Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 8, 1935
Place of Birth:
Sceaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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Alain Delon
Biography
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (November 8, 1935 – August 18, 2024) was a French-Swiss actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot.
Over the course of his career, Delon has worked with many well-known directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle.
Delon acquired Swiss citizenship on September 23, 1999, and the company managing products sold under his name is based in Geneva. He was a citizen of the community of Chêne-Bougeries in the canton of Geneva.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs | Self (archive footage) |
| 2024 | Alain Delon, un certain regard | |
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences | Self |
| 2022 | Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Exterior Day | |
| 2021 | Alain Delon face au monde | Self |
| 2021 | Undressing a Legacy | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Melville, le dernier samouraï | Self |
| 2020 | Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Fifty Years Later | Self |
| 2019 | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Alain Delon, la solitude d'un fauve | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Disclaimer | Alain Delon |
| 2018 | Jacques Deray, j'ai connu une belle époque | Self |
| 2018 | Mireille Darc, la femme libre | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Belmondo, le magnifique | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Top, die Wette gilt..! | Self |
| 2016 | Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Belmondo by Belmondo | Self |
| 2015 | Alain Delon, a unique portrait | Self |
| 2014 | Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui | |
| 2013 | Nos plus belles années 80 : La Compil ! | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague | Self |
| 2013 | An Ordinary Day | Julien |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Mommies, Happy New Year! | Alain Delon |
| 2011 | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self |
| 2011 | An Intimate History of Occupation | Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Melville-Delon: Honor and Night | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Code Name: Melville | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | One Husband Too Many | Maxime de Rougemont |
| 2010 | Autopsie d'un Massacre | |
| 2010 | L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Self |
| 2008 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | Jules César |
| 2008 | Mon Clown | Self (voice) |
| 2008 | Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie | Self |
| 2007 | Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Lion | John Bullit |
| 2002 | Enfin pris ? | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Actors | Alain Delon |
| 1999 | Godard on TV: 1960-2000 | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Half a Chance | Julien Vignal |
| 1997 | Day and Night | Alexandre |
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights | Self |
| 1995 | Le Lâcher d'Animaux | Speaker (voice) |
| 1995 | Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique | |
| 1994 | The Teddy Bear | Jean Riviere |
| 1994 | Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria | Self |
| 1993 | A Crime | Maître Charles Dunand |
| 1993 | Private Video Magazine 3 | Self |
| 1992 | The Return of Casanova | Casanova |
| 1990 | Dancing Machine | Alan Wolf |
| 1990 | Nouvelle Vague | Lui / Roger Lennox / Richard Lennox |
| 1988 | Let Sleeping Cops Lie | Commissaire Eugène Grindel |
| 1986 | The Passage | Jean Diaz |
| 1985 | Cop's Honor | Daniel Pratt |
| 1984 | Our Story | Robert Avranche |
| 1984 | Swann in Love | Baron de Charlus |
| 1983 | The Fighter | Jacques Darnay |
| 1982 | Le Choc | Martin Terrier / Christian |
| 1981 | For a Cop's Hide | Choucas |
| 1981 | Reporters | Self |
| 1981 | Teheran '43 | Georges Foch - police inspector |
| 1980 | Three Men to Destroy | Michel Gerfaut |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Paul Metrand |
| 1979 | The Medic | Jean-Marie Desprès |
| 1978 | Attention, the Kids Are Watching | The Man |
| 1978 | Le Bel Indifférent | Émile |
| 1977 | Armageddon | Dr. Michel Ambrose |
| 1977 | Death of a Corrupt Man | Xavier Maréchal |
| 1977 | The Gang | Robert |
| 1977 | The Hurried Man | Pierre Niox |
| 1977 | Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante | Self (archive footage) |
| 1976 | Mr. Klein | Mr. Robert Klein |
| 1976 | Boomerang | Jacques Batkin |
| 1976 | Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre | Self |
| 1975 | Flic Story | Roger Borniche |
| 1975 | Zorro | Don Diego / El Zorro |
| 1975 | The Gypsy | The Gypsy |
| 1975 | Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca | (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Borsalino and Co. | Roch Siffredi |
| 1974 | Creezy | Julien Dandieu |
| 1974 | Icy Breasts | Marc Rilson |
| 1973 | Two Men in Town | Gino Strabliggi |
| 1973 | Shock Treatment | Devilers |
| 1973 | The Burned Barns | Judge Pierre Larcher |
| 1973 | Scorpio | Jean 'Scorpio' Laurier |
| 1973 | Tony Arzenta | Tony Arzenta |
| 1972 | The Assassination of Trotsky | Frank Jackson |
| 1972 | A Cop | Commissioner Édouard Coleman |
| 1972 | Indian Summer | Daniele Dominici |
| 1972 | There Once Was a Cop | Man looking for Rodriguez (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Red Sun | Gauche |
| 1971 | Fantasia among the squares | un passant |
| 1971 | The Widow Couderc | Jean Lavigne |
| 1971 | Easy Down There! | Simon Médieu |
| 1970 | Le Cercle Rouge | Corey |
| 1970 | Borsalino | Roch Siffredi |
| 1970 | The Love Mates | Julien Dandieu |
| 1969 | The Sicilian Clan | Roger Startet |
| 1969 | The Swimming Pool | Jean-Paul |
| 1969 | Jeff | Laurent |
| 1968 | Farewell, Friend | Dino Barran |
| 1968 | Spirits of the Dead | William Wilson and his double (segment "William Wilson") |
| 1968 | The Girl on a Motorcycle | Daniel |
| 1968 | Ho! | Man at airport |
| 1967 | Le Samouraï | Jef Costello |
| 1967 | The Last Adventure | Manu |
| 1967 | Cinéma et Réalité | Self |
| 1967 | Diabolically Yours | Pierre Lagrange / Georges Campo |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Jacques Chaban-Delmas |
| 1966 | Lost Command | Captain Phillipe Esclavier |
| 1966 | Texas Across the River | Don Andrea |
| 1965 | Once a Thief | Eddie Pedak |
| 1965 | Love at Sea | Film Actor |
| 1965 | The Car That Became a Star | Self |
| 1964 | The Black Tulip | Julien/Guillaume de Saint Preux |
| 1964 | Joy House | Marc |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Stefano |
| 1964 | The Unvanquished | Thomas Vlassenroot |
| 1964 | Filmmaking on the Riviera | Self |
| 1964 | Diary of a Fight | Narrator |
| 1963 | The Leopard | Tancredi Falconeri |
| 1963 | Any Number Can Win | Francis Verlot |
| 1963 | Carom Shots | Lambert, new employee (uncredited) |
| 1962 | L'Eclisse | Piero |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Pierre Messager |
| 1962 | Redhead | Passenger in Venice (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Le Chien | Lui |
| 1961 | The Joy of Living | Ulisse Cecconato |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairs | le duc Albert de Bavière |
| 1960 | Purple Noon | Tom Ripley |
| 1960 | Rocco and His Brothers | Rocco Parondi |
| 1959 | Way of Youth | Antoine Michaud |
| 1959 | Women Are Weak | Julien Fenal |
| 1958 | Christine | Franz Lobheiner |
| 1958 | Be Beautiful and Shut Up | Loulou, le petit ami d'Olga |
| 1957 | When a Woman Meddles | Jo |
| 1949 | Le Rapt |