Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, whose performance in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 “Breathless” helped usher in the French New Wave, has died at the age of 88.
The actor’s lawyer confirmed the report to news outlets on Monday.
No cause of death has been revealed.
Belmondo starred in nearly 100 features, for both film and television including the aforementioned “Breathless” and “Pierrot le Fou.”Belmondo was April 9, 1933 west of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Acting didn’t come immediately to Belmondo.
He began as a boxer, making his amateur debut in the ring in 1949.
The physical changes to his face, according to the actor, compelled him to leave the sport.
He would eventually attend a private drama school , transitioning to the Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts in his twenties.
He made his stage debut in 1953.His first film role came in Jean-Pierre Cassel’s 1957 “On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels,” but he wound up on the cutting-room floor.
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