The actor leaves behind a legacy of 122 films, including 88 as an actor, two as a director and 32 as a producer.
Born in Sceaux, near Paris, in November 1935 as Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon Arnold, he will be forever remembered for films such as Rocco and His Brothers (Lucchino Visconti, 1960) and The Leopard, in which he shared the lead role with Burt Lancaster, also directed by Visconti in 1963. He participated in a dozen masterpieces and was the essential face of French cinema for two decades. Hailed as one of the most seductive images of cinema, he worked with such great directors as Jean-Pierre Melville, René Clément, Jacques Deray, Luchino Visconti, Louis Malle, Michelangelo Antonioni and Jean-Luc Godard.

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French film legend Alain Delon dies at 88

In terms of awards, since his first appearance on the big screen in 1957, Delon has won a César for Best Actor in 1985 for Bertrand Blier’s ‘Our Story’, the Bear of Honour at the Berlin Film Festival in 1995 and the Berlin International Film Festival Award. In May 2019 came his most notable recognition, receiving the Palme d’Or d’Honneur at Cannes.

His three children announced the death in a joint statement: ‘Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony, as well as (his dog) Loubo, have the immense sadness to announce the departure of their father. He passed away peacefully at his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family (…) His family kindly asks you to respect his privacy, at this time of extremely painful mourning’.