Person
Louis de Funès
Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (French: [lwi d(ə) fynɛs]; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. According to a series of polls conducted since…
IMDbKnown for
Popular titles
Photos
More stills of Louis de Funès
Biography
A closer look
Read full biography
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (French: [lwi d(ə) fynɛs]; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. According to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, he is France's favourite actor, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics. A considerable part of his best-known acting was directed by Jean Girault. The larger-than-life, conservative petit bourgeois characters he played, who typically kissed up to authority while persecuting their subordinates, particularly resonated with the changing Western societies of the 1960s and drove him to success. Yet in private life, De Funès was a notoriously shy and reserved man, and a devout Catholic. One of the most famous French actors of all time, Louis de Funès remains to this day the most bankable actor in French cinema history. He enjoys widespread international recognition: in addition to his immense fame in the French-speaking world, he remains a household name throughout most of continental Europe including the former Eastern Bloc, the former Soviet Union, as well as Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Despite this international popularity, Louis de Funès remains an obscure figure in the English-speaking world. He was exposed to a wider audience only once in the United States, in 1973, with the release of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, which is best remembered for its Rabbi Jacob dance scene and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. De Funès has two museums dedicated to his life and acting: one in the Château de Clermont, near Nantes, where he resided, as well as another in the town of Saint-Raphaël, Southern France. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis de Funès, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
-
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2023
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2023
Les Rois de la comédie
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2022
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2021
- 2021
-
2020
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2019
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2016
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2015
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2014
-
2013
Louis de Funès Forever
Movie Himself (archive footage)
- 2013
-
2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Movie Self (archive footage)
More credits
-
2012
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
TV show Louis de Funès
-
2011
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
2007
Louis de Funès Intime
Movie Self - Archive
-
2003
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Movie Self (archive footage)
-
1987
Sacrée soirée
TV show Self (archive footage)
-
1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Movie Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
-
1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
-
1981
The Cabbage Soup
Movie Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
-
1980
The Miser
Movie Harpagon
-
1979
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Movie Ludovic Cruchot
-
1978
The Discord
Movie Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
-
1976
The Wing or the Thigh?
Movie Charles Duchemin
-
1975
Numéro un
TV show Self
-
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV show Self
-
1974
Am laufenden Band
TV show Self - Guest
-
1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Movie Victor Pivert
-
1972
Midi trente
TV show Self
-
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
-
1971
Delusions of Grandeur
Movie Don Salluste de Bazan
-
1971
Cadet Rousselle
TV show Self (archive footage)
-
1971
Jo
Movie Antoine Brisebard
-
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV show Self
-
1971
Perched on a Tree
Movie Henri Roubier
-
1970
The Gendarme Takes Off
Movie Ludovic Cruchot
