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Michel Piccoli
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director
Died May 12, 2020 (94 years)
Michel Piccoli (1925-2020) was a French actor. He was born in Paris to a musical family; his mother was a pianist and his father a violinist. He appeared in many different roles, from seducer to cop to gangster, in more than 170 movies. Piccoli worked with Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Lelouch, Jacques Demy, Claude Sautet, Louis Malle, Agnès Varda, Leos Carax, Luis Buñuel, Costa-Gavras, Alfred Hitchcock, Marco Ferreri, Jacques Rivette, Otar Iosseliani and Jacques Doillon. He was married three times, first to Éléonore Hirt, then for eleven years to the singer Juliette Gréco and finally to Ludivine Clerc. He had one daughter from his first marriage, Anne-Cordélia. Piccoli was politically active on the left, and is vocally opposed to the Front National.
Filmography
| 2021 | Marx Can Wait · as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2018 | Conversation avec Romy Schneider · as Pierre Bérard |
| 2017 | Coming Apart · as (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Our Lady of Hormones · as Narrator |
| 2014 | Le goût des myrtilles · as Michel |
| 2012 | Holy Motors · as L'homme à la tache de vin |
| 2012 | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet · as Le père |
| 2012 | Lines of Wellington · as Leópold Scheitzer |
| 2011 | We Have a Pope · as Melville |
| 2010 | Portrait Of My Father · as sé stesso |
| 2010 | What War May Bring · as Cameo appearance |
| 2009 | Restless · as Maurice Reverdy |
| 2008 | The Dust of Time · as Spyros |
| 2008 | On War · as Le grand Hou |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema · as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique") |
| 2007 | Boxes · as Papa |
| 2007 | The Duchess of Langeais · as Vidame de Pamiers |
| 2007 | Beneath the Rooftops of Paris · as Marcel |
| 2006 | The Empire in Africa · as Narrator, French version |
| 2006 | Belle toujours · as Henri Husson |
| 2006 | Jardins en automne · as Marie, la mère de Vincent |
| 2005 | Magic Mirror · as Prof. Heschel |
| 2005 | Everything Communicates · as Narrator |
| 2003 | A Real Man · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Raining Cats and Frogs · as Ferdinand (voice) |
| 2003 | La petite Lili · as acteur qui joue Simon |
| 2003 | That Day · as Harald |
| 2002 | Divine Intervention · as Santa Claus Breathing |
| 2001 | I'm Going Home · as Gilbert Valence |
| 2000 | Everything's Fine, We're Leaving · as Louis |
| 1999 | Paris-Timbuktu · as Michel des Assantes |
| 1999 | Nothing About Robert · as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West |
| 1999 | The Happiest Place on Earth · as Récitant (fin du film) |
| 1997 | Passion in the Desert · as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis |
| 1997 | Genealogies of a Crime · as Georges Didier |
| 1996 | Tykho Moon · as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee |
| 1996 | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel · as Prince de Conti |
| 1996 | Party · as Michel |
| 1996 | Traveling Companion · as Cosimo |
| 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights · as Simon Cinéma |
| 1994 | The Emigrant · as Adam |
| 1994 | L'ange noir · as Georges Feuvrier |
| 1992 | Le souper · as Chateaubriand (voice) |
| 1992 | Le bal des casse-pieds · as Désiré, l'homosexuel |
| 1992 | Divertimento · as Edouard Frenhofer |
| 1991 | The Beautiful Troublemaker · as Edouard Frenhofer |
| 1991 | Walking a Tightrope · as Marcel Spadice |
| 1991 | The Children Thief · as Mr. Armand |
| 1990 | May Fools · as Milou |
| 1989 | The Monkey Folk · as Unknown |
| 1988 | Ya bon les blancs · as Père Jean-Marie |
| 1987 | La rumba · as Damien Malleville |
| 1987 | Malady of Love · as Raoul Bergeron |
| 1986 | Le paltoquet · as der Tölpel |
| 1986 | La puritaine · as Pierre |
| 1986 | My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister · as Étienne Sembadel |
| 1986 | Bad Blood · as Marc |
| 1985 | Death in a French Garden · as Graham Tombsthay |
| 1985 | Partir, revenir · as Simon Lerner |
| 1985 | Adieu Bonaparte · as Caffarelli |
| 1984 | Long Live Life · as Michel Perrin |
| 1984 | Success Is the Best Revenge · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Le matelot 512 · as Récitant (voice) |
| 1984 | Dangerous Moves · as Akiva Liebskind |
| 1983 | The General of the Dead Army · as Unknown |
| 1983 | The Prize of Peril · as Frédéric Mallaire |
| 1982 | Une Chambre en Ville · as Edmond Leroyer |
| 1982 | The Passerby · as Max Baumstein |
| 1982 | Espion, lève-toi · as Jean-Paul Chance |
| 1982 | That Night in Varennes · as King Louis XVI |
| 1982 | Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt! · as José Viss |
| 1982 | Beyond the Door · as Mr. Mutti |
| 1982 | The Eyes, the Mouth · as Tío Agostino |
| 1982 | Passion · as Michel Boulard |
| 1981 | Strange Affair · as Bertrand Malair |
| 1981 | The Prodigal Daughter · as Le père |
| 1980 | Atlantic City · as Joseph |
| 1980 | Docteur Teyran (TV Series) · as Jean Teyran |
| 1979 | Atrocious Tales of Love and Death · as Victor Navarro |
| 1979 | The Bit Between the Teeth · as Pierre Chazerand |
| 1978 | Le sucre · as Grezillo |
| 1978 | L'état sauvage · as Orlaville |
| 1978 | Fire's Share · as Robert Hansen |
| 1977 | Spoiled Children · as Bernard Rougerie |
| 1977 | Rene the Cane · as Ispettore Marchand |
| 1976 | Mado · as Simon Léotard |
| 1976 | The Last Woman · as Michel |
| 1976 | F... comme Fairbanks · as Etienne |
| 1975 | Weak Spot · as L'enquêteur |
| 1975 | Leonor · as Richard |
| 1975 | 7 morts sur ordonnance · as Dr Losseray |
| 1974 | The Infernal Trio · as Georges Sarret |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty · as Le deuxième préfet de police |
| 1974 | Vincent, François, Paul and the Others · as François |
| 1974 | Don't Touch the White Woman! · as Buffalo Bill |
| 1974 | Lifesize · as Michel |
| 1974 | Un amour de pluie · as Mr. Dellerue (voice) |
| 1973 | Themroc · as Themroc |
| 1973 | Wedding in Blood · as Pierre Maury |
| 1973 | The Woman in Blue · as Pierre |
| 1973 | La Grande Bouffe · as Michel |
| 1972 | Liza · as Giorgio's friend |
| 1972 | L'udienza · as Padre Amerin |
| 1972 | The Assassination · as Colonel Kassar |
| 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie · as Le Ministre |
| 1972 | Cesar & Rosalie · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1971 | Ten Days Wonder · as Paul Regis |
| 1971 | Touch and Go · as Valentin |
| 1971 | Max and the Junkmen · as Max |
| 1970 | The Things of Life · as Pierre Bérard |
| 1969 | Topaz · as Jacques Granville |
| 1969 | The Milky Way · as Marquis de Sade |
| 1969 | Dillinger Is Dead · as Glauco |
| 1968 | Danger: Diabolik · as Ginko |
| 1968 | Heartbeat · as Charles |
| 1968 | La Prisonnière · as l'invité pressé au vernissage |
| 1968 | The Diary of an Innocent Boy · as Count Philippe |
| 1967 | Belle de Jour · as Henri Husson |
| 1967 | The Young Girls of Rochefort · as Simon Dame |
| 1967 | My Love, My Love · as Marrades |
| 1966 | The Thief · as Werner Kreuz |
| 1966 | The Creatures · as Edgar Piccoli |
| 1966 | The Game Is Over · as Alexandre Saccard |
| 1966 | Elsa la rose · as Narrator |
| 1966 | The War Is Over · as Inspector #1 |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Edgar Pisani |
| 1965 | Masquerade · as Georges Sarrassin |
| 1965 | The Sleeping Car Murder · as René Cabourg |
| 1965 | Lady L · as Lecoeur |
| 1965 | Dom Juan ou Le festin de pierre · as Dom Juan |
| 1964 | Diary of a Chambermaid · as Monsieur Monteil |
| 1964 | De l'amour · as Raoul |
| 1963 | Contempt · as Paul Javal |
| 1963 | The Day and the Hour · as Antoine |
| 1963 | Salut les Cubains · as Narrator |
| 1963 | Le Chevalier de maison rouge (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Adieu Philippine · as Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' |
| 1962 | Climats · as François Crozant |
| 1961 | Rendezvous · as Paul |
| 1959 | Beast at Bay · as Commissaire Jacques Guimard |
| 1958 | Les copains du dimanche · as Le directeur de l'aéro-club |
| 1958 | Sinners of Paris · as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J. |
| 1957 | The Crucible · as James Putnam |
| 1957 | The Foxiest Girl in Paris · as Franck Marchal |
| 1956 | Shadow of the Guillotine · as Le Prêtre réfractaire |
| 1956 | Death in the Garden · as Father Lizardi |
| 1955 | French Cancan · as Le Capitaine Valorgueil |
| 1955 | The Grand Maneuver · as Un officier |
| 1955 | Bad Liaisons · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse · as Maurice Rouger |
| 1955 | Interdit de séjour · as Georges |
| 1954 | Daughters of Destiny · as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne") |
| 1951 | Without Leaving an Address · as Un journaliste aux archives |
| 1945 | Sortilèges · as Un villageois |