Johnny Hallyday
Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited with having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 years, Hallyday released 79 albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world. He had five diamond albums, 40 gold albums, 22 platinum albums and earned ten Victoires de la Musique. He sang an estimated 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists. Credited for his strong voice and his spectacular shows, he sometimes arrived by entering a stadium through the crowd and once by jumping from a helicopter above the Stade de France, where he performed nine times. Among his 3,257 shows completed in 187 tours, the most memorable were at Parc des Princes in 1993, at the Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as at the Eiffel Tower in 2000, which had record-breaking ticket sales for a French artist. A million spectators gathered to see his performance at the Eiffel Tower, with some 10 million watching on television. Usually working with the best French artists and musicians of his time, Hallyday collaborated with Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger and Jean-Jacques Goldman. Hugely popular in France, he was referred to as simply "Johnny" and seen as a "national monument" and a part of the French cultural legacy. He became a symbol of the Trente Glorieuses, France's prosperous postwar era, after he emerged in 1960, and was a familiar figure to four generations. More than 2,500 magazine covers and 190 books were dedicated to him during his lifetime, making him one of the people most widely covered by the media in France. His death from cancer in 2017 was followed by a "people's tribute", during which a million people attended the funeral procession in Paris and 15 million others watched the ceremony on TV. Hallyday remained relatively unknown outside the French-speaking world, where he was dubbed "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" and introduced as the French version of Elvis Presley. Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian father, Léon Smet, and a French mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc. Léon Smet, who worked as a nightclub performer, left his wife and son a few months later. Clerc started a modeling career, which left her with little time to care for her son. Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar, and took his stage name from a cousin-in-law from Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham) who performed as Lee Halliday. The latter called Smet "Johnny" and became a father figure, introducing him to American music. ... Source: Article "Johnny Hallyday" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
158 acting credits
Acting · 158
Champs-Elysées
1982
Sacrée soirée
1987
Vivement dimanche
1998
Apostrophes
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Spécial cinéma
1974
Midi Première
1975
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Le monde est à vous
1987
Numéro un
1975
Midi trente
1972
Discorama
1959
Star Academy
2001
Cinépanorama
1956
Samedi soir
1971
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
Victoires de la musique
1985
Zone interdite
1993
Stars 90
1990
Système 2
1975
Reflets de Cannes
1954
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Dim Dam Dom
1965
Cadet Rousselle
1971
À bout portant
1968
The Pink Panther 2
2009
La chanson de l'année
2004
Na sowas!
1982
Vengeance
2009
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004
Diabolique
1955
Once Upon My Mother
2025
At War for Algeria
2022
Doc humanité
2018
Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock
2022
Crime Spree
2003
Archives secrètes
2021
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Animal
1977
Terminus
1987
Playing Beatie Bow
1986
The Specialists
1969
David Lansky
1989
Rock'n Roll
2017
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025
The Iron Triangle
1989
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
The Nugget
2002
Money Money Money
1972
Titeuf
2011
Paparazzi
1998
Everyone's Life
2017
Why Not Me?
1998
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997
Malpertuis
1972
Aznavour by Charles
2019
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
Love Me
2000
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022
Man on the Train
2002
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
Detective
1985
The Great Chase
1968
The Society of the Spectacle
1974
Falling Point
1970
Tales of Paris
1962
Vadim Mister Cool
2016
Jean-Philippe
2006
Mischka
2002
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
We Love You, You Bastard
2014
Cherchez l'idole
1964
Shoot to Live
2022
La Gamine
1992
The Ponies
1967
A Sunburnt Christmas
2020
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
2020
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
2012
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
2015
Family Business
1986
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022
Godard by Godard
2023
Céline Dion, le grand show
2012
The Discreet Françoise Hardy
2016
In Memory of Rock
1963
Mon nom est Johnny
2021
Quartier V.I.P.
2005
The Perfect Day
2018
Secret File 1413
1961
Johnny Hallyday : Parc des Princes 93
1993
Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire
2013
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
2019
Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia
2019
5 + 1
1970
Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
2023
Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France
1999
La Fête De La Chanson Française
2005
Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003
2003
Visa de censure n° X
1976
Les Vieilles Canailles
2014
J'ai tout donné
1972
50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
2025
Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent
1981
Un coup dans l'aile
1963
M6 awards 2000
2000
L'homme qui voulait passer à la télé
2005
Johnny Hallyday : Happy Birthday Live
2020
Père Noël et fils
1983
Kidnapping
2005
Johnny Hallyday, à nos promesses
2020
Retiens Johnny
2020
Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel
2000
Les Enfoirés 1989 - Tournée d'Enfoirés
1989
Les Vieilles Canailles 2017
2017
Johnny Hallyday - Rester Vivant Tour
2016
Johnny Hallyday : Tour 66 - Stade de France
2009
Where Are You From, Johnny?
1963
Johnny, passion d'un enfant gâté
2022
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
1994
Johnny Hallyday symphonique
2023
Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons
2021
Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement
2014
Johnny made in France
2018
Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique
2019
Christmas Blues
1960
Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
2018
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
1968
Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01)
2001
Johnny Hallyday - Destination Vegas
1996
Hallyday par Johnny
2000
Danger Down Under
1988
Johnny Hallyday à la Cigale
1995
Johnny Hallyday - Lorada Tour
1995
Johnny Hallyday : Palais des Sports 1982
1982
Bouton Rouge
1967
Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll
2017
Johnny Hallyday concert Amsterdam 1963
1963
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
2015
Johnny Hallyday dans la chaleur de Bercy
1990
Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 92
1992
Johnny Hallyday - La Cigale
2007
Johnny Hallyday - Born Rocker Tour
2013
Johnny Hallyday - Pavillon de Paris
1979
Johnny Hallyday - Go, Johnny, Go (Un enfant du rock à Nashville)
1984
Laurent Gerra ne s’interdit rien
2011
Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 87
1987
Hallyday Bercy 2003
2021
Johnny Hallyday en direct du Théâtre de Paris, La Soirée Anniversaire
2013
Johnny Hallyday - Flashback Tour 2006
2006
Johnny Hallyday - Olympia 2000
2000
Johnny Hallyday - Zénith 1984
1984
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - le film
2000
Johnny Hallyday - Les Années 60 Vol.1
2008
Johnny l'immortel
2016
Dans l'intimité de Johnny : Tranches de vie
2018
Un roi triste
1966