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.
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. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/05/2019
The Image Book
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:11/10/2018
Mireille Darc, la femme libre
Character:Monsieur (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2018
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2018
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/04/2017
Jean Gabin, une âme française
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/12/2015
Jean Gabin, le dernier des géants
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/01/2015
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/10/2011
Jean Moncorgé, la face cachée de Jean Gabin
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/2010
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2002
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:21/03/2002
Holy Year
Character:Max Lambert
Release Date:23/04/1976
Jury of One
Character:Leguen
Release Date:11/09/1974
Two Men in Town
Character:Germain Cazeneuve
Release Date:24/10/1973
The Dominici Affair
Character:Gaston Dominici
Release Date:07/03/1973
Killer
Character:Commissioner Le Guen
Release Date:01/03/1972
The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
Character:Victor Ploubaz
Release Date:13/10/1971
The Cat
Character:Julien Bouin
Release Date:24/04/1971
The Horse
Character:Auguste Maroilleur
Release Date:22/02/1970
The Sicilian Clan
Character:Vittorio Manalese
Release Date:05/12/1969
Under the Sign of the Bull
Character:Albert Raynal
Release Date:28/03/1969
The Tattoo
Character:Count Enguerand de Montignac,aka 'Legrain'
Release Date:17/08/1968
Pasha
Character:Comissaire Joss, le Pacha
Release Date:14/03/1968
Action Man
Character:Denis Ferrand
Release Date:31/05/1967
The Gardener of Argenteuil
Character:M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »
Release Date:07/10/1966
The Upper Hand
Character:Paul Berger dit Paulo les Diam's
Release Date:02/03/1966
God's Thunder
Character:Léandre Brassac
Release Date:08/09/1965
That Tender Age
Character:Émile Malhouin
Release Date:23/12/1964
Monsieur
Character:Monsieur
Release Date:22/04/1964
Maigret Sees Red
Character:Commissaire Jules Maigret
Release Date:18/09/1963
Any Number Can Win
Character:Charles
Release Date:19/03/1963
The Gentleman from Epsom
Character:Richard Briand-Charmery
Release Date:03/10/1962
A Monkey in Winter
Character:Albert Quentin
Release Date:29/07/1962
The Counterfeiters of Paris
Character:Ferdinand Maréchal, aka 'le Dabe'
Release Date:27/09/1961
The President
Character:Emile Beaufort
Release Date:01/03/1961
The Old Guard
Character:Jean-Marie Pejat, bicycle repairer
Release Date:02/09/1960
The Baron of the Locks
Character:Baron Jérôme Napoléon Antoine
Release Date:13/04/1960
Rue de Paris
Character:Henri Neveu
Release Date:21/10/1959
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case
Character:Commissioner Jules Maigret
Release Date:02/09/1959
The Magnificent Tramp
Character:Joseph, Hugues Guillaume Boutier-Blainville dit : Archimède
Release Date:08/04/1959
The Possessors
Character:Noël Schoudler, le patriarche financier
Release Date:19/11/1958
Love Is My Profession
Character:Maître André Gobillot
Release Date:17/09/1958
The Night Affair
Character:Inspecteur Georges Vallois
Release Date:14/05/1958
Les Misérables
Character:Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
Release Date:12/03/1958
Maigret Sets a Trap
Character:Commissaire Maigret
Release Date:29/01/1958
Speaking of Murder
Character:Louis Bertain/Louis le blond
Release Date:12/04/1957
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Character:le docteur Laurent
Release Date:03/04/1957
Crime and Punishment
Character:Commissaire Gallet
Release Date:04/12/1956
La Traversée de Paris
Character:Grandgil, artist painter
Release Date:26/10/1956
Blood to the Head
Character:François Cardinaud
Release Date:20/08/1956
Deadlier Than the Male
Character:André Chatelin
Release Date:13/04/1956
People of No Importance
Character:Jean Viard
Release Date:15/02/1956
The Little Rebels
Character:Julien Lamy
Release Date:21/10/1955
Hi-Jack Highway
Character:Jean Chape
Release Date:18/10/1955
House on the Waterfront
Character:Commander Lequévic
Release Date:15/04/1955
French Cancan
Character:Henri Danglard
Release Date:09/04/1955
Razzia
Character:Henri Ferré dit 'Le Nantais'
Release Date:07/04/1955
Napoleon
Character:Marshal Jean Lannes
Release Date:25/03/1955
Air of Paris
Character:Victor Le Garrec
Release Date:24/09/1954
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Character:Max dit Max le Menteur
Release Date:17/03/1954
Rhine Virgin
Character:Martin Schmidt, alias Jacques Ledru
Release Date:13/11/1953
Their Last Night
Character:Pierre Ruffin
Release Date:23/10/1953
Storms
Character:il professore Antonio Sanna
Release Date:29/05/1953
The Moment of Truth
Character:Dr Pierre Richard
Release Date:22/10/1952
Le Plaisir
Character:Joseph Rivet
Release Date:29/02/1952
The Truth About Bebe Donge
Character:François Donge
Release Date:13/02/1952
The Night Is My Kingdom
Character:Raymond Pinsard
Release Date:09/08/1951
Victor
Character:Victor
Release Date:13/06/1951
Twelve Hours to Live
Character:Carlo Bacchi
Release Date:19/10/1950
Marie of the Port
Character:Henri Chatelard
Release Date:27/02/1950
The Walls of Malapaga
Character:Pierre Arrignon
Release Date:19/09/1949
Mirror
Character:Pierre Lussac
Release Date:02/05/1947
Martin Roumagnac
Character:Martin Roumagnac
Release Date:18/12/1946
The Impostor
Character:Clément / Maurice Lafarge
Release Date:10/02/1944
Moontide
Character:Bobo
Release Date:29/05/1942
Stormy Waters
Character:Le capitaine André Laurent
Release Date:27/11/1941
Daybreak
Character:François
Release Date:09/06/1939
Coral Reefs
Character:Ted "Trott" Lennard
Release Date:01/03/1939
La Bête Humaine
Character:Lantier
Release Date:23/12/1938
Port of Shadows
Character:Jean
Release Date:17/05/1938
Lady Killer
Character:Lucien Bourrache, dit 'Gueule d'Amour'
Release Date:15/09/1937
The Messenger
Character:Nicolas Dange
Release Date:02/09/1937
Grand Illusion
Character:Le lieutenant Maréchal
Release Date:04/06/1937
Pépé le Moko
Character:Pépé le Moko
Release Date:28/01/1937
The Lower Depths
Character:Pepel Wasska
Release Date:11/12/1936
La Belle Équipe
Character:Jean dit Jeannot
Release Date:01/09/1936
Varieté
Character:Georges
Release Date:04/10/1935
La Bandera
Character:Pierre Gilieth
Release Date:25/09/1935
Behold the Man
Character:Ponce Pilate
Release Date:01/01/1935
Zouzou
Character:Jean
Release Date:21/12/1934
Maria Chapdelaine
Character:François Paradis
Release Date:14/12/1934
Le Tunnel
Character:Mac Allan
Release Date:15/12/1933
High and Low
Character:Charles Boulla
Release Date:08/12/1933
Goodbye Beautiful Days
Character:Pierre Lavernay
Release Date:03/09/1933
L'Étoile de Valencia
Character:Pedro Savedra
Release Date:16/06/1933
The Beautiful Sailor
Character:Le capitaine
Release Date:02/12/1932
Happy Hearts
Character:Charles
Release Date:02/12/1932
The Crowd Roars
Character:Joe Greer
Release Date:11/10/1932
Fun in the Barracks
Character:Fricot
Release Date:18/09/1932
Lilac
Character:Martousse
Release Date:13/03/1932
For One Night..!
Character:Jean
Release Date:29/01/1932
Gloria
Character:Robert Nourry
Release Date:30/10/1931
All That Is Not Worth Love
Character:Jean Cordier
Release Date:15/10/1931
The Darling of Paris
Character:Bob
Release Date:09/10/1931
Méphisto
Character:Jacques Miral
Release Date:17/04/1931
Everyone Has Their Chance
Character:Marcel Grivot
Release Date:19/12/1930
Les lions
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1928
Ohé! Les valises
Character:
Release Date:30/12/1928
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