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Michel Such

Actor, Director, WriterBorn August 15, 1944 (80 years)
Michel Such, born in 1944 in Algiers, is a French actor, screenwriter and director.

Michel Such entered the film industry somewhat by chance. "I was working in a bistro, the Santa Cruz, on rue Saint-André-des-Arts in Paris, near a film school. I met people behind the bar who allowed me to get a foot in the door in the profession," he explains. Michel Such went on stage and made his mark there. One day while he was working on a medium-length film by director Luc Béraud, the latter's assistant fell ill. "I gave him a helping hand and he never left me. He was the one who introduced me to Claude Miller, Patrice Leconte and the others." Claude and Annie Miller were particularly important to him. "They followed me and helped me when I moved on to directing. »

Michel Such, becomes one of the essential supporting actors of French cinema, with very popular films like The Best Way to Walk, Les Bronzés or even Come to My Place, I Live with a Copine. Subscribed to supporting roles, silhouettes and appearances, everyone has already seen him at least once. He is the one who takes the scrabble on the face in "Les Bronzés font du ski", the one who goes underwater on water skis in "Les Bronzés", the killer in "Garde à vue", a policeman in "Mes meilleurs copains", a patient in "Chouchou" with Gad Elmaleh, the man with the briefcase in "Mortal hike" or the shoe salesman in "Police Python 357" by Alain Corneau...

Michel who was assistant director to Luc Béraud, Claude Miller, Patrice Leconte, Gérard Vergez, Jean-Marie Poiré, Jean-Louis Leconte, James Cellan Jones etc, will direct three short films: Elli Fat Mat (1990), Vagues À L'Âme (1992) and Vingt-Trois Rue Des Francs Bourgeois (1995), and a feature, Oranges Amères, released in theaters in 1997. The story of Angèle, a pied-noir, who falls in love with Saïd, an Algerian, after the Second World War. The film received the SACD Beaumarchais Prize for the screenplay (1996), as well as the Audience Award at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival in 1996.

Michel Such has been directing the amateur theatre troupe Saujon Comédia, in Saujon in Charente-Maritime, since the end of the 1990s.
Known For
  • The Best Way to Walk
  • These Kids Are Grown-Ups
  • Bab El Oued City
  • Oranges amères
  • Suzie Berton
  • Lucie sur Seine
  • Manipulations

Filmography

2004
Suzie Berton · as Un Policier
2003
Chouchou · as Le Patient
2001
17 rue Bleue · as Dr. Seilinger
2001
Wesh, Wesh, What's Happening? · as L'inspecteur Principal
2001
Felix and Lola · as Frantz
2001
Les p'tits gars Ladouceur · as Le Chef De Gare
2000
Ladies of the Law (TV Series) · as Michel Le Vigile
1998
La kiné (TV Series) · as Monsieur Gérard
1997
P.J. (TV Series) · as Jean-Pierre
1994
Bab El Oued City · as Paulo Gosen
1993
Thirst for Gold · as Le Gendarme
1992
Les Cordier, juge et flic (TV Series) · as Concierge Hôtel
1992
Julie, Police Commissioner (TV Series) · as Le Patron Du Restaurant
1991
One Can Always Dream · as Le Patron Du Bistrot
1989
Mes meilleurs copains · as Le Gendarme
1987
L'été en pente douce · as Paul Le Vigile
1987
Lévy et Goliath · as Cafe Owner
1986
I Hate Actors · as Sergent Tittero
1986
1984
1984
Manipulations · as Michel
1984
1983
Le jeune marié · as Verdino
1983
Deadly Circuit · as L'homme À L'attaché-Case
1982
Lucie sur Seine · as L'inspecteur Au Bonnet
1982
L'ombre sur la plage · as Le Maire
1982
Paris Saint-Lazare (TV Series) · as Le Collègue De Philippe 2
1981
Les héroïques · as Bouly
1981
The Grilling · as Jean-Marie Jabelain, Stolen Car Owner
1981
Pourquoi pas nous? · as Un Client De La Librairie
1981
Quartet · as Prison Guard
1981
Heat of Desire · as L'employé Des Wagons-Lits
1981
1981
Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine · as Le Client Mcdo Mécontent
1980
Les aventures de Papa Poule (TV Series) · as M. Molina, L'épicier
1980
Julien Fontanes, magistrat (TV Series) · as Le Reporter Beaujolais
1979
French Fried Vacation 2 · as Co-Owner Of The Apartment Who Leaves Late
1979
These Kids Are Grown-Ups · as Le Caissier
1978
French Fried Vacation · as Fat Guy Who Wants To Go Water Skiing
1978
Le sucre · as Cast
1977
1977
1977
Spoiled Children · as Un Locataire
1977
La question · as Cast
1977
Violette & François · as Le Copain Musicien
1976
1975
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Cast
1975
1973
The Inheritor · as (uncredited)
1972
Les Thibault (TV Series) · as Cast
1967
Risky Business · as Le Marchand De Glaces
1958
The Last Five Minutes (TV Series) · as Benoît, L'assistant

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