Jean-Pierre Aumont

What strikes me about Jean-Pierre Aumont is how his story refuses to fit the tidy matinee-idol mold. He was a French leading man in the 1930s, exactly the kind of dashing screen presence you'd expect to coast on charm. Instead, when the war came, he set the career aside and joined the Free French Forces, earning the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour for it. I find that the most telling detail in his record. The 1991 Honorary César feels less like a capstone for the films and more like France acknowledging a whole life lived with that kind of seriousness underneath the glamour.

Name (English)

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Name (Japanese)

ジャン＝ピエール・オーモン

Reading

じゃん＝ぴえーる・おーもん

Born

January 5, 1911 – January 30, 2001

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

Origin

Paris, France

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / stage actor / film actor / writer

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Legion of Honour
• Croix de guerre 1939–1945
• Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
• 1991 Honorary César

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%94%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3

Tags

• actor
• screenwriter
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.