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Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

Actor, composer and writer · Died October 1, 2018, aged 94 · Paris, France

Charles Aznavour, OC (May 22, 1924 - October 1, 2018) was an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world. Charles Aznavour (pronounced in French as Sharl Aznavour) is known for his characteristic short figure and unique tenor voice; clear and ringing in its upper reaches, with gravelly and profound low notes. He has appeared in more than 60 movies, composed about 1,000 songs (including 150 at least in English, 100 in Italian, 70 in Spanish, and 50 in German), and has sold well over 100 million records. In 1998, Charles Aznavour was named Entertainer of the Century by CNN and users of Time Online from around the globe. He was recognized as the century's outstanding performer, with nearly 18% of the total vote, edging out Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. He has sung for presidents, popes, and royalty, as well as at humanitarian events, and is the founder of the charitable organization Aznavour for Armenia along with his long-time friend and impresario Levon Sayan. Aznavour started his global farewell tour in late 2006, which continues through this day. In 2009 he was appointed ambassador of Armenia to Switzerland, as well as Armenia's permanent delegate to the United Nations at Geneva. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Aznavour, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 22, 1924
Died
October 1, 2018 (aged 94)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Actor, composer and writer
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 86 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 41% in 30 days

What are Charles Aznavour's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
27%
Bonds
27%
Morality
21%
Survival
7%
Ideas
7%
Power
6%
Society
6%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 6 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 9 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 5 of 11 analyzed roles.

Hero
5 of 11
Shadow
2 of 11
Shapeshifter
1 of 11
Ally
1 of 11
Trickster
1 of 11
Herald
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
10
Warm
6
Contemplative
4
Absurd
5
Other
15

How their films linger

Bittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Charles Aznavour's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Charles Aznavour's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

86 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 81 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Promised Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Songs

  • Éternel Aznavour : le concert événement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Author · Composer · Compositor · as Self (archive footage)

  • Dany Brillant chante Aznavour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Musical

  • Aznavour by Charles(2019)

    Composer · Writer · as Self - Singer (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Demolition(2015)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • L'Habit ne fait pas le moine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Léon

  • Je m'voyais déjà (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Composer

  • Diary of a Nymphomaniac(2008)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Colonel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as le père Rossi

  • Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Emmenez-moi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Charles Aznavour

  • Morir de amor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Composer

  • Old Goriot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Jean-Joachim Goriot

  • The Truth About Charlie(2002)

    as Charles Aznavour

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Le passage du bac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Popeye

  • Ararat(2002)

    as Edward Saroyan

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Hotel Laguna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Tony Castellano

  • Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • Le comédien(1997)

    as M. Maillard

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sans cérémonie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Darius Torrès

  • Last Trading Post in India (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Léo Bauman

  • Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • The Country Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Le Grand-Père / Grandfather

  • Il maestro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Romualdi

  • Nailcruncher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Jérémie

  • Yiddish Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Screenplay · Story · as Aaron Rapoport

  • Le Paria (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 6 episodes · as Julien Mauriès

  • Long Live Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Edouard Takvorian

  • Die Fledermaus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Prince Orlofsky's Guest

  • Une jeunesse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Bellune

  • Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Writer · as Léon

  • The Hatter's Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Kachoudas, le tailleur

  • The Magic Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Naphta

  • Assassination Attempt(1981)

    Lyricist · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Ciao, You Guys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Amnesiac

  • The Tin Drum(1979)

    as Sigismund Markus

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Twist(1976)

    as Dr. Lartigue

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Sky Riders(1976)

    as Inspector Nikolidis

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Ten Little Indians(1974)

    as Michel Raven

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Blockhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Visconti

  • A Cop(1972)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Menace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Writer · as Charles Bernard

  • The Lion's Share (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Éric Chambon

  • Love Me Strangely (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Inspector Leroy

  • The Games(1970)

    as Pavel Vendek

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Adventurers(1970)

    as Marcel Campion

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Time of the Wolves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Commissioner Kramer

  • Candy(1968)

    as Hunchback juggler

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Caroline chérie(1968)

    as Jules

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Postman Goes to War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Thibon

  • Paris in August(1966)

    as Henri Plantin

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Cloportes(1965)

    as Edmond Clancul aka 'Le Naïf'

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • How Not to Rob a Department Store (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Why Paris? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Charles Aznavour

  • Cherchez l'idole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Charles Aznavour

  • High Infidelity(1964)

    as Giulio

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Teuf-teuf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Rat Trap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Charles

  • The Virgins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Berthet

  • Chicken Feed for Little Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Composer

  • Destination Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Marcello

  • The Four Truths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer · as Charles (segment "Les deux pigeons")

  • The Devil and the Ten Commandments(1962)

    as Denis Mayeux

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Fabiani Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Horace Fabiani

  • Tales of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Musical

  • Thou Shalt Not Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Taxi for Tobruk(1961)

    as Samuel Goldmann

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Shoot the Piano Player(1960)

    as Charlie Kohler/Edouard Saroyan

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Tomorrow Is My Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Roger

  • Le Cercle vicieux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • Testament of Orpheus(1960)

    as Le Curieux(non crédité)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Island Fisherman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • Oh! What a Mambo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Un Spectateur au Cabaret (uncredited)

  • Too Late to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Composer

  • The Chasers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Joseph Bouvier

  • Head Against the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Heurtevent

  • Temptation(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Dishonorable Discharge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • Paris Music Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Charles

  • Une gosse « sensass » (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer · as Charles Aznavour, the Singer

  • Dans la vie tout s'arrange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • Adieu... Chérie(1946)

    as Duettist (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Boys' School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Un élève

  • Generals Without Buttons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as (uncredited)

  • aznavour palais des congres de paris 1987 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 86 titles, 85 of them dated from 1936 to 2025; peak year 2002.

Biggest box office

Ararat (2002)

$2.7M worldwide

Highest rated

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

Ten Little Indians (1974)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19362025

Peak 2002 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1938Screen debut· Boys' School
  • 1960First top-billed film· Tomorrow Is My Turn
  • 1960Breakout· Shoot the Piano Player

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 86: 62 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thWriting7 of 86: 2 only writing, 5 with another roleMusic14 of 86: 11 only music, 3 with another roleOther crew6 of 86: 4 only other crew, 2 with another role

86 titles, 7 with more than one role — acting and music overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1930s2 · acting1940s1 · acting1950s10 · 6 acting · 5 crew1960s24 · 19 acting · 6 crew1970s13 · 12 acting · 2 crew1980s11 · 10 acting · 3 crew1990s6 · acting2000s11 · 8 acting · 3 crew2010s4 · 2 acting · 2 crew2020s3 · crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 13% of 15 roles
3863

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Charles Aznavour's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 25; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Ararat (2002)

99th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

Midcredits 91st · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Charles Aznavour's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Charles Aznavour work with?

People who share at least 2 of Charles Aznavour's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Georges Garvarentz shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Mixed roles