Louis de Funès
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Born:
Jul 31, 1914

Died:
Jan 27, 1983

Age: 68 Deceased

From:
Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Department:
Acting

Total Credits: 188

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Louis de Funès

Also known as: Louis de Funes, Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza, L. de Funès, Λουί ντε Φυνές, ლუი დე ფიუნესი

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 recogn...

L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage) 2023
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
Self (archive footage) 2023
Les Rois de la comédie
Self (archive footage) 2023
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Self (archive footage) 2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage) 2022
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021
Louis de Funès champion du box office
2021
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
Self (archive footage) 2020
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage) 2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage) 2017
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Self (archive footage) 2016
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Self (archive footage) 2015
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
2014
Louis de Funès Forever
Himself (archive footage) 2013
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Self (archive footage) 2013
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
Louis de Funès 2012
Louis de Funès Intime
Self - Archive 2007
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Self (archive footage) 2003
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage) 1987
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot 1982
Champs-Elysées
(archive footage) 1982
Champs-Elysées
Self 1982
The Cabbage Soup
Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude) 1981
The Miser
Harpagon 1980
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Ludovic Cruchot 1979
The Discord
Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze 1978
The Wing or the Thigh?
Charles Duchemin 1976
Numéro un
Self 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self 1975
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