Les Français du cinéma américain

101. Daniel Gélin

Sensitive, boyishly handsome, dark-haired Gallic lead and character actor Daniel Gelin did not have an easy personal life but was warmly embraced as a talented star who appeared to fine advantage for such legendary directors as Max Ophüls, Louis Malle, Jean Cocteau, Alfred Hitchcock, and Claude ...

102. Michel Piccoli

Actor | Le mépris

This suave, elegant character star was a ubiquitous presence in French cinema for nearly seven decades. His distinguished career extended to both stage and screen and his versatility was such that he could take on just about any persona (in his own words: "I do not put on an act... I slip away ...

103. Pierre Dux

Actor | Z

Pierre Dux was born on October 21, 1908 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for Z (1969), The Queen's Necklace (1946) and The Mask of the Gorilla (1958). He was married to Francine Bessy. He died on December 1, 1990 in Paris 6, Paris, France.

104. Jean-Louis Trintignant

Actor | Amour

Born 1930 in Piolenc in south France as son of a wealthy industrialist. Studied law in Aix-en-Provence. Started theatrical acting in 1950, but was regarded untalented at first, until Roger Vadim discovered him for the movies. When the press stalked him 1956 because of rumors of an affair with ...

105. Patrick Dewaere

Actor | Un mauvais fils

Popular but troubled renegade French actor Patrick Dewaere was christened Jean-Marie Patrick Bourdeaux on January 26, 1947, at Saint-Brieuc in Britanny in the north-west region of France. The third of six children born to actress Mado Maurin (1915-2011), his mother made acting a family affair. All ...

106. Sacha Pitoëff

Actor | Inferno

Sacha Pitoëff was born on March 11, 1920 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was an actor and director, known for Inferno (1980), Le capitaine Fracasse (1961) and Anastasia (1956). He was married to Luce Garcia-Ville. He died on July 21, 1990 in Paris, France.

107. Gad Elmaleh

Actor | Hors de prix

Gad was born in Morocco in April 1971. His father was a mime. He was a student at Georges Bizet school and Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca but didn't like school much. In 1988, Gad left Casablanca to go to Montreal. He stayed there for 4 years, during which he was a political science student for one ...

108. Georges Wilson

Actor | The Three Musketeers

Georges Wilson was born on October 16, 1921 in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France. He was an actor and director, known for The Three Musketeers (1973), Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008) and La vouivre (1989). He was married to Nicole. He died on February 3, 2010 in Rambouillet, ...

109. Guillaume Canet

Actor | Jeux d'enfants

Son of horse breeders, the young man spent his childhood in the countryside near Paris. In his youth, Guillaume wanted to be a horse-rider, and briefly followed a professional career in the sport. A bad fall broke his dreams, but is at the origin of his acting career, and success. After briefly ...

110. Olivier Dahan

Director | La Môme

Olivier Dahan was born on June 26, 1967 in La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He is a director and writer, known for La Vie En Rose (2007), La vie promise (2002) and Sold.

111. Béatrice Dalle

Actress | À l'intérieur

Rebellious. Passionate. Gifted. Beautiful. Béatrice Dalle could be a mix of some artist from many centuries ago and a rock star. Discovered in Betty Blue (1986), Dalle has become a sex symbol and a respected performer. Known for her problems with justice, her relationships with rapper JoeyStarr and...

112. Rachid Bouchareb

Director | Indigènes

Rachid Bouchareb was born on September 1, 1959 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Days of Glory (2006), Little Senegal (2000) and Cheb (1991).

113. Bertrand Tavernier

Director | Un dimanche à la campagne

Bertrand Tavernier was the son of Geneviève (Dumond) and René Tavernier, who was a publicist, writer, and president of the French PEN club. He was a law student that preferred write film criticisms. He also wrote a few books about American movies. Then his first film won a few awards in France and ...

114. Colo Tavernier

Writer | Une affaire de femmes

Colo Tavernier was born on July 30, 1942 in Guilford, Surrey, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Story of Women (1988), A Sunday in the Country (1984) and Beatrice (1987). She was married to Bertrand Tavernier. She died on June 12, 2020 in Paris, France.

115. Johnny Hallyday

Actor | L'homme du train

Johnny Hallyday was born on June 15, 1943 in Paris, France. He was a music artist and actor, known for Man on the Train (2002), The Pink Panther 2 (2009) and The Walk (2015). He was married to Laeticia Hallyday, Adeline Blondieau, Elisabeth Etienne and Sylvie Vartan. He died on December 5, 2017 in ...

116. Renaud

Soundtrack | Crime Spree

Renaud was born on May 11, 1952 in Paris, France. He is a music artist and actor, known for Crime Spree (2003), Germinal (1993) and Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981). He was previously married to Romane Serda and Dominique.

117. Richard Bohringer

Actor | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Richard Bohringer was born on January 16, 1942 in Moulins, Allier, France. He is an actor and writer, known for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), C'est beau une ville la nuit (2006) and L'addition (1984).

118. Stéphane Freiss

Actor | Munich

Stéphane Freiss was born on November 27, 1960 in Paris, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Munich (2005), Welcome to the Sticks (2008) and Hereafter (2010). He is married to Ursula. They have three children.

119. Sami Frey

Actor | Bande à part

Sami Frey was born on October 13, 1937 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Band of Outsiders (1964), En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud (1993) and Black Widow (1987).

120. Geneviève Page

Actress | Belle de jour

Geneviève Page was born on December 13, 1927 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Belle de Jour (1967), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) and Fanfan la Tulipe (1952). She was previously married to Jean-Claude Bujard.

121. Benjamin Millepied

Actor | Black Swan

Benjamin Millepied is a world-renowned choreographer, dancer, and rising director. In 2010, Millepied choreographed and starred in the Oscar winning feature Black Swan (2010). Since then, he has directed a number of short films, commercials, and music videos in collaboration with artists including ...

122. François Berléand

Actor | The Transporter

François Berléand was born on April 22, 1952 in Paris, France. He is an actor and composer, known for The Transporter (2002), The Chorus (2004) and Transporter 3 (2008).

123. Xavier Gens

Director | Frontière(s)

Xavier Gens was born on April 27, 1975 in Dunkerque, Nord, France. He is a director and assistant director, known for Frontier(s) (2007), The Divide (2011) and Cell (2016). He has been married to Mounia Meddour since 2005.

124. Christophe Gans

Director | Le pacte des loups

Born in 1960 in Antibes (in the South of France), Christophe Gans became crazy about movies at an early stage. As a teenager, he made a lot of samurai and kung fu super-8 films with his friends. At the end of the seventies, he founded the fanzine "Rhesus Zero" about B-movies. In 1980, he studied at...

125. David Moreau

Writer | Ils

David Moreau was born on July 14, 1976 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a writer and director, known for Them (2006), The Eye (2008) and Seuls (2017).

126. Xavier Palud

Director | Ils

Xavier Palud is known for Them (2006), Intrusion (2015) and The Eye (2008).

127. Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director | Der Name der Rose

Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Wolf Totem (2015). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including four César Awards, ...

128. Alain Godard

Writer | Der Name der Rose

Alain Godard is known for The Name of the Rose (1986), Enemy at the Gates (2001) and Wolf Totem (2015).

129. Noëlle Boisson

Editor | Cyrano de Bergerac

Noëlle Boisson was born on December 1, 1944 in France. She is an editor and actress, known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), The Bear (1988) and Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982).

130. Victoire Thivisol

Actress | Ponette

Victoire Thivisol was born on July 6, 1991 in France. She is an actress, known for Ponette (1996), Chocolat (2000) and Children of the Century (1999).

131. Louis Malle

Director | Au revoir les enfants

Louis Malle, the descendant of a French nobleman who made a fortune in beet sugar during the Napoleonic Wars, created films that explored life and its meaning. Malle's family discouraged his early interest in film but, in 1950, allowed him to enter the Institute of Advanced Cinematographic Studies ...

132. Arielle Dombasle

Actress | X Femmes

Arielle Laure Maxime Sonnery, later known as Arielle Dombasle, was born to French parents in Hartford, Connecticut. After their mother's death in 1964, Dombasle and her brother were raised in Mexico by their maternal grandparents; she attended Lycée Franco-Mexicain, a private school. She decided to...

133. Jérôme Pradon

Actor | Zack Snyder's Justice League

Born on June 3, 1964 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France Jérôme Pradon is a French actor and singer, most famous for his theatre appearances. His theatre debut was the role of Marius in a production of "Les Miserables" in 1991 in Paris. He went on to star in musicals such as "Miss Saigon", "Napoleon", ...

134. Féodor Atkine

Actor | Pauline à la plage

Féodor Atkine was born on February 27, 1948 in Paris, France. He is an actor, known for Pauline at the Beach (1983), Love and Death (1975) and Ronin (1998).

135. Marine Delterme

Actress | Le juge est une femme

Marine Delterme is a French actress and former top model who started her career at the age of 17 modeling all over the world. After living in NY for a couple of years and having a successful career in the fashion world, she moved back to France to work with Jean-Luc Godard on her first film. Since ...

136. Gilles Bourdos

Writer | Renoir

Gilles Bourdos was born in 1963. He is a writer and director, known for Renoir (2012), Endangered Species (2017) and Afterwards (2008).

137. Michel Spinosa

Writer | La jeune fille et la mort

Michel Spinosa is known for La jeune fille et la mort (1990), Emmène-moi (1994) and Son épouse (2014).

138. Romain Duris

Actor | De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté

Appealing actor Romain Duris is the exact example of those who arrived in the movie industry by chance, and to stardom without really desiring it. Discovered by a casting director while he was waiting in front of a high school in Paris, he was offered a role. Between popular successes such as Good ...

139. Jean-Pierre Marielle

Actor | The Da Vinci Code

Jean-Pierre Marielle was born on April 12, 1932 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Tous les matins du monde (1991) and Micmacs (2009). He was married to Agathe Natanson, Catherine-Françoise Burette, Michelle Charlotte Bompart and Noëlle Leiris. He died on April ...

140. Denis Podalydès

Actor | La conquête

Denis Podalydès was born on April 22, 1963 in Versailles, France. He is an actor and writer, known for The Conquest (2011), French Tech (2020) and Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998).

141. Michel Gondry

Director | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

He grew up in Versailles with a family who was very influenced by pop music. When he was young, Gondry wanted to be a painter or an inventor. In the 80s he entered in an art school in Paris where he could develop his graphic skills and where he also met friends with whom he created a pop-rock band ...

142. Patrick Bruel

Actor | Sabrina

Patrick Bruel was born on May 14, 1959 in Tlemcen, Oran, France as Patrick Benguigui. He is one of the most famous French singer and actor, known for Le prénom (2012), and Un secret (2007). He was married to writer Amanda Sthers from September 2004 to 2008 . They have two children Oscar and Leon.

143. Olivier Martinez

Actor | Unfaithful

Olivier Martinez comes from a working-class family, raised in the Paris suburbs. He left school at an early age, holding various pick-up jobs such as salesman for jeans. Friends urged him to try acting, and at age 23 he enrolled in the International Conservatory of Paris. After several television ...

144. Vincent Perez

Director | Alone in Berlin

Handsome, soulful-eyed, exotic-looking leading man Vincent Perez is known for his grand and glossy French pictures, exuding a sexy stare and irresistible charm that has swept Gallic women off their feet for over two decades.

Perez was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to a German mother and a Spanish ...

145. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Actress | La pazza gioia

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi was born on November 16, 1964 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Like Crazy (2016), Il est plus facile pour un chameau... (2003) and Human Capital (2013).

146. Marie-Josée Croze

Actress | Les invasions barbares

Marie-Josée Croze first studied fine arts before opting for the stage at La Veillée-Prospero Theatre workshop in Montreal. In 1993 she got her first movie part in La Florida (1993) and started working for numerous Canadian TV series and movies.

In 2000, with her performance in Denis Villeneuve's ...

147. Yvan Attal

Writer | Les choses humaines

Yvan Attal was born on January 4, 1965 in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is an actor and writer, known for The Accusation (2021), Rush Hour 3 (2007) and Munich (2005).

148. Noémie Lenoir

Actress | Rush Hour 3

Noémie Lenoir was born on September 19, 1979 in Versailles, Yvelines, France. She is an actress, known for Rush Hour 3 (2007), After the Sunset (2004) and The Transporter Refueled (2015).

149. Julie Depardieu

Actress | Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Julie Depardieu was born on June 18, 1973 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress and director, known for A Very Long Engagement (2004), Rush Hour 3 (2007) and La petite Lili (2003).

150. Cyril Raffaelli

Stunts | Banlieue 13

Cyril Raffaelli was born on April 1, 1974. He is an actor, known for District B13 (2004), District 13: Ultimatum (2009) and Live Free or Die Hard (2007).

151. David Belle

Actor | Banlieue 13

David Belle is an international actor, but also the founder of Parkour. Belle was introduced to his acting career in a meeting with Hubert Koundé (La Haine) and then in the play Pygmalion. He began his acting career guest-starring in the television show Louis Page (1997). Belle gained prominence ...

152. Edouard Montoute

Actor | Femme Fatale

Edouard Montoute was born on December 20, 1970 in Cayenne, French Guyana, France. He is an actor and director, known for Femme Fatale (2002), My Lady of the Camellia (2019) and Taxi (1998).

153. Thierry Frémont

Actor | Allied

Thierry Frémont was born on July 24, 1962 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor, known for Allied (2016), Dans la tête du tueur (2004) and Les démons de Jésus (1997).

154. Eriq Ebouaney

Actor | 3 Days to Kill

Eriq Ebouaney was born on October 3, 1967 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. He is an actor, known for 3 Days to Kill (2014), Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and Transporter 3 (2008).

155. Louis Leterrier

Director | The Incredible Hulk

Louis Leterrier is a French film director and producer. He notably directed the first two Transporter films, Unleashed, The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans, Now You See Me, Tower of Strength and The Brothers Grimsby. He also directed episodes of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix ...

156. Bibo Bergeron

Director | The Road to El Dorado

Bibo Bergeron was born on July 14, 1965 in Paris, France. He is a director, known for The Road to El Dorado (2000), Shark Tale (2004) and Flushed Away (2006).

157. Gaëtan Brizzi

Writer | The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Gaëtan Brizzi was born on December 24, 1951 in Paris, France. He is a director, known for The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Fantasia 2000 (1999) and 9 (2009).

158. Paul Brizzi

Writer | The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Paul Brizzi was born on December 24, 1951 in Paris, France. He is a director, known for The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Fantasia 2000 (1999) and 9 (2009).

159. Vanessa Paradis

Actress | L'arnacoeur

Vanessa Paradis is a renowned French actress, model and singer born in 1972. She started her career as a model and singer before becoming a movie star. Her song "Joe Le Taxi" brought her success in 15 countries at the age of 14. Later, in 1990, she was awarded a 'César' (French equivalent of Oscar)...

160. Julie Dreyfus

Actress | Inglourious Basterds

Julie Dreyfus was born in Paris, France. After studying interior design, she moved to Japan as a young adult and made her debut on Japanese T.V. She became fluent in Japanese and English and appeared in several American movies as well. She is very well known in Japan but is also known ...

161. Jean-Yves Berteloot

Actor | The Da Vinci Code

Jean-Yves Berteloot was born on August 27, 1957 in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France. He is an actor, known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Hereafter (2010) and The French Revolution (1989).

162. Marie-Françoise Audollent

Actress | The Da Vinci Code

Marie-Françoise Audollent was born on May 22, 1943 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France. She was an actress, known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Molière (1978) and My Woman Is Leaving Me (1996). She died on March 30, 2008 in Lyon, France.

163. Judith Godrèche

Actress | The Overnight

Judith Godrèche was born on March 23, 1972 in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for The Overnight (2015), The Spanish Apartment (2002) and The Man in the Iron Mask (1998).

164. Anne Parillaud

Actress | Nikita

Anne Parillaud was born in Paris, France on May 6, 1960 and even though all her travels took her to many lands, is still a Paris resident. Anne studied ballet in school, and her first appearance was in the film Un amour de sable (1977) where she played "La jeune fille avec un petit chat" ("The girl...

165. Jean-Marc Barr

Actor | Le grand bleu

Jean-Marc Barr was born on September 27, 1960 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for The Big Blue (1988), Lovers (1999) and Big Sur (2013).

166. Emma de Caunes

Actress | Mr. Bean's Holiday

Emma de Caunes was born on September 9, 1976 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) and A Brother... (1997). She has been married to Jamie Hewlett since September 10, 2011. She was previously married to Sinclair...

167. Marie Pillet

Actress | Before Sunset

Marie Pillet was born on July 20, 1941 in Ville-la-Grand, Haute-Savoie, France. She was an actress and writer, known for Before Sunset (2004), Two Days in Paris (2007) and La Menace (1977). She was married to Albert Delpy. She died on February 13, 2009 in Paris, France.

168. Albert Delpy

Actor | 2 Days in Paris

Albert Delpy was born on September 13, 1940 in Saigon, Vietnam. He is an actor and writer, known for Two Days in Paris (2007), Before Sunset (2004) and Portraitist (2019).

169. Alexia Landeau

Actress | 2 Days in New York

Alexia Landeau was born in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Two Days in New York (2012), Gossip (2000) and Two Days in Paris (2007).

170. Alexandre Nahon

Actor | 2 Days in Paris

Alex Nahon is a French writer, director and photographer. He wrote and directed short-films, music videos and commercials in France before he moved to the US in 2007; as he was invited by the NYC French Institute to be their "Artist In Residence" for two years. Alex Nahon's photographs have been ...

171. Henri Alekan

Cinematographer | Der Himmel über Berlin

Henri Alekan was born on February 10, 1909 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Wings of Desire (1987), Roman Holiday (1953) and Beauty and the Beast (1946). He was married to Nadia Starcevic. He died on June 15, 2001 in Auxerre, Yonne, France.

172. Amidou

Actor | Spy Game

Little known by the general public, Moroccan-born Amidou can nevertheless boast an onstage and on screen career spanning almost five decades. Appearing in French films most of the time, he also worked in Morocco, in Tunisia and in American action movies like William Friedkin's 'The Sorcerer' and '...

173. Filip Nikolic

Actor | Simon Sez

Filip Nikolitch was born on the 1st of September 1974 in Saint Ouen, France. Though his parents are of Yugoslavian origin, he grew up in Longjumeau (a suburban town outside of Paris, France). He has a sister and brother, Jessica and Såsa (Sacha). He has hazel-green eyes and brown hair. Filip's ...

174. Chris Nahon

Director | Kiss of the Dragon

Chris Nahon was born on December 5, 1968 in Soisy-sous-Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, France. He is a director and writer, known for Kiss of the Dragon (2001), Empire of the Wolves (2005) and Patagonie, maitresse du temps (2020).

175. Gaspard Ulliel

Actor | Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Gaspard Ulliel's dream had always been to direct a movie, and after completing his studies at the lycée (French high school), he majored in cinema at the University of Saint-Denis, and began his acting career.

He was born in Paris, to Christine, a stylist and runway show producer, and Serge Ulliel, ...

176. Benoît Delhomme

Cinematographer | Lady Chatterley's Lover

Benoit was born in Nanterre in the west suburb of Paris in 1961 and spent his childhood in Cherbourg, in Normandy. He started to study cinema in 1980 at the Paris Sorbonne University and at the Ecole Louis Lumiere where he specialized in cinematography mentored by Robert Bresson's favorite camera ...

177. Romain Gary

Writer | The Longest Day

Romain Gary was born on May 8, 1914 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a writer and actor, known for The Longest Day (1962), Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971) and Birds in Peru (1968). He was married to Jean Seberg and Lesley Blanch. He died on December 2, 1980 in Paris, France.

178. André Maranne

Actor | A Shot in the Dark

Beleaguered-looking French-British character actor, born André Gaston Maillol in Toulouse. Active in the United Kingdom (where he would take out citizenship by naturalisation in 1967) and billed as André Maranne from 1956, he provided a cultivated presence as stereotypical French gendarmes, customs...

179. Charles Aznavour

Actor | Tirez sur le pianiste

Beloved French chanson entertainer Charles Aznavour, who wrote more than 800 songs, recorded more than 1,000 of them in French, English, Italian, German and Spanish and sold over 100 million records in all, was born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian on May 22, 1924, in Paris, the younger of two ...

180. Aurore Clément

Actress | Apocalypse Now

Aurore Clement was born in Soissons, France. Her parents were farmers, and after the death of her father, she left for Paris where she found work with a modeling agency. She quickly made a name for herself, preferring a natural style and refusing to wear make-up. In the seventies,Louis Malle, ...

181. René Clément

Director | Jeux interdits

René Clément was one of the leading French directors of the post-World War II era. He directed what are regarded as some of the greatest films of the time, such as The Battle of the Rails (1946), Forbidden Games (1952) and The Day and the Hour (1963). He was later almost forgotten as a director. He...

182. Fabien Martorell

Director | Collision

Fabien Martorell is a multi award-winning director from France, who relocated to Los Angeles. He directed Collision, a NETFLIX film, shot in Johannesburg. Martorell is in post-production of his second feature documentary, The Guns Story, with legendary guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns, Guns N' ...

183. Alain Sarde

Producer | The Ghost Writer

Alain Sarde was born on March 28, 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a producer and actor, known for The Ghost Writer (2010), The Pianist (2002) and Mulholland Drive (2001).

184. Ludivine Sagnier

Actress | Lupin

The French actress Ludivine Sagnier was born on July 3, 1979 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in France's Yvelines department. Ludivine studied acting as a young girl and had made her movie debut at the age 10 in Les maris, les femmes, les amants (1989). She has established her reputation as one of the ...

185. Emmanuelle Seigner

Actress | Bitter Moon

Emmanuelle Seigner is the daughter of a well known photographer and her mother is a journalist. She was born in Paris, France on June 22, 1966. Her grandfather was Louis Seigner, chairman of the Comédie Française and who also appeared in several movies. Emmanuelle was raised at a convent school . ...

186. Laetitia Casta

Actress | Arbitrage

Born in Pont-Audemer, France, Laetitia Casta spent her childhood in the lush countryside of Normandy. At age 15, she was approached by an agent of Paris' Madison Models while building sand castles on a beach in Corsica. After her father agreed to let the agency take some test photographs, ...

187. Sebastien Foucan

Actor | Casino Royale

Sebastien Foucan was born on May 27, 1974 in Paris, France. He is an actor, known for Casino Royale (2006), The Tournament (2009) and Twist (2021).

188. Maurice Ronet

Actor | Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

Maurice Ronet was born on April 13, 1927 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Elevator to the Gallows (1958), The Fire Within (1963) and Purple Noon (1960). He was married to Maria Pacôme. He died on March 14, 1983 in Paris, France.

189. Michel Auclair

Actor | La Belle et la Bête

Michel Auclair was born on September 14, 1922 in Koblenz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Beauty and the Beast (1946), The Day of the Jackal (1973) and Funny Face (1957). He was married to Frédérique Homo. He died on January 7, 1988 in Saint-Paul-en-Forêt, Var, France.

190. Jean Del Val

Actor | Funny Face

Jean Del Val was born on November 17, 1891 in Reims, France. He was an actor, known for Funny Face (1957), Fantastic Voyage (1966) and The Secret of St. Ives (1949). He died on March 13, 1975 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

191. Jacques Marin

Actor | Charade

Short, stocky Jacques Marin was a wonderfully droll character actor, who tended to pop up in international films of the 60's and 70's, whenever a typically French-looking gendarme, police inspector, concierge or shopkeeper was needed. His trademark was a toothbrush moustache and a deadpan ...

192. Paul Bonifas

Actor | Charade

Paul Bonifas was born on June 3, 1902 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Charade (1963), The Train (1964) and The Depths (1963). He died on November 9, 1975 in Vernouillet, Yvelines, France.

193. Jacques Bergerac

Actor | Gigi

Jacques Bergerac was born on May 26, 1927 in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. He was an actor, known for Gigi (1958), Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (1966) and Un homme se penche sur son passé (1958). He was married to Dorothy Malone and Ginger Rogers. He died on June 15, 2014 in ...

194. Delphine Seyrig

Actress | The Day of the Jackal

Delphine was born in Beirut on the 10th April 1932 into an intellectual Protestant family. Her Alsatian father, Henri Seyrig, was the director of the Archaeological Institute and later France's cultural attaché in New York during World War Two. Her Swiss mother, Hermine De Saussure, was an adept of...

195. Jacques François

Actor | Sorcerer

Jacques François was born on May 16, 1920 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Sorcerer (1977), The Day of the Jackal (1973) and Crossings (1986). He was married to Madeleine Delavaivre. He died on November 25, 2003 in Paris, France.

196. Jean Martin

Actor | La battaglia di Algeri

Jean Martin was born on March 6, 1922 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Battle of Algiers (1966), The Day of the Jackal (1973) and My Name Is Nobody (1973). He died on February 2, 2009 in Paris, France.

197. Jacques Sernas

Actor | Helen of Troy

With eye-catching good looks, blond Lithuanian-born actor Jacques Sernas (aka Jack Sernas) is best known for cutting a fine figure in European costumers and spectacles in the 1950s and 1960s. Born on July 30, 1925, his father died when he was a year old and the boy would be raised by his mother in ...

198. Tomer Sisley

Actor | Largo Winch

Tomer Sisley was born on August 14, 1974 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008), We're the Millers (2013) and Don't Look Up (2021).

199. Virginie Ledoyen

Actress | 8 femmes

Virginie Ledoyen was born Virginie Fernandez on 15 November 1976 in Aubervilliers, near Paris. At the age of 2, she was already shooting advertisements for television. At 9, she started going to the École des Enfants du Spectacle, and made her film debut at 10 in What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986)....

200. Jean-Pierre Aumont

Actor | Lili

Another in the long line of dramatically handsome foreign imports who made an immediate impact on WWII Hollywood was debonair French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont. The epitome of grace and sophistication, the stylish leading man went on to have a long and respected career on stage, film and TV, both ...