Michel Piccoli
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Michel Jacques Daniel Piccoli was the son of Henri Piccoli, violinist and Marcelle Expert-Bezançon (1892-1990), pianist and daughter of the French industrialist and politician Charles Expert-Bezançon. In 1954, Michel Piccoli married actress Éléonore Hirt with whom he had a daughter, Anne-Cordélia Piccoli. In 1966, he married the singer Juliette Gréco, then in 1978 the screenwriter Ludivine Clerc, with whom he adopted two children of Polish origin, Inord and Missia. Placed in an establishment for problem children, the commitments of the young Piccoli, are made in opposition to his maternal grandfather, senator of the Third Republic, financier of the Radical Party, and important industrial painter, accused by the trade union left and by Georges Clemenceau, of having intoxicated his workmen through lead white which causes lead poisoning. Michel Piccoli then trained as an actor first with Andrée Bauer-Théraud and then during Simon. After an appearance as an extra in "Sortilèges" by Christian-Jaque in 1945, Michel Piccoli made his film debut in "Le Point Du Jour" by Louis Daquin. In the theater he distinguished himself with the Renaud-Barrault and Grenier-Hussot companies as well as at the Théâtre de Babylone. Noticed in the film "French Cancan" in 1954, he continued on stage and worked with directors Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vilar, Jean-Marie Serreau, Peter Brook, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau and André Engel, and became also know in popular TV movies. Having become an atheist after a family bereavement, he met Luis Buñuel in 1956, and ironically took on the role of a priest in "La Mort En Ce Jardin". In 1959, he shot "Le Rendez-Vous De Noël", a short film by André Michel based on the short story by Malek Ouary "Le Noël Du Petit Cireur", in Algiers. The 1960s sounded his consecration, noticed in "Le Doulos" by Jean-Pierre Melville, he was revealed internationally with "Le Mépris" by Jean-Luc Godard alongside Brigitte Bardot. From then on, he toured with the greatest French and international filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Youssef Chahine, Manoel de Oliveira... He began the 1980s with the interpretation prize at the Cannes festival in 1980, with "Le Saut Dans Le Vide" by Marco Bellocchio, and that of the Berlin festival in 1982, with "Une Étrange Affaire" by Pierre Granier-Deferre. . He worked with Jacques Doillon, Leos Carax, before trying his hand at directing. In 2001 he received the IX Europe Prize for Theatre. He was part of the jury of the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007, chaired by Stephen Frears. In 2011, he played in "Habemus Papam" by Nanni Moretti. The last film in which Michel Piccoli appears is the film "Le Goût Des Myrtilles", by Thomas de Thiers in 2013. Politically committed to the left, member of the Peace Movement (communist), Michel Piccoli distinguished himself by his positions against the National Front, and mobilized for Amnesty International. Michel Piccoli died on May 12, 2020 following a stroke in his mansion in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle in Eure. His funeral takes place in Évreux on May 19, 2020, where he is cremated, his ashes are scattered within the family property.
Known for
Credits
Holy Motors (2012)
as Man with the Wine Stain
Belle de Jour (1967)
as Henri Husson
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
as Simon Dame
Topaz (1969)
as Jacques Granville
Spoiled Children (1977)
as Bernard Rougerie
Contempt (1963)
as Paul Javal
Romy, A Free Woman (2022)
as archive footage
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
as Edgar Pisani
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
as Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
as Edouard Frenhofer
Actors (2000)
as Michel Piccoli
Mauvais Sang (1986)
as Marc
Le Doulos (1962)
as Nuttheccio
Atlantic City (1980)
as Joseph
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
as Interior Minister
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
as Michel
The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Assassination (1972)
as Colonel Kassar
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
The Prodigal Daughter (1981)
as Le père
Cesar and Rosalie (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
Themroc (1973)
as Themroc
The Last Woman (1976)
as Michel
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
as Inspector Ginko
París-Tombuctú (1999)
as Michel des Assantes
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
as The Second Police Prefect
All About Loving (1964)
as Raoul
We Have a Pope (2011)
as Melville
The Things of Life (1970)
as Pierre Bérard
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)
as Maurice Rouger
Rupture(s) (1993)
as Paul
May Fools (1990)
as Milou
La Voleuse (1966)
as Werner Kreuz
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
as Monsieur Monteil
Woman in Chains (1968)
as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
The Milky Way (1969)
as Marquis de Sade
Hauteclaire (1961)
as Serlon de Savigny
Long Live Life (1984)
as Michel Perrin
Adieu Philippine (1962)
as Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Tödliches Geld (1995)
as Paul Belmont
Rencontre Unique (2007)
as Nikita Khrouchtchev
Party (1996)
as Michel
Spy, Stand Up (1982)
as Jean-Paul Chance
Paparazzi (1964)
as Texte dit par (voice)
Nathalie (1957)
as Franck Marchal
Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
as Conrad Brukner
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as Simon Cinéma
That Night of Varennes (1982)
as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Little Lili (2003)
as acteur qui joue Simon
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Passerby (1982)
as Max Baumstein
French Cancan (1955)
as Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Tykho Moon (1996)
as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
Far West (1973)
as Indian chief
One Way or Another (1976)
as Him
Coming Apart (2017)
as (archive footage)
How Good the Whites Are (1988)
as Père Jean-Marie
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
as Self
The Black Angel (1994)
as Georges Feuvrier
Going and Coming Back (1985)
as Simon Lerner
Parisienne... Parisiennes (1962)
as Récitant (voice)
Seven Deaths by Prescription (1975)
as Dr Losseray
Rene the Cane (1977)
as Ispettore Marchand
Mado (1976)
as Simon Léotard
Confused Feelings (1981)
as Professor
Le Matelot 512 (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
The Creatures (1966)
as Edgar Piccoli
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
as Max, inspector
A Room in Town (1982)
as Edmond Leroyer
Weak Spot (1975)
as L'enquêteur
Lady L (1965)
as Lecoeur
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
as François, médecin
Raining Cats and Frogs (2003)
as Ferdinand (voice)
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Prince de Conti
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
as René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
It's Not Me (2024)
as (archive footage)
Lines of Wellington (2012)
as Leópold Scheitzer
The Game Is Over (1966)
as Alexandre Saccard
The Dust of Time (2008)
as Spyros
Archipel (1993)
as Leonard Wilde
Godard's Passion (1982)
as Michel Boulard
Strange Affair (1981)
as Bertrand Malair
Dillinger Is Dead (1969)
as Glauco
Ousmane Sow (1996)
as Narrateur
Lest We Forget (1991)
as Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
The Accuser (1977)
as Saint-Ramé
Beyond the Door (1982)
as Mr. Mutti
Death in a French Garden (1985)
as Graham Tombsthay
The Infernal Trio (1974)
as Georges Sarret
That Day (2003)
as Harald
Everything's Connected (2005)
as Narrator
Masquerade (1965)
as Georges Sarrassin
Amazons of Rome (1961)
as Console Publicola
The Prize of Peril (1983)
as Frédéric Mallaire
Sugar (1978)
as Grezillo
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
as Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)
Café tabac (1964)
as Récitant (voice)
Sunday Buddies (1957)
as Le directeur de l'aéro-club
Liza (1972)
as Giorgio's friend
The Emigrant (1994)
as Adam - Ram's father
Le Bel Âge (2009)
as Maurice Reverdy
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Witches of Salem (1957)
as James Putnam
Romy: Anatomy of a Face (1967)
as Self
The War Is Over (1966)
as Inspector #1
Boxes (2007)
as Daddy
Malady of Love (1987)
as Raoul Bergeron
Belle Toujours (2006)
as Henri Husson
The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)
as Count Philippe
The Supper (1992)
as Chateaubriand (voice)
The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
as Officer (uncredited)
On War (2008)
as Le grand Hou
Daughters of Destiny (1954)
as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
La Rumba (1987)
as Damien Malleville
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
as Le père
The Children Thief (1991)
as Mr. Armand
The Eyes, the Mouth (1982)
as Tío Agostino
Wedding in Blood (1973)
as Pierre Maury
The Taste of Blueberries (2014)
as Michel
Heartbeat (1968)
as Charles
The Savage State (1978)
as Orlaville
Magic Mirror (2006)
as Prof. Heschel
Shock Troops (1967)
as L'homme de trop
Le Roi Lear (2007)
as Le roi Lear
Invasion (1970)
as Marcello
The Uninvited (1969)
as François Desailly
Dangerous Moves (1984)
as Akiva Liebskind
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1992)
as Edouard Frenhofer
Rendezvous (1961)
as Paul
Godard by Godard (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Hello Cubans (1963)
as Narrator (voice)
From Time to Time (1992)
as Jules Verne
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death (1979)
as Victor Navarro
The Day and the Hour (1963)
as Antoine
The Audience (1972)
as Padre Amerin
Death in the Garden (1956)
as Father Lizzardi
Horizons... (1953)
as un ouvrier
Speaking of Buñuel (2000)
as Self
Scénario du film Passion (1982)
as Self
Bête de scène (1994)
Actor
Passion in the Desert (1997)
as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
as Caffarelli
Life Size (1974)
as Michel
A Leap in the Dark (1980)
as Mauro Ponticelli
Libero Burro (1999)
as Zio Tony
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France (2009)
Actor
La Chevelure (1961)
as L'homme
Dom Juan (1965)
as Dom Juan
Chance at Love (1964)
as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
as Paul Regis
The Bardot mystery (2012)
Actor
The Nonentity (1986)
as der Tölpel
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
as Désiré, l'homosexuel
Délire à deux (1968)
as Him
A Man, a Real One (2003)
as Michel Piccoli
Chicago Digest (1951)
as Slim Spring
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres (2011)
as Self
The Life of Mirrors (2025)
Actor
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986)
as Étienne Sembadel
Un coupable (1988)
as L'avocat
Climates of Love (1962)
as François
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli (2004)
as Self
Fire's Share (1978)
as Robert Hansen
Les Joueurs (1960)
as Chvokhniev
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Prude (1986)
as Pierre
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
as French Official
Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
as Georges Didier
The Veiled Man (1987)
as Kassar
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
I’m Going Home (2001)
as Gilbert Valence
La Cerisaie (1982)
as Léonid
Le Coup de grâce (1966)
as Capri / Bruno
The Bellman (1945)
as Un villageois
Portrait Of My Father (2010)
as Self
Nothing About Robert (1999)
as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (1995)
as Self
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun (1974)
Actor
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances (1954)
as Gérard
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli (2017)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Tabarin (1958)
as Jacques Forestier
Once Upon a Time… Contempt (2009)
as Self
Loving in the Rain (1974)
as Mr. Dellerue (voice)
Leonor (1975)
as Richard
Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
as Buffalo Bill
Elsa the Rose (1966)
as Narrator (voice)
Marie Soleil (1964)
as Kafka
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
as Vidame de Pamiers
The Happiest Place on Earth (1999)
as Récitant (voice)
Touch and Go (1971)
as Valentin
La Lune (1985)
Actor
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949)
as Lebel
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère (2002)
as Self
The General of the Dead Army (1983)
as Benetandi
The Mark of the Day (1949)
as Georges Gohelle
The Bit Between the Teeth (1979)
as Pierre Chazerand
Loonies at Large (1993)
as Henri Toussaint
Bardot et Godard (1964)
as Self
Quarante fontaines (1961)
as Récitant (voice)
La dragée haute (1960)
as Hugo Barsac
Marx Can Wait (2021)
as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Devil's Tricks (1966)
as L'antiquaire
Beast at Bay (1959)
as Commissioner Jacques Guimard
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011)
as Self
Sinners of Paris (1958)
as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! (1982)
as José Viss
Walking a Tightrope (1991)
as Marcel Spadice
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie (1961)
Actor
Train de nuit (1994)
Actor
Our Lady of Hormones (2015)
as Narrator
Le Divorcement (1979)
as Philippe
My Love, My Love (1967)
as Marrades
The Woman in Blue (1973)
as Pierre
Price of Love (1955)
as Georges
Bad Liaisons (1955)
as un inspecteur
Kiarostami in Close up (2000)
as as Self
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg (1991)
as Le baron de Leisenbohg
Danger in the Middle East (1960)
as Brian Cannon
Gardens in Autumn (2006)
as Marie, la mère de Vincent
Le Quadrille des diamants (1957)
as Richard Burke
Traveling Companion (1996)
as Cosimo
The Distant Land (1987)
as Friedrich Hofreiter
Blanc de Chine (1988)
as Batz
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving (2000)
as Louis
The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
as Paul Javal (archive footage)
Tout chante autour de moi (1954)
as Reverdier
Dios de monoambiente (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur (2006)
as Himself
L'Été en hiver (1964)
as Jean, the Reporter
F as in Fairbanks (1976)
as Etienne
Les paradoxes de Buñuel (1998)
as Self
Le Plus Heureux des trois (1957)
as Pianist
Croissance de Paris (1955)
as Récitant (voice)
La France romane (1956)
as Récitant (voice)
La Nuit de Tom Brown (1959)
as Tom Brown, jeune
Martha and I (1990)
as Ernst
The Monkey Folk (1989)
Actor
The Price of Survival (1980)
as René Winterhalter
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
Terreur en Oklahoma (1951)
as Tommy Goudchote
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc (1951)
Actor
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad (1994)
as Presenter
Strauberg ist da (1978)
as Strauberg
La Ruelle au clair de lune (1988)
as Pierre Willer
Le Chalet sous la neige (1959)
as Robert
Torticola versus Frankensberg (1952)
as Torticola
Le Rendez-vous de Noël (1960)
Actor
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris (2007)
as Marcel
Le Temps des assassins (1962)
as Récitant (voice)
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts. (1981)
as Morrand
Il bambino di Betlemme (2002)
Actor