Jean Gabin
101 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 17, 1904
- Died
- Nov 15, 1976 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Jean-Alexis Moncorgé · Jean Moncorgé · Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé · ژان گابن
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 played in French cinema.
Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military.
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After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928.
Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney.
He divorced his second wife in 1939. ...
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Jean Gabin: movies and TV shows
Acting (101)
- 2022
- 2018 The Image Book
as (archive footage)
- 2018 Mireille Darc, la femme libre
as Monsieur (archive footage)
- 2012
- 1976 Holy Year
as Max Lambert
- 1974 Jury of One
as Leguen
- 1973 Two Men in Town
as Germain Cazeneuve
- 1973 The Dominici Affair
as Gaston Dominici
- 1972 Killer
as Commissioner Le Guen
- 1971 The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
as Victor Ploubaz
- 1971 The Cat
as Julien Bouin
- 1970 The Horse
as Auguste Maroilleur
- 1969 The Sicilian Clan
as Vittorio Manalese
- 1969 Under the Sign of the Bull
as Albert Raynal
- 1968 The Tattoo
as Comte Enguerand de Montignac,alias « Legrain »
- 1968 Pasha
as Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
- 1967 Action Man
as Denis Ferrand
- 1966 The Gardener of Argenteuil
as M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »
- 1966 The Upper Hand
as Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
- 1965 God's Thunder
as Léandre Brassac
- 1964 That Tender Age
as Émile Malhouin
- 1964 Monsieur
as Monsieur
- 1963 Maigret Sees Red
as Commissioner Jules Maigret
- 1963 Any Number Can Win
as Charles
- 1962 The Gentleman from Epsom
as Richard Briand-Charmery
- 1962 A Monkey in Winter
as Albert Quentin
- 1961 The Counterfeiters of Paris
as Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
- 1961 The President
as Émile Beaufort
- 1960 The Old Guard
as Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
- 1960 The Baron of the Locks
as Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
- 1959 Rue de Paris
as Henri Neveu
- 1959 Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
as Commissioner Jules Maigret
- 1959 The Magnificent Tramp
as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
- 1958 The Possessors
as Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
- 1958 Love Is My Profession
as André Gobillot
- 1958 The Night Affair
as Georges Vallois
- 1958 Les Misérables
as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
- 1958 Maigret Sets a Trap
as Commissioner Jules Maigret
- 1957 Speaking of Murder
as Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
- 1957 The Case of Dr. Laurent
as le docteur Laurent
- 1956 Crime and Punishment
as Commissaire Gallet
- 1956 La Traversée de Paris
as Grandgil, artist painter
- 1956 Blood to the Head
as François Cardinaud
- 1956 Deadlier Than the Male
as André Chatelin
- 1956 People of No Importance
as Jean Viard
- 1955 The Little Rebels
as Julien Lamy
- 1955 Hi-Jack Highway
as Jean Chape
- 1955 House on the Waterfront
as Commander Lequévic
- 1955 French Cancan
as Henri Danglard
- 1955 Razzia
as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
- 1955 Napoleon
as Marshal Jean Lannes
- 1954 Air of Paris
as Victor Le Garrec
- 1954 Touchez Pas au Grisbi
as Max dit Max le Menteur
- 1953 Rhine Virgin
as Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
- 1953 Their Last Night
as Pierre Ruffin
- 1953 Storms
as il professore Antonio Sanna
- 1952 The Moment of Truth
as Dr Pierre Richard
- 1952 Le Plaisir
as Joseph Rivet
- 1952 The Truth About Bebe Donge
as François Donge
- 1951 The Night Is My Kingdom
as Raymond Pinsard
- 1951 Victor
as Victor
- 1950 Twelve Hours to Live
as Carlo Bacchi
- 1950 Marie of the Port
as Henri Chatelard
- 1949 The Walls of Malapaga
as Pierre Arrignon
- 1947 Mirror
as Pierre Lussac
- 1946 Martin Roumagnac
as Martin Roumagnac
- 1944 The Impostor
as Clément / Maurice Lafarge
- 1942 Moontide
as Bobo
- 1941 Stormy Waters
as Le capitaine André Laurent
- 1939 Daybreak
as François
- 1939 Coral Reefs
as Ted "Trott" Lennard
- 1938 La Bête Humaine
as Lantier
- 1938 Port of Shadows
as Jean
- 1937 Lady Killer
as Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
- 1937 The Messenger
as Nicolas Dange
- 1937 Grand Illusion
as Lieutenant Maréchal
- 1937 Pépé le Moko
as Pépé le Moko
- 1936 The Lower Depths
as Pepel Wasska
- 1936 La Belle Équipe
as Jean dit Jeannot
- 1935 Varieté
as Georges
- 1935 La Bandera
as Pierre Gilieth
- 1935 Golgotha
as Ponce Pilate
- 1934 Zouzou
as Jean
- 1934 Maria Chapdelaine
as François Paradis
- 1933 Le Tunnel
as Mac Allan
- 1933 High and Low
as Charles Boulla
- 1933 Goodbye Beautiful Days
as Pierre Lavernay
- 1933 L'Étoile de Valencia
as Pedro Savedra
- 1932 Happy Hearts
as Charles
- 1932 The Beautiful Sailor
as Le capitaine
- 1932 The Crowd Roars
as Joe Greer
- 1932 Fun in the Barracks
as Fricot
- 1932 Lilac
as Martousse
- 1932 For One Night..!
as Jean
- 1931 Gloria
as Robert Nourry
- 1931 All That Is Not Worth Love
as Jean Cordier
- 1931 The Darling of Paris
as Bob
- 1931 Méphisto
as Jacques Miral
- 1930 Everyone Has Their Chance
as Marcel Grivot
- 1928
- 1928
Behind the camera (3)
Talk shows and appearances (18)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2022 The Century of Icons
1 episode
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
- 2015
- 2011
- 2010
- 2002
- 2002
- 1987 Sacrée soirée
1 episode
- 1978 Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1 episode
- 1976 Cérémonie des César
1 episode
- 1974 Spécial cinéma
2 episodes
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
1 episode
- 1956 Cinépanorama
5 episodes