Jean-Paul Belmondo born April 9, 1933 in the small town of Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, France. While still in school, he chose between the two professions - athletes and artists, but the final decision was made to twenty years, when Jean-Paul entered the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. After completing his studies, he began working in theater and spends most of the fifties.
Began his film career in 1957 put the movie "on foot, horseback and by car", but the episodes with his participation has not entered the picture. But in the movie "Be beautiful and shut up", where he played with Alain Delon, Belmondo appears finally on the screen. The popularity of the World he brings to the role in the film by Michel Puakara 1960 "Breathless". The film entered the classics of world cinema and, according to many critics, is considered the best work Belmondo.
One year later, Jean-Paul Belmondo proves the consistency of his acting, playing in the film "Two Women" - Sophia Loren best work, for which she received the prize of the American Academy Award "Oscar". His best roles Belmondo played the French filmmakers: "Breathless" and "Woman is a Woman" by Jean-Luc Godard, "The Thief" Louis Malle, "Siren" Mississippi "François Truffaut," Dr. Popol "by Claude Chabrol," Stavisky " Alain Resnais.
Starring in "The Man from Rio", Jean-Paul Belmondo began work in commercial projects, most of which were action-packed and comedic films, and until the mid 80s his usual heroes were adventurers or cynics. Belmondo was perhaps the most successful actor at home until 1987, when he returned to the theater, where he played, continuing shooting a movie.
In 2001, Belmondo stops its theater and film work after suffering a heart attack. From his first marriage he has two daughters and a son, and the second - a daughter, born in 2003. The eldest daughter Patricia died tragically in 1994 in a fire.