Alain Delon
Legendary French actor and cultural icon whose magnetic screen presence defined European cinema across five transformative decades.
Alain Delon - Personal Information
- Name: Alain Delon
- Date of Birth: November 8, 1935
- Date of Death: August 18, 2024
- Place of Birth: Sceaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer, Writer, Adaptation, Director, Executive Producer
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.
Filmography
A selection of Alain Delon's most recent screen appearances and documentary features.
- Alain Delon, un certain regard (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
- Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences (2022) as Self
- Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain (2022)
- Exterior Day (2022)
- Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft (2021)
- Archives secrètes (TV - 2021) as Self (archive footage)
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