Johnny Hallyday

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1943-06-15

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Johnny Hallyday

Biography

Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited with having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 years, Hallyday released 79 albums and sold more than 110 million records worldwide, mainly in the French-speaking world, making him one of the best-selling artists in the world. He had five diamond albums, 40 gold albums, 22 platinum albums and earned ten Victoires de la Musique. He sang an estimated 1,154 songs and performed 540 duets with 187 artists. Credited for his strong voice and his spectacular shows, he sometimes arrived by entering a stadium through the crowd and once by jumping from a helicopter above the Stade de France, where he performed nine times. Among his 3,257 shows completed in 187 tours, the most memorable were at Parc des Princes in 1993, at the Stade de France in 1998, just after France's win in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as at the Eiffel Tower in 2000, which had record-breaking ticket sales for a French artist. A million spectators gathered to see his performance at the Eiffel Tower, with some 10 million watching on television. Usually working with the best French artists and musicians of his time, Hallyday collaborated with Charles Aznavour, Michel Berger and Jean-Jacques Goldman. Hugely popular in France, he was referred to as simply "Johnny" and seen as a "national monument" and a part of the French cultural legacy. He became a symbol of the Trente Glorieuses, France's prosperous postwar era, after he emerged in 1960, and was a familiar figure to four generations. More than 2,500 magazine covers and 190 books were dedicated to him during his lifetime, making him one of the people most widely covered by the media in France. His death from cancer in 2017 was followed by a "people's tribute", during which a million people attended the funeral procession in Paris and 15 million others watched the ceremony on TV. Hallyday remained relatively unknown outside the French-speaking world, where he was dubbed "the biggest rock star you've never heard of" and introduced as the French version of Elvis Presley. Jean-Philippe Smet was born in the 9th arrondissement of Paris on 15 June 1943 to a Belgian father, Léon Smet, and a French mother, Huguette Eugénie Pierrette Clerc. Léon Smet, who worked as a nightclub performer, left his wife and son a few months later. Clerc started a modeling career, which left her with little time to care for her son. Hallyday grew up with his aunt, Hélène Mar, and took his stage name from a cousin-in-law from Oklahoma (Lemoine Ketcham) who performed as Lee Halliday. The latter called Smet "Johnny" and became a father figure, introducing him to American music. ... Source: Article "Johnny Hallyday" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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Acting History

2025
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés as Self (archive footage)
2025
Once Upon My Mother as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs as Self
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
2023
Godard by Godard as Self (archive footage)
2023
Johnny Hallyday symphonique as Self (voice)
2022
Johnny, passion d'un enfant gâté as Self (archive footage)
2022
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là as Self (archive footage)
2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
2022
Shoot to Live as Self
2022
Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock as Self (archive footage)
2022
At War for Algeria as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
2021
Mon nom est Johnny as Self
2021
Archives secrètes as Self (archive footage)
2021
Hallyday Bercy 2003 as Self
2021
Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons as Self (archive footage)
2020
A Sunburnt Christmas as Worker #2
2020
Johnny Hallyday, à nos promesses as Self
2020
Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible as Self (archive footage)
2020
Retiens Johnny as Self
2020
Johnny Hallyday : Happy Birthday Live as Self
2019
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos as Self
2019
Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia as Self (archive footage)
2019
Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique as Self
2019
Aznavour by Charles as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2018
Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98 as Self
2018
Johnny made in France as Self (archive footage)
2018
Doc humanité as Self
2018
The Perfect Day as Self
2018
Dans l'intimité de Johnny : Tranches de vie as Self
2017
Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll as Self
2017
Les Vieilles Canailles 2017 as Self
2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France as Self (archive footage)
2017
Everyone's Life as Johnny
2017
Rock'n Roll as Johnny Hallyday
2016
Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage)
2016
The Discreet Françoise Hardy as Self (archive footage)
2016
Johnny Hallyday - Rester Vivant Tour as Self - Chanteur
2016
Johnny l'immortel as Self
2015
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène ! as Self
2015
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show as Self
2014
Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement as Self
2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Les Vieilles Canailles as Self
2014
We Love You, You Bastard as Jacques Kaminsky
2013
Johnny Hallyday en direct du Théâtre de Paris, La Soirée Anniversaire as Self
2013
Johnny Hallyday - Born Rocker Tour as Self
2013
Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire as Self
2012
Céline Dion, le grand show as Self
2012
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's as Self (archive footage)
2011
Laurent Gerra ne s’interdit rien as Self
2011
Titeuf as Le chanteur du train (voice)
2009
Johnny Hallyday : Tour 66 - Stade de France as Self
2009
Vengeance as Francis Costello
2009
The Pink Panther 2 as Milliken
2008
Johnny Hallyday - Les Années 60 Vol.1 as Self
2007
Johnny Hallyday Mes vidéos Les clips 1984-2006 as Self (archive footage)
2007
Johnny Hallyday - La Cigale as Self
2006
Johnny Hallyday - Flashback Tour 2006 as Self - Chanteur principal
2006
Jean-Philippe as Jean-Philippe Smet / Self
2005
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
Kidnapping as William Terrano
2005
Quartier V.I.P. as Alex
2005
La Fête De La Chanson Française as Self
2004
La chanson de l'année as Self
2004
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse as L'ermite
2003
Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003 as Self
2003
Crime Spree as Marcel Burot
2002
The Nugget as Ratner Precision Driving Double
2002
Man on the Train as Milan
2002
Mischka as Johnny Hallyday (uncredited)
2001
Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01) as Self
2001
Star Academy as Self
2000
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - le film as Self
2000
M6 awards 2000 as Self
2000
Johnny Hallyday - Olympia 2000 as Self
2000
Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel as Self
2000
Hallyday par Johnny as Self
2000
Love Me as Lennox
1999
Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France as Self
1998
Why Not Me? as José
1998
Vivement dimanche as Self
1998
Paparazzi as Johnny Hallyday
1998
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1997
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1996
Johnny Hallyday - Destination Vegas as Self
1995
Johnny Hallyday - Lorada Tour as Self
1995
Johnny Hallyday à la Cigale as Self
1994
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou as Self
1993
Johnny Hallyday : Parc des Princes 93 as Self
1993
Zone interdite as Self
1992
Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 92 as Self
1992
La Gamine as Frank Matrix
1990
Johnny Hallyday dans la chaleur de Bercy as Self
1990
Stars 90 as Self
1989
Les Enfoirés 1989 - Tournée d'Enfoirés
1989
David Lansky as David Lansky, commissaire
1989
The Iron Triangle as Jacques
1988
Danger Down Under as Leo
1987
Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 87 as Self
1987
Le monde est à vous as Self (archive footage)
1987
Sacrée Soirée as Self
1987
Nulle part ailleurs as Self
1987
Terminus as Stump
1986
Playing Beatie Bow as Ben
1986
Family Business as Louis, the Father
1985
Victoires de la musique as Self
1985
Detective as Jim Fox Warner
1984
Johnny Hallyday - Zénith 1984 as Self
1984
Johnny Hallyday - Go, Johnny, Go (Un enfant du rock à Nashville) as Self (archive footage)
1983
Père Noël et fils as Self
1982
Johnny Hallyday : Palais des Sports 1982 as Self
1982
Na sowas! as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)
1981
Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent as L'accidenté à répétition
1979
Johnny Hallyday - Pavillon de Paris as Self
1977
Animal as La vedette masculine
1976
Police Commissioner Moulin as William Terrano
1976
Visa de censure n° X as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975
Numéro un as Self
1975
Numéro un as Self - Host
1975
Système 2 as Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1975
Apostrophes as Self (archive footage)
1975
Midi Première as Self
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self
1974
The Society of the Spectacle as Self (archive footage)
1972
J'ai tout donné as Self
1972
Malpertuis as Sailor who kisses Bets (uncredited)
1972
Money Money Money as Johnny Hallyday
1972
Midi trente as Self
1972
Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971
Cadet Rousselle as Self
1971
Samedi soir as Self
1970
Falling Point as Vlad, dit 'Le Roumain'
1970
5 + 1 as Self
1969
The Specialists as Hud
1968
À bout portant as Self
1968
The Great Chase as Frankie
1968
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa as Self
1967
The Ponies as Johnny Hallyday
1967
Bouton Rouge as Self
1966
Un roi triste as Johnny Hallyday
1965
Dim Dam Dom as Self
1964
Cherchez l'idole as Johnny Hallyday
1963
Un coup dans l'aile as Johnny Hallyday
1963
Where Are You From, Johnny? as Johnny
1963
Johnny Hallyday concert Amsterdam 1963 as Self
1963
In Memory of Rock as Self
1962
Tales of Paris as Jean Allard (segment "Sophie")
1961
Secret File 1413 as Johnny Hallyday
1960
Christmas Blues as Self
1959
Discorama as Self
1956
Cinépanorama as Self
1955
Diabolique as Student (uncredited)
1954
Reflets de Cannes as Self