Acting
Jean Desailly
- Titles
- 78movies14TV shows
- Career
Active from 1943 to 1990, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 46top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
Le Doulos88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.4average 2.6
- Melancholy6.4average 4.7
- Politics4.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.7
- Crime4.7average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Mystery4.9average 4.1
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.7
- Wholesome2.3, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- French Cinema 6
- Historical Drama 5
- Political Intrigue 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- French History 2
- French New Wave 2
- Betrayal 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Historical Setting 2
- Complex Characters 2
- Tragic Romance 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Simone ValèreActorThe Great Deception, Jocelyn, Le Voyageur de la Toussaint, The Two Orphans, Le deuxième coup de feu, +10 more
Pierre BertinActorLa Cerisaie, La Répétition ou l'Amour puni, La Vie parisienne, Véronique, Les Fausses Confidences
Jacques CastelotActorThe Baron of the Locks, The Great Deception, Le Voyageur de la Toussaint, The Two Orphans
Jean-Louis BarraultActorRoyal Affairs in Versailles, With André Gide, La Répétition ou l'Amour puni, Les Fausses Confidences
Édouard MolinaroDirectorClaudine, The Irony of Chance, The Passion of Slow Fire, La pitié dangereuse
Michel AudiardWriterThe Professional, The Baron of the Locks, The Possessors, 125 rue Montmartre
Georges DelerueComposerThe Accursed Kings, The Soft Skin, Le Bonheur conjugal, The Passion of Slow Fire
Marie-Hélène BreillatActorClaudine, The Irony of Chance, La pitié dangereuse
Jean-Paul BelmondoActorLe Doulos, The Professional, The Inheritor
Marie-Hélène DastéActorThe Mark of the Day, Le Pain de fougère, Les Fausses Confidences
Pierre LarqueyActorSylvia and the Ghost, Father Goriot, Square of Knaves
Pierre DuxActorThe Grand Manoeuvre, Le Misanthrope, Homeland
Movies and TV shows
831990s
4 titles · average score 59
as Edmond Thibault
as La Tullaye
as Le père
TV show · as Ricky Lefèvre
1980s
8 titles · average score 70
TV show · as Père Boudref
as Ricky Lefèvre
as Auguste Roussel
as Stephen Fauldgate
as Louis XIV
as Ministre
as Evêque d'Angers
as Bourgon-Massenet, directeur de la police
1970s
16 titles · average score 62
as Mr. de Kesfalva
as Charles-Edmond
as Le directeur de la PJ
TV show · as Claude, le père de Claudine
as M. Desvrières
as Jean-Pierre Carnavan
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TV show · as Le narrateur (voix)
as Distinguished Man
as Alfred Rosmer
as Philinte
as le commissaire
1960s
28 titles · average score 68
as Monsieur Toledano
TV show · as Narrator (voice)
as Edouard
TV show · as Le professeur Jean Davennes
as Pierre Lachenay
TV show · as Morand, le chevalier de Maison-Rouge
as Superintendant Clain
as Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard
as Stéphane Blanchon
as Dr Francis
as Fred Pellmann
as Mr. Maurice Montbernon
1950s
13 titles · average score 70
as Commissaire Dodelot
as le Roi Louis XV
as François Schoudler, le fils
as Marcel Maurin
as Victor Duverger
as Marivaux
as Jocelyn
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Max Blachet
as Fred Peloux, dit 'Chéri'
as Florestan
1940s
14 titles · average score 69
as Larzac
as Marcel Courbois
as Michel
as Jacques de la Bastide
as Jean Pelletier
as Frederick
as Jacques Martens - his son
as Raymond de Noirville
as Karloo
as Kyril
as Bianchon
as Gilles Mauvoisin