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Acting

Jean Gabin

Career: Active from 1930 to 2018, with a break from 1977 to 2017, busiest in 1932 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 89
top three billing

Average score: 69/100

Highest rated: Grand Illusion
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Jean Gabin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.6, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.6, average 2.2
Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Scare
1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 16
French Cinema 10
Social Commentary 9
Character Study 7
Historical Drama 5
Moral Dilemma 5
Moral Ambiguity 5
Psychological Drama 4
Historical Setting 4
Classic French Cinema 4
Melodrama 4
Dialogue-Driven 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

97

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 72

The Image Book

72

as (archive footage)

Mireille Darc, la femme libre

as Monsieur (archive footage)

1970s

8 titles · average score 66

Holy Year

65

as Max Lambert

Jury of One

63

as Leguen

Two Men in Town

73

as Germain Cazeneuve

The Dominici Affair

67

as Gaston Dominici

Killer

54

as Commissioner Le Guen

The Cat

75

as Julien Bouin

The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow

as Victor Ploubaz

The Horse

68

as Auguste Maroilleur

1960s

18 titles · average score 66

The Sicilian Clan

77

as Vittorio Manalese

Under the Sign of the Bull

60

as Albert Raynal

The Tattoo

63

as Comte Enguerand de Montignac,alias « Legrain »

Pasha

67

as Comissaire Joss, le Pacha

Action Man

62

as Denis Ferrand

The Upper Hand

61

as Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's

Any Number Can Win

74

as Charles

Maigret Sees Red

63

as Commissioner Jules Maigret

The Gentleman from Epsom

61

as Richard Briand-Charmery

A Monkey in Winter

80

as Albert Quentin

The Counterfeiters of Paris

70

as Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'

The Old Guard

64

as Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer

1950s

33 titles · average score 69

Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case

69

as Commissioner Jules Maigret

The Magnificent Tramp

64

as Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède

Les Misérables

73

as Jean Valjean / Champmathieu

Maigret Sets a Trap

76

as Commissioner Jules Maigret

Love Is My Profession

64

as André Gobillot

The Night Affair

63

as Georges Vallois

La Traversée de Paris

78

as Grandgil, artist painter

Deadlier Than the Male

74

as André Chatelin

Razzia

67

as Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'

French Cancan

88

as Henri Danglard

The Little Rebels

65

as Julien Lamy

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

84

as Max dit Max le Menteur

1940s

6 titles · average score 66

The Walls of Malapaga

67

as Pierre Arrignon

Mirror

as Pierre Lussac

Martin Roumagnac

67

as Martin Roumagnac

The Impostor

64

as Clément / Maurice Lafarge

Moontide

66

as Bobo

Stormy Waters

69

as Le capitaine André Laurent

1930s

30 titles · average score 74

Daybreak

86

as François

Port of Shadows

88

as Jean

La Bête Humaine

85

as Lantier

Grand Illusion

90

as Lieutenant Maréchal

Pépé le Moko

86

as Pépé le Moko

Lady Killer

69

as Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'

La Belle Équipe

75

as Jean dit Jeannot

The Lower Depths

82

as Pepel Wasska

La Bandera

68

as Pierre Gilieth

Golgotha

69

as Ponce Pilate

Goodbye Beautiful Days

as Pierre Lavernay

Méphisto

as Jacques Miral