Michel Piccoli

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: Acting

Born: Paris, Ile-de-France, France, 1925-12-27

Died: 2020-05-12

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Deutscher Filmpreis	Self	60
2	1970	Treffpunkte	Self	0
3	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
4	1971	V.I.P. Schaukel	Self	60
5	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
6	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
7	1975	Midi Première	Self	100
8	1975	Apostrophes	Self	85
9	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
10	1976	Nouvelles d'Henry James	Capitaine Roger	0
11	1980	Docteur Teyran	Jean Teyran	0
12	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
13	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
14	1987	Nulle part ailleurs	Self	56
15	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30
16	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Self	64
17	2022	Il était une fois Champs-Élysées	Self (archive footage)	66

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1945	The Bellman	Un villageois	67
2	1949	The Mark Of The Day	Georges Gohelle	80
3	1949	The Perfume of the Lady in Black	Lebel	50
4	1951	Without Leaving an Address	Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)	61
5	1951	Without Leaving an Address	Un journaliste aux archives	61
6	1951	La Leçon d'humour dans un parc		0
7	1951	Terreur en Oklahoma	Tommy Goudchote	0
8	1951	Chicago Digest	Slim Spring	0
9	1952	Torticola versus Frankensberg	Torticola	40
10	1953	Horizons...	un ouvrier	0
11	1954	Daughters of Destiny	Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")	40
12	1954	Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances	Gérard	0
13	1954	Tout chante autour de moi	Reverdier	0
14	1955	Price of Love	Georges	42
15	1955	French Cancan	Le Capitaine Valorgueil	71
16	1955	Croissance de Paris	Récitant (voice)	0
17	1955	Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class	Maurice Rouger	70
18	1955	Bad Liaisons	un inspecteur	60
19	1955	The Grand Manoeuvre	Officer (uncredited)	61
20	1956	Death in the Garden	Father Lizzardi	64
21	1956	La France romane	Récitant (voice)	0
22	1957	The Witches of Salem	James Putnam	70
23	1957	Sunday Buddies	Le directeur de l'aéro-club	61
24	1957	Le Plus Heureux des trois	Pianist	0
25	1957	Le quadrille des diamants	Richard Burke	0
26	1957	Nathalie	Franck Marchal	59
27	1958	Sinners of Paris	L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.	51
28	1958	Tabarin	Jacques Forestier	40
29	1959	La Nuit de Tom Brown	Tom Brown, jeune	0
30	1959	Beast at Bay	Commissioner Jacques Guimard	47
31	1959	Le Chalet sous la neige	Robert	0
32	1960	Les Joueurs	Chvokhniev	50
33	1960	La dragée haute		0
34	1960	Danger in the Middle East	Brian Cannon	0
35	1960	Le Rendez-vous de Noël		0
36	1961	La Chevelure	L'homme	45
37	1961	Quarante fontaines	Récitant (voice)	0
38	1961	Amazons of Rome	Console Publicola	45
39	1961	Hauteclaire	Serlon de Savigny	20
40	1961	Fumée, histoire et fantaisie		0
41	1961	Rendezvous	Paul	62
42	1962	Parisienne... Parisiennes	Récitant (voice)	0
43	1962	Le Temps des assassins	Récitant (voice)	0
44	1962	Climates of Love	François	100
45	1962	Adieu Philippine	Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)	68
46	1962	Le Doulos	Nuttheccio	74
47	1963	The Day and the Hour	Antoine	67
48	1963	Contempt	Paul Javal	71
49	1963	Hello Cubans	Narrator (voice)	74
50	1964	L'Été en hiver	Jean, the reporter	80
51	1964	Diary of a Chambermaid	Monsieur Monteil	71
52	1964	Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps	Narrator (voice)	72
53	1964	Bardot et Godard	Self	61
54	1964	Paparazzi	Texte dit par (voice)	68
55	1964	Chance at Love	Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")	58
56	1964	Marie Soleil	Kafka	0
57	1964	All About Loving	Raoul	46
58	1964	Café tabac	Récitant (voice)	0
59	1965	Masquerade	Georges Sarrassin	50
60	1965	Dom Juan	Dom Juan	61
61	1965	The Sleeping Car Murder	René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)	70
62	1965	Lady L	Lecoeur	58
63	1966	Le Coup de grâce	Capri / Bruno	50
64	1966	The War Is Over	Inspector #1	64
65	1966	The Devil's Tricks	L'antiquaire	55
66	1966	The Game Is Over	Alexandre Saccard	51
67	1966	La Voleuse	Werner Kreuz	56
68	1966	The Creatures	Edgar Piccoli	65
69	1966	Elsa the Rose	Narrator (voice)	61
70	1966	Is Paris Burning?	Edgar Pisani	72
71	1967	Romy: Anatomy of a Face	Self	65
72	1967	The Young Girls of Rochefort	Simon Dame	77
73	1967	The Dinosaur and the Baby	Paul Javal (archive footage)	60
74	1967	Shock Troops	L'homme de trop	67
75	1967	Belle de Jour	Henri Husson	73
76	1967	My Love, My Love	Marrades	62
77	1968	The Diary of an Innocent Boy	Count Philippe	60
78	1968	Danger: Diabolik	Inspector Ginko	64
79	1968	Heartbeat	Charles	64
80	1968	Woman in Chains	L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)	70
81	1968	Délire à deux		0
82	1969	Dillinger Is Dead	Glauco	71
83	1969	The Milky Way	Marquis de Sade	70
84	1969	The Uninvited	François Desailly	60
85	1969	Topaz	Jacques Granville	60
86	1970	The Things of Life	Pierre Bérard	71
87	1970	Invasion	Marcello	20
88	1971	Max and the Junkmen	Max, inspector	72
89	1971	Touch and Go	Valentin	46
90	1971	Ten Days' Wonder	Paul Regis	63
91	1972	The Audience	Padre Amerin	67
92	1972	Liza	Giorgio's friend	60
93	1972	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	Interior Minister	75
94	1972	The Assassination	Colonel Kassar	67
95	1972	Cesar and Rosalie	Narrator (voice)	72
96	1973	The Woman in Blue	Pierre	52
97	1973	Themroc	Themroc	65
98	1973	Wedding in Blood	Pierre Maury	63
99	1973	La Grande Bouffe	Michel	71
100	1973	Far West	Indian chief	62
101	1974	The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun		0
102	1974	Un amour de pluie	Mr. Dellerue (voice)	48
103	1974	Don't Touch the White Woman!	Buffalo Bill	55
104	1974	The Infernal Trio	Georges Sarret	54
105	1974	Life Size	Michel	56
106	1974	The Phantom of Liberty	The Second Police Prefect	74
107	1974	Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others	François, médecin	71
108	1975	Weak Spot	L'enquêteur	62
109	1975	Leonor	Richard	56
110	1975	Seven Deaths by Prescription	Dr Losseray	61
111	1976	The Last Woman	Michel	61
112	1976	One Way or Another	Lui	76
113	1976	F as in Fairbanks	Etienne	64
114	1976	Mado	Simon Léotard	65
115	1977	Rene the Cane	Ispettore Marchand	41
116	1977	Spoiled Children	Bernard Rougerie	63
117	1977	The Accuser	Saint-Ramé	57
118	1978	Fire's Share	Robert Hansen	53
119	1978	Strauberg ist da	Strauberg	0
120	1978	The Savage State	Orlaville	62
121	1978	Little Girl in Blue Velvet	Conrad Brukner	45
122	1978	Sugar	Grezillo	67
123	1979	Atrocious Tales of Love and Death	Victor Navarro	62
124	1979	Le divorcement	Philippe	60
125	1979	The Bit Between the Teeth	Pierre Chazerand	56
126	1980	A Leap in the Dark	Mauro Ponticelli	62
127	1980	The Price of Survival	René Winterhalter	0
128	1980	Atlantic City	Joseph	68
129	1981	The Prodigal Daughter	Le père	72
130	1981	Confused Feelings	Professor	44
131	1981	Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.	Morrand	0
132	1981	Strange Affair	Bertrand Malair	62
133	1982	Spy, Stand Up	Jean-Paul Chance	73
134	1982	Scénario du film Passion	Self	56
135	1982	La Cerisaie	Léonid	0
136	1982	The Passerby	Max Baumstein	61
137	1982	The Night of Varennes	King Louis XVI (uncredited)	69
138	1982	Godard's Passion	Michel Boulard	59
139	1982	Beyond the Door	Mr. Mutti	40
140	1982	The Eyes, the Mouth	Tío Agostino	55
141	1982	A Room in Town	Edmond Leroyer	64
142	1982	Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!	José Viss	55
143	1983	The Prize of Peril	Frédéric Mallaire	64
144	1983	The General of the Dead Army	Benetandi	55
145	1984	Dangerous Moves	Akiva Liebskind	59
146	1984	Long Live Life	Michel Perrin	59
147	1984	Success Is the Best Revenge	French Official	60
148	1984	Le Matelot 512	Narrator (voice)	45
149	1985	La Lune		0
150	1985	Death in a French Garden	Graham Tombsthay	61
151	1985	Going and Coming Back	Simon Lerner	63
152	1985	Adieu Bonaparte	Caffarelli	58
153	1986	My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister	Étienne Sembadel	44
154	1986	The Nonentity	der Tölpel	61
155	1986	Mauvais Sang	Marc	71
156	1986	The Prude	Pierre	49
157	1987	The Distant Land	Friedrich Hofreiter	50
158	1987	La Rumba	Damien Malleville	46
159	1987	The Veiled Man	Kassar	42
160	1987	Malady of Love	Raoul Bergeron	50
161	1988	How Good the Whites Are	Père Jean-Marie	60
162	1988	Blanc de Chine	Batz	0
163	1988	La Ruelle au clair de lune	Pierre Willer	70
164	1988	Un coupable	L'avocat	75
165	1989	The Monkey Folk		65
166	1990	May Fools	Milou	69
167	1990	Martha and I	Ernst	70
168	1991	The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg	Le baron de Leisenbohg	30
169	1991	Walking a Tightrope	Marcel Spadice	48
170	1991	La Belle Noiseuse	Edouard Frenhofer	74
171	1991	The Children Thief	Mr. Armand	47
172	1991	Against Oblivion	Self	65
173	1992	La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento	Edouard Frenhofer	65
174	1992	Le Bal des casse-pieds	Désiré, l'homosexuel	58
175	1992	The Supper	Chateaubriand (voice)	66
176	1993	Archipel	Leonard Wilde	20
177	1993	The Young Girls Turn 25	Self (archive footage)	71
178	1993	Loonies at Large	Henri Toussaint	60
179	1993	Rupture(s)	Paul	50
180	1994	Bête de scène		60
181	1994	Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad	Presenter	0
182	1994	Train de nuit		50
183	1994	The Emigrant	Adam - Ram's father	59
184	1994	The Black Angel	Georges Feuvrier	54
185	1995	Tödliches Geld	Paul Belmont	0
186	1995	One Hundred and One Nights	Simon Cinéma	62
187	1995	2 x 50 Years of French Cinema	Himself	64
188	1995	The World of Jacques Demy	Self	68
189	1996	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	Prince de Conti	66
190	1996	Traveling Companion	Cosimo	61
191	1996	Party	Michel	63
192	1996	Tykho Moon	Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee	57
193	1997	Genealogies of a Crime	Georges Didier	67
194	1997	Passion in the Desert	Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis	58
195	1999	Nothing About Robert	Lord Ariel Chatwick-West	61
196	1999	The Happiest Place on Earth	Récitant (voice)	10
197	1999	París-Tombuctú	Michel des Assantes	57
198	1999	Libero Burro	Zio Tony	41
199	2000	Kiarostami in Close up	as Self	0
200	2000	Actors	Michel Piccoli	58
201	2000	Speaking of Buñuel	Self	59
202	2000	Everything's Fine, We're Leaving	Louis	34
203	2001	I’m Going Home	Gilbert Valence	67
204	2002	Il bambino di Betlemme		0
205	2002	Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère	Self	0
206	2003	A Man, a Real One	Michel Piccoli	68
207	2003	That Day	Harald	56
208	2003	Little Lili	acteur qui joue Simon	54
209	2003	Raining Cats and Frogs	Ferdinand (voice)	69
210	2004	Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli	Self	50
211	2005	Everything's Connected	Narrator	60
212	2006	Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur	Himself	50
213	2006	Magic Mirror	Prof. Heschel	63
214	2006	Gardens in Autumn	Marie, la mère de Vincent	57
215	2006	Belle Toujours	Henri Husson	59
216	2007	The Duchess of Langeais	Vidame de Pamiers	53
217	2007	Sole Meeting	Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev	0
218	2007	Boxes	Daddy	53
219	2007	Beneath the Rooftops of Paris	Marcel	62
220	2007	Le Roi Lear	Le roi Lear	0
221	2007	To Each His Own Cinema	Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")	65
222	2008	On War	Le grand Hou	50
223	2008	The Dust of Time	Spyros	64
224	2008	The Beaches of Agnès	Self (archive footage)	77
225	2009	Once Upon a Time… Contempt	Self	80
226	2009	Le Bel Âge	Maurice Reverdy	44
227	2010	Portrait Of My Father	Self	73
228	2011	We Have a Pope	Melville	68
229	2011	Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres	Self	0
230	2011	Agnès Varda: From Here to There	Self	79
231	2012	Holy Motors	Man with the Wine Stain	70
232	2012	You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet	Le père	67
233	2012	Lines of Wellington	Leópold Scheitzer	58
234	2014	The Taste of Blueberries	Michel	0
235	2015	Our Lady of Hormones	Narrator	53
236	2017	Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary	Self (archive footage)	75
237	2017	The Incredible Mr. Piccoli	Self - Actor (archive footage)	69
238	2017	Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres	Self (archive footage)	0
239	2017	Coming Apart	(archive footage)	0
240	2018	Dios de monoambiente	Self (archive footage)	0
241	2019	Claude Chabrol, the Maverick	Self - Actor (archive footage)	62
242	2021	François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story	Self (archive footage)	60
243	2021	Marx Can Wait	Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)	73
244	2022	La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président	Self (archive footage)	72
245	2023	Godard by Godard	Self (archive footage)	78
246	2024	It's Not Me	(archive footage)	72
247	2025	Film Study 01	Footage from La Belle Noiseuse	0

Michel Piccoli

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