toreros
Francisco
Catherine
Caboche
Le Renard jaune
Le commandant
The Great Restaurant II
The amnesic husband
My Russian Uncle
Gaston Boissac
The Royal Chase
Henri Guifred
Portrait of Marianne
Octave
Les Eaux mêlées
Simon adulte
Jacques Daniel
Camping : histoire d'un succès
Self - Actor
Mon père avait raison
Too Small My Friend
Inspector Hess
Josepha
Michel Laurent
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self
La double inconstance
Arlequin
L'Envie
Riri
Prêcheur en eau trouble
The Tenors
Soraya
Mossadeq
Lucky Jo
Loudéac Fils dit Junior
Chicken Soup
Girel
Twice Upon a Time
Maurice
Druids
Narrator (voice)
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
Arlequin, le faux Dorante
Dandin
Georges Dandin
Godard by Godard
Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Love Descends from the Sky
The Real Bargain
Shows
Ah, c'était ça la vie!
M. de Reuilly-Nonancourt
Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq
François Vidocq
Champs-Elysées
Self
Franck Keller
Franck Keller
Coucou c'est nous !
Self
Vivement dimanche
Self
30 millions d'amis
Self
Samedi soir
Self
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Gustave Legrec
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self - Main Guest
Midi trente
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Numéro un
Self
Fan School
Self (segment '[L'école des poètes")
Le Mystère de la chambre jaune
Rouletabille
Spécial cinéma
Self