Johnny Hallyday was first seen in the 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot-directed French psychological horror-thriller film ‘Les Diaboliques’ where he made an uncredited appearance as a student. In 1962, he starred as ‘Jean Allard’ in the comedy-drama anthology film ‘Tales of Paris’ directed by Marc Allégret, Claude Barma, Michel Boisrond, and Jacques Poitrenaud. He was next seen in films like ‘D'où viens-tu Johnny?’ (1963), ‘Cherchez l'idole’ (1964), ‘Les poneyttes’ (1968), ‘À tout casser’ (1968), ‘Le spécialiste’ (1969), and ‘Stumbling Point’ (1970). He made an uncredited appearance in the 1971 Belgian fantasy horror film ‘Malpertuis’ directed by Harry Kümel. The film failed to impress the critics with Neil Smith of the BBC calling it "Bizarre, lurid and baffling." Hallyday went on to appear in films like ‘L'aventure, c'est l'aventure’ (1972), ‘L'Animal’ (1977), ‘Détective’ (1984), ‘Conseil de famille’ (1986), ‘Terminus’ (1986), ‘The Iron Triangle’ (1989), ‘La gamine’ (1992), ‘Paparazzi’ (1998), ‘Love Me’ (2000), and ‘Mischka’ (2002). He portrayed ‘Milan’ in the 2002 French crime-drama film ‘The Man on the Train’ directed by Patrice Leconte. Even though ‘The Man on the Train’ was not an English-language film, it enjoyed a good commercial run at the United States box office. In 2011, an English-language remake of the film was released.
Hallyday next starred in films like ‘Crime Spree’ (2003), ‘Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse’ (2004), ‘Quartier V.I.P.’ (2005), ‘Jean-Philippe’ (2006), and ‘Starko!’ (2008). In 2009, he played the role of ‘Laurence Millikin’ in the American comedy-mystery film ‘The Pink Panther 2’ directed by Harald Zwart. The film was marred by negative reviews from critics and received a 13% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. He was next seen in films such as ‘Vengeance’ (2009), ‘Salaud, on t'aime’ (2014), and ‘Rock'n Roll’ (2017). He last appeared in the 2017 Claude Lelouch-directed French comedy film ‘Everyone's Life.’
