Frank Lebœuf

Frank Lebœuf

Born: January 22, 1968
in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Franck Alain James Leboeuf (born 22 January 1968), typically anglicised as Frank Leboeuf, is a French actor, sports commentator and former footballer who played as a centre-back. With the France national team, Leboeuf won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2000 European Championship as well as a number of domestic trophies, most famously during his five years at Chelsea. Since the conclusion of his playing career, Leboeuf has transitioned to acting, appearing in stage and film productions.

Leboeuf was born in Marseille and raised in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer. He was introduced to football by his father, a former Rennes coach, who trained children in the sport. After starting his career in 1986 in the lower divisions of the French leagues, Leboeuf moved to Laval in 1988. In 1991, he moved to Strasbourg and played there until 1996, when he made a switch to English club Chelsea for £2.5m.

He played over 200 games for the club and scored 24 goals, mainly from penalties and set pieces. With Chelsea, he won two FA Cups, one League Cup and one Cup Winners' Cup. He left in 2001 for club Marseille, before finishing out his career in Qatar. Despite his numerous accolades, Leboeuf never won a first-division title in Europe or the UEFA Champions League.

For France, Leboeuf was capped 50 times, scoring four goals. His first two came on 6 September 1995 in a Euro 96 qualifier at home to Azerbaijan, contributing to a 10–0 win that remains France's record. Although he was mainly a substitute in the 1998 World Cup (Played 3, Started 2, DNP 4), he stepped in for red carded Laurent Blanc to play in the final, a 3–0 win against Brazil, a match in which he man-marked the highly rated striker Ronaldo.

In a Euro 2000 qualifier on 9 June 1999, Leboeuf scored the only goal from the penalty spot with five minutes to go as world champions France struggled away to amateurs Andorra. He received a winner's medal at the finals in Belgium and the Netherlands, though Blanc and Marcel Desailly were the preferred defensive partnership, including in the final.

He scored a late winner against co-hosts South Korea on 26 May ahead of the 2002 FIFA World Cup (3–2). Holders France were eliminated in the group stage in a shock, and he retired from the team.

A cultured centre-back, Leboeuf was noted for his long range passing ability and also for his consistent penalty-taking throughout his career. He took 15 penalties in competitive games for Chelsea, missing just 2 times.

In 2001, whilst still playing football for Chelsea, Leboeuf had made his first acting appearance in the film Taking Sides.

Following his retirement from competitive football, Leboeuf spent two years living in Los Angeles. During this time he played for amateur team Hollywood United, alongside celebrity team-mates such as Vinnie Jones, Steve Jones and Anthony LaPaglia. Leboeuf studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute in West Hollywood, keeping a low profile, and won his first acting work as a TV commentator, for a pay cheque totalling $100, which he keeps as a memento. ...

Source: Article "Frank Leboeuf" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Frank Lebœuf...

Drôle de campagne
Title: Drôle de campagne
Character: François Marcosy
Released: October 1, 2023
Type: Movie
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Chauves, la revanche
Title: Chauves, la revanche
Character: Self
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
They take over on the fields of sport and show business. For a few years, bald people took a sensational revenge. But they had to impose themselves as they usually are targets of jokes in popular culture. For now, they show their baldness in broad daylight, or simply are comfortable with their difference. An intimate revolution, related by those who lived it.
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L'Artn'acoeur
Title: L'Artn'acoeur
Released: December 20, 2020
Type: Movie
An overly spendthrift art gallery owner discovers at his own expense that his relatives, whom he thought to have cheated, are even more greedy than he.
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Title: The Masked Singer France
Character: Paon
Released: November 8, 2019
Type: TV
Twelve celebrities are masked under spectacular costumes, with their identity hidden. They compete by singing their own versions of songs, and the judges and audience must guess who is behind each mask!
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I Love My Mum
Title: I Love My Mum
Character: Ron's Dad (Alfred)
Released: May 31, 2019
Type: Movie
A mother and son duo get inadvertently shipped in a container from London to Morocco with nothing but their pajamas. The adventure takes them through Spain and France on a journey to get home and rebuild their rocky relationship.
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France 98 : Nous nous sommes tant aimés
Title: France 98 : Nous nous sommes tant aimés
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 2018
Type: Movie
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Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope
Title: Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope
Character: Abelard
Released: December 10, 2017
Type: Movie
Caravaggio's tortured life, his murder and the journey of his soul.
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Ma belle mère et moi... 9 mois après
Title: Ma belle mère et moi... 9 mois après
Released: January 17, 2017
Type: Movie
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Title: Amanda
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 2016
Type: TV
The program combines comedy, celebrity, musical guests, and human-interest stories.
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Title: Folie passagère
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 2015
Type: TV
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Title: Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Released: December 13, 2014
Type: Movie
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The Theory of Everything
Title: The Theory of Everything
Character: Swiss Doctor
Released: November 26, 2014
Type: Movie
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
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Allies
Title: Allies
Character: Marcel Deville
Released: November 1, 2014
Type: Movie
August 1944 two months after D-Day, the Allies are advancing across France. A team of British and American commandos are dropped behind enemy lines on a secret mission to ambush a German Officer and steal maps charting the location of the enemy artillery along the front line.
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Ma Belle-Mère, Mon Ex et Moi
Title: Ma Belle-Mère, Mon Ex et Moi
Character: Julien
Released: September 24, 2014
Type: Movie
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Title: Our dear neighbors
Character: Fifi
Released: June 4, 2012
Type: TV
Large family or recomposed, teenagers tortured by their hormones, mothers overwhelmed family, students and party rascals, pretty sexy neighbor, retired always on the lookout for a gossip ... Life and relations - sometimes friendly, sometimes tense , but always funny of a band of neighbors who cross every day, like millions of French ... In front of the landing, in the elevator, while leaving the garbage cans or leaving to work ...
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Golden Goal
Title: Golden Goal
Character: Frank Lebœuf
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
This sports comedy film takes place in Bolanesia, a fictional country. The story is about two soccer teams who always compete fiercely.
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Title: Scènes de ménages
Character: Un agent de sécurité
Released: November 9, 2009
Type: TV
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Chelsea FC - The Games, The Goals, The Glory
Title: Chelsea FC - The Games, The Goals, The Glory
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 2004
Type: Movie
There's memorable games, there's great games, and then there's simply unforgettable games. But there's only one thing that makes an unforgettable game: a Chelsea victory in true Chelsea style. Relive Chelsea's most unforgettable games from recent seasons, when the Blues have imply been in a league of their own. Featuring: Blackburn Rovers 3 v 4 Chelsea (21st September 1998), Chelsea 5 v 0 Manchester United (3rd October 1999), Manchester United 0 v 3 Chelsea (1st December 2001), Chelsea 4 v 0 Liverpool (16th December 2001), and bonus full match Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 6 Chelsea (6th December 1997).
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Taking Sides
Title: Taking Sides
Character: French Aide
Released: March 7, 2002
Type: Movie
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.
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Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
Title: Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
Released: February 22, 2002
Type: Movie
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Title: Koh-Lanta
Character: Frank
Released: August 4, 2001
Type: TV
Fourteen to eighteen contestants have to survive on an uninhabited island for 40 days (20 days in the special editions). It's up to them to find food to accompany the meagre ration of rice provided at the start of the adventure. They have to build a shelter to protect themselves from the elements (bad weather, insects, etc.) and maintain the fire that they managed to build or that they won in the first comfort test.
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Chelsea FC - Season Review 2000/01
Title: Chelsea FC - Season Review 2000/01
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2001
Type: Movie
This was the season Chelsea were preparing a Championship challenge. Instead it was a season of unforeseen drama. Follow it here with every goal, every anguish and, ultimately, every achievement. Action and interviews abound. See Chelsea win the Charity Shield and part with manager Gianluca Vialli after five Premiership games. See Chelsea score huge home wins over Liverpool, Coventry, Tottenham, Derby and Bradford while at the same time losing seven consecutive away games. See the emergence of tomorrow's Chelsea with new manager Claudio Ranieri brining through John Terry, Sam Dalla Bona and Carlo Cudicini. See Chelsea's first premiership Golden Boot winner, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. All his 23 League goals are here. And see old favourites like Dennis Wise and Gianfranco Zola joined by new favourites like Eidur Gudjohnsen. Feel the anguish. Defeats in the three Cups before the semi-final stage. Enjoy the regeneration. A new team still qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
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Chelsea FC - Season Review 1999/00
Title: Chelsea FC - Season Review 1999/00
Character: Self
Released: June 12, 2000
Type: Movie
What an incredible season for The Blues, they've dazzled with their flair and determination, defeated some of the biggest and best clubs in Europe and topped all of this by winning the much coveted FA Cup! Featuring EVERY goal from the Premiership, Champions League and FA Cup including the 3-1 defeat of Barcelona and the 5-0 defeat of Manchester United. Introduced by Ray Wilkins, 'From Stamford Bridge to Wembley Via Nou Camp and San Siro' includes interviews with many of the Chelsea favourites, including: Zola, Poyet, Petrescu, Weah, Morris, Wise and manager Gianluca Vialli. Join the Blues with an EXCLUSIVE behind the scenes FA Cup feature, from the post match dressing room celebrations, to riding on the team bus after the match and for the Sunday parade, you can go where the television cameras couldn't!
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Chelsea FC - Season Review 1998/99
Title: Chelsea FC - Season Review 1998/99
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Another European Semi-Final, 2 domestic Quarter Finals & 3rd place in the Premiership. With the acquisition of Casiraghi, Ferrer and the World-Cup winning Marcel Desailly, expectations were high with the Stamford Bridge faithful and the boys in blue never let them down. An incredible 21-match unbeaten run saw Chelsea top the league at Christmas. Despite being devastated by an injury to Casiraghi, the loss of Laudrup & 3 months without the irrepressible Gustavo Poyet, the team rallied round and challenged for the title all the way to the end. Chelsea finished the season with their highest position for over 29 years and a place amongst the European elite : THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, for the first time. All the action from EVERY game is here with EVERY goal from your favourite Chelsea stars including Gianfranco Zola, Tore Andre Flo, Gus Poyet & the player-manager, Gianluca Vialli.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Tout le monde en parle
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 1998
Type: TV
Tout le monde en parle is a French talk show broadcast on France 2 from September 5, 1998 to July 8, 2006. It was hosted by Thierry Ardisson and produced by Catherine Barma. During its first season, the show took the form of societal debates; it was in September 1999 that it was re-formatted into a talk-show. The show features guests who are making news at the moment, including actors, writers, singers, politicians and athletes. Guests discuss their life and engage in thematic interviews. The show gradually acquired a provocative reputation, notably since the host does not hesitate to ask political guests questions about their private and sexual lives. With Thierry Ardisson as the main host, he was first accompanied by Laurent Ruquier and Linda Hardy. Later, he turned to duos Éric and Ramzy, then Kad and Olivier. Finally, he opted for comedian Lauren Baffie as co-host, until the end of the show.
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France - Brésil : Foot - Coupe du monde 1998 - Finale
Title: France - Brésil : Foot - Coupe du monde 1998 - Finale
Character: Self - Défenseur
Released: July 12, 1998
Type: Movie
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Chelsea FC - Season Review 1997/98
Title: Chelsea FC - Season Review 1997/98
Character: Self
Released: June 8, 1998
Type: Movie
In only 3 short months since his appointment as player/manager, the legendary Gianluca Vialli has led Chelsea to an historic cup double. This video looks back on an incredible season for all at Stamford Bridge. In March, goals from Frank Sinclair and Roberto Di Matteo won the Coca-Cola Cup and then, on Wednesday 13th May, a sensational strike from Gianfranco Zola brought European glory back to London as Chelsea became the first British side to win the European Cup Winners Cup twice. Domestically, a strong Premiership campaign saw Chelsea finish 4th, an improvement on previous years. All the action from EVERY game is here with goals galore from your favourite Chelsea players, including Mark Hughes, Tore Andre Flo, Dan Petrescu and Steve Clarke.
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Title: Fort Boyard
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 1990
Type: TV
A game show set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard in France. The contestants have to complete in physical and endurance challenges to win prize money.
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Title: Télématin
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1985
Type: TV
Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 am CET. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its entirety until September 2011: it now shows a 90 minute version between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time, when the French original version is now 2h30 long. Télématin is hosted by William Leymergie. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV. In Metropolitan France, the newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rinquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.