Alain Delon is a famous French Actor, producer and composer, made famous for his rough, gangster like roles in movies throughout the 60's and 70's. Some of the movies he is best known for include 'Plein Soleil' (1960), 'Rocco and His Brother' (1960), 'The Leopard' (1963), 'Once a Thief' (1965), 'Le Samourai' (1967), 'Red Sun' (1971), 'Zorro' (1975), and 'Le Gang' (1977).#/TITLE#
Born on November 8th, 1935 in Sceaux, France, Alain was something of a troublemaker as a child. His parents were divorced when he was very young, and he was expelled from several of the schools he attended. At the age of 17 he joined a paratrooper division of the French Marines and served in French Indochina in the early 1950s. Upon returning to France in the mid 50s, he worked a series of odd jobs before landing a part in the 1957 production, 'Quand le Femmes S'en Mele'. It was not a major role, but it launched what would become a major career in acting.
Alain's first leading role would come in the 1958 movie 'Christine', though the lead that is considered by most to be his 'breakout' part came in the 1960 movie 'Plein Soleil'. 'Plein Soleil' was a hit worldwide, bringing the young French actor an international celebrity status. In the movie he played an American psychopath and murderer, beginning a trend toward darker, tougher roles that would follow him throughout his career. Throughout the early 60's, Delon stared in several more movies, mostly in roles that kept up his good-looking bad guy image. He was often thought of as the French counterpart to America's James Dean.
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