
Johnny Hallyday
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Man on the Train
2002

Johnny, passion d'un enfant gâté
2022

The Specialists
1969

Johnny Hallyday - Les Années 60 Vol.1
2008

Crime Spree
2003

Animal
1977

M6 awards 2000
2000

The Society of the Spectacle
1974

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
2012

Jean-Philippe
2006

Johnny Hallyday symphonique
2023

The Iron Triangle
1989

Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
2019

The Pink Panther 2
2009

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004

Mon nom est Johnny
2021

Why Not Me?
1998

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Playing Beatie Bow
1986

Family Business
1986

Laurent Gerra ne s’interdit rien
2011

Vengeance
2009

Detective
1985

Johnny Hallyday - Un soir à l'Olympia
2019

Where Are You From, Johnny?
1963

Terminus
1987

Shoot to Live
2022

Quartier V.I.P.
2005

Mischka
2002

Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible
2020

The Great Chase
1968

Dans l'intimité de Johnny : Tranches de vie
2018

Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
2023

La Gamine
1992

In Memory of Rock
1963

Godard by Godard
2023

Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel
2000

Hallyday Bercy 2003
2021

We Love You, You Bastard
2014

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023

Céline Dion, le grand show
2012

Money Money Money
1972

Hallyday par Johnny
2000

Johnny l'immortel
2016

Johnny made in France
2018

Falling Point
1970

Johnny Hallyday - Go, Johnny, Go (Un enfant du rock à Nashville)
1984

Love Me
2000

The Nugget
2002

Danger Down Under
1988

Johnny Hallyday : Tour 66 - Stade de France
2009

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998

Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
1994

Paparazzi
1998

Kidnapping
2005

Les Vieilles Canailles
2014

Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent
1981

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022

Johnny Hallyday - Pavillon de Paris
1979

Diabolique
1955

Rock'n Roll
2017

Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
2018

Johnny Hallyday - Olympia 2000
2000

Johnny Hallyday concert Amsterdam 1963
1963

Johnny Hallyday - Zénith 1984
1984

Johnny Hallyday : Palais des Sports 1982
1982

Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - le film
2000

Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 87
1987

Johnny Hallyday dans la chaleur de Bercy
1990

Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 92
1992

Johnny Hallyday : Parc des Princes 93
1993

Johnny Hallyday - Lorada Tour
1995

Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France
1999

The Discreet Françoise Hardy
2016

Visa de censure n° X
1976

J'ai tout donné
1972

Everyone's Life
2017

Johnny Hallyday - Rester Vivant Tour
2016

Johnny Hallyday - Born Rocker Tour
2013

Malpertuis
1972

Secret File 1413
1961

Johnny Hallyday - La Cigale
2007

Johnny Hallyday - Flashback Tour 2006
2006

Cherchez l'idole
1964

Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003
2003

Bouton Rouge
1967

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
2015

Les Vieilles Canailles 2017
2017

The Ponies
1967

Johnny Hallyday en direct de Bercy, La Soirée Anniversaire
2013

5 + 1
1970

Les Enfoirés 1989 - Tournée d'Enfoirés
1989

Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01)
2001

Aznavour by Charles
2019

Les Vieilles Canailles : Histoire d'un concert mythique
2019

Johnny Hallyday - Destination Vegas
1996

The Perfect Day
2018

Johnny Hallyday, la France Rock'n Roll
2017

Vadim Mister Cool
2016

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997

Johnny Hallyday en direct du Théâtre de Paris, La Soirée Anniversaire
2013

Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
2015

Johnny Hallyday à la Cigale
1995

Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement
2014

Johnny Hallyday : Happy Birthday Live
2020

Retiens Johnny
2020

Un coup dans l'aile
1963

Johnny Hallyday, à nos promesses
2020

Père Noël et fils
1983

De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017

Tales of Paris
1962

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005

Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons
2021

Christmas Blues
1960

Un roi triste
1966

Titeuf
2011

A Sunburnt Christmas
2020

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025

Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
1968

La Fête De La Chanson Française
2005

Once Upon My Mother
2025

Deneuve, la reine Catherine
2022

Numéro un
1975

Dim Dam Dom
1965

Nulle part ailleurs
1987

Victoires de la musique
1985

La chanson de l'année
2004

À bout portant
1968

Johnny Hallyday: Beyond Rock
2022

Archives secrètes
2021

Zone interdite
1993

Na sowas!
1982

At War for Algeria
2022

Le Grand Échiquier
1972

Doc humanité
2018

Spécial cinéma
1974

Cadet Rousselle
1971

David Lansky
1989

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Numéro un
1975

Système 2
1975

Champs-Elysées
1982

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022

Midi Première
1975

Apostrophes
1975

Cinépanorama
1956

Champs-Elysées
1982

Police Commissioner Moulin
1976

Star Academy
2001

Le monde est à vous
1987

Discorama
1959

Vivement dimanche
1998

Stars 90
1990

Midi trente
1972

Samedi soir
1971

Sacrée Soirée
1987

Reflets de Cannes
1954