The product of a broken home, Alain Delon had a stormy childhood. He was frequently expelled from school.

During the early 50s - parachutist with French Marines in Indochina; mid-50s - worked at various odd jobs including, waiter, salesman, and porter in Les Halles market; 1957 - film debut in Yves Allégret's Quand la femmes s'en mele; declined contract with Selznick studios; 1960 - received international recognition for his role in Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers; 1961 - stage role in Tis Pity She's a Whore, directed by Visconti, Paris; 1964 - formed film company Delbeau Productions; produced short film directed by Guy Gilles; 1968 - involved in murder, drug, sex scandal that indirectly implicated major politicians and show business personalities, eventually cleared of all charges; late 60s - formed film company Adel Film; 1970 - began producing feature films; 1981 - directed film Pour la peau d'un flic.

Without previous professional preparation, Alain Delon came to embody the young, energetic, often morally corrupted man. With his breathtaking good-looks, he was also predestined to play tender lovers and romantic heroes, and he was in the beginning a French embodiment of the type created in America by James Dean. His first outstanding success came with the role of the parasite Tom Ripley in Clement's sun-drenched thriller Purple Noon. Delon presented a psychological portrait of a murderous young cynic who attempts to take on the identity of his victim. A totally different role was offered to him by Visconti in "Rocco e i suoi fratelli". In this film, Delon plays the devoted Rocco, who accepts the greatest sacrifices to save his characterless brot her Simon. After several other films in Italy, he returned to the criminal genre with Jean Gabin in Any Number Can Win. This work, a classic example of the genre, was distinguished not only by a soundly worked-out screenplay, but also by the careful producti on and the excellent performances of both Delon and Gabin. It was only in the late sixties that the sleek and lethal Delon came to epitomise the calm, psychopathic hoodlum, staring into the camera like a cat assessing a mouse. His tough, ruthless side was firs t used to real effect by Jean-Pierre Melville in The Godson. In 1969, he had a huge success in the bloodstained Borsalino, which he also produced, playing a small-time gangster who, with Jean-Paul Belmondo becomes king of the Marseilles thirties underwo rld. Delon later won critical acclaim for his roles, against type, in Joseph Losey's Mr. Klein in which Delon played (brilliantly) the icily sinister title role, and the art-movie Un amour de Swann. Today Alain Delon is married to Rosalie, he has an older son Anthony Delon (who has also acted in a number of movies) from his first marriage to Nathalie Delon, and has a young son and daughter, Alain-Fabien and Anouchka with his wife Rosalie.


Astérix aux jeux olympiques (2008): 1,200,000 Euros + Gross Points

Featured on the cover of the music album "The Queen is Dead" by the Smiths (1986) Worked together with Claude Jade and Curd Jürgens in Russia Father of Anthony Delon Has his look-alike puppet in the French show "Les guignols de l'info" (1988). Sang in hit song "Paroles, Paroles" with late singer Dalida. Has partially Corsican ancestry. Is long time friends with actor Jean-Claude Brialy. Has dual citizenship: French and Swiss. Aquired Swiss citizenship in 1999. Participated to the war of Indochina, when he was a soldier in the French army. His stepfather Paul Boulogne was a butcher. Has his own perfume, it's called "AD". Has a horse named "Equileo". Accepted starring role in Zorro (1975/I) to please his son Anthony Delon, who was a child at the time. Longtime companion of actress Mireille Darc from 1969 to 1984. Lives on his estate in Douchy, France (Departement Loiret). One of the most favourite western stars in Japan Has supported Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. Fluent in French, Italian and English. Broke the relationship with his mother after she insisted on taking care of his son Ari, product of a relationship with Actress/Supermodel Nico. They spoke again when his step-father died in 1988, the same year Nico died.