Louis de Funès
Actor

Louis de Funès

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Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 1
Birthday July 31, 1914 (111 years old)
Place of Birth Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Also Known As Louis de Funes, Louis Germain David de FunΓ¨s de Galarza, L. de FunΓ¨s, Λουί ντΡ Φυνές
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Biography

Louis Germain David de FunΓ¨s de Galarza (French: [lwi d(Ι™) fynΙ›s]; 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 ChÒteau de Clermont, near Nantes, where he resided, as well as another in the town of Saint-Raphaël, Southern France.

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Filmography (181)

Louis de Funès, le rire éternel 2023
Les Rois de la comΓ©die 2023
L'Γ‚ge d'or de la pub 2023
FantΓ΄mas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain 2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard Γ©tait prΓ©sident 2022
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur 2021
Louis de Funès champion du box office 2021
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès 2020
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress 2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France 2017
Bourvil, un homme vrai 2016
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille 2015
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire 2014
Louis de Funès Forever 2013
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès 2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son 2013
Louis de Funès, inoubliable 2012
Louis de Funès Intime 2007
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire 2003
SacrΓ©e soirΓ©e 1987
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes 1982
Champs-ElysΓ©es 1982
The Cabbage Soup 1981
The Miser 1980
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space 1979
The Discord 1978
The Wing or the Thigh? 1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche 1975
NumΓ©ro un 1975
Am laufenden Band 1974
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 1973
Le Grand Γ‰chiquier 1972
Midi trente 1972
Perched on a Tree 1971
Jo 1971
Delusions of Grandeur 1971
V.I.P. Schaukel 1971
Cadet Rousselle 1971
The Gendarme Takes Off 1970
The One Man Band 1970
Hibernatus 1969
The Gendarme Gets Married 1968
The Tattoo 1968
The Little Bather 1968
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard 1967
Oscar 1967
The Exchange Student 1967
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! 1966
The Restaurant 1966
Fantomas Unleashed 1965
The Gendarme in New York 1965
The Sucker 1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning 1965
Fantomas 1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez 1964
A Mouse with the Men 1964
Let's Rob the Bank 1964
Dandelions by the Roots 1964
Squeak-squeak 1963
Carom Shots 1963
People in Luck 1963
Le CafΓ© liΓ©geois 1963
The Gentleman from Epsom 1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments 1962
We Will Go to Deauville 1962
The Vendetta 1962
Crime Does Not Pay 1962
Captain Fracasse 1961
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! 1961
The American Beauty 1961
Some Like It... Cold 1960
Small Local Trains 1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century 1960
Toto in Madrid 1959
The Overtaxed 1959
My Pal the Gypsy 1959
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight 1958
Neither Seen Nor Recognized 1958
Life Together 1958
Crazy in the Noodle 1957
If Paris Were Told to Us 1956
La TraversΓ©e de Paris 1956
Hello Smile! 1956
Babies Galore 1956
Daddy's Gang 1956
Slightly Ahead 1956
The Flea in the Ear 1956
Law of the Streets 1956
CinΓ©panorama 1956
Frou-Frou 1955
The Hussars 1955
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet 1955
The Babes Make the Law 1955
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model 1955
MΓ€dchen ohne Grenzen 1955
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me 1955
Napoleon 1955
April Fools' Day 1954
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I 1954
Peek-a-boo 1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs 1954
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard 1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche 1954
The Scheming Women 1954
The Game of Love 1954
Trust Me! 1954
The Impure Ones 1954
The Secret of Helene Marimon 1954
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne 1954
Men Think Only of That 1954
Tourments 1954
La Belle au bois dormant 1954
Marriage Episodes 1954
Service Entrance 1954
No Exit 1954
Queen Margot 1954
The Virtuous Scoundrel 1953
My Brother from Senegal 1953
Lightly and Shortly Dressed 1953
The Tour of the Grand Dukes 1953
To Hell with Virtue 1953
The Knight of the Night 1953
Captain Slipper 1953
Inside a Girls' Dormitory 1953
Companions of the Night 1953
The Sparrows of Paris 1953
Innocents in Paris 1953
L'art et la manière de rire 1953
Les Dents longues 1953
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste 1952
She and Me 1952
Mister Taxi 1952
Judgement of God 1952
The Fighting Drummer 1952
The Crazy Jungle 1952
Love Is Not a Sin 1952
Run Away Mr. Perle 1952
The Respectful Prostitute 1952
Wolves Hunt at Night 1952
Matrimonial Agency 1952
The Seven Deadly Sins 1952
I Was It Three Times 1952
They Were Five 1952
The Sleepwalker 1951
Bibi Fricotin 1951
The Passerby 1951
Life Is a Game 1951
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor 1951
My Wife Is Formidable 1951
The Turkey 1951
Without Leaving an Address 1951
Champions Juniors 1951
The Red Rose 1951
Dr. Knock 1951
The Straw Lover 1951
Poison 1951
Trip to America 1951
Twelve Hours to Live 1950
A Certain Mister 1950
My Friend Sainfoin 1950
Bed for Two 1950
The King of the Bla Bla Bla 1950
Fugitive from Montreal 1950
Lawless Street 1950
The Gamblers 1950
Not Any Weekend for Our Love 1950
The Strollers 1950
Farewell Mister Grock 1950
AdΓ©maΓ― at the border post 1950
First Communion 1950
Just Out 1949
Mission in Tangier 1949
I Love Only You 1949
Millionaires for One Day 1949
Du Guesclin 1949
Cruise for the Unknown One 1948
Last Refuge 1947
Antoine & Antoinette 1947
Six Hours to Lose 1947
Last Chance Castle 1947
The Temptation of Barbizon 1946