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{{Short description|French actor (1933–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Jean-Paul Belmondo
| image              = Belmondo 1960.jpg
| caption            = Belmondo in 1960
| birth_name         = Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|4|9}}
| birth_place        = [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], France
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2021|09|06|1933|4|9|df=yes}}
| death_place        = Paris, France
| resting_place      = <!-- his ashes were scattered in the garden of his childhood home in Piriac-sur-Mer, in Loire-Atlantique.-->
| other_names        = Bébel
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1953–2011
| education          = [[CNSAD|Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts]]
| father             = [[Paul Belmondo (sculptor)|Paul Belmondo]]
| mother             = Sarah Rainaud-Richard
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Élodie Constantin|1952|1968|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Natty Tardivel|2002|2008|end=divorced}}
}}
| children           = 4, including [[Paul Belmondo|Paul]]
| partner            = [[Ursula Andress]] (1965–1972)<br />[[Laura Antonelli]] (1972–1980)<br />Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor (1980–1987)<br />Barbara Gandolfi (2008–2012)
| awards             = [[César Award for Best Actor]]<br />1989 ''[[Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté]]''
| signature          = Belmondo signature 2012.png
}}

'''Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃pɔl ʃaʁl(ə) bɛlmɔ̃do}}; 9 April 1933{{spnd}}6 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the [[French New Wave|New Wave]] of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward, frequently portraying police officers and criminals in action thriller films. His best known credits include ''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]'' (1960), ''[[That Man from Rio]]'' (1964), ''[[Pierrot le Fou]]'' (1965), ''[[Borsalino (film)|Borsalino]]'' (1970), and ''[[The Professional (1981 film)|The Professional]]'' (1981).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincentelli |first=Elisabeth |date=2021-09-08 |title=Where to Stream Jean-Paul Belmondo's Best Performances |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/movies/jean-paul-belmondo-streaming.html |access-date=2023-01-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> An undisputed box-office champion along with [[Louis de Funès]] and [[Alain Delon]], Belmondo attracted nearly 160 million viewers over his 50-year career. Between 1969 and 1982, he starred in four most popular films of the year in France, surpassed only by de Funès: ''[[The Brain (1969 film)|The Brain]]'' (1969), ''[[Fear Over the City]]'' (1975), ''[[Animal (1977 film)|Animal]]'' (1977), ''[[Ace of Aces (1982 film)|Ace of Aces]]'' (1982).<ref>Philippe Durant, Delon, Belmondo&nbsp;: regards Croisés, Carnot, 2004, page 289.</ref>

Belmondo frequently played heroic, brave, and virile characters, which made him popular with a wide audience both in France and abroad. Despite being heavily courted by [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]], Belmondo refused to appear in English-language films.<ref name=chicago/><ref name="time"/> During his career, he was called the French counterpart of actors such as [[James Dean]], [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Humphrey Bogart]].<ref name=nytobit/> Described as an icon and national treasure of France, Belmondo was seen as an influential actor in French cinema and an important figure in shaping European cinema.<ref name=farout/><ref name=nytobit/><ref name=tribute/> In 1989, Belmondo won the [[César Award for Best Actor]] for his performance in ''[[Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté]]''. He was nominated for two [[BAFTA Awards]] throughout his career. In 2011, Belmondo received the Palme d'honneur at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]], and in 2017 he received the César d'honneur at the [[42nd César Awards]].<ref name="NPR" />

==Early life==
Jean-Paul Belmondo was born in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], a suburb of Paris, on 9 April 1933.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/obituaries/jean-paul-belmondo-magnetic-star-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-88.html|title = Jean-Paul Belmondo, Magnetic Star of the French New Wave, Dies at 88|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = 6 September 2021|access-date = 6 September 2021|last = Lyman|first = Rick}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Frodon|first=Jean-Michel|date=6 September 2021|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo est mort|language=fr|work=[[Le Monde]]|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/09/06/la-mort-de-jean-paul-belmondo-star-populaire-du-cinema-francais_6093607_3382.html|access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> Belmondo's father, [[Paul Belmondo (sculptor)|Paul Belmondo]], was a ''[[Pied-Noir]]'' [[sculptor]] who was born in Algeria of Italian descent, whose parents were of [[Sicilians|Sicilian]] and [[Piedmontese]] origin.<ref>Bébel – Jean-Paul Belmondo Fanlisting</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eupedia.com/france/famous_immigrant_french_people.shtml |title=Famous French people of immigrant origin, Eupedia : France Guide |publisher=Eupedia.com |date=14 April 2013 |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/actualite-people-medias/belmondo-j-aimerais-bien-rejouer-09-04-2015-4677773.php|title=Belmondo : "J'aimerais bien rejouer"|date=9 April 2015 |website= Leparisien.fr|publisher=[[Le Parisien]] |access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beaucarnot |first1=Jean-Louis |last2=Dumoulin |first2= Frédéric |date= 11 June 2015|title=Dictionnaire étonnant des célébrités |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bw68CQAAQBAJ&q=Jean-Paul+Belmondo+piemontais&pg=PT69 |publisher= EDI8 |isbn= 978-2754070522 |access-date= 24 July 2015}}</ref> His mother, 
Sarah Madeleine Rainaud-Richard, was a painter.<ref name="Vandoorne Xu Haq 2021">{{cite web |last1=Vandoorne |first1=Saskya |last2=Xu |first2=Xiaofei |last3=Haq |first3=Sana Noor |title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, the battered face of French New Wave cinema, dies aged 88 - CNN Style |website=CNN |date=6 September 2021 |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/jean-paul-belmondo-death-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> As a boy, he was more interested in sport than school, developing a particular interest in boxing and soccer.<ref name="jean">{{cite news|title='A Punk With Charm': That role has made Belmondo a new rage|last=Schneider|first=PE|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 May 1961|page= SM84}}</ref>

Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris when he knocked out René Desmarais in one round.<ref name=nytobit/> Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief.<ref name="jean"/> He won three straight first-round knockout victories from 1949 to 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=12225 |title=Jean-Paul Belmondo - Amateur Boxing Record |publisher=Boxing-scoop.com |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref> "I stopped when the face I saw in the mirror began to change", he later said.<ref name="jean"/>

He did his [[Conscription in France#Post-war period and the end of conscription|National Service]] in [[French Algeria]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/tributes/jean-paul-belmondo-1933-2021|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo: 1933-2021 &#124; Tributes &#124; Roger Ebert|first=Dan|last=Callahan|website=www.rogerebert.com/|date=6 September 2021 }}</ref> where he may have broken his nose "with a rifle butt to end his military service."<ref>{{Cite web|last=French|first=Philip|author-link=Philip French|date=4 July 2009|title=Philip French's screen legends: Jean-Paul Belmondo|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jul/05/screen-legend-jean-paul-belmondo|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Belmondo was interested in acting.<ref name="merry"/> His late teenage years were spent at a private drama school, and he began performing comedy sketches in the provinces.<ref name="merry"/> He studied under Raymond Giraud and then attended the [[CNSAD|Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts]] when he was twenty.<ref name=nytobit/> He studied there for three years.<ref name="merry"/> He probably would have won the prize for best actor, but he participated in a sketch mocking the school, which offended the jury; this resulted in his getting only an honourable mention, "which nearly set off a riot among his incensed fellow students" in August 1956, according to one report.<ref name="jean"/> The incident made front-page news.<ref name="merry"/>

==Career==
===1950s===
[[File:Jean-Paul Belmondo, Rome, 1962.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Belmondo in [[Rome]] in 1962]]
Belmondo's acting career properly began in 1953, with two performances at the [[Théâtre de l'Atelier]] in Paris in [[Jean Anouilh]]'s ''[[Médée (Anouilh)|Médée]]'' and [[Georges Neveux]]'s ''Zamore''.<ref name="left">{{cite web|title=Jean Paul Belmondo|website=Le Film Guide|url=http://www.lefilmguide.com/biography/jean-paul-belmondo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815133128/http://lefilmguide.com/biography/jean-paul-belmondo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2018|access-date=12 September 2016}}</ref> Belmondo began touring the provinces with friends including [[Annie Girardot]] and [[Guy Bedos]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Belmondo|last1=Guérif|first1=François|last2=Levy Klein|first2=Stéphane|publisher=PAC|year=1976|pages=81}}</ref>

Belmondo first appeared in the short ''Moliere'' (1956).<ref name=nytobit/> His first film role was a scene with [[Jean-Pierre Cassel]] in ''[[On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels]]'' (1957),<ref name=foot>{{Cite book|editor-last1=Oscherwitz|editor-first1=Dayna|editor-last2=Higgins|editor-first2=MaryEllen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57aIGJqhWDcC|title=The A to Z of French Cinema|year=2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7038-3|oclc=665838566|page=51}}</ref> which was cut from the final film;<ref name=wrap>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jean-paul-belmondo-french-actor-and-star-of-breathless-dies-at-88/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, French Actor and Star of 'Breathless,' Dies at 88|date=6 September 2021|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> however he had a bigger part in the follow-up ''[[A Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik]]'' (1958).<ref name=wrap/>

Belmondo had a small role in the comedy ''[[Be Beautiful But Shut Up]]'' (1958), appearing with [[Alain Delon]],<ref name=contempauthors>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/contemporaryauth174peac|url-access=registration|title=Contemporary Authors|chapter=BELMONDO, Jean-Paul 1933–|volume=174|year=1999|publisher=Gale|isbn=0-7876-2666-X|location=Detroit|oclc=42200439|pages=[[iarchive:contemporaryauth174peac/page/41/mode/1up|41–44]]}}</ref> followed by a role as a gangster in ''[[Young Sinners (1958 film)|Young Sinners]]'' (1958), directed by [[Marcel Carné]].<ref name=vanity>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/09/jean-paul-belmondo-face-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-age-88|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, Face of the French New Wave, Dies at Age 88|date=6 September 2021|publisher=Vanity|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

Belmondo supported [[Bourvil]] and [[Arletty]] in ''[[Sunday Encounter]]'' (1958).<ref name=vanity/> [[Jean-Luc Godard]] directed him in a short, ''[[Charlotte and Her Boyfriend]]'' (1958), where Belmondo's voice was dubbed by Godard after Belmondo was conscripted into the army.<ref name=guardianobit>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/06/jean-paul-belmondo-star-of-breathless-dies-aged-88 |title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of Breathless, dies aged 88 |first=Andrew |last=Pulver|date= 6 September 2021 |work=The Guardian }}</ref> As part of his compulsory military service, he served in Algeria as a private for six months.<ref name="merry">{{Cite news|date=21 June 1964|title='That Man' Belmondo on a Movie Merry-Go-Round|last=Barry|first=Joseph|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/21/archives/that-man-belmondo-on-a-movie-merrygoround.html|access-date=6 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Belmondo's first lead role was in ''[[Les Copains du dimanche]]'' (1958).<ref name=copains>{{Cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=6 September 2021|title=French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has died|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jean-paul-belmondo-death-age-breathless-b1915140.html|access-date=6 September 2021|work=[[The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref> He later had a supporting part in ''[[An Angel on Wheels]]'' (1959) with [[Romy Schneider]] then appeared in ''[[Web of Passion]]'' (1959) for [[Claude Chabrol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://popculture.com/celebrity/news/jean-paul-belmondo-french-actor-breathless-dead-88/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, French Actor Best Known for 'Breathless,' Dead at 88|date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Pop Culture|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> He played [[Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan#Portrayals in fiction|D'Artagnan]] in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1959) for French television.<ref name=musket>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/jean-paul-belmondo-plays-artagnan-in-three-musketeers-news-photo/497137354|title=Jean Paul Belmondo plays Artagnan in "Three Musketeers"|date=13 November 2015 |publisher=Getty Images|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

===1960s===
[[File:Cartouche 1962 Zürich (16) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Belmondo in 1962]]
Belmondo starred in ''[[Consider All Risks]]'' (1960), a gangster story with [[Lino Ventura]].<ref name=LAO>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-09-06/actor-jean-paul-belmondo-star-of-breathless-dies-at-88|title='Breathless' star Jean-Paul Belmondo dies at 88|work=Los Angeles Times|date=6 September 2021|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> He then played the lead role in [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s ''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]'' (''À Bout de Souffle'', 1960), which made him a major figure in the [[French New Wave]].<ref name=guardianobit/>

''Breathless'' was a major success in France and overseas and launched Belmondo internationally and as the face of the New Wave – even though, as he said "I don't know what they mean" when people used that term.<ref name="jean"/> In the words of ''[[The New York Times]]'' it led to his having "more acting assignments than he can handle."<ref>{{cite news|title=MOVIE ACTIVITIES ALONG THE SEINE: Explosive Premieres – Idol – New Clement, Camus Features|first=Cynthia|last=Grenier|work=The New York Times|date=15 May 1960|page= X7}}</ref>

He followed it with ''[[Trapped by Fear]]'' (1960), then the Italian film ''[[Letters By a Novice]]'' (1960).<ref name=fear>{{cite web|url=https://filmartgallery.com/collections/belmondo-jean-paul|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> With [[Jeanne Moreau]] and director [[Peter Brook]] he made ''[[Seven Days... Seven Nights]]'' (1961) which he later called "very boring."<ref name="merry"/>

Belmondo appeared as a [[gigolo]] in the anthology film ''[[Love and the Frenchwoman]]'' (1960).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|date=28 February 1961|title=Screen: 7 Ages of l'Amour: Premiere of 'Love and the Frenchwoman'|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/02/28/archives/screen-7-ages-of-1-amourpremiere-of-love-and-the-frenchwoman.html|access-date=6 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Then he made two Italian films, supporting [[Sophia Loren]] in ''[[Two Women]]'' (1961) as a bespectacled country boy ("It may disappoint those who've got me typed" said Belmondo. "But so much the better."<ref name="jean"/>), then opposite [[Claudia Cardinale]] in ''[[The Lovemakers (film)|The Lovemakers]]'' (1961).<ref name=ind>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/jean-paul-belmondo-death-breathless-b1915184.html|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo: How the sensual and enviably stylish star came to epitomise French New Wave cool|work=The Independent|date=7 September 2021|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

''Two Women'' and ''Breathless'' were widely seen in the United States and the UK.<ref name=LAO/> In 1961, ''The New York Times'' called him "the most impressive young French actor since the advent of the late [[Gérard Philipe]]".<ref name="new">{{Cite news|last=Thompson|first=Howard|date=25 February 1961|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo Displays Talent for a Variety of Roles; French Actor in 'Breathless' Is Slated to Depict Priest, Gigolo, Mountaineer and Factory Worker in New Films|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/02/25/archives/jeanpaul-belmondo-displays-talent-for-a-variety-of-roles-french.html|access-date=6 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

He was reunited with Godard for ''[[A Woman Is a Woman]]'' (1961)<ref name=bbcobit>{{Cite news|date=6 September 2021|title=French film great Jean-Paul Belmondo dies at 88|language=en-GB|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11811293|access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> and made another all-star anthology comedy, ''[[Famous Love Affairs]]'' (1961).<ref name=ind/>

Later, he acted in [[Jean-Pierre Melville]]'s philosophical movie ''[[Léon Morin, Priest]]'' (1961), playing a priest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/27660-l-on-morin-priest|title=Léon Morin, Priest|publisher=The Criterion Collection|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> He was a retired gangster in ''[[A Man Named Rocca]]'' (1962),<ref name=rocca>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210906-belmondo-french-film-s-handsome-devil-dies-at-88|title=Belmondo, French film's handsome devil, dies at 88|date=6 September 2021|publisher=France24|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> then had a massive hit with the swashbuckler ''[[Cartouche (film)|Cartouche]]'' (1962), directed by [[Philippe de Broca]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/06/jean-paul-belmondo-dies-breathless-made-him-a-star-despite-ruffians-mug/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo dies; 'Breathless' made him a star despite 'ruffian's mug'|date=6 September 2021|publisher=Mercury News|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Also popular was ''[[A Monkey in Winter (film)|A Monkey in Winter]]'' (1962), a comedy where he and [[Jean Gabin]] played alcoholics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1967/3/22/monkey-in-winter-pin-a-dreary/|title=Monkey in Winter|publisher=The Crimson|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Jean Paul Belmondo em O Homem no Rio.tiff|thumb|upright=0.9|Belmondo filming ''[[That Man from Rio]]'' in 1963]]
[[François Truffaut]] wanted Belmondo to play the lead in an adaptation of ''[[Fahrenheit 451]]''.<ref name=fah>{{Cite news|last=Thompson|first=Howard|date=1962-08-05|title=Jazz Plus Truffaut, Hamilton Agendas|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/08/05/archives/new-york-report-jazz-plus-truffaut-hamilton-agendas.html|access-date=2021-09-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This did not happen (the film was made several years later with [[Oskar Werner]]);<ref name=fah/> instead Belmondo made two movies with Jean-Pierre Melville: the [[film noir]] crime film ''[[Le Doulos|The Fingerman]]'' (''Le Doulos'', 1963) and ''[[Magnet of Doom]]'' (1963).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/opinion/jean-paul-belmondo-dead-critic-appreciation-spielberg-tarantino-1235057482/|title=Remembering Jean-Paul Belmondo, the Suave French Film Icon Who Inspired Spielberg and Tarantino Alike|date=7 September 2021|publisher=Variety|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterionchannel.com/magnet-of-doom|title=Magnet of Doom|publisher=Criterion Channel|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> He co-starred with [[Gina Lollobrigida]] in ''[[Mad Sea]]'' (1963) and appeared in another comedy anthology, ''[[Sweet and Sour (1963 film)|Sweet and Sour]]'' (1963).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsbinding.com/entertainment/jean-paul-belmondo-5-things-about-the-legendary-french-actor-who-passed-away-at-88/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo: 5 Things About The Legendary French Actor Who Passed Away At 88|publisher=News Binding|access-date=7 September 2021|archive-date=7 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907100154/https://newsbinding.com/entertainment/jean-paul-belmondo-5-things-about-the-legendary-french-actor-who-passed-away-at-88/|url-status=usurped}}</ref> There was some controversy when he was arrested for insulting a policeman, when the policeman was charged with assaulting Belmondo.<ref>{{cite news|title=French Actor Has Day in Court As Accuser Becomes Accused|newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 May 1963|page= 21}}</ref>

''[[Banana Peel]]'' (1963), with [[Jeanne Moreau]], was a popular comedy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.tcm.com/banana-peel/029502945640|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427211239/http://shop.tcm.com/banana-peel/029502945640|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2017|title=Banana Peel|access-date=7 September 2021|publisher=TMC}}</ref> Even more successful was the action-adventure tale ''[[That Man from Rio]]'' (1964), directed by [[Philippe de Broca]] – a massive hit in France, and popular overseas as well.<ref name="bogart"/> A 1965 profile compared him to [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[James Dean]].<ref name="bogart">{{Cite news|last=Archer|first=Eugene|date=6 June 1965|title=The Bogart of the 'Sixties|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/06/06/archives/the-bogart-of-the-sixties.html|access-date=6 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It stated Belmondo was:
<blockquote>A later manifestation of youthful rejection... His disengagement from a society his parents made is total. He accepts corruption with a cynical smile, not even bothering to struggle. He is out entirely for himself, to get whatever he can, while he can. The Belmondo type is capable of anything. He knows he is defeated anyway... He represents something tough yet vulnerable, laconic but intense, notably lacking in neuroses or the stumbling insecurities of homus Americanus. He is the man of the moment, completely capable of taking care of himself - and ready to take on the girl of the moment too.<ref name="bogart"/></blockquote>
Belmondo's own tastes ran to [[The Adventures of Tintin|Tintin]] comics, sports magazines, and detective novels.<ref name="merry"/> He said he preferred "making adventure films like ''Rio'' to the intellectual movies of [[Alain Resnais]] or [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]].<ref name="merry"/> But with [[François Truffaut]] I'd be willing to try."<ref name="merry"/> His fee was said to be between US$150,000–$200,000 per film. Belmondo said he was open to making [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] films but he wanted to play an American rather than a Frenchman and was interested in [[Cary Grant]] type roles instead of James Dean/Bogart ones.<ref name="merry"/>

Belmondo made ''[[Greed in the Sun]]'' (1964) with [[Lino Ventura]] for director [[Henri Verneuil]], who said Belmondo was "one of the few young actors in France who is young and manly."<ref name="merry"/> ''[[Backfire (1964 film)|Backfire]]'' (1964) reunited him with [[Jean Seberg]], his ''Breathless'' co-star.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/34/backfire|title=Backfire de Jean Becker|publisher=Unifrance|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> After a role in ''[[Male Hunt]]'' (1964) he played the lead in ''[[Weekend at Dunkirk]]'' (1965), another big hit in France.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Belmondo dominated the French box office for 1964 – ''That Man from Rio'' was the fourth most popular movie in the country, ''Greed in the Sun'' was seventh, ''Weekend at Dunkirk'' ninth, and ''Backfire'' 19th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/france-1964-c22750409&usg=ALkJrhikvyW3lHBC4wgH3OJjjaqT2ePFWw|title=1964 French box office|website=Box Office Story|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref>

''[[Crime on a Summer Morning]]'' (1965) was less successful, though it still performed well on the strength of Belmondo's name.<ref name=crime>{{cite web|url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/37/crime-on-a-summer-morning|title=Crime on a Summer Morning|publisher=Unifrance|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> ''[[Up to His Ears]]'' (1965) was an attempt to repeat the popularity of ''That Man Rio'', from the same director, but did less well.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/05/18/archives/belmondo-is-daredevil-in-up-to-his-ears.html|title=Belmondo Is Daredevil in 'Up to His Ears'|work=The New York Times|date=18 May 1966|access-date=7 September 2021|last1=Alden|first1=Robert}}</ref>

There were Hollywood offers, but Belmondo turned them down.<ref name=chicago/> "He won't make films outside of France", said director [[Mark Robson (film director)|Mark Robson]], who wanted him for ''[[Lost Command]]'' (1966).<ref name=chicago/> "He has scripts stacked up and he doesn't see why he should jeopardise his great success by speaking English instead of French."<ref name=chicago>{{cite news|title=Actors as Seen Thru a Director's Eyes|last=Clifford|first= Terry|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=5 June 1966|page= i15}}</ref>

Belmondo was reunited with Godard for ''[[Pierrot le Fou]]'' (1965) then made a comedy, ''[[Tender Scoundrel]]'' (1966).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/149-pierrot-le-fou|title=Pierrot le fou|publisher=Criterion|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/41/tender-scoundrel|title=Tender Scoundrel|publisher=Unifrance|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> He had small roles in two predominantly English speaking films, ''[[Is Paris Burning? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]'' (1966) and ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79428/is-paris-burning#overview|title=Is Paris Burning? (1966)|publisher=TMC|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/casino-royale-1967|title=Casino Royale|publisher=Roger Ebert.com|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

After making ''[[The Thief of Paris]]'' (1967) for [[Louis Malle]], Belmondo took an acting hiatus for over a year.<ref name="time"/> "One day it seemed that life was passing me by", he said. "I didn't want to work. So I stopped. Then one day I felt like starting again. So I started."<ref name="time">{{cite news|title=Belmondo Back on Film-Making Scene|last=Blume|first=Mary|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=17 April 1968|page= d12}}</ref>

Belmondo spent three months of that time off in Hollywood but did not accept any offers.<ref name="time"/><ref name=chicago/> He did not want to learn English and appear in English-language films:
<blockquote>Every Frenchman dreams of making a Western, of course but America has plenty of good actors. I'm not being falsely modest but why would they need me? I prefer a national film to an international film. Something is lost. Look at what happened to Italy when they went international.<ref name="time"/></blockquote>

Belmondo returned to filmmaking with the crime movie, ''[[Ho!]]'' (1968),<ref name=ho>{{cite web|url=http://annyas.com/screenshots/updates/ho-1968-jean-paul-belmondo/|title=Ho! (1968)|date=16 March 2015|publisher=Annays.com|access-date=7 September 2021|archive-date=7 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907100910/http://annyas.com/screenshots/updates/ho-1968-jean-paul-belmondo/|url-status=dead}}</ref> then had a massive hit with a comedy co-starring [[David Niven]], ''[[The Brain (1969 film)|The Brain]]'' (1969).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/breathless-star-jean-paul-belmondo-dies-aged-88/5163052.article|title='Breathless' star Jean-Paul Belmondo dies aged 88|publisher=Screen Daily|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> He later appeared in ''[[Mississippi Mermaid]]'' (1969) for [[François Truffaut]] with [[Catherine Deneuve]] and the romantic drama ''[[Love Is a Funny Thing]]'' (1969).<ref name=guardianobit /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/what-to-stream-mississippi-mermaid-francois-truffauts-hitchcockian-thriller|title=What to Stream: "Mississippi Mermaid," François Truffaut's Hitchcockian Thriller|magazine=The New Yorker|date=28 May 2021|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

===1970s===
[[File:Belmondo 1971.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Belmondo in 1971]]
Belmondo starred alongside [[Alain Delon]] in ''[[Borsalino (film)|Borsalino]]'' (1970), a successful gangster film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/14/archives/the-screen-gangland-french-stylean-elaborate-borsalino-opens-at.html|title=The Screen: Gangland French Style:An Elaborate 'Borsalino' Opens at Cinema I|work=The New York Times|date=14 August 1970|access-date=7 September 2021|last1=Greenspun|first1=Roger}}</ref> The latter produced the film and Belmondo ended up suing Delon over billing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/16/archives/article-2-no-title-hes-good-when-hes-bad.html|title=The French Think He's Good When He's Bad|work=The New York Times|date=16 August 1970|access-date=7 September 2021|last1=Klemesrud|first1=Judy}}</ref>

''[[The Married Couple of the Year Two]]'' (1971) was also popular; even more so was ''[[The Burglars]]'' (1971).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trakt.tv/movies/the-married-couple-of-the-year-two-1971|title=The Married Couple of the Year Two 1971|publisher=Trakt|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clevelandmemory.org/mastroianni/tm016.html|title=The Sharif loses out to "The Burglars"|publisher=Cleveland Press|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

Inspired by the success Alain Delon had producing his own films, Belmondo formed his own production company, Cerito Films (named after his grandmother, Rosina Cerrito), to develop movies for Belmondo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-paul-belmondo-c22691425/36 |title=Dr Popaul box office information|website=Box Office story|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> The first Cerito film was the black comedy ''[[Dr. Popaul]]'' (1972), with [[Mia Farrow]], the biggest hit to date for director [[Claude Chabrol]].<ref name=guardianobit/>

''[[La Scoumoune|La scoumoune]]'' (1972) was a new version of ''[[A Man Named Rocca]]'' (1961).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lindependant.fr/2021/09/06/pyrenees-orientales-quand-belmondo-tournait-la-scoumoune-au-fort-de-bellegarde-au-perthus-9772737.php|title=Pyrénées-Orientales - When Belmondo was filming "La Scoumoune" at the Fort de Bellegarde in Perthus|publisher=L'Independent|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> ''[[The Inheritor]]'' (1973) was an action film; ''[[Le Magnifique]]'' (1974), a satiric action romance reunited him with Philippe de Broca.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/18/archives/film-belmondo-a-bogart-of-his-own-in-inheritorthe-cast.html|title=Film: Belmondo, a Bogart of His Own, in 'Inheritor':The Cast|work=The New York Times|date=18 October 1973|access-date=7 September 2021|last1=Sayre|first1=Nora}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.austinfilm.org/films/le-magnifique/|title=MONDO BELMONDO LE MAGNIFIQUE|publisher=Austin Film.org|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

He produced as well as starred in ''[[Stavisky]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-stavisky-review-20181011-story.html|title=Review: Alain Resnais' 'Stavisky' has a fizzy charm all its own|work=Los Angeles Times|date=11 October 2018|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Then he made a series of purely commercial films: ''[[Incorrigible (1975 film)|Incorrigible]]'' (1974),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79175/lincorrigible/#overview|title=L'INCORRIGIBLE|publisher=TMC|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> ''[[Fear Over the City]]'' (1975; one of Belmondo's biggest hits of the decade and the first time he played a policeman on screen),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jean-paul-belmondo-french-actor-151902723.html|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, French Actor and Star of 'Breathless,' Dies at 88|date=6 September 2021 |publisher=Yahoo|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> ''[[Hunter Will Get You]]'' (1976),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.tcm.com/hunter-will-get-you-1976-the-hunter-will-get-you-aka-lalpagueur/738329255763|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907102307/https://shop.tcm.com/hunter-will-get-you-1976-the-hunter-will-get-you-aka-lalpagueur/738329255763|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2021|title=The Hunter Will Get You|publisher=TMC|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> and ''[[Body of My Enemy]]'' (1977).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/487911/le-corps-de-mon-ennemi|title=LE CORPS DE MON ENNEMI|publisher=TMC|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> ''[[Animal (1977 film)|Animal]]'' (1977) cast him as a stuntman opposite [[Raquel Welch]] and he starred as a policeman in ''[[Cop or Hood]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shop.tcm.com/lanimal/737088095887|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023031852/https://shop.tcm.com/lanimal/737088095887|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2020|title=L'Animal|access-date=7 September 2021|publisher=TMC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://frenchculture.org/film-tv-and-new-media/dvd-and-vod/2536-cop-or-hood|title=Cop Or Hood|publisher=French Culture|access-date=7 September 2021|archive-date=7 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907102315/https://frenchculture.org/film-tv-and-new-media/dvd-and-vod/2536-cop-or-hood|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===1980s===
[[File:Jean-Paul Belmondo Cannes 2011.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Belmondo at the 2011 [[Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In 1980, Belmondo starred in another comedy, ''[[Le Guignolo]]''.<ref name=leg>{{cite web|url=https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=1_cc-session_49d18e66-e8c7-4028-affd-3475ccca3e0d|title="he was my best friend": the homage of Jean-Paul Belmondo to Charles Gérard|publisher=Yahoo|access-date=7 September 2021}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was a secret service agent in ''[[The Professional (1981 film)|The Professional]]'' (1981) and a pilot in ''[[Ace of Aces (1982 film)|Ace of Aces]]'' (1982).<ref name=ace>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-professional|title=The Professional|publisher=Criterion Channel|access-date=7 September 2021|archive-date=7 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907103030/https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-professional|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/in-the-press/20210907-french-papers-bid-adieu-to-the-ace-of-aces-actor-jean-paul-belmondo|title=French papers bid adieu to the 'Ace of Aces', actor Jean-Paul Belmondo|date=7 September 2021|publisher=France24|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

"What intellectuals don't like is success", said Belmondo.<ref name="theatre"/> "Success in France is always looked down on, not by the public, but by intellectuals. If I'm nude in a film, that's fine for the intellectuals. But if I jump from a helicopter, they think it's terrible."<ref name="theatre"/>

Belmondo kept to commercial films: ''[[Le Marginal]]'' (1983) as a policeman,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fr.finance.yahoo.com/actualites/cerveau-tmc-marginal-c8-jean-134924538.html|title=The Brain (TMC) / Le Marginal (C8) – Jean-Paul Belmondo, cop and thug|date=3 May 2019 |publisher=Yahoo|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> ''[[Les Morfalous]]'' (1984) as a sergeant in the [[French Foreign Legion]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b747820fc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303162213/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b747820fc|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2018|title=Les MORFALOUS (1984)|publisher=BFI|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> ''[[Hold-Up (1985 film)|Hold-Up]]'' (1985) as a bank robber,<ref name=bbcobit/> and ''[[Le Solitaire (film)|Le Solitaire]]'' (1987), again playing another policeman in the last one, the latter one was a big box office disappointment and Belmondo returned to theatre shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76e6e864|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518212133/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b76e6e864|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 May 2017|title=Le Solitaire|access-date=7 September 2021|publisher=BFI}}</ref>

In 1987, he returned to the theatre after a 26-year absence in a production of ''Kean'', adapted by [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] from the novel by [[Alexandre Dumas]].<ref name="theatre"/> "I did theatre for 10 years before going into movies and every year I planned to go back", he recalled.<ref name="theatre"/> "I returned before I became an old man."<ref name="theatre">{{Cite news|last=Riding|first=Alan|date=14 March 1990|title=Belmondo Revels in Playing Cyrano in Paris|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/14/theater/belmondo-revels-in-playing-cyrano-in-paris.html|access-date=6 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

For [[Claude Lelouch]], Belmondo starred in and co-produced ''[[Itinerary of a Spoiled Child]]'' (1988).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.in-24.com/lifestyle/movies/111055.html|title=Homage to Jean-Paul Belmondo: TF1 deprograms "A perfect mother" and offers the film "Itinerary of a spoiled child"|date=7 September 2021|publisher=News In 24|access-date=7 September 2021|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028082613/https://news.in-24.com/lifestyle/movies/111055.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> For his performance in the film, also titled as '' Itineraire d'un Enfant Gate'', he won a [[Cesar Awards|César]].<ref name=bbcobit/>

Belmondo claimed there were "several reasons" why he made fewer films in the 1980s.<ref name="theatre"/> "I'm now a producer so it takes time to organise things", he said.<ref name="theatre"/> "But it's also difficult to find good screenplays in France. We have serious writing problems here. And I'd prefer to do theatre for a long time than take on a mediocre film."<ref name="theatre"/>

===1990s and later career===
In 1990, he played the title role in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' on the stage in Paris, another highly successful production.<ref name="theatre"/> He had a small role in ''[[One Hundred and One Nights]]'' (1995) then the lead in Lelouch's version of ''[[Les Misérables (1995 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/30563-one-hundred-and-one-nights|title=One Hundred and One Nights|publisher=The Criterion Collection|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/les-miserables-1995|title=Les Miserables|access-date=7 September 2021|publisher=Roger Ebert.com}}</ref> He also appeared in the comedy ''[[Désiré (1996 film)|Désiré]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/13336%7C80932/Jean-paul-Belmondo#overview|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo|access-date=7 September 2021|publisher=TMC}}</ref> ''[[Une chance sur deux]]'' (1998),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/en/listing/une-chance-sur-deux/|title=Une chance sur deux|publisher=Monaco Tribune|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> and in the science fiction comedy ''[[Peut-être]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/cinema/jean-paul-belmondo/mort-de-jean-paul-belmondo-huit-choses-que-vous-ne-saviez-peut-etre-pas-sur-bebel_4762215.html|title=Mort de Jean-Paul Belmondo : huit choses que vous ne saviez peut-être pas sur Bébel|date=7 September 2021|publisher=FranceTVInfo|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

In 2009, Belmondo starred in ''[[A Man and His Dog]]'' ("Un homme et son chien"), his final film role.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/movies/22belm.html|title=French Star as He Is, Stroke and All|work=The New York Times|date=21 January 2009|access-date=7 September 2021|last1=Sciolino|first1=Elaine}}</ref> Despite his difficulty in walking and speaking, he played a character who had the same disability.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ronald Bergan |title=Jean-Paul Belmondo obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/06/jean-paul-belmondo-obituary |work=The Guardian |date=6 September 2021 |access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Following this film he was forced into retirement in 2011 having earlier suffered a [[stroke]] in 2001.<ref name=upi>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/09/06/france-obit-film-star-Jean-Paul-Belmondo-dies-88/9551630948503/|title=Quintessential French film star Jean-Paul Belmondo dies at 88|publisher=UPI|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==
[[File:Jean-Paul Belmondo Handprint.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Belmondo's handprint at the [[Palais des Festivals et des Congrès]]]]
In 1989, Belmondo won the [[César Award for Best Actor]] for his performance in ''[[Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté]]''.<ref name=nytobit/>

Belmondo was made a ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the {{Lang|fr|[[Ordre National du Mérite]]|italic=no}}, promoted to ''Officier'' (Officer) in 1986 and promoted to ''Commandeur'' (Commander) in 1994.<ref>
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</ref> He was also made a ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the [[Legion of Honour|Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur]], promoted ''Officier'' (Officer) in 1991, and promoted to ''Commandeur'' (Commander) in 2007.<ref>
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During his career, he was nominated for two [[BAFTA Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/actor-jean-paul-belmondo-dies-1234662429/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, Star of the French New Wave Classic 'Breathless,' Dies at 88|date=6 September 2021|author=Kristen Lopez}}</ref>

Belmondo received several honorary awards – [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]], [[Golden Lion]] at the [[2016 Venice Film Festival]], and [[César Awards|César]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/jean-paul-belmondo-dead/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo Dies, Breathless Actor and French New Wave Star Was 88|author=Jeremy Dick|publisher=Movie Web|date=6 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jean-paul-belmondo-breathless-star-dies-at-88-1235008952/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, 'Breathless' Star and Epitome of Gallic Cool, Dies at 88|author=Jordan Mintzer, Duane Byrge|date=6 September 2021|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In 2009, the [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] gave him a career achievement award.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Natale|first=Richard|date=6 September 2021|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, Star of Godard's 'Breathless,' Dies at 88|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/jean-paul-belmondo-dead-breathless-1235057198/|access-date=6 September 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

In 2017, he was received a lifetime achievement honor at the [[42nd César Awards]] accompanied by a two-minute [[standing ovation]].<ref name=NPR/>

==Personal life and death==
On 4 December 1952, Belmondo married Élodie Constantin,<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Riggs|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volume 31|year=2000|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=0787646369|page=25}}</ref> with whom he had three children: Patricia (1953–1993), who was killed in a fire, Florence (born 1958), and [[Paul Belmondo|Paul]] (born 1963).<ref name=nytobit/> Belmondo and Constantin separated in 1965.<ref name=nytobit/> She filed for divorce in September 1966, and it was finalised on 5 January 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382541800/|title=Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California on January 6, 1968 · 16|website=Newspapers.com|date=6 January 1968 }}</ref>

He had relationships with [[Ursula Andress]] from 1965 to 1972,<ref>Earl Wilson (16 July 1972). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19720716&id=Lj4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nGYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5184,967490&hl=en It Happened Last Night]. ''[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]''.</ref> [[Laura Antonelli]] from 1972 to 1980,<ref>[https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18643775.html Mort de Laura Antonelli, star italienne des années 1970 et ex-femme de Jean-Paul Belmondo] ''AlloCiné''; 22 June 2015.</ref> Brazilian actress and singer Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor from 1980 to 1987,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/carlos-sotto-mayor-l-ex-de-bebel-revient-en-bombe-atomique-avec-un-prince_a67735/1|title=Carlos Sotto Mayor : L'ex de Bébel revient en bombe atomique... avec un prince !|website=Purepeople.com|date=12 November 2010 }}</ref> and Barbara Gandolfi from 2008 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/jean-paul-belmondo-escroque-son-ex-barbara-gandolfi-jugee_a213440/1|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo escroqué : Son ex Barbara Gandolfi jugée|website=Purepeople.com|date=6 December 2016 }}</ref>

In 1989, Belmondo was in his mid-50s when he met 24-year-old dancer Natty Tardivel.<ref name=nytobit/> The couple lived together for over a decade before marrying in 2002.<ref name=nytobit/> On 13 August 2003, Tardivel gave birth to then 70-year-old Belmondo's fourth child, Stella Eva Angelina.<ref name=nytobit/> Belmondo and Tardivel divorced in 2008.<ref name=nytobit/>

Belmondo was a supporter of football club [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]].<ref>{{cite web|date=6 September 2021|title=" Bebel ", inoubliable acteur du Paris Saint-Germain|trans-title="Bebel", unforgettable actor of Paris Saint-Germain|url=https://www.psg.fr/equipes/the-club/content/bebel-inoubliable-acteur-du-paris-saint-germain|access-date=6 September 2021|publisher=[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.]]|language=fr}}</ref>

Belmondo died on 6 September 2021 at his home in Paris, aged 88.<ref name=nytobit/> He had been in failing health since he suffered a stroke a decade earlier.<ref name=upi/> A national tribute was held on 9 September in [[Les Invalides|Hôtel des Invalides]].<ref name=tribute>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/france-pay-national-tribute-famed-actor-belmondo-sept-9-2021-09-07/|title=France mourns "immortal" Belmondo, will pay national tribute on Thursday|date=7 September 2021|work=Reuters|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> [[President of France|President]] [[Emmanuel Macron]] called Belmondo a "national hero".<ref name=tribute/> The last tribute melody was "[[Chi Mai]]" by [[Ennio Morricone]] (from The 1981 film ''[[The Professional (1981 film)|The Professional]]''). The next day, 10 September, his funeral took place at the [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés (abbey)|Saint-Germain-des-Prés church]] in the presence of relatives and family. The actors [[Alain Delon|Alain]] and [[Anthony Delon]] also were present.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://time.news/paris-greets-belmondo-with-a-funeral-in-saint-germain-des-pres-entertainment/|title=Paris greets Belmondo with a funeral in Saint-Germain-des-Près|at=Entertainment|website=Time News|date=11 September 2021|archive-date=27 October 2021|access-date=14 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027183547/https://time.news/paris-greets-belmondo-with-a-funeral-in-saint-germain-des-pres-entertainment/|url-status=dead}}</ref> His remains were cremated at the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.femmeactuelle.fr/actu/news-actu/hommage-a-jean-paul-belmondo-son-cercueil-bloque-dans-un-ascenseur-aux-invalides-2119549|title=Hommage à Jean-Paul Belmondo : son cercueil bloqué dans un ascenseur aux Invalides|date=11 September 2021 |publisher=Femme Actuelle|access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> Unlike his father, the sculptor Paul Belmondo, who was buried at the [[Montparnasse Cemetery]], Jean-Paul's ashes were scattered in the garden of his childhood home in Piriac-sur-Mer, in Loire-Atlantique.<ref>[https://www.purepeople.com/article/-le-jour-ou-l-on-partait-disperser-ses-cendres-dans-jean-paul-belmondo-ces-signes-troublants-remarques-par-son-fils-paul_a522185/1?fbclid=IwY2xjawFdf9BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXSsNQ53LW8qjJ28r-KUHZrtRlVi26qNOnca1_VpntGXvnIQZbEOgOQvuA_aem_35KaCFvC8uQHiq4XrT7wGA "Le jour où l'on partait disperser ses cendres dans..." : Jean-Paul Belmondo, ces signes troublants remarqués par son fils Paul]</ref>

==Legacy==
[[File:JP Belmondo Cannes 1988.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Belmondo at the 1988 [[Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Throughout his career, he was called the French counterpart of actors such as [[James Dean]], [[Marlon Brando]], and [[Humphrey Bogart]].<ref name=nytobit/> On the day of his death, television channels in France altered their schedules to add screenings of his films, which drew over 6.5 million viewers cumulatively.<ref name=honor>{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210907-france-set-for-rare-national-tribute-to-film-star-belmondo|title=France set for rare national tribute to film star Belmondo|date=7 September 2021|publisher=France24|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> For his performances as a police officer in many films, the [[National Police (France)|National Police]] said that "Even if it was just cinema you were in a way one of us, Mr. Belmondo".<ref name=honor/> Throughout his career, he was regarded as an influential French actor and was often seen as the face of the [[French New Wave]].<ref name="Vandoorne Xu Haq 2021"/> Belmondo was described as the "figurehead" of the French New Wave, with his acting techniques often seen as capturing the style and imagination of France in the 1960s.<ref name=farout>{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/actor-jean-paul-belmondo-died-cause/|title=Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, the star of 'Breathless', has died aged 88|date=6 September 2021|publisher=Faroutmagazine|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

Many of his film roles, especially as Michel Poiccard, were regarded as "legendary" and highly influential.<ref name=inf>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/06/jean-paul-belmondo-appreciation|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo: the beaten-up icon who made crime sexy|work=The Guardian|date=6 September 2021|access-date=7 September 2021}}</ref> Despite his reluctance to learn English, many often believed had he accepted offers from [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]], his success there would have been comparable to that of French actors [[Charles Boyer]] or [[Maurice Chevalier]].<ref name=inf/> In an obituary for ''[[The Guardian]]'', they hailed Belmondo as an "integral part of the history of French cinema, and France itself".<ref name=inf/> He was described as the "epitome of cool".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034719321/french-film-star-jean-paul-belmondo-the-epitome-of-cool-dies-at-88|title=French Film Star Jean-Paul Belmondo, The Epitome Of Cool, Dies At 88|website=NPR.org|date=7 September 2021 |publisher=NPR|access-date=7 September 2021 |last1=Mondello |first1=Bob }}</ref>

American film director [[Quentin Tarantino]] cited Belmondo as an influence and called Belmondo "a verb that represents vitality, charisma, a force of will, it represents super coolness".<ref name=tribute/> English director [[Edgar Wright]] said that "cinema will never be quite as cool again" following Belmondo's death.<ref name=NPR>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/06/1034636250/jean-paul-belmondo-the-face-of-french-new-wave-film-dies-at-88?ft=nprml&f=1034636250|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, The Face Of French New Wave Film, Dies At 88|website=NPR|date=6 September 2021|access-date=7 September 2021|last1=Bond|first1=Shannon}}</ref> He was described as an icon of French cinema and being influential in shaping modern European cinema.<ref name=farout/>

==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Director
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
|- 
|1956
|''Molière''<ref name=nytobit/>
| Le Merluche 
|Norbert Tildian
|short film
|-
|1957
|''[[On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels]]'' (''À pied, à cheval et en voiture'')<ref name=foot/>
|Venin
|[[Maurice Delbez]]
|A vehicle for [[Noël-Noël]]; Belmondo's role cut from film
|-
|rowspan=4|1958
|''[[Be Beautiful But Shut Up]]'' (''Sois belle et tais-toi'')<ref name=TMC>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/13336%7C80932/Jean-paul-Belmondo#filmography|title=Jean-paul Belmondo filmography|publisher=TMC|accessdate=9 September 2021}}</ref>
|Pierrot
|[[Marc Allégret]]
| With [[Mylène Demongeot]], [[Henri Vidal]] and [[Alain Delon]]
|-
|''[[Young Sinners (1958 film)|Young Sinners]]'' (''Les tricheurs'')<ref name=TMC/>
| Lou
|[[Marcel Carné]]
| With [[Pascale Petit (actress)|Pascale Petit]]
|-
|''[[Sunday Encounter]]'' (''Un drôle de dimanche'')<ref name=vanity/>
| Patrick
|Marc Allegret
| With [[Danielle Darrieux]], [[Arletty]] and [[Bourvil]]
|-
|''[[Les copains du dimanche]]''<ref name=copains/>
|Trebois
|
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1959
|''[[Charlotte and Her Boyfriend]]'' (''Charlotte et son Jules'')<ref name=guardianobit/>
|Jean
|[[Jean-Luc Godard]]
| Short film
|-
|''[[An Angel on Wheels]]'' (''Mademoiselle Ange'')<ref name=TMC/>
| Michel Barrot
| [[Géza von Radványi]]
| With [[Romy Schneider]] and Henri Vidal
|-
|''[[The Three Musketeers (1959 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (''Les Trois Mousquetaires'')<ref name=musket/>
|[[Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan|D'Artagnan]]
|[[Claude Barma]]
|For French TV
|- 
|''[[Web of Passion]]'' (''À double tour'', ''Leda'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Laszlo Kovacs
|[[Claude Chabrol]]
| With [[Madeleine Robinson]]
|- 
|rowspan=7|1960
|''[[Breathless (1960 film)|Breathless]]'' (''À bout de souffle'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Michel Poiccard
|Jean-Luc Godard
| With [[Jean Seberg]]; from a story by [[François Truffaut]]
|- 
|''[[Classe tous risques|The Big Risk]]'' (''Classe Tous Risques'')<ref name=TMC/> 
|Eric Stark
|[[Claude Sautet]] 
| With [[Lino Ventura]]
|- 
|''[[Seven Days... Seven Nights]]'' (''Moderato cantabile'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Chauvin
|[[Peter Brook]] 
| With [[Jeanne Moreau]]
|- 
|''[[Trapped by Fear]]'' (''Les distractions'')<ref name=fear/>
|Paul Frapier
|Jacques Dupont
| With [[Alexandra Stewart]] and [[Sylva Koscina]]
|-
|''[[Love and the Frenchwoman]]'' (''La française et l'amour'')<ref name=TMC/>
|
|
| Anthology film
|-
|''[[Letters By a Novice]]'' (''Lettere di una novizia'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Giuliano Verdi
|[[Alberto Lattuada]] 
| Italian film with Pascale Petit
|- 
|''[[Two Women]]'' (''La Ciociara'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Michele de Libero 
|[[Vittorio De Sica]] 
|Italian film with [[Sophia Loren]]
|- 
|rowspan=5|1961
|''[[The Lovemakers (film)|The Lovemakers]]'' (''La viaccia'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Amerigo
|[[Mauro Bolognini]] 
|Italian film with [[Claudia Cardinale]]
|- 
|''[[Léon Morin, Priest]]'' (''Léon Morin, prêtre'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Léon Morin
|[[Jean-Pierre Melville]] 
| With [[Emmanuelle Riva]]
|- 
|''[[A Woman Is a Woman]]'' (''Une femme est une femme'')<ref name=bbcobit/>
|Alfred Lubitsch
|Jean-Luc Godard
| With [[Anna Karina]] and [[Jean-Claude Brialy]]
|-
|''[[Famous Love Affairs]]'' (''Amours célèbres'')<ref name=ind/>
| [[Antoine Nompar de Caumont|Lauzun]]
|[[Michel Boisrond]]
|Anthology film
|-
|''[[A Man Named Rocca]]'' (''Un nommé La Rocca'')<ref name=rocca/>
|Roberto La Rocca
|[[Jean Becker (director)|Jean Becker]]
| 1972 remade by Belmondo as ''La Scoumoune''
|-
|rowspan=4|1962
|''[[Le Doulos|The Finger Man]]'' (''Le Doulos'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Silien
|Jean-Pierre Melville
|
|- 
|''[[Cartouche (film)|Swords of Blood]]'' (''Cartouche'')<ref name=TMC/>
|[[Louis Dominique Bourguignon]]
|[[Philippe de Broca]]
| With [[Claudia Cardinale]]
|- 
|''[[A Monkey in Winter (film)|A Monkey in Winter]]'' (''Un singe en hiver'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Gabriel Fouquet
|[[Henri Verneuil]] 
| With [[Jean Gabin]]
|- 
|''[[The Winner (1962 film)|Un cœur gros comme ça (A heart like that)]]'' (documentary "The Winner")<ref name=TMC/>
|as himself
|[[François Reichenbach]] 
|
|- 
|rowspan=5|1963
|''[[Mad Sea]]'' (''Mare matto'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nautica.news/artemare-remembers-the-sailor-jean-paul-belmondo/|title=Artemare remembers the "sailor Jean Paul Belmondo"|date=9 September 2021|publisher=Nautica News|accessdate=9 September 2021|archive-date=9 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909180836/https://nautica.news/artemare-remembers-the-sailor-jean-paul-belmondo/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|Il Livornese
|[[Renato Castellani]] 
|Italian film with [[Gina Lollobrigida]]
|- 
|''[[Banana Peel]]'' (''Peau de banane'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Michel Thibault
|[[Marcel Ophüls]] 
|With Jeanne Moreau
|- 
|''[[Sweet and Sour (1963 film)|Sweet and Sour]]'' (''Dragées au poivre'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Raymond
|[[Jacques Baratier]]
| 
|- 
|''[[Magnet of Doom]]'' (''L'Aîné des Ferchaux'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Michel Maudet
|Jean-Pierre Melville
|Set in the USA; based on a novel by [[Georges Simenon]]
|- 
|''[[The Shortest Day]]'' (''Il giorno più corto'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=10523|title=The Shortest Day|accessdate=9 September 2021|publisher=My Movies}}</ref>
|Erede Siciliano
|[[Sergio Corbucci]]
|Unbilled cameo
|- 
|rowspan=5|1964
|''[[That Man from Rio]]'' (''L'Homme de Rio'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Adrien Dufourquet
|Philippe de Broca
|With [[Françoise Dorléac]]
|- 
|''[[Greed in the Sun]]'' (''Cent mille dollars au soleil'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Rocco
|Henri Verneuil
|With Lino Ventura
|-
|''[[Échappement libre|Backfire]]'' (''Échappement libre'')<ref name=TMC/>
|David Ladislas
|Jean Becker
|Second film with Jean Seberg
|-
|''[[Weekend at Dunkirk]]'' (''Week-end à Zuydcoote'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Julien Maillat
|Henri Verneuil
|With [[Catherine Spaak]]
|-
|''[[Male Hunt]]'' (''La Chasse à l'homme'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Fernand
|[[Édouard Molinaro]]
|With Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Dorléac, [[Catherine Deneuve]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1965
|''[[Crime on a Summer Morning]]'' (''Par un beau matin d'été'')<ref name=crime/>
|Francis
|[[Jacques Deray]]
|With [[Geraldine Chaplin]]
|- 
|''[[Pierrot le Fou]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|Pierrot (Ferdinand Griffon)
|Jean-Luc Godard
|With Anna Karina
|- 
|''[[Up to His Ears]]'' (''Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Arthur Lempereur
|Philippe de Broca
|With [[Ursula Andress]]
|- 
|rowspan=2|1966
|''[[Tender Scoundrel]]'' (''Tendre Voyou'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Antoine Maréchal
|Jean Becker
|With [[Geneviève Page]], [[Stefania Sandrelli]], Mylène Demongeot, [[Nadja Tiller]] and [[Robert Morley]]
|-
|''[[Is Paris Burning? (film)|Is Paris Burning?]]'' (''Paris brûle-t-il?'')<ref name=TMC/>
| [[Yvon Morandat]]
|[[René Clément]] 
|Hollywood financed film
|-
|rowspan=2|1967
|''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''<ref name=TMC/>
| French Legionnaire
|[[Ken Hughes]], [[John Huston]] and others
|cameo role
|- 
|''[[The Thief of Paris]]'' (''Le Voleur'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Georges Randal
|[[Louis Malle]]
|With [[Geneviève Bujold]] 
|- 
|1968
|''[[Ho!]]''<ref name=ho/>
|François Holin
|[[Robert Enrico]]
|Based on a novel by [[José Giovanni]] 
|- 
|rowspan=3|1969
|''[[The Brain (1969 film)|The Brain]]'' (''Le Cerveau'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Arthur Lespinasse
|[[Gérard Oury]] 
|With [[David Niven]], [[Eli Wallach]] and Bourvil
|- 
|''[[Mississippi Mermaid]]'' (''La Sirène du Mississippi'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Louis Mahé
|[[François Truffaut]] 
|With Catherine Deneuve
|- 
|''[[Love Is a Funny Thing]]'' (''Un homme qui me plaît'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Henri
|[[Claude Lelouch]] 
|Filmed in the USA; with [[Annie Girardot]]
|- 
|1970
|''[[Borsalino (film)|Borsalino]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|François Capella
|Jacques Deray
|With Alain Delon
|- 
|rowspan=2|1971
|''[[The Married Couple of the Year Two]]'' (''Les Mariés de l'an II'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Nicolas Philibert
|[[Jean-Paul Rappeneau]]
|With [[Marlène Jobert]]
|- 
|''[[Le Casse|The Burglars]]'' (''The Burglars'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Azad
|Henri Verneuil
|With [[Omar Sharif]], [[Dyan Cannon]]
|- 
|rowspan=2|1972
|''[[Dr. Popaul|Scoundrel in White]]'' (''Dr Popaul'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Doctor Paul Simay
|Claude Chabrol
|With [[Mia Farrow]]; also producer
|- 
|''[[La Scoumoune|Scoumoune]]'' (''La Scoumoune'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Roberto Borgo
|[[José Giovanni]] 
|With Clauda Cardinale
|- 
|rowspan=2|1973
|''[[The Inheritor]]'' (''L'Héritier'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Bart Cordell
|[[Philippe Labro]]
|
|-
|''[[Le Magnifique|The Man from Acapulco]]'' (''Le Magnifique'')<ref name=TMC/>
|François Merlin / Bob Saint-Clar
|Philippe de Broca
|With [[Jacqueline Bisset]]; also producer
|-
|1974
|''[[Stavisky]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|[[Alexandre Stavisky]]
|[[Alain Resnais]] 
|With [[Charles Boyer]]; also producer
|- 
|rowspan=2|1975
|''[[Incorrigible (1975 film)|Incorrigible]]'' (''L'Incorrigible'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Victor Vauthier
|Philippe de Broca
|With Geneviève Bujold; also producer
|- 
|''[[Peur sur la ville|The Night Caller]]'' (''Peur sur la ville'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Jean Letellier
|Henri Verneuil
|First time Belmondo played a policeman; also producer
|- 
|rowspan=2|1976
|''[[L'Alpagueur|The Hunter Will Get You]]'' (''L'Alpagueur'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Roger Pilard ("L'Alpagueur") 
|[[Philippe Labro]]
|Also producer
|-
|''[[Le Corps de mon ennemi|Body of My Enemy]]'' (''Le Corps de mon ennemi'')<ref name=TMC/>
|François Leclercq
|Henri Verneuil
|Also producer
|- 
|1977
|''[[Animal (1977 film)|Animal]]'' (''L'Animal'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Mike Gaucher / Bruno Ferrari
|[[Claude Zidi]] 
|With [[Raquel Welch]]; also producer
|- 
|1979
|''[[Cop or Hood]]'' (''Flic ou voyou'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Antonio Cerutti / Stanislas Borowitz
|[[Georges Lautner]] 
|Also producer
|- 
|1980
|''[[Le Guignolo]]''<ref name=leg/>
|Alexandre Dupré
|Georges Lautner
|Also producer
|-
|1981
|''[[Le Professionnel|The Professional]]'' (''Le Professionnel'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Josselin Beaumont, a.k.a. "Joss"
|Georges Lautner
|Also producer
|- 
|1982
|''[[L'As des as|Ace of Aces]]'' (''L'As des as'')<ref name=ace/>
|Jo Cavalier
|Gérard Oury
|Also producer
|-
|1983
|''[[Le Marginal]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|Philippe Jordan
|Jacques Deray
|With [[Henry Silva]]; also producer
|-
|rowspan=2|1984
|''[[Les Morfalous|The Vultures]]'' (''Les Morfalous'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Pierre Augagneur
|Henri Verneuil
| Also producer
|-
|''[[Happy Easter]]'' (''Joyeuses Pâques'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Stéphane Margelle
|Georges Lautner
|With [[Sophie Marceau]]; also producer
|- 
|rowspan=2|1985
|''[[Outlaws (1985 film)|Outlaws]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/Outlaw-Cinema.pdf|title=Outlaw cinema|publisher=Film Noir Foundation|accessdate=9 September 2021}}</ref>
|
|
|Producer only
|-
|''[[Hold-Up (1985 film)|Hold-up]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|Grimm
|[[Alexandre Arcady]] 
|Filmed in Canada; with [[Kim Cattrall]]. <br> Also producer; remade as ''[[Quick Change]]''
|- 
|1987
|''[[Le Solitaire (film)|The Loner]]'' (''Le Solitaire'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Stan Jalard 
|Jacques Deray
|Also producer
|- 
|rowspan=3|1988
|''[[Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|Sam Lion
|Claude Lelouch
|Also producer
|- 
|''[[Chocolat (1988 film)|Chocolat]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/event/chocolat/|title=Chocolat|accessdate=9 September 2021|publisher=sfmomo.org}}</ref>
|
|
| Producer only
|-
|''Kean''<ref name="theatre"/>
|[[Edmund Kean|Kean]]
| Pierre Badel 
|Film of [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] play which Belmondo performed on stage
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|''Cyrano de Bergerac''<ref name="theatre"/>
|[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]
|[[Robert Hossein]]
|Film of play which Belmondo performed on stage
|-
|''[[Tom and Lola]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.throughtheclutter.com/jean-paul-belmondo-8438.php|publisher=Through the Clutter|title=92 Jean-Paul Belmondo Movies, Ranked Best to Worst|accessdate=9 September 2021}}</ref>
|
|
| Producer only
|-
|1992
|''[[Stranger in the House (1992 film)|Stranger in the House]]'' (''L'inconnu dans la maison'')<ref name=TMC/>
|
|Georges Lautner
| Also producer
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|''Tailleur pour dames''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb42697718b|title=Show Notice|year=1993|accessdate=9 September 2021|publisher=Catalogue}}</ref>
|
|Bernard Murat
|TV movie
|-
|''Le nombril du monde''<ref name=TMC/>
|
|
|Producer only
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
|''[[A Hundred and One Nights (film)|A Hundred and One Nights]]'' (''Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Professeur Bébel
|[[Agnès Varda]] 
|
|- 
|''[[Les Misérables (1995 film)|Les Misérables]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|Henri Fortin / Jean Valjean
|Claude Lelouch
|
|- 
|1996
|''[[Désiré (1996 film)|Désiré]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|Désiré
|Bernard Murat 
|also producer
|- 
|1997
|''La puce à l'oreille''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avantscenetheatre.com/catalogue/puce-loreille-la|title=Flea in the Ear|publisher=Avant Screen Theatre|accessdate=9 September 2021}}</ref>
|
|Yves Di Tullio
| Based on play by [[Georges Feydeau]]
|-
|1998
|''[[Une chance sur deux|Half a Chance]]'' (''Une chance sur deux'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Léo Brassac
|[[Patrice Leconte]] 
|With Alain Delon and [[Vanessa Paradis]]
|- 
|rowspan=2|1999
|''[[Peut-être]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|Ako
|[[Cédric Klapisch]] 
|with [[Romain Duris]]
|-
|''Frédérick ou le Boulevard du Crime''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goodwordnews.com/jean-paul-belmondo-and-brittany-in-four-episodes-the-death-of-jean-paul-belmondo/|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo and Brittany in four episodes – The death of Jean-Paul Belmondo|publisher=GWG|accessdate=9 September 2021|archive-date=10 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910001546/https://goodwordnews.com/jean-paul-belmondo-and-brittany-in-four-episodes-the-death-of-jean-paul-belmondo/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
|
|Bernard Murat
|Recording of play by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt starring Belmondo
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|''[[Les Acteurs|The Actors]]'' (''Les Acteurs'')<ref name=TMC/>
|Himself
|[[Bertrand Blier]]
|documentary
|-
|''[[Amazon (2000 film)|Amazon]]''<ref name=TMC/>
|Edouard
|[[Philippe de Broca]]
|
|- 
|2001
|''Ferchaux''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rialtopictures.com/catalogue/jean-paul-belmondo|title=Jean Paul Belmdono|publisher=Rialtopictures|accessdate=9 September 2021}}</ref>
|Paul Ferchaux
|
|TV movie from novel by [[Georges Simenon]]
|-
|2009
|''[[A Man and His Dog]]'' ("Un homme et son chien") <ref name=TMC/>
|Charles
|[[Francis Huster]] 
|Final movie role
|-
|2010
|''Allons-y! Alonzo!''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.unifrance.org/movie/30586/allons-y-alonzo|title=Allons-y ! Alonzo !|publisher=Unifrance|accessdate=9 September 2021}}</ref>
|
|
|short
|}

==See also==
* [[Cinema of France]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|901}}
* {{Discogs artist|Jean-Paul Belmondo}}

{{César Award for Best Actor}}
{{Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement}}
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