Jean Gabin
Age: N/A | From: Paris, France
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Aliases: Jean-Alexis Moncorgé , Jean Moncorgé , Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé , Жан Габен , ژان گابن
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Paris, France
Homepage: http://www.musee-gabin.com/
Movie Involvements: 85
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including Pépé le Moko (1937), La grande illusion (1937), Le Quai des brumes (1938), La bête humaine (1938), Le jour se lève (1939), and Le plaisir (1952). During his career, he twice won the Silver Bear for Best Actor from the Berlin International Film Festival and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival, respectively. Gabin was made a member of the Légion d'honneur in recognition of the important role he played in French cinema. Gabin was born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, the son of Madeleine Petit and Ferdinand Moncorgé, a cafe owner and cabaret entertainer whose stage name was Gabin, which is a first name in French. He grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise (now Val-d'Oise) département, about 22 mi (35 km) north of Paris. He attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly. Gabin left school early, and worked as a laborer until the age of 19 when he entered show business with a bit part in a Folies Bergère production. He continued performing in a variety of minor roles before going into the military. After completing his military service in the Fusiliers marins, he returned to the entertainment business, working under the stage name of Jean Gabin at whatever was offered in the Parisian music halls and operettas, imitating the singing style of Maurice Chevalier, which was the rage at the time. He was part of a troupe that toured South America, and upon returning to France found work at the Moulin Rouge. His performances started getting noticed, and better stage roles came along that led to parts in two silent films in 1928. Two years later Gabin made the transition to sound films in a 1930 Pathé Frères production, Chacun sa chance. Playing secondary roles, he made more than a dozen films over the next four years, including films directed by Maurice and Jacques Tourneur. But he only gained real recognition for his performance in Maria Chapdelaine, a 1934 production directed by Julien Duvivier. He was then cast as a romantic hero in the 1936 war drama La Bandera; this second Duvivier-directed film established him as a major star. The next year he teamed up with Duvivier again in the highly successful Pépé le Moko. Its popularity brought Gabin international recognition. That same year he starred in Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion, an antiwar film that ran at a New York City theatre for an unprecedented six months. This was followed by another of Renoir's major works, La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast), a film noir tragedy based on the novel by Émile Zola and starring Gabin and Simone Simon, as well as Le Quai Des Brumes (Port of Shadows), one of director Marcel Carné's classics of poetic realism. His rugged charisma could be compared with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. He divorced his second wife in 1939. ... Source: Article "Jean Gabin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Most Famous Work
The Sicilian Clan
(1969) Vittorio Manalese
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
(1978) Self (archive footage)
Two Men in Town
(1973) Germain Cazeneuve
Grand Illusion
(1937) Le lieutenant Maréchal
Les Misérables
(1958) Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
(1954) Max dit Max le Menteur
Pépé le Moko
(1937) Pépé le Moko
Any Number Can Win
(1963) CharlesActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | (archive footage) | |
| Monsieur (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lui-même | ||
| 2011 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Jean Gabin | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1990 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1980 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1978 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1976 | Max Lambert | |
| 1974 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Leguen | ||
| 1973 | Germain Cazeneuve | |
| Gaston Dominici | ||
| 1972 | Commissaire Le Guen | |
| 1971 | Victor Ploubaz | |
| Self | ||
| Julien Bouin | ||
| 1970 | Auguste Maroilleur | |
| 1969 | Vittorio Manalese | |
| Albert Raynal | ||
| 1968 | Comte Enguerand de Montignac, dit « Legrain » | |
| Comissaire Joss, le Pacha | ||
| 1967 | Denis Ferrand | |
| 1966 | Le père Tulipe M. Martin | |
| Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's | ||
| 1965 | Léandre Brassac | |
| 1964 | Émile Malhouin | |
| The banker René Duchêne, alias Georges Baudin known as “Monsieur” | ||
| 1963 | Commissaire Jules Maigret | |
| Charles | ||
| 1962 | Richard Briand-Charmery | |
| Albert Quentin | ||
| 1961 | Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe' | |
| Emile Beaufort | ||
| 1960 | Jean-Marie Pejat, réparateur de vélos | |
| Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine | ||
| 1959 | Henri Neveu | |
| Commissioner Jules Maigret | ||
| Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède | ||
| 1958 | Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier | |
| Maître André Gobillot | ||
| Inspecteur Georges Vallois | ||
| Jean Valjean / Champmathieu | ||
| Commissaire Maigret | ||
| 1957 | Louis Bertain/Louis le blond | |
| le docteur Laurent | ||
| 1956 | Commissaire Gallet | |
| Grandgil, artist painter | ||
| François Cardinaud | ||
| André Chatelin | ||
| Jean Viard | ||
| Self | ||
| 1955 | Julien Lamy | |
| Jean Chape | ||
| Henri Danglard | ||
| Le commandant Lequévic | ||
| Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais' | ||
| Marshal Jean Lannes | ||
| 1954 | Victor Le Garrec | |
| Max dit Max le Menteur | ||
| 1953 | Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru | |
| Pierre Ruffin | ||
| il professore Antonio Sanna | ||
| 1952 | Dr Pierre Richard | |
| Joseph Rivet | ||
| François Donge | ||
| 1951 | Raymond Pinsard | |
| Victor | ||
| 1950 | Carlo Bacchi | |
| Henri Chatelard | ||
| 1949 | Pierre Arrignon | |
| 1947 | Pierre Lussac | |
| 1946 | Martin Roumagnac | |
| 1944 | Clément / Maurice Lafarge | |
| 1942 | Bobo | |
| 1941 | Le capitaine André Laurent | |
| 1939 | François | |
| Ted "Trott" Lennard | ||
| 1938 | Lantier | |
| Jean | ||
| 1937 | Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour' | |
| Nicolas Dange | ||
| Le lieutenant Maréchal | ||
| Pépé le Moko | ||
| 1936 | Pepel Wasska | |
| Jean dit Jeannot | ||
| 1935 | Georges | |
| Pierre Gilieth | ||
| Ponce Pilate | ||
| 1934 | Jean | |
| François Paradis | ||
| 1933 | Mac Allan | |
| Charles Boulla | ||
| Pierre Lavernay | ||
| Pedro Savedra | ||
| 1932 | Le capitaine | |
| Charles | ||
| Joe Greer | ||
| Fricot | ||
| Martousse | ||
| Jean | ||
| 1931 | Robert Nourry | |
| Jean Cordier | ||
| Bob | ||
| Jacques Miral | ||
| 1930 | Marcel Grivot | |
| 1928 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1972 | Producer | |
| 1971 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1959 | Idea | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |