Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of Ernest Hemingway and the father of Alexandre Brasseur.
He was a member of the French bobsleigh team in the 60s and also a winning Paris-Dakar rally competitor, as co-pilot of Jacky Ickx.
From the late 1950s until two years before his death, Brasseur appeared in overall 150 film and television productions. One of his film roles was as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (1964). Brasseur played the title role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq. A big commerical success were the comedies La Boum (1980) and La Boum 2 (1982), in which he played the father of Sophie Marceau's teenage character.
He died on 22 December 2020, at the age of 84.
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Self - Actor
2018
as Jocelyn and Lucien's father
2016
2016
as Jacky Pic
2016
as Self
2016
2015
as Henri Voizot
2013
as Le commandant
2012
as Robert
2012
as Maurice
2011
as Le Gouverneur
2011
as Self
2011
as The amnesic husband
2011
as Vautier
2010
as Paul Morvenac
2010
as Raoul
2010
as Jacky Pic
2010
as M. de Reuilly-Nonancourt
2007
as Firos
2007
2007
as L'inconnu du palace
2007
as André Tarallo
2007
as André Tarallo
2006
as Gabriel Stern
2006
as Gaston Boissac
2006
as Mahut
2006
as Jacky Pic
2006
as Jacques Grumberg
2005
as Max (voice)
2005
as Jacques Pellegrin
2005
2004
as Robert
2003
as Mossadeq
2003
as Père Léon
2003
as Franck Keller
2001
as Dr Gérard Cafarelli
2001
as Narrator (voice)
2000
as Self
2000
as Francisco
2000
as Le maton chef
1999
as Paul-Édouard
1999
as Docteur Vogein
1999
as Delabit
1998
as Alessio (Giulia's Father)
1997
as Georges Montero
1994
as Guerin
1993
1993
as Spino
1993
as L'enfoiré / The dumb
1992
as Fouché
1992
1992
as Le séducteur
1991
as Georges Deblache
1990
as L'Inspecteur Michel Eparvier
1989
as Léopold Trépper
1989
as Attila
1989
as Le colonel Revers
1989
as Paul Maurier, le correspondant du journal local
1988
as Saccard
1988
as Georges Dandin
1986
as Alan Kolber
1986
as Hubert Durieux
1985
as Roger Lacier
1985
as Emile Chenal
1985
as Robert Morland
1984
1984
as Firmani
1984
as Lartigue
1983
as Dr Jean-Jacques "Gigi" Lestrade, vétérinaire
1983
as Commissaire Martin Griffon
1982
as François Beretton
1982
as Martin Modot
1982
as Piergiorgio Funari
1982
as Guy de Maupassant
1982
as Michel Laurent
1981
as Le commissaire Servolle
1981
as Anton Kovetz
1981
as Simon Risler
1980
as François Beretton
1980
as Judge Largué
1979
as Commissioner Jacques Fush
1979
as Arnold Samson
1979
as Léo Dartigues
1979
as Mario Spinosi
1978
as Serge
1978
as Claude Chevalier d'Aven
1978
as Gravenoire
1977
as Daniel
1977
as Franck Lanier / Monsieur Papa
1976
as Jules
1976
as Ari
1976
as Daniel
1976
as Renaud
1976
as Manuel Cauchois
1976
as Self
1975
as Richard Diquet
1975
as André Ducatel
1975
as Self
1974
as François Rollin
1973
as Pierre, the illusionist
1973
as Raphael Tilbaudet
1972
as Maître Murene
1972
as Granier
1972
as Self
1972
as Noël Galipeau à 39 ans
1972
as Self
1972
as Self - Main Guest
1971
as Inspector Hess
1971
as Octave
1971
as François Vidocq
1969
as Henri Guifred
1969
as Simon adulte
1969
as Caboche
1968
as Self
1968
as Arlequin
1968
as Gustave Legrec
1967
as Lafleur
1967
as Groubec
1967
as Arlequin, le faux Dorante
1966
as Marc
1966
as Giulio
1965
as Rouletabille
1965
as Sganarelle
1965
1964
as Loudéac Fils dit Junior
1964
as Arthur
1963
as Martin Chaval
1963
as Plumber
1963
as Girel
1963
as Charlie Meyer
1962
as Maurice Dubois
1962
as Walter
1962
as Vigo
1962
as Papa
1962
as Riri (segment "L'envie")
1962
as Riri
1961
as Dominique
1961
as Claude
1960
as Tony
1960
as Laurent Porte
1960
as L'inspecteur de police
1959
as Robert Borelli
1959
as Loulou
1957
1956
as Roland
1956
as Le jeune homme