
Known for
Acting
Born
July 31, 1914
Birthplace
Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died
January 27, 1983 (aged 68)
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...
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2023
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2023
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2022
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2022
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2021
2021
2020
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2019
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
2013
as Himself (archive footage)
2013
2013
as Self (archive footage)
2012
2011
as Self (archive footage)
2007
as Self - Archive
2003
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1987
1982
as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
1982
1981
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude), Author
1980
as Harpagon, Screenplay, Director