[custom_adv] Jean-Paul Belmondo was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine, now Hauts-de-Seine, on 9 April 1933.[2][3] Belmondo's father, Paul Belmondo, was a Pied-Noir sculptor who was born in Algeria of Italian descent, whose parents were of Sicilian and Piedmontese origin. [custom_adv] As a boy he was more interested in sport than school, developing a particular interest in boxing and soccer.Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris when he knocked out Rene Desmarais in one round. Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief. He won three straight first round knockout victories from 1949 to 1950. [custom_adv] "I stopped when the face I saw in the mirror began to change," he later said. As part of his compulsory military service, he served in Algeria as a private for six months.Belmondo was interested in acting. His late teenage years were spent at a private drama school, and he began performing comedy sketches in the provinces. [custom_adv] He studied under Raymond Giraud and then attended the Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts when he was twenty. He studied there for three years. [custom_adv] He would probably have won the prize for best actor, but participated in a sketch mocking the school, which offended the jury; this resulted in his only getting an honourable mention, "which nearly set off a riot among his incensed fellow students" in August 1956, according to one report. The incident did make front page news. [custom_adv] In 1989, Belmondo was in his mid-50s when he met 24-year-old dancer Natty Tardivel. The couple lived together for over a decade before marrying in 2002. On 13 August 2003, Tardivel gave birth to then 70-year-old Belmondo's fourth child, Stella Eva Angelina. [custom_adv] On 4 December 1952, Belmondo married Élodie Constantin, with whom he had three children: Patricia (1953–1993), who was killed in a fire, Florence (born 1958) and Paul (born 1963). Belmondo and Constantin separated in 1965. She filed for divorce in September 1966, and it was finalized on 5 January 1968. [custom_adv] He had relationships with Ursula Andress from 1965 to 1972, Laura Antonelli from 1972 to 1980, Brazilian actress and singer Carlos Sotto Mayor from 1980 to 1987,[33] and Barbara Gandolfi from 2008 to 2012.In 1989, Belmondo was in his mid-50s when he met 24-year-old dancer Natty Tardivel. The couple lived together for over a decade before marrying in 2002. On 13 August 2003, Tardivel gave birth to then 70-year-old Belmondo's fourth child, Stella Eva Angelina.Belmondo and Tardivel divorced in 2008.Belmondo died on 6 September 2021 at his home in Paris, after a period of ill health, at the age of 88.