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