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. ...
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| 2025 | Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés as Self (archive footage) |
| 2025 | Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan 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 par 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 | Tourner pour vivre as Self |
| 2022 | Deneuve, la reine Catherine as Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Mon nom est Johnny as Self |
| 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 | Le Regard de 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 | 12 juillet 1998, le jour parfait 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, le dernier roi de France as Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Chacun sa vie as Johnny |
| 2017 | Rock'n Roll as Johnny Hallyday |
| 2016 | Vadim Mister Cool as Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Françoise Hardy - La discrète 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 | Salaud, on t'aime 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 (Le Film) as Le chanteur du train (voice) |
| 2009 | Johnny Hallyday : Tour 66 - Stade de France as Self |
| 2009 | İntikam Peşinde as Francis Costello |
| 2009 | Pembe Panter 2 as Milliken |
| 2008 | Johnny Hallyday - Les Années 60 Vol.1 as Self |
| 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 | Kıyamet Melekleri as L'ermite |
| 2003 | Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003 as Self |
| 2003 | Suç Alemi as Marcel Burot |
| 2002 | The Nugget as Ratner Precision Driving Double |
| 2002 | Trendeki Adam as Milan |
| 2002 | Mischka as Johnny Hallyday (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Pascal Obispo - Millésime (Live 00-01) 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 | Pourquoi pas moi ? as José |
| 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 |
| 1992 | Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 92 as Self |
| 1992 | La Gamine as Frank Matrix |
| 1990 | Johnny Hallyday dans la chaleur de Bercy as Self |
| 1989 | Les Enfoirés 1989 - Tournée d'Enfoirés |
| 1989 | The Iron Triangle as Jacques |
| 1988 | Danger Down Under as Leo |
| 1987 | Johnny Hallyday - Bercy 87 as Self |
| 1987 | Terminus as Stump |
| 1986 | Playing Beatie Bow as Ben |
| 1986 | Conseil de famille as Louis, the Father |
| 1985 | Détective 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 |
| 1981 | Le jour se lève et les conneries commencent as L'accidenté à répétition |
| 1979 | Johnny Hallyday - Pavillon de Paris as Self |
| 1977 | L'Animal as La vedette masculine |
| 1976 | Visa de censure n° X as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1974 | La Société du spectacle as Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | J'ai tout donné as Self |
| 1972 | Malpertuis as Sailor who kisses Bets (uncredited) |
| 1972 | L'Aventure c'est l'aventure as Johnny Hallyday |
| 1970 | Point de Chute as Vlad, dit 'Le Roumain' |
| 1970 | 5 + 1 as Self |
| 1969 | Gli specialisti as Hud |
| 1968 | À tout casser as Frankie |
| 1968 | Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa as Self |
| 1967 | Les Poneyttes as Johnny Hallyday |
| 1967 | Bouton Rouge as Self |
| 1966 | Un roi triste as Johnny Hallyday |
| 1964 | Cherchez l'idole as Johnny Hallyday |
| 1963 | Un coup dans l'aile as Johnny Hallyday |
| 1963 | D'où viens-tu, Johnny ? as Johnny |
| 1963 | Johnny Hallyday concert Amsterdam 1963 as Self |
| 1963 | À la mémoire du rock as Self |
| 1962 | Les Parisiennes as Jean Allard (segment "Sophie") |
| 1961 | Dossier 1413 as Johnny Hallyday |
| 1960 | Christmas Blues as Self |
| 1955 | Şeytan Ruhlu İnsanlar as Student (uncredited) |
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