20th-century French male actors

French actor (1935–2024)

French-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)

French actor (1933–2021)

French actor (born 1948)

French film director (1932–1984)

French actor and comedian (1914–1983)

French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)

French actor and singer (1904–1976)

Spanish-French actor

French filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)

French footballer and actor (born 1966)

French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)

French musician, singer and actor (1943–2017)

French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)

Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (; 8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel (), was a French comic actor. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, a town located in the province of Turin, Italy, he became a comedy star, first gaining popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. So attentive was he to his wife that his mother-in-law amusingly referred to him

French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)

French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979)

French playwright and filmmaker (1885-1957)

French singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)

French actor

French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)

French actor (1922-1959)

French actor and mime artist (1923–2007)

French actor (1930–2022)

French actor (1930–2006)

French actor (born 1966)

French actor and director

French filmmaker (1928–2000)

French filmmaker (1907-1982)

French actor (1925–2020)

French actor and comedian (born 1978)

French actor (1984–2022)

André Robert Raimbourg (; 27 July 1917 – 23 September 1970), better known as André Bourvil (), and mononymously as Bourvil, was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy films, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in the films Le Corniaud (1965) and La Grande Vadrouille (1966). For his performance in Le Corniaud, he won a Special Diploma at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.

French actor (1899–1978)

Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stand-up comedian, film actor, activist and philanthropist. He adopted Coluche as a stage name at age 26, as he began his entertainment career. He became known for his irreverent attitude towards politics and the establishment, and he incorporated this into much of his material.

French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981)

French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter (born 1967)

French actor (1930–2017)

French film director (1941–2021)

French professional wrestler and actor (1946–1993)

Italian-French actor

French film director and producer, writer and actor (1889-1981)

French screenwriter and actor (1931-2021)

French actor

French actor (1947-1982)

French actor

French actor and screenwriter

French-Algerian actor and film producer

French filmmaker and actor (1917–1973)

French actor and theatre director (1910–1994)

French actor (1887-1951)

Tunisian-French film director

French actor

French actor, film director, and screenwriter (born 1973)

French recording artist; actor and singer (born 1959)

French actor and director

French actor, screenwriter and film director

Moroccan Amazigh -French comedian and actor

French actor (1928–2007)

French actor (1922–2016)