---
name: "Brice Parain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brice-parain"
fi1m_id: "brice-parain"
imdb_id: "nm0660896"
tmdb_id: 18203
wikidata_id: "Q182447"
roles: []
born: "10 March 1897"
died: "20 March 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:27:02.088999+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brice Parain

## Identity

Brice Parain

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brice-parain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brice-parain
- **IMDb ID:** nm0660896
- **TMDB ID:** 18203
- **Wikidata ID:** Q182447
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182447, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18203

Actor. Born 10 March 1897 in Courcelles-sous-Jouarre, France. Died 20 March 1971.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 March 1897, Courcelles-sous-Jouarre, France
- **Died:** 20 March 1971
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182447, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18203

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Vivre Sa Vie*](https://film.one/film/vivre-sa-vie.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brice Parain (1897–1971) was a French philosopher and essayist who appeared as an actor in one notable film role. He played the Philosopher in Jean-Luc Godard’s *Vivre sa vie* (1962), a part in which he essentially appeared as himself during a discussion scene with the protagonist.

Godard’s former philosophy tutor, Parain had trained at the École normale supérieure and became an agrégé de philosophie in 1922. He also appeared in television productions, including *Entretien sur Pascal* (1965) and an episode of *L’art et les hommes*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vivre Sa Vie* (1962), Fi1m 86, as Philosopher — [page](https://film.one/film/vivre-sa-vie.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Vivre Sa Vie* (1962), as Philosopher — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/vivre-sa-vie.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Grand Prix littéraire de la Ville de Paris 1966: Grand Prix littéraire de la Ville de Paris (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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