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Michael Lonsdale
Actor, Writer
Born May 24, 1931Died September 21, 2020 (89 years)
Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is often known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, deputy police commissioner Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Abbot in The Name of the Rose (1986) and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day (1993).
Lonsdale was born in Paris, the natural son of British Army officer Edward Lonsdale Crouch and Simone Calderon (née Béraud). He was brought up initially on the island of Jersey, then in London from 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca, Morocco.
He returned to Paris to study painting in 1947, but was drawn into the world of acting instead, first appearing on stage at the age of 24. Lonsdale was bilingual, and appeared in both English-language and French-language productions. He appeared in a starring role with Roger Moore in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. and with Sean Connery, in the 1986 film The Name of the Rose. He would later appear in Munich (2005), a film that also starred another Bond, Daniel Craig.
In February 2011, he won a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Of Gods and Men.
Lonsdale was also the author of ten books.
A practising Roman Catholic, he was close to the Emmanuel Community.
In his 2016 memoir Le Dictionnaire de Ma Vie, Lonsdale revealed he had fallen for Delphine Seyrig, having met her as a student in Tania Balachova's acting classes at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1947. He wrote that "it was her or nothing", which was why he never married.
Lonsdale died in Paris on 21 September 2020, aged 89.
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Lonsdale was born in Paris, the natural son of British Army officer Edward Lonsdale Crouch and Simone Calderon (née Béraud). He was brought up initially on the island of Jersey, then in London from 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca, Morocco.
He returned to Paris to study painting in 1947, but was drawn into the world of acting instead, first appearing on stage at the age of 24. Lonsdale was bilingual, and appeared in both English-language and French-language productions. He appeared in a starring role with Roger Moore in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. and with Sean Connery, in the 1986 film The Name of the Rose. He would later appear in Munich (2005), a film that also starred another Bond, Daniel Craig.
In February 2011, he won a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Of Gods and Men.
Lonsdale was also the author of ten books.
A practising Roman Catholic, he was close to the Emmanuel Community.
In his 2016 memoir Le Dictionnaire de Ma Vie, Lonsdale revealed he had fallen for Delphine Seyrig, having met her as a student in Tania Balachova's acting classes at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1947. He wrote that "it was her or nothing", which was why he never married.
Lonsdale died in Paris on 21 September 2020, aged 89.
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Michael Lonsdale Filmography
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The First, the Last · as Jean-Berchmans |
| 2015 | Les filles au Moyen Âge · as Daniel |
| 2014 | J.R.R.Tolkien, des mots, des mondes · as (voice) |
| 2014 | N: The Madness of Reason · as Narrator |
| 2014 | Maestro · as Cedric Rovère |
| 2014 | Rosenn · as (voice) |
| 2013 | Le renard jaune · as Jean Virno |
| 2012 | Gebo and the Shadow · as Gebo |
| 2012 | The France 5 Gallery (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Veilleurs dans la nuit · as Narrateur |
| 2011 | The Cardboard Village · as Old Priest |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Titeuf: The Movie · as Le Psy (voice) |
| 2010 | Of Gods and Men · as Luc |
| 2009 | Agora · as Theon |
| 2009 | Park Benches · as Le Client Au Paillasson |
| 2009 | Je vais te manquer · as Max |
| 2009 | The Age Of Maupassant. Novels and stories of the XIX century (TV Series) · as Le Grand Loustalot |
| 2008 | Hollywood contra Franco · as Reporter |
| 2008 | Le Silence De L'épervier (TV Series) · as Antoine Carsac |
| 2007 | Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure · as Bartleby (voice) |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema · as The Old Blind Man (segment "le Don") |
| 2007 | Heartbeat Detector · as Mathias Jüst |
| 2007 | The Last Mistress · as Le Vicomte Prony |
| 2006 | Goya's Ghosts · as Inquisitor General |
| 2005 | Munich · as Papa |
| 2005 | Gentille · as Jean |
| 2005 | Bye Bye Blackbird · as Robert |
| 2005 | The Perfume of the Lady in Black · as Le Professeur Stangerson |
| 2005 | Les invisibles · as Le Gardien |
| 2004 | Five Times Two · as Bernard |
| 2004 | Le nom de la rose · as The Abbot |
| 2004 | Under a False Name · as David |
| 2003 | Adieu · as Serge |
| 2003 | Le Furet · as Don Salvadore |
| 2003 | The Mystery of the Yellow Room · as Stangerson |
| 2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy · as Opaz (voice) |
| 2002 | James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute · as Cast |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond · as Hugo Drax |
| 2000 | Actors · as Man Walking Down The Street |
| 1999 | A Monkey's Tale · as Maître Flavius (voice) |
| 1998 | Ronin · as Jean-Pierre |
| 1998 | Let There Be Light · as Monseigneur Loublié |
| 1998 | Don Juan · as Don Luis |
| 1997 | Mauvais genre · as Honoré De Balzac |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud · as Dollabella |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris · as Louis Xvi |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | God Only Knows · as Narrator |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day · as Dupont D'ivry |
| 1991 | My Life Is Hell · as Gabriel |
| 1991 | Maigret (1991) (TV Series) · as Guillaume Serre |
| 1988 | The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober · as Cammerschulze |
| 1988 | Souvenir · as Xavier Lorion |
| 1987 | Der Madonna-Mann · as Tanzmann |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose · as The Abbot |
| 1985 | Billy Ze Kick · as Commissaire Bellanger |
| 1985 | The Insomniac on the Bridge · as Antonie |
| 1985 | The Holcroft Covenant · as Ernst Manfredi |
| 1984 | Le bon roi Dagobert · as Saint Eloi |
| 1984 | The Judge · as Le Docteur |
| 1983 | Erendira · as Senator Onésimo Sanchez |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Smiley's People (TV Series) · as Anton Grigoriev |
| 1982 | Le rose et le blanc · as Léon |
| 1982 | Chronopolis · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Seuls · as Ludovic |
| 1981 | The Games of Countess Dolingen · as Bertrand Haines-Pearson |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire · as Garth Jones |
| 1981 | The Bunker · as Martin Bormann |
| 1979 | Moonraker · as Hugo Drax |
| 1979 | The Passage · as Renoudot |
| 1977 | The Left-Handed Woman · as The Waiter |
| 1977 | A Dirty Story · as The Voyeur |
| 1977 | The Accuser · as Abéraud |
| 1976 | Bartleby · as L'huissier |
| 1976 | Mr. Klein · as Pierre |
| 1976 | Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta · as The Vice Consul Of Lahore |
| 1976 | Scrambled Eggs · as The President Of The Republic |
| 1975 | The Pink Telephone · as M. Morrison, Président De La Fielding |
| 1975 | Mad Enough to Kill · as Stephane Mostri |
| 1975 | The Romantic Englishwoman · as Swan |
| 1975 | India Song · as Le Vice-Consul De Lahore |
| 1975 | The Track · as David Sutter |
| 1975 | Special Section · as Pierre Pucheu - Le Ministre De L'intérieur |
| 1975 | Aloïse · as Le Médecin |
| 1975 | Galileo · as Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban Viii) |
| 1975 | Serious as Pleasure · as Inspecteur Fournier |
| 1974 | The Suspects · as Judge Souftries |
| 1974 | La vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu · as Le Reporter Tv / Ponce Pilate |
| 1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud · as Raymond |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty · as The Hatter |
| 1974 | Caravan to Vaccarès · as Duc De Croyter |
| 1974 | Stavisky · as Docteur Mézy |
| 1974 | Successive Slidings of Pleasure · as The Judge |
| 1973 | Big Sentiments Make for Good Sports · as Stéphane |
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal · as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel |
| 1972 | L'automne · as Julien, Le Réalisateur |
| 1972 | Chut! · as Sergel |
| 1972 | Cops Is Cops · as Commissioner Lucas |
| 1972 | The Old Maid · as Monod |
| 1972 | Out 1: Spectre · as Thomas |
| 1971 | Papa, the Lil' Boats · as Hippolyte The Brother Of Marylène |
| 1971 | Spring · as L'homme Qui Fuit |
| 1971 | Out 1 · as Thomas |
| 1971 | Law Breakers · as Inspector Bertrand |
| 1971 | Murmur of the Heart · as Father Henri |
| 1971 | Jaune le soleil · as Un Juif |
| 1970 | The Stud · as Commissioner Donald Both |
| 1969 | L'hiver · as Julien & Marc |
| 1969 | Destroy, She Said · as Stein |
| 1969 | Hibernatus · as Edouard Loriebat |
| 1968 | The Big Wash · as Delaroche |
| 1968 | Stolen Kisses · as Georges Tabard |
| 1968 | The Bride Wore Black · as Morane |
| 1968 | The Man in the Buick · as L'inspecteur Farjon De La P.j. |
| 1967 | The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung · as L'avocat De La Défense |
| 1967 | Les compagnons de la marguerite · as Lastac / Lataque, Expert En Écritures / Le Juge (voice) |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Debu-Bridel (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Your Money or Your Life · as Speaker At The Shy People's Club |
| 1965 | Hail, Mafia · as Hyman |
| 1965 | La redevance du fantôme · as Kernan |
| 1965 | Les copains · as Lamendin |
| 1964 | Jaloux comme un tigre · as The Grimacing Motorist |
| 1964 | Behold a Pale Horse · as Reporter |
| 1962 | The Trial · as Priest |
| 1962 | Snobs! · as Charles Dufaut |
| 1962 | The Immoral Moment · as Mercier |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay · as Acteur |
| 1962 | Adorable Liar · as Albert |
| 1960 | The Door Slams · as Georges |
| 1960 | The Itchy Palm · as Nobert |
| 1958 |