Alain Delon
- Acting
- November 8, 1935 · Sceaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- August 18, 2024
Biography
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the late 1950s to the 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. He is regarded as one of the most well-known figures of the French cultural landscape. His style, looks, and roles, which made him an international icon, earned him enduring popularity. Delon achieved critical acclaim for his roles in films such as Women Are Weak (1959), Purple Noon (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Any Number Can Win (1963), The Black Tulip (1964), The Last Adventure (1967), Le Samouraï (1967), The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968), La Piscine (1969), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Un flic (1972), and Monsieur Klein (1976). Over the course of his career, Delon worked with many directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni, Louis Malle, and Agnès Varda. Delon received many film and entertainment awards throughout his career. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Notre histoire (1984). In 1991, he became a member of France's Legion of Honour. At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Honorary Golden Bear. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, he received the Honorary Palme d'Or. In addition to his acting career, Delon also recorded the spoken part in the popular 1973 song "Paroles, paroles", a duet with Dalida as the main singing voice. He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Delon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Le clan Delon, l'impossible héritage · Self
- Alain Delon, un certain regard · Self
- Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs · Self
- L'Âge d'or de la pub · Self
- Belmondo: The Incorrigible
- Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion · Self
- Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences · Self
- Romy, A Free Woman · archive footage
- Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
- Exterior Day
- Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
- Archives secrètes · Self
- Undressing a Legacy · Self
- Morceaux de Cannes
- Alain Delon face au monde · Self
- Samedi Sébastien · Self
- Gainsbourg, toute une vie
- Melville, le dernier samouraï · Self
- Fifty Years Later · Self
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret · Self
- Disclaimer · Alain Delon
- Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau · Self
- Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... · Self
- Alain Delon, la solitude d'un fauve · Self
- Furia, las peleas de Carlos Monzón · Self
- Jacques Deray, j'ai connu une belle époque · Self
- Mireille Darc, la femme libre · Self
- Belmondo, le magnifique · Self
- Top, die Wette gilt..! · Self
- Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion · Self
- Belmondo by Belmondo · Self
- Alain Delon, a unique portrait · Self
- Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
- An Ordinary Day · Julien
- Nos plus belles années 80 : La Compil ! · Self
- René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague · Self
- Mommies, Happy New Year! · Alain Delon
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde · (archive footage)
- An Intimate History of Occupation · Narrator (Voice)
- Belmondo, itinéraire... · Self
- Melville-Delon: Honor and Night · Self
- One Husband Too Many · Maxime de Rougemont
- L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo · Self
- Autopsie d'un Massacre · Self
- Code Name: Melville · Self
- Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie · Self
- Mon Clown · Self
- Asterix at the Olympic Games · Jules César
- Kulturplatz · Self
- Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel · Self
- The Lion · John Bullit
- Frank Riva · Frank Riva
- Enfin pris ? · Self
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- Fabio Montale · Fabio Montale
- Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery · Self
- The Many Faces of Zorro · Self
- Actors · Alain Delon
- Godard on TV: 1960-2000 · Self
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- Vivement dimanche prochain · Self
- Half a Chance · Julien Vignal
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender · Self
- Day and Night · Alexandre
- Die Harald Schmidt Show · Self
- Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
- One Hundred and One Nights · Self
- The Teddy Bear · Jean Riviere
- Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria · Self
- A Crime · Maître Charles Dunand, Writer
- Noche de ronda · Self
- The Return of Casanova · Casanova, Producer
- Enopios Enopio · Guest
- Dancing Machine · Alan Wolf, Adaptation
- Stars 90 · Self
- Nouvelle Vague · Roger Lennox / Richard Lennox
- Let Sleeping Cops Lie · Commissaire Eugène Grindel, Adaptation
- Cinéma · Julien Manda
- Téléthon · Self