Alain Delon
Gender: Male
Born: 8th November 1935 (currently 76 years old)
Nationality: France
Movies: Le Cercle Rouge, Le Samouraï, Monsieur Klein, Plein Soleil, Rocco and His Brothers, The Concorde...Airport '79, The Leopard, Un flic, L'eclisse, Le Toubib, Teheran 43, Red Sun, Diaboliquement vôtre, Spirits of the Dead, Flic Story, La prima notte di quiete, Day and Night, Creezy, Joy House, Missing Without Leave, Nouvelle Vague, Lost Command, Zorro, Death of a Corrupt Man, Astérix at the Olympic Games, Christine, The Joy of Living, The Girl on a Motorcycle, Le Clan des Siciliens, The Return of Casanova, Is Paris Burning?, Texas Across the River, Once a Thief, Swann in Love, Our Story, Scorpio, The Assassination of Trotsky, Le choc, La Piscine, Any Number Can Win, Honor Among Thieves, Alain Delon: Borsalino & Co., Two Men in Town, The Yellow Rolls-Royce, La Tulipe noire, Les aventuriers, Plein Soleil, Borsalino & Co., Une chance sur deux, Be Beautiful But Shut Up
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ dəlɔ̃]; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor. He rose quickly to stardom, and by the age of 23 was already being compared to French actors such as Gérard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot. Over the course of his career, Delon has worked with many well-known directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni and Louis Malle.
Delon acquired Swiss citizenship in 1999, and the company managing products sold under his name is based in Geneva.
Delon was born in Sceaux, Seine (now Hauts-de-Seine), Île-de-France, a suburb of Paris. His parents, Édith (née Arnold) and Fabien Delon, divorced when Delon was four. Both remarried, and Delon has a half-sister and two half-brothers. He attended a Roman Catholic boarding school, the first of several schools from which he was expelled because of unruly behavior. Teachers once tried to convince him to enter the priesthood because of his aptitude in religious studies.
At 14, Delon left school, and worked for a brief time at his stepfather's butcher shop. He
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