Michael Lonsdale

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24 maja 1931 — 21 września 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Ronin
    Ronin1998
  • Imię róży
    Imię róży1986
  • Duchy Goi
    Duchy Goi2006
  • 5x2 pięć razy we dwoje
    5x2 pięć razy we dwoje2004
  • Kaena: Zagłada Światów
    Kaena: Zagłada Światów2003
  • Stara kochanka
    Stara kochanka2007
  • Bunkier
    Bunkier1981
  • Enigma
    Enigma1982
  • Romantyczna Angielka
    Romantyczna Angielka1975
  • Free Men
    Free Men2011
  • Małpia baśń
    Małpia baśń1999
  • Tabor do Vaccares
    Tabor do Vaccares1974

Known For

  • Moonraker
    Moonraker1979
  • Monachium
    Monachium2005
  • Ronin
    Ronin1998
  • Imię róży
    Imię róży1986
  • Agora
    Agora2009
  • Ludzie Boga
    Ludzie Boga2010
  • Dzień szakala
    Dzień szakala1973
  • Duchy Goi
    Duchy Goi2006
  • Skradzione pocałunki
    Skradzione pocałunki1968
  • 5x2 pięć razy we dwoje
    5x2 pięć razy we dwoje2004
  • Kaena: Zagłada Światów
    Kaena: Zagłada Światów2003
  • Szmery w sercu
    Szmery w sercu1971
  • India Song
    India Song1975
  • Widmo wolności
    Widmo wolności1974
  • Pan Klein
    Pan Klein1976
  • Nelly i pan Arnaud
    Nelly i pan Arnaud1995
  • Sekcja specjalna
    Sekcja specjalna1975
  • Hibernatus
    Hibernatus1969
  • Free Men
    Free Men2011
  • Gebo i cień
    Gebo i cień2012

Filmografia

2023
African Glory · as Christopher Columbus
2016
2016
The First, the Last · as Jean-Berchmans
2015
2014
2014
2014
Maestro · as Cedric Rovère
2014
Rosenn · as (voice)
2013
Le renard jaune · as Jean Virno
2012
2012
The France 5 Gallery · as Narrator
2011
Veilleurs dans la nuit · as Narrateur
2011
The Cardboard Village · as Old Priest
2011
Free Men · as Si Kaddour Ben GhabritNa Plex
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
2009
2008
2008
Le Silence De L'épervier · 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 PronyNa Plex
2006
Goya's Ghosts · as Inquisitor GeneralNa Plex
2005
Munich · as Papa
2005
Gentille · as Jean
2005
La séparation · as Paul Doumer
2005
Bye Bye Blackbird · as Robert
2005
The Perfume of the Lady in Black · as Professor Stangerson
2005
Les invisibles · as Le Gardien
2004
Five Times Two · as BernardNa Plex
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
2003
Kaena: The Prophecy · as Opaz (voice)Na Plex
2002
2002
Best Ever Bond · as Hugo Drax
2000
Actors · as Man Walking Down The Street
1999
A Monkey's Tale · as Maître Flavius (voice)Na Plex
1998
Ronin · as Jean-PierreNa Plex
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) · as Guillaume Serre
1988
1988
Souvenir · as Xavier Lorion
1987
Der Madonna-Mann · as Tanzmann
1986
The Name of the Rose · as The AbbotNa Plex
1985
Billy Ze Kick · as Commissaire Bellanger
1985
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
Enigma · as BodleyNa Plex
1982
Smiley's People · as Anton Grigoriev
1982
1982
Chronopolis · as Narrator (voice)
1981
The Games of Countess Dolingen · as Bertrand Haines-Pearson
1981
Chariots of Fire · as Garth Jones
1981
The Bunker · as Martin BormannNa Plex
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 SwanNa Plex
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
1974
The Phantom of Liberty · as The Hatter
1974
Caravan to Vaccarès · as Duc De CroyterNa Plex
1974
Stavisky · as Docteur Mézy
1974
1973
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
1971
Jaune le soleil · as Un Juif
1970
Un troisième · as Le Réalisateur
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
1967
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung · as L'avocat De La Défense
1967
The Man in the Buick · as L'inspecteur Farjon De La P.j.
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
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

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