Jean-Claude Brialy

Acting · Born 1933-03-30 in Aumale, Alger, France [now Sour el Ghozlane, Algeria]

Biography

Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor. In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film Le coup du berger (Fool's Mate) by Jacques Rivette. By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French nouvelle vague and a star. He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les…

Filmography

• Claire's Knee as Jérôme
• The Bride Wore Black as Corey
• The Phantom of Liberty as Mr. Foucault
• A Woman Is a Woman as Émile Récamier
• The 400 Blows as Man in Street
• Elevator to the Gallows as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
• Queen Margot as Coligny
• The Monster as Roccarotta
• Cléo from 5 to 7 as The Nurse (uncredited)
• The Cousins as Paul

TV

• Numéro un as Self
• La Grande Béké as Dupont Menard
• Fort Boyard as Self
• The Blue Bicycle as Raphaël Mahl
• À bout portant as Self
• The Accursed Kings as Hugues de Bouville
• The Count of Monte Cristo as Morrel's Father
• Mozart as Le comte d'Affiglio
• Le Grand Échiquier as Self
• Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd "813" as Arsène Lupin / ...