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
Belle de Jour (1967)
as Henri Husson
Holy Motors (2012)
as Man with the Wine Stain
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
as Simon Dame
Contempt (1963)
as Paul Javal
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
as Michel
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
as Edgar Pisani
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
as Edouard Frenhofer
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
as Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
as Jacques Granville
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
as Interior Minister
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
Adieu Philippine (1962)
as Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
as Police Prefect #2
Hauteclaire (1961)
as Serlon de Savigny
We Have a Pope (2011)
as Melville
Dom Juan (1965)
as Dom Juan
Atlantic City (1980)
as Joseph
Cesar and Rosalie (1972)
as Narrator (voice)
Ousmane Sow (1996)
as Narrateur
Actors (2000)
as Michel Piccoli
The Things of Life (1970)
as Pierre Bérard
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
as Max, inspector
Le Doulos (1962)
as Nuttheccio
The Assassination (1972)
as Colonel Kassar
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
as Inspector Ginko
The Passerby (1982)
as Max Baumstein
The Last Woman (1976)
as Michel
Mauvais Sang (1986)
as Marc
Seven Deaths by Prescription (1975)
as Dr Losseray
Brook by Brook (2002)
as Self
That Night of Varennes (1982)
as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
as Monsieur Monteil
Going and Coming Back (1985)
as Simon Lerner
Tödliches Geld (1995)
as Paul Belmont
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as Simon Cinéma
The Taste of Blueberries (2014)
as Michel
Little Lili (2003)
as acteur qui joue Simon
I’m Going Home (2001)
as Gilbert Valence
The Milky Way (1969)
as Marquis de Sade
How Good the Whites Are (1988)
as Père Jean-Marie
Lines of Wellington (2012)
as Leópold Scheitzer
The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
as Officer (uncredited)
La Chevelure (1961)
as L'homme
The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Spy, Stand Up (1982)
as Jean-Paul Chance
Nathalie (1957)
as Franck Marchal
May Fools (1990)
as Milou
A Room in Town (1982)
as Edmond Leroyer
Woman in Chains (1968)
as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
Malady of Love (1987)
as Raoul Bergeron
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death (1979)
as Victor Navarro
The Black Angel (1994)
as Georges Feuvrier
French Cancan (1955)
as Le Capitaine Valorgueil
The Dust of Time (2008)
as Spyros
Death in the Garden (1956)
as Father Lizzardi
Rencontre Unique (2007)
as Nikita Khrouchtchev
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
as Self
Coming Apart (2017)
as (archive footage)
Everything's Connected (2005)
as Narrator
One Way or Another (1976)
as Him
Raining Cats and Frogs (2003)
as Ferdinand (voice)
Themroc (1973)
as Themroc
The Witches of Salem (1957)
as James Putnam
The Prize of Peril (1983)
as Frédéric Mallaire
It's Not Me (2024)
as (archive footage)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
as René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
Lady L (1965)
as Lecoeur
Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
as Georges Didier
Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
as Paul Regis
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
as Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)
Party (1996)
as Michel
Shock Troops (1967)
as L'homme de trop
The Prodigal Daughter (1981)
as Le père
Heartbeat (1968)
as Charles
The Infernal Trio (1974)
as Georges Sarret
París-Tombuctú (1999)
as Michel des Assantes
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Prince de Conti
La Voleuse (1966)
as Werner Kreuz
The Bardot mystery (2012)
Actor
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Rupture(s) (1993)
as Paul
The Game Is Over (1966)
as Alexandre Saccard
Romy, A Free Woman (2022)
as archive footage
Lest We Forget (1991)
as Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
Spoiled Children (1977)
as Bernard Rougerie
Beyond the Door (1982)
as Mr. Mutti
Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
as Conrad Brukner
The War Is Over (1966)
as Inspector #1
Archipel (1993)
as Leonard Wilde
Death in a French Garden (1985)
as Graham Tombsthay
Liza (1972)
as Giorgio's friend
Amazons of Rome (1961)
as Console Publicola
Rene the Cane (1977)
as Ispettore Marchand
Dillinger Is Dead (1969)
as Glauco
Strange Affair (1981)
as Bertrand Malair
Godard's Passion (1982)
as Michel Boulard
That Day (2003)
as Harald
The Savage State (1978)
as Orlaville
Wedding in Blood (1973)
as Pierre Maury
The Creatures (1966)
as Edgar Piccoli
Bad Liaisons (1955)
as un inspecteur
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
as François, médecin
Mado (1976)
as Simon Léotard
A Leap in the Dark (1980)
as Mauro Ponticelli
Boxes (2007)
as Daddy
Weak Spot (1975)
as L'enquêteur
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
as Désiré, l'homosexuel
The Children Thief (1991)
as Mr. Armand
Marx Can Wait (2021)
as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belle Toujours (2006)
as Henri Husson
Sunday Buddies (1957)
as Le directeur de l'aéro-club
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
as Vidame de Pamiers
Long Live Life (1984)
as Michel Perrin
Rendezvous (1961)
as Paul
Paparazzi (1964)
as Texte dit par (voice)
Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
as Buffalo Bill
Masquerade (1965)
as Georges Sarrassin
Le Bel Âge (2009)
as Maurice Reverdy
Passion in the Desert (1997)
as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Nothing About Robert (1999)
as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
Touch and Go (1971)
as Valentin
Chicago Digest (1951)
as Slim Spring
The Accuser (1977)
as Saint-Ramé
Train de nuit (1994)
Actor
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
as Le père
Climates of Love (1962)
as François
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France (2009)
Actor
Far West (1973)
as Indian chief
The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)
as Count Philippe
The Mark of the Day (1949)
as Georges Gohelle
Life Size (1974)
as Michel
Le Quadrille des diamants (1957)
as Richard Burke
Loving in the Rain (1974)
as Mr. Dellerue (voice)
All About Loving (1964)
as Raoul
On War (2008)
as Le grand Hou
The Audience (1972)
as Padre Amerin
La dragée haute (1960)
as Hugo Barsac
A Man, a Real One (2003)
as Michel Piccoli
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Loonies at Large (1993)
as Henri Toussaint
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli (2017)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
as Caffarelli
Leonor (1975)
as Richard
Bête de scène (1994)
Actor
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
as Self (archive footage)
Speaking of Buñuel (2000)
as Self
Fire's Share (1978)
as Robert Hansen
My Love, My Love (1967)
as Marrades
Chance at Love (1964)
as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
Quarante fontaines (1961)
as Récitant (voice)
Daughters of Destiny (1954)
as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
The Nonentity (1986)
as der Tölpel
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
as French Official
Horizons... (1953)
as un ouvrier
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! (1982)
as José Viss
The Life of Mirrors (2025)
Actor
Elsa the Rose (1966)
as Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Moves (1984)
as Akiva Liebskind
The Emigrant (1994)
as Adam - Ram's father
Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011)
as Self
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances (1954)
as Gérard
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère (2002)
as Self
Sugar (1978)
as Grezillo
Le Coup de grâce (1966)
as Capri / Bruno
The Veiled Man (1987)
as Kassar
Le Roi Lear (2007)
as Le roi Lear
The Day and the Hour (1963)
as Antoine
Tykho Moon (1996)
as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
Croissance de Paris (1955)
as Récitant (voice)
Magic Mirror (2006)
as Prof. Heschel
From Time to Time (1992)
as Jules Verne
Portrait Of My Father (2010)
as Self
The Eyes, the Mouth (1982)
as Tío Agostino
Godard by Godard (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Hello Cubans (1963)
as Narrator (voice)
Scénario du film Passion (1982)
as Self
Dios de monoambiente (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Beast at Bay (1959)
as Commissioner Jacques Guimard
Our Lady of Hormones (2015)
as Narrator
Price of Love (1955)
as Georges
Walking a Tightrope (1991)
as Marcel Spadice
Les Joueurs (1960)
as Chvokhniev
Danger in the Middle East (1960)
as Brian Cannon
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli (2004)
as Self
The Uninvited (1969)
as François Desailly
The Woman in Blue (1973)
as Pierre
Le Matelot 512 (1984)
as Narrator (voice)
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986)
as Étienne Sembadel
Blanc de Chine (1988)
as Batz
The Prude (1986)
as Pierre
La Cerisaie (1982)
as Léonid
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris (2007)
as Marcel
The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
as Paul Javal (archive footage)
Libero Burro (1999)
as Zio Tony
Le Chalet sous la neige (1959)
as Robert
Invasion (1970)
as Marcello
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)
as Maurice Rouger
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949)
as Lebel
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie (1961)
Actor
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun (1974)
Actor
Tabarin (1958)
as Jacques Forestier
The Bit Between the Teeth (1979)
as Pierre Chazerand
Kiarostami in Close up (2000)
as as Self
Gardens in Autumn (2006)
as Marie, la mère de Vincent
Romy: Anatomy of a Face (1967)
as Self
Sinners of Paris (1958)
as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
Le Divorcement (1979)
as Philippe
Marie Soleil (1964)
as Kafka
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts. (1981)
as Morrand
Bardot et Godard (1964)
as Self
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad (1994)
as Presenter
L'Été en hiver (1964)
as Jean, the Reporter
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving (2000)
as Louis
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres (2011)
as Self
Once Upon a Time… Contempt (2009)
as Self
La Rumba (1987)
as Damien Malleville
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (2008)
as Self
The Distant Land (1987)
as Friedrich Hofreiter
The General of the Dead Army (1983)
as Benetandi
Délire à deux (1968)
as Him
Confused Feelings (1981)
as Professor
Tout chante autour de moi (1954)
as Reverdier
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg (1991)
as Le baron de Leisenbohg
The Happiest Place on Earth (1999)
as Récitant (voice)
Parisienne... Parisiennes (1962)
as Récitant (voice)
La Nuit de Tom Brown (1959)
as Tom Brown, jeune
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1992)
as Edouard Frenhofer
F as in Fairbanks (1976)
as Etienne
Torticola versus Frankensberg (1952)
as Torticola
Café tabac (1964)
as Récitant (voice)
The Supper (1992)
as Chateaubriand (voice)
The Bellman (1945)
as Un villageois
Un coupable (1988)
as L'avocat
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
Le Rendez-vous de Noël (1960)
Actor
The Price of Survival (1980)
as René Winterhalter
Les paradoxes de Buñuel (1998)
as Self
La Lune (1985)
Actor
Terreur en Oklahoma (1951)
as Tommy Goudchote
La Ruelle au clair de lune (1988)
as Pierre Willer
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur (2006)
as Self
Traveling Companion (1996)
as Cosimo
Martha and I (1990)
as Ernst
Il bambino di Betlemme (2002)
Actor
The Monkey Folk (1989)
Actor
The Devil's Tricks (1966)
as L'antiquaire
La France romane (1956)
as Récitant (voice)
Le Plus Heureux des trois (1957)
as Pianist
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc (1951)
Actor
Strauberg ist da (1978)
as Strauberg
Le Temps des assassins (1962)
as Récitant (voice)