Olivier de Funès de Galarza (; born 11 August 1949) is a French former film

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

, retired

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pilot, and a son of the most popular actor in French cinema history,

Louis de Funès Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. He is France's favourite actor, according to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, having played over 150 roles in fi ...

Partial filmography

*1965: ''

Fantômas se déchaîne ''Fantômas se déchaîne'' (, "Fantomas Unleashed") is a 1965 film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain Fantômas opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. It was ...

'' (directed by

André Hunebelle André Hunebelle (; 1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director. Master Glass Artist After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a m ...

) - Michou *1966: '' Le Grand Restaurant'' (dir. by

Jacques Besnard Jacques Besnard (Also known as Jacques Treyens; born 15 July 1929 in Le Petit-Quevilly - died 9 November 2013 in Boutigny-Prouais) was a French film director, assistant director, film producer, producer, actor and screenwriter. Best known for ''L ...

) - Marmiton Louis (uncredited) *1967: '' Les Grandes Vacances'' (dir. by

Jean Girault Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films bet ...

) - Gérard Bosquier *1969: ''

Hibernatus ''Hibernatus'' is a 1969 French-Italian comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro and written by Jean Bernard-Luc. It stars Louis de Funès as an industrialist named Hubert Barrère de Tartas. Plot A man frozen for 65 years is found in the ice o ...

'' (dir. by

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar (1967 film), Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), ...

) - Didier de Tartas *1970: ''

L'Homme orchestre ''L'homme orchestre'' () is a comedy film from 1970 directed by Serge Korber, written by Jean Halain, and starring by Louis de Funès. It tells the story of Evan Evans, who owns and manages a ballet company in the Principality of Monaco with an ...

'' (dir. by

Serge Korber Serge Korber (1 February 1936 – 23 January 2022) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 40 films between 1962 and 2007. Successful as the director of comedies starring Louis de Funès in ''L'homme orchestre'' and '' ...

) - Philippe Evans *1971: '' Perched on a Tree'' (dir. by

) - L'auto-stoppeur (final film role)

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* 1949 births Living people Male actors from Paris Aviators from Paris French male film actors French people of Galician descent French people of Portuguese descent French people of Spanish descent {{France-film-actor-1940s-stub