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Fecamp, France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Belle (born 29 April 1973) is the co-founder of parkour, a specialized physical discipline of training. He is also a stuntman and actor. His military training and early athletic, climbing, gymnastic, and martial arts training acted as the foundations for the discipline he has developed. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Belle,…
Known for
- Traceurs des arbres2025
- Invisible Tattoo2022
- Ultimate Code — Enoch2021
- Rogue City — Zach Damato2020
- Defying Chase2018
- A jamais — thomas munoz2018
- Super Express — Gary2016
- Brutal A Taste of Violence. — Axel Chen2016
- Brick Mansions — Lino2014
- The Family — Mezzo2013
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Key facts
- Born
- David Nicolas Williams Belle , ( 1973-04-29 ) 29 April 1973 (age 53) , Fécamp , France
- Occupations
- Celebrity , Choreographer , Stunt coordinator
- Known for
- Parkour , film District 13
- Parent s
- Raymond Belle (father), Monique Kitten (mother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Fécamp
- Father
- Raymond Belle
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Sport
- parkour
- Image
- David Belle NewYorker.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1973-04-29
- name in native language
- David Belle
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- Commons category
- David Belle
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Encyclopedic overview
David Nicolas Williams Belle (born 29 April 1973) is a French actor, film choreographer and stunt coordinator. He is deemed the founder and leading pioneer of the physical discipline parkour, coining it based on his training and the teachings from his father Raymond Belle.
Belle came to fame via his parkour videos and film appearances, such as District 13, District 13: Ultimatum, which were written and produced by Luc Besson, and the American remake Brick Mansions. Belle has also consulted on the making of Babylon A.D., Prince of Persia, Colombiana, The Family, and the videogame series Dying Light. He is the chair of the Parkour Committee of the International Federation of Gymnastics.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Belle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.