Portrait of Gérard Blain

Acting

Gérard Blain

Career

Active from 1956 to 2001, busiest in 1963 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Le Beau Serge
Le Beau Serge
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gérard Blain Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Crime
    2.1, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 3
  • French Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Gritty Realism 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Moral Decay 2
  • Existential Crisis 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Bohemian Lifestyle 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles
Bandits d'amour
Bandits d'amour (2001)

as The priest

Ainsi soit-il
Ainsi soit-il (2000)

Director, Writer

1990s

3 titles
Until the End of the Night
Until the End of the Night (1995)

as François

Open Season
Open Season (1993)

as Pierre Bufières

La Fortune de Gaspard
La Fortune de Gaspard (1993)

Writer, Director

1980s

10 titles · average score 63
Natalia
Natalia (1989)

as Claude Roitman

Jour après jour
Jour après jour (1989)

as Richard Lunet

Winter's Child
Winter's Child (1989)
GoodWatch score 62

as Stephane's father

Pierre and Djemila
Pierre and Djemila (1987)

Director, Writer

Killing Time
Killing Time (1987)
GoodWatch score 65

as Broz

Un moment d'inattention
Un moment d'inattention (1986)

as The father

Un dimanche de flics
Un dimanche de flics (1983)

as Emilio

Michel Tournier
Michel Tournier (1983)

Director

La Flambeuse
La Flambeuse (1981)

as Henri

The Rebel
The Rebel (1980)

Director, Writer

1970s

9 titles · average score 70
Utopia
Utopia (1979)

as Gérard

Second Wind
Second Wind (1978)

Director, Writer

The American Friend
The American Friend (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

as Raoul Minot

La Machine
La Machine (1977)

as Le journaliste

A Child in the Crowd
A Child in the Crowd (1976)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

The Pelican
The Pelican (1974)

as Paul Boyer

The Friends
The Friends (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

Paolo e Francesca
Paolo e Francesca (1971)

as Giovanni Malatrasi

Cain from Nowhere
Cain from Nowhere (1970)

as Caïn

1960s

18 titles · average score 67
Joe Caligula: Tallow for the Old Men
Joe Caligula: Tallow for the Old Men (1969)

as Joë Caligula

Negresco
Negresco (1968)

as Roger

Shock Troops
Shock Troops (1967)
GoodWatch score 69

as Thomas

M.M.M. 83
M.M.M. 83 (1966)

as Robert Gibson

How to Make a French Dish
How to Make a French Dish (1964)

as The painter

Lo sgarro
Lo sgarro (1963)

as Paolo

The Virgins
The Virgins (1963)

as Xavier De Brétevielle

Hatari!
Hatari! (1962)
GoodWatch score 68

as Charles 'Chips' Maurey

Gold of Rome
Gold of Rome (1961)
GoodWatch score 66

as Davide

The Hunchback
The Hunchback (1960)

as Alvaro Cosenza

The Dolphins
The Dolphins (1960)
GoodWatch score 67

as Anselmo Foresi

Run with the Devil
Run with the Devil (1960)

as Stefano

1950s

10 titles · average score 72
Le Beau Serge
Le Beau Serge (1959)
GoodWatch score 86

as Serge

The Cousins
The Cousins (1959)
GoodWatch score 83

as Charles

Match contre la mort
Match contre la mort (1959)

as Jacques Lourmel

The Mischief Makers
The Mischief Makers (1958)
GoodWatch score 69

as Gérard

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

as The New Boyfriend (uncredited)

Young Husbands
Young Husbands (1958)
GoodWatch score 63

as Marcello

Sexpot
Sexpot (1957)

as Olivier Jourdans

Deadlier Than the Male
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
GoodWatch score 74

as Gérard Delacroix

Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

as Jean Fargeot

Wild Fruit
Wild Fruit (1954)

as (uncredited)

1940s

3 titles · average score 90
Children of Paradise
Children of Paradise (1945)
GoodWatch score 90

as (uncredited)

Children of Chaos
Children of Chaos (1944)

as (uncredited)

Le bal des passants
Le bal des passants (1944)

as (uncredited)