Jean Gabin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1904-05-17 (72 years old)

Deathday

1976-11-15

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Jean Gabin

Biography

Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he p...

Acting

1937

Grand Illusion

as Le lieutenant Maréchal

1969

The Sicilian Clan

as Vittorio Manalese

1974

Jury of One

as Leguen

1973

Two Men in Town

as Germain Cazeneuve

1966

The Gardener of Argenteuil

as M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »

1958

Les Misérables

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

1972

Killer

as Commissioner Le Guen

1980

My American Uncle

as Self (archive footage)

1968

The Tattoo

as Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain'

1963

1971

The Cat

as Julien Bouin

1959

The Magnificent Tramp

as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède

1937

Pépé le Moko

as Pépé le Moko

1939

Daybreak

as François

1960

The Old Guard

as Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer

1964

Monsieur

as The banker René Duchêne, alias Georges Baudin known as “Monsieur”

1962

A Monkey in Winter

as Albert Quentin

1954

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

as Max dit Max le Menteur

1938

1942

Moontide

as Bobo

1958

The Possessors

as Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier

1955

Napoleon

as Marshal Jean Lannes

1956

Crime and Punishment

as Commissaire Gallet

1952

Le Plaisir

as Joseph Rivet

1954

Air of Paris

as Victor Le Garrec

1958

Maigret Sets a Trap

as Commissaire Maigret

1962

The Gentleman from Epsom

as Richard Briand-Charmery

1952

The Truth About Bebe Donge

as François Donge

1955

Razzia

as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'

1955

French Cancan

as Henri Danglard

2011

1933

High and Low

as Charles Boulla

1936

The Lower Depths

as Pepel Wasska

1932

Lilac

as Martousse

1941

Stormy Waters

as Le capitaine André Laurent

1938

1958

Love Is My Profession

as Maître André Gobillot

1949

The Walls of Malapaga

as Pierre Arrignon

1970

The Horse

as Auguste Maroilleur

1930

1955

Hi-Jack Highway

as Jean Chape

1936

They Were Five

as Jean dit Jeannot

1950

Marie of the Port

as Henri Chatelard

1935

Behold the Man

as Ponce Pilate

2015

Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants

as Self (archive footage)

1956

La Traversée de Paris

as Grandgil, artist painter

1951

The Moment of Truth

as Dr Pierre Richard

1935

La Bandera

as Pierre Gilieth

1968

Pasha

as Comissaire Joss, le Pacha

1961

The President

as Emile Beaufort

1944

The Impostor

as Clément / Maurice Lafarge

1956

Blood to the Head

as François Cardinaud

1953

Their Last Night

as Pierre Ruffin

1959

Rue de Paris

as Henri Neveu

1973

The Dominici Affair

as Gaston Dominici

2018

The Image Book

as (archive footage)

1953

Rhine Virgin

as Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru

1958

The Night Affair

as Inspecteur Georges Vallois

1963

Maigret Sees Red

as Commissaire Jules Maigret

1964

That Tender Age

as Émile Malhouin

1966

The Upper Hand

as Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's

1965

God's Thunder

as Léandre Brassac

1956

Deadlier Than the Male

as André Chatelin

1969

1961

The Counterfeiters of Paris

as Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'

1955

The Little Rebels

as Julien Lamy

1967

Action Man

as Denis Ferrand

1957

The Case of Dr. Laurent

as le docteur Laurent

1956

1957

Speaking of Murder

as Louis Bertain/Louis le blond

1960

The Baron of the Locks

as Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine

1951

The Night Is My Kingdom

as Raymond Pinsard

1937

Lady Killer

as Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'

1932

1955

House on the Waterfront

as Commander Lequévic

1933

Le Tunnel

as Mac Allan

1939

Coral Reefs

as Ted "Trott" Lennard

1946

Martin Roumagnac

as Martin Roumagnac

1934

Maria Chapdelaine

as François Paradis

1953

Storms

as il professore Antonio Sanna

1951

Victor

as Victor

1950

Twelve Hours to Live

as Carlo Bacchi

1947

Mirror

as Pierre Lussac

1937

The Messenger

as Nicolas Dange

1931

1932

1931

Méphisto

as Jacques Miral

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Joe Greer

1932

Happy Hearts

as Charles

1932

The Beautiful Sailor

as Le capitaine

1931

Gloria

as Robert Nourry

1933

L'Étoile de Valencia

as Pedro Savedra

1933

Adieu les beaux jours

as Pierre Lavernay

1976

Holy Year

as Max Lambert

2019

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

as Self (archive footage)

1934

Zouzou

as Jean

1959

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

as Commissioner Jules Maigret

1935

Varieté

as Georges

2002

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018

Lino Ventura, la part intime

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Jean Gabin, une âme française

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

as Monsieur (archive footage)

2017

Quand Jean devint Renoir

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1972

Killer

as Producer

1971

The Cat

as Producer

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