Born: October 27, 1932 – Died: April 19, 2007
Jean-Pierre Cassel, the acclaimed actor known for his role in "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie," was born on October 27, 1932. Hailing from Paris, France, Cassel made his movie debut at the invitation of Gene Kelly, who cast him in the 1956 Paris-filmed seriocomedy "The Happy Road." Though he had been working in films since 1950, it was this opportunity that launched his career in the entertainment industry. With his tall stature and elastic face, Cassel became renowned for his comedic roles, often playing variations of the ingenuous Candide. Throughout his career, he captivated audiences and became a favorite screen-lover of some of the best actresses in the industry. A true icon of French cinema, Jean-Pierre Cassel's contributions to the world of film are unforgettable.
Early Life and Career
Cassel's career in the entertainment industry began in 1950, and he made his professional film debut in 1956 with the movie "The Happy Road," directed by Gene Kelly. His first major successful role came in 1958 when he perfectly portrayed the naive lead character in the film adaptation of Voltaire's "Candide." This role showcased his talents as an actor and helped solidify his reputation in the industry.
Throughout his career, Jean-Pierre Cassel won several awards for his performances, receiving one win and one nomination. His contributions to French cinema and his captivating on-screen presence made him a beloved and respected figure in the entertainment industry.
Jean-Pierre Cassel's impact on Hollywood and the entertainment industry extended beyond his native France. He gained popularity among American filmgoers with his appearances as King Louis XIII in the films "The Three Musketeers" and "The Four Musketeers" in 1974. His talent and versatility as an actor, especially in comedic roles, made him stand out and contributed to his status as an icon and a legend in the industry.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | Panoramix |
| 2007 | Vous êtes de la police? | Simon Sablonnet |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Père Lucien et le Vendeur |
| 2007 | J'aurais voulu être un danseur | Guy adulte |
| 2007 | J'ai plein de projets (Short) | L'homme au restaurant |
| 2007 | Acteur (Short) | Unknown |
| 2007 | Counter Investigation | Le docteur Delmas |
| 2007 | Le vrai coupable (TV Movie) | Léonard Manderley |
| 2007 | Où avais-je la tête ? | Albert |
| 2006 | Mauvaise foi | Victor Breitmann |
| 2006 | Fair Play | Édouard |
| 2006 | Call Me Agostino | Adrien Beaudessin |
| 2006 | Congorama | Hervé Roy |
| 2006 | Judas (Short) | Le vieil homme |
| 2005 | La femme coquelicot (TV Movie) | Félix |
| 2005 | Bunker paradise | Henri Devaux |
| 2005 | Virgil | Ernest |
| 2005 | In Your Dreams | Mike |
| 2004 | Menteur! Menteuse! (TV Movie) | Jean Delorme |
| 2004 | Narco | Le père de Gus |
| 2004 | Fabien Cosma (TV Series) | Albert |
| 2003 | Une deuxième chance (TV Movie) | Anatole |
| 2003 | Michel Vaillant | Henri Vaillant |
| 2003 | The Wooden Camera | Mr. Shawn |
| 2003 | La maison du canal (TV Movie) | Louis |
| 2003 | The Ultimate Challenge (TV Movie) | Faucheur |
| 2002 | À l'abri des regards indiscrets (Short) | Balayeur claquettiste |
| 2002 | La chanson du maçon (TV Movie) | Arnold |
| 2001 | Méditerranée (TV Series) | Jacques Nils | Nils |
| 2001 | The Twins' Plot (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 2001 | La memoria e il perdono (TV Movie) | Daniel Olivier |
| 2001 | Un citronnier pour deux (TV Movie) | Daniel |
| 2001 | Double emploi (TV Movie) | Bertrand Miller |
| 2001 | Un pique-nique chez Osiris (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 2001 | Rastignac ou les ambitieux (TV Mini Series) | Vautrin |
| 2000 | The Crimson Rivers | Dr. Bernard Chernezé |
| 2000 | Sade | Le vicomte de Lancris |
| 2000 | Crimes en série (TV Series) | Charles Wilensky |
| 2000 | Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (TV Series) | Le juge Lefebvre |
| 2000 | Le coup du lapin (TV Movie) | Christian de la Hénerie |
| 1999 | Le plus beau pays du monde | Blondel |
| 1999 | Trafic d'influence | Pierre-Jean Guisard |
| 1999 | Les montagnes bleues (TV Movie) | David |
| 1999 | Mai con i quadri (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1998 | The Ice Rink | Ice Rink's Manager |
| 1998 | Il cuore e la spada (TV Movie) | Hoel |
| 1997 | The President's Hideaway (TV Movie) | Deschanel |
| 1997 | Con rabbia e con amore | Gigi |
| 1997 | Un printemps de chien (TV Movie) | Michel |
| 1996 | Les Tiers Mondains (TV Movie) | Le Ministre |
| 1996 | Flairs ennemis (TV Movie) | Jean-Charles Cuvelier |
| 1996 | Le neuvième jour (TV Movie) | Tony |
| 1996 | Les Bidochon | Le PDG de Canal B |
| 1996 | Le match de notre vie (TV Movie) | Antoine Malleval |
| 1996 | L'embellie (TV Movie) | Lazlo |
| 1996 | Amores que matan | André |
| 1995 | Valse nocturne (Short) | Le Comte |
| 1995 | Le coeur étincelant (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1995 | Le fils de Paul (TV Movie) | Paul |
| 1995 | Tatort (TV Series) | Bruno Dupeyron |
| 1995 | La Cérémonie | Georges Lelievre |
| 1995 | The Judge Is a Woman (TV Series) | René Vernier |
| 1995 | Zwei alte Hasen (TV Series) | Kommissar Rosseau |
| 1994 | Ready to Wear | Olivier de la Fontaine |
| 1994 | Blue Helmet | Nicolas |
| 1994 | Hell | M. Vernon |
| 1993 | La Treizième voiture (TV Movie) | Charles de Malasset |
| 1993 | Le secret d'Elissa Rhaïs (TV Movie) | Lucien Rameau |
| 1993 | Café au lait | Gynecologist |
| 1993 | L'oeil écarlate | Leprince |
| 1993 | Black Tea with Lemon | Tiago |
| 1993 | Pétain | Hans Roberto |
| 1993 | Coup de jeune | Le ministre |
| 1992 | De terre et de sang (TV Movie) | Ridefort |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) | Ambassador |
| 1992 | Puissance 4 (TV Series) | Hubert Villeneuve |
| 1992 | Amor e Dedinhos de Pé | Gonçalo Botelho |
| 1992 | Warburg: A Man of Influence (TV Mini Series) | George Warburg, père |
| 1992 | Between Heaven and Earth | Le rédacteur en chef |
| 1992 | Aqui D'El Rei! (TV Movie) | Rodrigo |
| 1992 | Notorious (TV Movie) | Alex Sebastian |
| 1991 | Salut les coquins (TV Movie) | Jansen |
| 1991 | Fantaghirò: Cave of the Golden Rose (TV Mini Series) | The General |
| 1991 | Mountain of Diamonds (TV Movie) | Louis de Thiry |
| 1991 | Haute tension (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1991 | The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish | Zalman |
| 1991 | Une affaire d'état (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1990 | Vincent and Theo (TV Mini Series) | Dr. Paul Gachet |
| 1990 | The Fatal Image (TV Movie) | Vandelle |
| 1990 | The Maid (TV Movie) | C.P. Olivier |
| 1990 | La misère des riches (TV Series) | Nelson Valée |
| 1990 | Chillers (TV Series) | De Gastine |
| 1990 | Vincent & Theo | Dr. Paul Gachet |
| 1990 | Mister Frost | Inspector Corelli |
| 1990 | The Phantom of the Opera (TV Mini Series) | Inspector Ledoux |
| 1990 | Avanti (TV Movie) | Sandy Claiborn |
| 1989 | Disperatamente Giulia (TV Mini Series) | Unknown |
| 1989 | Piège infernal (TV Mini Series) | Nelson Vallée |
| 1989 | Vado a riprendermi il gatto | Unknown |
| 1985–1989 | Black Sequence (TV Series) | Robert Joffre | Georges Lemaire | Georges Hutchins-Delouis |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Cyrano de Bergerac (as Jean Pierre Cassel) |
| 1989 | Les jupons de la révolution (TV Series) | Le Marquis de Mirabeau |
| 1989 | Quattro storie di donne (TV Mini Series) | Enrico |
| 1988 | Mangeclous | De Surville |
| 1988 | La chaîne (TV Mini Series) | André Bouvier |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini | Comparsa (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Chouans! | Baron de Tiffauges |
| 1988 | Sentiments (TV Series) | Alphonse Toronto |
| 1988 | Sei delitti per padre Brown (TV Mini Series) | Unknown |
| 1988 | Secret of the Sahara (TV Mini Series) | Major De Brosse |
| 1987 | Nel gorgo del peccato (TV Mini Series) | Prof. Lanfranco Serpieri (1987) |
| 1987 | Sentimental Journey (TV Movie) | Sanzone |
| 1987 | Casanova (TV Movie) | Louis XV |
| 1986 | Se un giorno busserai alla mia porta (TV Mini Series) | Massimo |
| 1986 | Liberty (TV Movie) | Eduard de Laboulaye |
| 1986 | La méthode rose (TV Movie) | Max |
| 1986 | L'été 36 (TV Series) | Yves |
| 1985 | Vous êtes avec moi, Victoria? (TV Movie) | Alceste |
| 1985 | Les temps difficiles (TV Movie) | Marcel |
| 1985 | Tranches de vie | Le comte de Forcheville |
| 1984 | Dernier banco (TV Movie) | Georges Nancy |
| 1983 | Vive la sociale! | Le camelot |
| 1983 | T'es heureuse? Moi, toujours... | Voix dans les films (voice) |
| 1982 | Emmenez-moi au théâtre (TV Series) | Le commandant Edward Ferrers |
| 1982 | Ehrengard | Cazotte |
| 1982 | La truite | Rambert |
| 1982 | La guérilléra | Coronel Larzac |
| 1982 | Alicja | Rabbit |
| 1981 | Nudo di donna | Pireddu |
| 1981 | La vie continue | Pierre |
| 1981 | Shillingbury Tales (TV Series) | Julien Lacoste (as Jean Pierre Cassel) |
| 1981 | Il caso Graziosi (TV Movie) | Arnaldo Graziosi |
| 1981 | La mise à nu (TV Movie) | Julien Pollet |
| 1980 | Ça va plaire (TV Movie) | Virgile |
| 1980 | Love in a Cold Climate (TV Mini Series) | Fabrice, Duc de Sauveterre |
| 1980 | Superman II | French Officer at the White House (uncredited) |
| 1980 | 5% de risque | Henri Tanin |
| 1980 | Le soleil en face | Marat |
| 1979 | Wencke, Udo und der blaue Diamant (TV Movie) | 1. Offizier | Paul Marquard |
| 1979 | La ville des silences | Le privé |
| 1979 | La giacca verde (TV Movie) | Walter Salvini | Conductor W. |
| 1979 | I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs | Jean-Marcel Grumet |
| 1979 | Grandison | Oppenheimer |
| 1979 | From Hell to Victory | Dick Sanders (as Jean Pierre Cassel) |
| 1979 | Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (TV Series) | 1. Mann im Aufzug |
| 1978 | The Meetings of Anna | Daniel |
| 1978 | Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Kohner |
| 1977 | Cinéma 16 (TV Series) | Robert Maillet | Le narrateur |
| 1976 | The Twist | Jacques Lavolet, l'éditeur |
| 1976 | Les oeufs brouillés | Le représentant du dirigeant italien |
| 1976 | Docteur Françoise Gailland | Daniel Letessier |
| 1975 | Eine Frau zieht ein (TV Movie) | Hans Emmerich |
| 1975 | That Lucky Touch | Leo |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Pierre Paul Michel (as Jean Pierre Cassel) |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge | Louis XIII (as Jean Pierre Cassel) |
| 1974 | Love at the Top | Claude Fabre |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | King Louis XIII (as Jean Pierre Cassel) |
| 1973 | Baxter! | Roger Tunnell |
| 1973 | Il magnate | Gianni |
| 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Henri Sénéchal |
| 1971 | The Legend of Doom House | Lampernisse |
| 1971 | The Boat on the Grass | David |
| 1971 | Mesure pour mesure (TV Movie) | Lucio |
| 1970 | Jumbo - Ein Elefantenleben (TV Movie) | Generaldirektor Sidney |
| 1970 | The Breach | Paul Thomas |
| 1970 | The Bear and the Doll | Gaspard |
| 1969 | Army of Shadows | Jean François Jardie |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | French Colonel (as Jean Pierre Cassel) |
| 1968 | La double inconstance (TV Movie) | Le prince |
| 1967 | Anyone Can Play | Aldo, Luisa's husband |
| 1967 | The Killing Game | Pierre Meyrand |
| 1967 | Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard (TV Movie) | Dorante |
| 1966 | L'avare (TV Movie) | Cléante |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Lieutenant Henri Karcher |
| 1965 | Les fêtes galantes | Jolicoeur |
| 1965 | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | Pierre Dubois |
| 1964 | Male Companion | Antoine Mirliflor |
| 1964 | Cyrano et d'Artagnan | Monsieur d'Artagnan, de la Compagnie des Mousquetaires du Roy |
| 1964 | The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers | Alain des Arcys .... (segment "L'homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel") |
| 1964 | High Infidelity | Tonino (segment "La sospirosa") |
| 1963 | Nunca pasa nada | Juan |
| 1962 | Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin | Gérard Dagmar |
| 1962 | The Elusive Corporal | Le caporal | The Corporal |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Raymond (segment "Avarice, L'") |
| 1962 | La Gamberge | Albert |
| 1961 | Le mariage de Figaro (TV Movie) | Figaro |
| 1961 | La ligne du Pôle (TV Movie) | Mike |
| 1961 | Napoléon II, l'aiglon | Gustav von Neipperg |
| 1961 | Goodbye Again | Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Five Day Lover | Antoine |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Candide |
| 1960 | The Joker | Édouard Berlon |
| 1960 | The Love Game | Victor |
| 1959 | La marraine de Charley | Claude |
| 1959 | En votre âme et conscience (TV Series) | Thirion |
| 1959 | La nuit de Tom Brown (TV Movie) | Toby |
| 1958 | Cabrioles ou la journée d'une danseuse (Short) | Unknown |
| 1958 | Les surmenés (Short) | Bernard |
| 1958 | Et ta soeur | (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Love Is My Profession | Le trompettiste (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Sacrée jeunesse | Un jeune dans la boîte (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Les cinq dernières minutes (TV Series) | Pierre |
| 1958 | The Night Affair | Un jeune militaire (uncredited) |
| 1957 | À pied, à cheval et en voiture | Mariel (as J.P. Cassel) |
| 1957 | La peau de l'ours | Le fils Duquenne |
| 1957 | Like a Hair in the Soup | Un journaliste (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Plaisir du théâtre (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1957 | The Happy Road | Young lover at the Guinguette (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Anodin Family (TV Series) | Jean Lou Anodin |
| 1953 | Act of Love | Un G.I. au Queen of Hearts | Un G.I. au bal des forces américaines) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Saluti e baci | Jean-Pierre Cassel |
| 1950 | Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés | Un figurant |
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