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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 23, 1930
Died
January 1, 1974
Place of Birth
Etterbeek, Belgium
Also Known As
- Gianni Esposito
- Giovanni Esposito
Giani Esposito
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Giani Esposito (23 August 1930 – 1 January 1974) was a French film actor and singer-songwriter. Esposito was born from the union of a French mother with an Italian father in Etterbeek (Belgium), and he died from viral hepatitis in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1973. As singer-songwriter, between 1958 and 1973, he recorded numerous albums marked with spirituality and poetry. His biggest success is The Clowns (Les Clowns, 1957), several covers by Raymond Devos, Jeanne-Marie Sens, Hervé Vilard and Bernard Lavilliers. He was married with the French actress Pascale Petit and they had a girl, Doushka Esposito (born in 1963), today singer, and younger, under the name of Douchka, she was ambassadress of Walt Disney's productions on the French television. Source: Article "Giani Esposito" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
6.9
The Decameron
1971
6.1
Mario Cortese
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
1967
5.5
Napoléon
The Big Hit of Surcouf
1966
6.0
Napoléon
The Sea Pirate
1966
5.6
Ettore
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
1964
5.6
Ettore
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
1964
5.0
Yan
Cross of the Living
1962
6.5
Gerard Lenz
Paris Belongs to Us
1961
0.0
Jérôme
Towards Ecstasy
1960
4.9
Lemaître
Normandy - Neman
1960
Credits
The Decameron
1971
6.9
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
as Mario Cortese
1967
6.1
The Big Hit of Surcouf
as Napoléon
1966
5.5
The Sea Pirate
as Napoléon
1966
6.0
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Françoise
as Ettore
1964
5.6
Anatomy of a Marriage: My Days with Jean-Marc
as Ettore
1964
5.6
Cross of the Living
as Yan
1962
5.0
Paris Belongs to Us
as Gerard Lenz
1961
6.5
Towards Ecstasy
as Jérôme
1960
0.0
Normandy - Neman
as Lemaître
1960
4.9
Le Bel Âge
as Claude
1960
5.3
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
Les Misérables
as Marius de Pontmercy
1958
7.2
Reproduction interdite
as Claude Watroff
1957
6.1
Forgive Our Trespasses
as Vani
1956
5.0
That Is the Dawn
as Sandro Galli
1956
6.6
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
The Hussars
as Pietro
1955
6.1
Bad Liaisons
as Pierre Jaeger
1955
6.0
Black Dossier
as Jean de Montesson
1955
6.2
French Cancan
as Prince Alexandre
1955
7.1
Quai des blondes
as un tueur
1954
5.3
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0
Poison Ivy
as Le capitaine du bateau
1953
5.8
My Husband Is Marvelous
as Un journaliste (uncredited)
1953
3.5
One Hundred Francs Per Second
as Un cheminot en grève (uncredited)
1953
5.3
Matrimonial Agency
as (uncredited)
1952
5.1
Leathernose
as A young guest
1952
5.0
Skipper Next to God
as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
1951
0.0