Louis de Funès
Acting
Born July 31, 1914 · Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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 persecu…
Known For · 40 titles
Champs-Elysées
Sacrée soirée
Le Grand Échiquier
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Numéro un
Midi trente
Cinépanorama
V.I.P. Schaukel
Am laufenden Band
Cadet Rousselle
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
The Fighting Drummer
Fantomas
Last Refuge
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Six Hours to Lose
My Brother from Senegal
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Marriage Episodes
The Cabbage Soup
The Sucker
Hibernatus
The Gendarme Gets Married
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Fantomas Unleashed
The Miser
Poison
The Tattoo
Jo
Delusions of Grandeur
The Respectful Prostitute
The Gendarme Takes Off
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Just Out
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
A Mouse with the Men
The Restaurant
The Gendarme in New York
Napoleon