Alain Delon

from Sceaux, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Artwork for Asterix at the Olympic GamesImage of Alain Delon

Biography

Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the late 1950s to the 1980s, and became an international sex symbol. He is regarded as one of the most well-known figures of the French cultural landscape. His style, looks, and roles, which made him an international icon, earned him enduring popularity.

Delon achieved critical acclaim for his roles in films such as Women Are Weak (1959), Purple Noon (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Any Number Can Win (1963), The Black Tulip (1964), The Last Adventure (1967), Le Samouraï (1967), The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968), La Piscine (1969), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Un flic (1972), and Monsieur Klein (1976). Over the course of his career, Delon worked with many directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni, Louis Malle, and Agnès Varda.

Delon received many film and entertainment awards throughout his career. In 1985, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Notre histoire (1984). In 1991, he became a member of France's Legion of Honour. At the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Honorary Golden Bear. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, he received the Honorary Palme d'Or.

In addition to his acting career, Delon also recorded the spoken part in the popular 1973 song "Paroles, paroles", a duet with Dalida as the main singing voice. He acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999.

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Timeline

2026Aged 91

  • Poster for Le clan Delon, l'impossible héritage

    Self (archive footage)

2025Aged 90

  • Poster for Alain Delon, un certain regard

    Self (archive footage)

2024Aged 89

  • Poster for Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs

    Self (archive footage)

2023Aged 88

  • Poster for L'Âge d'or de la pub

    Self (archive footage)

2022Aged 87

  • Poster for Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Romy, A Free Woman

    archive footage

  • Poster for Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences

    Self

  • Poster for Exterior Day

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Belmondo: The Incorrigible

    (Unknown)

2021Aged 86

  • Poster for Gainsbourg, toute une vie

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Alain Delon face au monde

    Self

  • Poster for Morceaux de Cannes

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Undressing a Legacy

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft

    (Unknown)

2020Aged 85

  • Poster for Melville, le dernier samouraï

    Self

2019Aged 84

  • Poster for Furia, las peleas de Carlos Monzón

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Alain Delon, la solitude d'un fauve

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Disclaimer

    Alain Delon

  • Poster for Fifty Years Later

    Self

  • Poster for Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

    Self (archive footage)

2018Aged 83

  • Poster for Mireille Darc, la femme libre

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Jacques Deray, j'ai connu une belle époque

    Self

2017Aged 82

  • Poster for Top, die Wette gilt..!

    Self

  • Poster for Belmondo, le magnifique

    Self (archive footage)

2016Aged 81

  • Poster for Belmondo by Belmondo

    Self

  • Poster for Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

    Self (archive footage)

2015Aged 80

  • Poster for Alain Delon, a unique portrait

    Self

2014Aged 79

  • Poster for An Ordinary Day

    Julien

  • Poster for Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

    (Unknown)

2013Aged 78

  • Poster for René Clément au cœur de la nouvelle vague

    Self

  • Poster for Nos plus belles années 80 :  La Compil !

    Self (archive footage)

2012Aged 77

  • Poster for Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Mommies, Happy New Year!

    Alain Delon

2011Aged 76

  • Poster for Melville-Delon: Honor and Night

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Belmondo, itinéraire...

    Self

  • Poster for An Intimate History of Occupation

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

    (archive footage)

2010Aged 75

  • Poster for Code Name: Melville

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Autopsie d'un Massacre

    Self

  • Poster for L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

    Self

  • Poster for One Husband Too Many

    Maxime de Rougemont

2008Aged 73

2003Aged 68

  • Poster for The Lion

    John Bullit

2002Aged 67

  • Poster for Heart of the Festival

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Enfin pris ?

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 65

  • Poster for Actors

    Alain Delon

  • Poster for The Many Faces of Zorro

    Self (archive footage)

1999Aged 64

1998Aged 63

  • Poster for Half a Chance

    Julien Vignal

1997Aged 62

  • Poster for Day and Night

    Alexandre

  • Poster for The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    Self (archive footage)

1995Aged 60

  • Poster for One Hundred and One Nights

    Self

  • Poster for Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

    (Unknown)

1994Aged 59

1993Aged 58

  • Poster for A Crime

    Maître Charles Dunand

1992Aged 57

  • Poster for The Return of Casanova

    Casanova

1990Aged 55

  • Poster for Nouvelle Vague

    Roger Lennox / Richard Lennox

  • Poster for Dancing Machine

    Alan Wolf

1988Aged 53

  • Poster for Let Sleeping Cops Lie

    Commissaire Eugène Grindel

1986Aged 51

  • Poster for The Passage

    Jean Diaz

1985Aged 50

  • Poster for Cop's Honor

    Daniel Pratt

1984Aged 49

  • Poster for Swann in Love

    Baron de Charlus

  • Poster for Our Story

    Robert Avranche

1983Aged 48

  • Poster for The Fighter

    Jacques Darnay

1982Aged 47

  • Poster for The Shock

    Martin Terrier / Christian

1981Aged 46

  • Poster for Reporters

    Self

  • Poster for Teheran '43

    Georges Foch - police inspector

  • Poster for For a Cop's Hide

    Choucas

1980Aged 45

  • Poster for Three Men to Kill

    Michel Gerfaut

1979Aged 44

  • Poster for The Concorde... Airport '79

    Paul Metrand

  • Poster for The Medic

    Jean-Marie Desprès

1978Aged 43

  • Poster for Le Bel Indifférent

    Émile

  • Poster for Attention, the Kids Are Watching

    The Man

  • Poster for Power Play

    Producer

1977Aged 42

  • Poster for The Gang

    Robert

  • Poster for Armageddon

    Dr. Michel Ambrose

  • Poster for Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Hurried Man

    Pierre Niox

  • Poster for Death of a Corrupt Man

    Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal

1976Aged 41

1975Aged 40

  • Poster for Zorro

    Don Diego / El Zorro

  • Poster for Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Flic Story

    Roger Borniche

  • Poster for The Gypsy

    The Gypsy

1974Aged 39

  • Poster for Creezy

    Julien Dandieu

  • Poster for Icy Breasts

    Marc Rilson

  • Poster for Borsalino and Co.

    Roch Siffredi

1973Aged 38

  • Poster for Shock Treatment

    Devilers

  • Poster for Scorpio

    Jean 'Scorpio' Laurier

  • Poster for The Burned Barns

    Judge Pierre Larcher

  • Poster for Tony Arzenta

    Tony Arzenta

  • Poster for Two Men in Town

    Gino Strabliggi

1972Aged 37

  • Poster for There Once Was a Cop

    Man looking for Rodriguez (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Assassination of Trotsky

    Frank Jackson

  • Poster for Un Flic

    Commissioner Édouard Coleman

  • Poster for Indian Summer

    Daniele Dominici

1971Aged 36

  • Poster for Fantasia Among the Squares

    un passant

  • Poster for Easy Down There!

    Simon Médieu

  • Poster for The Widow Couderc

    Jean Lavigne

  • Poster for Red Sun

    Gauche

1970Aged 35

  • Poster for Borsalino

    Roch Siffredi

  • Poster for Le Cercle Rouge

    Corey

  • Poster for The Love Mates

    Julien Dandieu

1969Aged 34

  • Poster for The Swimming Pool

    Jean-Paul

  • Poster for Jeff

    Laurent

  • Poster for The Sicilian Clan

    Roger Startet

1968Aged 33

1967Aged 32

  • Poster for Cinéma et Réalité

    Self

  • Poster for The Last Adventure

    Manu

  • Poster for Le Samouraï

    Jef Costello

  • Poster for Diabolically Yours

    Pierre Lagrange / Georges Campo

1966Aged 31

  • Poster for Lost Command

    Captain Phillipe Esclavier

  • Poster for Texas Across the River

    Don Andrea

  • Poster for Is Paris Burning?

    Jacques Chaban-Delmas

1965Aged 30

  • Poster for The Car That Became a Star

    Self

  • Poster for Once a Thief

    Eddie Pedak

  • Poster for Love at Sea

    The actor of the film

1964Aged 29

  • Poster for The Black Tulip

    Julien/Guillaume de Saint Preux

  • Poster for Diary of a Fight

    Narrator

  • Poster for Joy House

    Marc

  • Poster for Filmmaking on the Riviera

    Self

  • Poster for The Unvanquished

    Thomas Vlassenroot

  • Poster for The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    Stefano

1963Aged 28

  • Poster for Any Number Can Win

    Francis Verlot

  • Poster for The Leopard

    Tancredi Falconeri

  • Poster for Carom Shots

    Lambert (uncredited)

1962Aged 27

  • Poster for Le Chien

    Lui

  • Poster for L'Eclisse

    Piero

  • Poster for Redhead

    Passenger in Venice (uncredited)

  • Poster for Les Jumelles et la Chèvre

    Martin

  • Poster for The Devil and the Ten Commandments

    Pierre Messager

1961Aged 26

  • Poster for The Joy of Living

    Ulisse Cecconato

  • Poster for Famous Love Affairs

    le duc Albert de Bavière

1960Aged 25

  • Poster for Purple Noon

    Tom Ripley

  • Poster for Rocco and His Brothers

    Rocco Parondi

1959Aged 24

  • Poster for Women Are Weak

    Julien Fenal

  • Poster for Way of Youth

    Antoine Michaud, fils

1958Aged 23

  • Poster for Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    Loulou, le petit ami d'Olga

  • Poster for Christine

    Franz Lobheiner

1957Aged 22

  • Poster for When a Woman Meddles

    Jo

1949Aged 14

  • Poster for Le Rapt

    (Unknown)

Year unknown