Eddie Constantine was an American-born French actor and singer who spent his career working in Europe. He became famous for a series of French B movies in which he played secret agent Lemmy Caution and is now best known for playing the character in Jean-Luc Godard's philosophical science fiction film Alphaville. A cult figure, Constantine also appeared in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lars von Trier, and Mika Kaurismäki.