
Louis de Funès
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (French: [lwi d(ə) fynɛs]; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. According to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, he is France's favourite actor, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics. A considerable part of his best-known acting was directed by Jean Girault. The larger-than-life, conservative petit bourgeois characters he played, who typically kissed up to authority while persecuting their subordinates, particularly resonated with the changing Western societies of the 1960s and drove him to success. Yet in private life, De Funès was a notoriously shy and reserved man, and a devout Catholic. One of the most famous French actors of all time, Louis de Funès remains to this day the most bankable actor in French cinema history. He enjoys widespread international recognition: in addition to his immense fame in the French-speaking world, he remains a household name throughout most of continental Europe including the former Eastern Bloc, the former Soviet Union, as well as Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Despite this international popularity, Louis de Funès remains an obscure figure in the English-speaking world. He was exposed to a wider audience only once in the United States, in 1973, with the release of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, which is best remembered for its Rabbi Jacob dance scene and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. De Funès has two museums dedicated to his life and acting: one in the Château de Clermont, near Nantes, where he resided, as well as another in the town of Saint-Raphaël, Southern France. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis de Funès, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
181 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 181

Champs-Elysées
1982

Sacrée soirée
1987

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Le Grand Échiquier
1972

Numéro un
1975
Midi trente
1972

Cinépanorama
1956
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971

Cadet Rousselle
1971

The Exchange Student
1967

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966

Am laufenden Band
1974

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973

Fantomas
1964

Fantomas Unleashed
1965

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962

The Restaurant
1966

The Gendarme Takes Off
1970

The Cabbage Soup
1981

Hibernatus
1969

The Wing or the Thigh?
1976

The Tattoo
1968

The Sucker
1965

Delusions of Grandeur
1971

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967

The Gendarme in New York
1965

The Gendarme Gets Married
1968

Napoleon
1955

Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958

The Little Bather
1968

Jo
1971

The Miser
1980

Oscar
1967

A Mouse with the Men
1964

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979

The One Man Band
1970

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023

La Traversée de Paris
1956

The Discord
1978

Squeak-squeak
1963

Toto in Madrid
1959

Perched on a Tree
1971

Carom Shots
1963

Dandelions by the Roots
1964

The Overtaxed
1959

Captain Fracasse
1961

The Scheming Women
1954

Crime Does Not Pay
1962

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965

Slightly Ahead
1956

Du Guesclin
1949

We Will Go to Deauville
1962

Innocents in Paris
1953

Let's Rob the Bank
1964

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955

Queen Margot
1954

Matrimonial Agency
1952

Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958

The Gentleman from Epsom
1962

Les Dents longues
1953

The Seven Deadly Sins
1952

Louis de Funès Forever
2013

My Friend Sainfoin
1950

The Turkey
1951

The Red Rose
1951

The Respectful Prostitute
1952

Dr. Knock
1951

Wolves Hunt at Night
1952

Antoine & Antoinette
1947

Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953

The American Beauty
1961

Law of the Streets
1956

Peek-a-boo
1954

Twelve Hours to Live
1950

Life Is a Game
1951

Small Local Trains
1960

April Fools' Day
1954

Frou-Frou
1955

The Hussars
1955

Mission in Tangier
1949

The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953

If Paris Were Told to Us
1956

In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961

De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954

The Impure Ones
1954

People in Luck
1963

I Was It Three Times
1952

Louis de Funès, inoubliable
2012

Service Entrance
1954

No Exit
1954

The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954

Hello Smile!
1956

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960

Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022

Poison
1951

The Sleepwalker
1951

Crazy in the Noodle
1957

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955

Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013

Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954

Without Leaving an Address
1951

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954

The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953

Life Together
1958

Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015

She and Me
1952

The Knight of the Night
1953

Mister Taxi
1952

Cruise for the Unknown One
1948

Lawless Street
1950

The Straw Lover
1951

Fugitive from Montreal
1950

Lightly and Shortly Dressed
1953

First Communion
1950

The Game of Love
1954

The Temptation of Barbizon
1946

Men Think Only of That
1954

Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952

My Wife Is Formidable
1951

Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016

Trust Me!
1954

My Brother from Senegal
1953

Some Like It... Cold
1960

I Love Only You
1949

Tourments
1954

Millionaires for One Day
1949

The Sparrows of Paris
1953

Captain Slipper
1953

Judgement of God
1952

Love Is Not a Sin
1952

Les Rois de la comédie
2023

No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
1951

Bed for Two
1950

La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
2020

Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021

The Passerby
1951

Run Away Mr. Perle
1952

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003

They Were Five
1952

Babies Galore
1956

The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950

Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
2023

Just Out
1949

Farewell Mister Grock
1950

Companions of the Night
1953

The Secret of Helene Marimon
1954

Trip to America
1951

My Pal the Gypsy
1959

Daddy's Gang
1956

The Flea in the Ear
1956

To Hell with Virtue
1953

A Certain Mister
1950

Mädchen ohne Grenzen
1955

Six Hours to Lose
1947

Le Café liégeois
1963

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
1955

Louis de Funès Intime
2007

Marriage Episodes
1954

The Babes Make the Law
1955

The Vendetta
1962

The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
1954

La Belle au bois dormant
1954

Last Chance Castle
1947

Last Refuge
1947

The Strollers
1950

The Fighting Drummer
1952

Champions Juniors
1951

The Gamblers
1950

Adémaï at the border post
1950

Not Any Weekend for Our Love
1950

Bibi Fricotin
1951

L'art et la manière de rire
1953
The Crazy Jungle
1952

Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
2013

Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
2014

Louis de Funès champion du box office
2021