ACTOR
Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Known for
- À bout de souffle (1960), Une femme est une femme (1961), Le professionnel (1981), La ciociara (1960)
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Jean-Paul Belmondo is an actor best known for À bout de souffle, Une femme est une femme and Le professionnel.
All facts (29)
- #001
Jean-Paul Belmondo was awarded a César (the French Oscar) for Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988), but he refused to accept it because the sculptor César Baldaccini, who designed the award that bears his name, had once expressed negative views about the work of Belmondo's father, the sculptor Paul Belmondo.
- #002
Jean-Paul Belmondo is Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat's favorite action star.
- #003
Belmondo always performed his own stunts, but he stopped doing so after an accident that occurred during the filming of Hold-Up (1985).
- #004
Jean-Paul Belmondo was the son of Sarah Madeleine Rainaud-Richard and the prominent sculptor Paul Belmondo. His father was born in Algiers, Algeria, to an Italian family with roots in Piedmont and Sicily. His mother was French, from a Parisian family.
- #005
Jean-Paul Belmondo was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 sexiest stars in cinema history (#52).
- #006
Jean-Paul Belmondo lived with Ursula Andress from 1965 to 1972.
- #007
Ursula Andress calls Jean-Paul Belmondo the love of her life.
- #008
Jean-Paul Belmondo has been a Commander of the French Legion of Honour since 2007.
- #009
In his youth, Jean-Paul Belmondo enjoyed boxing and playing football; during his school years he played as a goalkeeper.
- #010
When Jean-Paul Belmondo finally divorced his first wife, Elodie (after three years of separation), he was expected to marry his long-time girlfriend Ursula Andress. She was somewhat shocked when he then decided not to.
- #011
Various action icons in comic books such as "Cobra" or "Blueberry" are based on Jean-Paul Belmondo.
- #012
Before recording the soundtrack for Charlotte et son Jules (1958), Jean-Paul Belmondo had to do his military service, so his character's voice was that of director Jean-Luc Godard.
- #013
Jean-Paul Belmondo was formerly a boxer. He took part in 30 professional fights, which left him with a broken nose, a scarred face and a sloping-shouldered walk.
- #014
Jean-Paul Belmondo's second wife, Natty Belmondo, gave birth to a daughter named Stella on 13 August 2003.
- #015
While in Corsica, Jean-Paul Belmondo suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his face. He was transferred to a Paris hospital and was discharged from intensive care 6 days later.
- #016
Jean-Paul Belmondo lived with Laura Antonelli from 1972 to 1980.
- #017
Jean-Paul Belmondo was considered for Steve McQueen's role in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).
- #018
Jean-Paul Belmondo is a co-owner of Stressa, an Italian restaurant located on rue Chambiges, behind the Plaza Athénée hotel in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. His partners are two brothers who run the restaurant's day-to-day operations.
- #019
Jean-Paul Belmondo's first wife was a former Paris Opera ballet dancer.
- #020
Jean-Paul Belmondo made his stage debut in 1950.
- #021
Jean-Paul Belmondo lived with Barbara Gandolfi from 2008 to 2012.
- #022
Jean-Paul Belmondo is mentioned in Donovan's song "Sunny South Kensington."
- #023
Jean-Paul Belmondo founded a touring company with Annie Girardot and Guy Bedos.
- #024
Jean-Paul Belmondo's son Paul was once engaged to Princess Stéphanie of Monaco.
- #025
Before marrying on 29 December 2002, Jean-Paul Belmondo lived with Nathalie Tardivel (better known as "Natty") from 1989 to 2002.
- #026
Jean-Paul Belmondo supported the French football team Paris Saint-Germain.
- #027
Jean-Paul Belmondo has a puppet likeness of himself on the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).
- #028
Jean-Paul Belmondo is the brother of Alain Belmondo and Muriel Belmondo.
- #029
Jean-Paul Belmondo is the father-in-law of Luana Belmondo.
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