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