credits of
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
July 13th, 2025 | The Life of Mirrors | TBD | TBD | |
June 12th, 2024 | It's Not Me | (archive footage) | 7.1 | |
May 17th, 2023 | Godard by Godard | Self (archive footage) | 7.8 | |
May 18th, 2022 | Romy, A Free Woman | archive footage | 6 | |
January 7th, 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
July 15th, 2021 | Marx Can Wait | Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.3 | |
May 16th, 2021 | François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
January 25th, 2019 | Claude Chabrol, the Maverick | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 6.2 | |
January 1st, 2018 | Dios de monoambiente | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
December 28th, 2017 | Coming Apart | (archive footage) | TBD | |
November 12th, 2017 | Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
May 28th, 2017 | The Incredible Mr. Piccoli | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 6.9 | |
May 9th, 2017 | Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
September 2nd, 2015 | Our Lady of Hormones | Narrator | 5.2 | |
October 8th, 2014 | The Taste of Blueberries | Michel | TBD | |
October 4th, 2012 | Lines of Wellington | Leópold Scheitzer | 5.7 | |
September 1st, 2012 | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | Le père | 6.6 | |
July 2nd, 2012 | Holy Motors | Man with the Wine Stain | 7 | |
January 1st, 2012 | The Bardot mystery | TBD | 10 | |
October 1st, 2011 | Agnès Varda: From Here to There | Self | 7.6 | |
May 13th, 2011 | Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres | Self | TBD | |
April 15th, 2011 | We Have a Pope | Melville | 6.8 | |
October 27th, 2010 | Portrait Of My Father | Self | 7.3 | |
December 30th, 2009 | Le Bel Âge | Maurice Reverdy | 4.2 | |
October 21st, 2009 | Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France | TBD | TBD | |
May 21st, 2009 | Once Upon a Time… Contempt | Self | 8 | |
December 17th, 2008 | The Beaches of Agnès | Self (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
November 22nd, 2008 | The Dust of Time | Spyros | 6.3 | |
October 1st, 2008 | On War | Le grand Hou | 4.9 | |
October 31st, 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique") | 6.5 | |
September 19th, 2007 | Le Roi Lear | Le roi Lear | TBD | |
August 10th, 2007 | Beneath the Rooftops of Paris | Marcel | 6.2 | |
June 6th, 2007 | Boxes | Daddy | 5.3 | |
March 28th, 2007 | The Duchess of Langeais | Vidame de Pamiers | 5.2 | |
September 8th, 2006 | Belle Toujours | Henri Husson | 6.1 | |
September 6th, 2006 | Gardens in Autumn | Marie, la mère de Vincent | 6 | |
March 9th, 2006 | Magic Mirror | Prof. Heschel | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 2006 | Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur | Himself | 5 | |
July 7th, 2005 | Everything's Connected | Narrator | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 2004 | Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli | Self | 5 | |
December 3rd, 2003 | Raining Cats and Frogs | Ferdinand (voice) | 6.9 | |
August 27th, 2003 | Little Lili | acteur qui joue Simon | 5.4 | |
June 4th, 2003 | That Day | Harald | 5.9 | |
May 28th, 2003 | A Man, a Real One | Michel Piccoli | 7.6 | |
September 18th, 2002 | Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère | Self | 7 | |
January 1st, 2002 | Il bambino di Betlemme | TBD | TBD | |
May 13th, 2001 | I’m Going Home | Gilbert Valence | 6.8 | |
June 27th, 2000 | Everything's Fine, We're Leaving | Louis | 4.2 | |
June 9th, 2000 | Speaking of Buñuel | Self | 6 | |
April 5th, 2000 | Actors | Michel Piccoli | 5.8 | |
January 1st, 2000 | Kiarostami in Close up | as Self | TBD | |
September 10th, 1999 | París-Tombuctú | Michel des Assantes | 5.9 | |
September 10th, 1999 | Libero Burro | Zio Tony | 5.3 | |
April 28th, 1999 | The Happiest Place on Earth | Récitant (voice) | 1 | |
February 24th, 1999 | Nothing About Robert | Lord Ariel Chatwick-West | 6 | |
April 29th, 1998 | Les paradoxes de Buñuel | Self | 9 | |
August 31st, 1997 | Passion in the Desert | Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis | 5.8 | |
May 4th, 1997 | Genealogies of a Crime | Georges Didier | 6.6 | |
November 28th, 1996 | Tykho Moon | Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee | 5.6 | |
October 10th, 1996 | Ousmane Sow | Narrateur | 10 | |
June 27th, 1996 | Party | Michel | 6.5 | |
May 26th, 1996 | Traveling Companion | Cosimo | 6.3 | |
March 20th, 1996 | Beaumarchais the Scoundrel | Prince de Conti | 6.6 | |
September 22nd, 1995 | The World of Jacques Demy | Self | 6.9 | |
May 26th, 1995 | 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema | Self | 6.5 | |
January 25th, 1995 | One Hundred and One Nights | Simon Cinéma | 6.1 | |
January 1st, 1995 | Tödliches Geld | Paul Belmont | 10 | |
November 11th, 1994 | The Black Angel | Georges Feuvrier | 5.4 | |
September 26th, 1994 | The Emigrant | Adam - Ram's father | 5.9 | |
August 1st, 1994 | Train de nuit | TBD | 7 | |
June 15th, 1994 | Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad | Presenter | 9 | |
February 2nd, 1994 | Bête de scène | TBD | 8 | |
October 26th, 1993 | Rupture(s) | Paul | 7 | |
August 11th, 1993 | Loonies at Large | Henri Toussaint | 7.3 | |
May 19th, 1993 | The Young Girls Turn 25 | Self (archive footage) | 7.2 | |
March 17th, 1993 | Archipel | Leonard Wilde | 4 | |
December 23rd, 1992 | The Supper | Chateaubriand (voice) | 6.7 | |
April 12th, 1992 | From Time to Time | Jules Verne | 8 | |
February 12th, 1992 | Le Bal des casse-pieds | Désiré, l'homosexuel | 5.9 | |
January 1st, 1992 | La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento | Edouard Frenhofer | 6.8 | |
December 11th, 1991 | Against Oblivion | Self | 7 | |
September 25th, 1991 | The Children Thief | Mr. Armand | 4.8 | |
September 4th, 1991 | La Belle Noiseuse | Edouard Frenhofer | 7.2 | |
September 1st, 1991 | Walking a Tightrope | Marcel Spadice | 4.9 | |
March 30th, 1991 | The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg | Le baron de Leisenbohg | 3.8 | |
September 1st, 1990 | Martha and I | Ernst | 7 | |
January 24th, 1990 | May Fools | Milou | 6.9 | |
May 26th, 1989 | The Monkey Folk | TBD | 7.8 | |
December 18th, 1988 | Un coupable | L'avocat | 8.8 | |
November 10th, 1988 | La Ruelle au clair de lune | Pierre Willer | 8 | |
April 20th, 1988 | Blanc de Chine | Batz | 7 | |
January 20th, 1988 | How Good the Whites Are | Père Jean-Marie | 6.6 | |
September 30th, 1987 | Malady of Love | Raoul Bergeron | 5.1 | |
September 16th, 1987 | The Veiled Man | Kassar | 4.5 | |
February 18th, 1987 | La Rumba | Damien Malleville | 5.3 | |
January 1st, 1987 | The Distant Land | Friedrich Hofreiter | 7 | |
December 3rd, 1986 | The Prude | Pierre | 4.9 | |
November 26th, 1986 | Mauvais Sang | Marc | 7.1 | |
August 13th, 1986 | The Nonentity | der Tölpel | 6.1 | |
March 5th, 1986 | My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister | Étienne Sembadel | 4.6 | |
May 17th, 1985 | Adieu Bonaparte | Caffarelli | 5.9 | |
March 27th, 1985 | Going and Coming Back | Simon Lerner | 6.5 | |
February 13th, 1985 | Death in a French Garden | Graham Tombsthay | 6 | |
January 1st, 1985 | La Lune | TBD | TBD | |
December 19th, 1984 | Le Matelot 512 | Narrator (voice) | 4.8 | |
May 26th, 1984 | Success Is the Best Revenge | French Official | 6.5 | |
April 18th, 1984 | Long Live Life | Michel Perrin | 6 | |
April 15th, 1984 | Dangerous Moves | Akiva Liebskind | 5.9 | |
October 19th, 1983 | The General of the Dead Army | Benetandi | 6.3 | |
January 25th, 1983 | The Prize of Peril | Frédéric Mallaire | 6.5 | |
November 3rd, 1982 | Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! | José Viss | 5.5 | |
October 27th, 1982 | A Room in Town | Edmond Leroyer | 6.4 | |
September 10th, 1982 | The Eyes, the Mouth | Tío Agostino | 5.5 | |
September 5th, 1982 | Beyond the Door | Mr. Mutti | 4.2 | |
May 26th, 1982 | Godard's Passion | Michel Boulard | 5.7 | |
May 15th, 1982 | That Night of Varennes | King Louis XVI (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
April 14th, 1982 | The Passerby | Max Baumstein | 6.2 | |
January 31st, 1982 | La Cerisaie | Léonid | 8 | |
January 28th, 1982 | Scénario du film Passion | Self | 5.8 | |
January 27th, 1982 | Spy, Stand Up | Jean-Paul Chance | 7.2 | |
December 23rd, 1981 | Strange Affair | Bertrand Malair | 6.2 | |
August 20th, 1981 | Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts. | Morrand | 8 | |
June 10th, 1981 | Confused Feelings | Professor | 4.4 | |
March 25th, 1981 | The Prodigal Daughter | Le père | 7 | |
September 3rd, 1980 | Atlantic City | Joseph | 6.8 | |
February 18th, 1980 | The Price of Survival | René Winterhalter | 8 | |
February 14th, 1980 | A Leap in the Dark | Mauro Ponticelli | 6.3 | |
September 1st, 1979 | The Bit Between the Teeth | Pierre Chazerand | 5.9 | |
August 22nd, 1979 | Le Divorcement | Philippe | 8 | |
April 12th, 1979 | Atrocious Tales of Love and Death | Victor Navarro | 6.3 | |
October 15th, 1978 | Sugar | Grezillo | 6.7 | |
August 23rd, 1978 | Little Girl in Blue Velvet | Conrad Brukner | 5.7 | |
April 18th, 1978 | The Savage State | Orlaville | 6.3 | |
February 25th, 1978 | Strauberg ist da | Strauberg | 7 | |
January 4th, 1978 | Fire's Share | Robert Hansen | 5.6 | |
September 7th, 1977 | Spoiled Children | Bernard Rougerie | 6.2 | |
September 7th, 1977 | The Accuser | Saint-Ramé | 6.2 | |
August 17th, 1977 | That Obscure Object of Desire | Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited) | 7.5 | |
February 16th, 1977 | Rene the Cane | Ispettore Marchand | 4.5 | |
October 27th, 1976 | Mado | Simon Léotard | 6.5 | |
May 5th, 1976 | F as in Fairbanks | Etienne | 6.5 | |
April 30th, 1976 | One Way or Another | Lui | 7.6 | |
April 20th, 1976 | The Last Woman | Michel | 6.1 | |
December 3rd, 1975 | Seven Deaths by Prescription | Dr Losseray | 6.1 | |
September 1st, 1975 | Leonor | Richard | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1975 | Weak Spot | L'enquêteur | 6.5 | |
October 27th, 1974 | The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun | TBD | 10 | |
October 23rd, 1974 | Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others | François, médecin | 7 | |
September 10th, 1974 | The Phantom of Liberty | The Second Police Prefect | 7.5 | |
August 21st, 1974 | Life Size | Michel | 5.7 | |
May 22nd, 1974 | The Infernal Trio | Georges Sarret | 5.4 | |
January 23rd, 1974 | Don't Touch the White Woman! | Buffalo Bill | 5.5 | |
January 10th, 1974 | Loving in the Rain | Mr. Dellerue (voice) | 5.1 | |
May 31st, 1973 | Far West | Indian chief | 6.6 | |
May 16th, 1973 | La Grande Bouffe | Michel | 7.1 | |
April 12th, 1973 | Wedding in Blood | Pierre Maury | 6.4 | |
March 1st, 1973 | Themroc | Themroc | 6.5 | |
January 14th, 1973 | The Woman in Blue | Pierre | 5.4 | |
October 11th, 1972 | Cesar and Rosalie | Narrator (voice) | 7.2 | |
October 4th, 1972 | The Assassination | Colonel Kassar | 6.8 | |
September 15th, 1972 | The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Interior Minister | 7.5 | |
August 11th, 1972 | Liza | Giorgio's friend | 6.1 | |
March 31st, 1972 | The Audience | Padre Amerin | 6.5 | |
December 1st, 1971 | Ten Days' Wonder | Paul Regis | 6.2 | |
September 1st, 1971 | Touch and Go | Valentin | 5.2 | |
February 17th, 1971 | Max and the Junkmen | Max, inspector | 7.2 | |
April 23rd, 1970 | Invasion | Marcello | 5 | |
March 13th, 1970 | The Things of Life | Pierre Bérard | 7.1 | |
December 17th, 1969 | Topaz | Jacques Granville | 6 | |
October 31st, 1969 | The Uninvited | François Desailly | 6.1 | |
February 28th, 1969 | The Milky Way | Marquis de Sade | 7.1 | |
January 24th, 1969 | Dillinger Is Dead | Glauco | 7.1 | |
December 22nd, 1968 | Délire à deux | Him | TBD | |
November 20th, 1968 | Woman in Chains | L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
October 30th, 1968 | Heartbeat | Charles | 6.5 | |
January 24th, 1968 | Danger: Diabolik | Inspector Ginko | 6.4 | |
January 12th, 1968 | The Diary of an Innocent Boy | Count Philippe | 6 | |
June 8th, 1967 | My Love, My Love | Marrades | 6.5 | |
May 24th, 1967 | Belle de Jour | Henri Husson | 7.3 | |
April 5th, 1967 | Shock Troops | L'homme de trop | 6.7 | |
March 15th, 1967 | The Dinosaur and the Baby | Paul Javal (archive footage) | 6.2 | |
March 8th, 1967 | The Young Girls of Rochefort | Simon Dame | 7.7 | |
January 21st, 1967 | Romy: Anatomy of a Face | Self | 6.8 | |
October 26th, 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Edgar Pisani | 7.2 | |
October 23rd, 1966 | Elsa the Rose | Narrator (voice) | 6.1 | |
September 3rd, 1966 | The Creatures | Edgar Piccoli | 6.5 | |
August 26th, 1966 | La Voleuse | Werner Kreuz | 5.7 | |
June 22nd, 1966 | The Game Is Over | Alexandre Saccard | 5.4 | |
June 15th, 1966 | The Devil's Tricks | L'antiquaire | 5.8 | |
May 11th, 1966 | The War Is Over | Inspector #1 | 6.5 | |
May 8th, 1966 | Le Coup de grâce | Capri / Bruno | 5.8 | |
December 17th, 1965 | Lady L | Lecoeur | 5.8 | |
November 17th, 1965 | The Sleeping Car Murders | René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2) | 6.9 | |
November 6th, 1965 | Dom Juan | Dom Juan | 6.3 | |
April 13th, 1965 | Masquerade | Georges Sarrassin | 5.1 | |
December 31st, 1964 | Café tabac | Récitant (voice) | 9 | |
December 28th, 1964 | All About Loving | Raoul | 4.7 | |
December 19th, 1964 | Marie Soleil | Kafka | 10 | |
October 30th, 1964 | Chance at Love | Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance") | 6.5 | |
September 22nd, 1964 | Paparazzi | Texte dit par (voice) | 6.7 | |
April 30th, 1964 | Bardot et Godard | Self | 6.4 | |
April 21st, 1964 | Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps | Narrator (voice) | 7.8 | |
March 4th, 1964 | Diary of a Chambermaid | Monsieur Monteil | 7.1 | |
January 4th, 1964 | L'Été en hiver | Jean, the Reporter | 8 | |
November 26th, 1963 | Hello Cubans | Narrator (voice) | 7.4 | |
October 29th, 1963 | Contempt | Paul Javal | 7 | |
April 5th, 1963 | The Day and the Hour | Antoine | 6.8 | |
December 13th, 1962 | Le Doulos | Nuttheccio | 7.4 | |
September 25th, 1962 | Adieu Philippine | Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited) | 6.9 | |
April 11th, 1962 | Climates of Love | François | 10 | |
January 1st, 1962 | Parisienne... Parisiennes | Récitant (voice) | TBD | |
January 1st, 1962 | Le Temps des assassins | Récitant (voice) | 10 | |
November 10th, 1961 | Rendezvous | Paul | 6.3 | |
August 23rd, 1961 | Fumée, histoire et fantaisie | TBD | 9 | |
June 13th, 1961 | Hauteclaire | Serlon de Savigny | 4.5 | |
March 24th, 1961 | Amazons of Rome | Console Publicola | 4.8 | |
January 1st, 1961 | La Chevelure | L'homme | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1961 | Quarante fontaines | Récitant (voice) | 10 | |
December 29th, 1960 | Le Rendez-vous de Noël | TBD | TBD | |
September 2nd, 1960 | Danger in the Middle East | Brian Cannon | 7 | |
July 27th, 1960 | La dragée haute | Hugo Barsac | 7 | |
January 1st, 1960 | Les Joueurs | Chvokhniev | 5.5 | |
December 24th, 1959 | Le Chalet sous la neige | Robert | TBD | |
June 17th, 1959 | Beast at Bay | Commissioner Jacques Guimard | 4.8 | |
March 24th, 1959 | La Nuit de Tom Brown | Tom Brown, jeune | 7.3 | |
May 21st, 1958 | Tabarin | Jacques Forestier | 5.5 | |
January 15th, 1958 | Sinners of Paris | L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J. | 5.5 | |
December 4th, 1957 | Nathalie | Franck Marchal | 6.6 | |
November 19th, 1957 | Le Quadrille des diamants | Richard Burke | TBD | |
August 17th, 1957 | Le Plus Heureux des trois | Pianist | 10 | |
July 1st, 1957 | Sunday Buddies | Le directeur de l'aéro-club | 6.2 | |
April 26th, 1957 | The Witches of Salem | James Putnam | 6.9 | |
December 28th, 1956 | La France romane | Récitant (voice) | 8 | |
September 21st, 1956 | Death in the Garden | Father Lizzardi | 6.4 | |
October 26th, 1955 | The Grand Manoeuvre | Officer (uncredited) | 6.1 | |
October 25th, 1955 | Bad Liaisons | un inspecteur | 6.4 | |
October 6th, 1955 | Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class | Maurice Rouger | 7.1 | |
August 11th, 1955 | Croissance de Paris | Récitant (voice) | TBD | |
April 9th, 1955 | French Cancan | Le Capitaine Valorgueil | 7.2 | |
January 5th, 1955 | Price of Love | Georges | 5.4 | |
November 1st, 1954 | Tout chante autour de moi | Reverdier | 7 | |
April 15th, 1954 | Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances | Gérard | 7 | |
January 21st, 1954 | Daughters of Destiny | Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne") | 4.6 | |
June 9th, 1953 | Horizons... | un ouvrier | 7 | |
April 19th, 1952 | Torticola versus Frankensberg | Torticola | 5.7 | |
July 24th, 1951 | Chicago Digest | Slim Spring | 9 | |
May 18th, 1951 | Terreur en Oklahoma | Tommy Goudchote | 10 | |
January 31st, 1951 | La Leçon d'humour dans un parc | TBD | TBD | |
January 17th, 1951 | Without Leaving an Address | Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited) | 6.4 | |
January 17th, 1951 | Without Leaving an Address | Un journaliste aux archives | 6.4 | |
October 5th, 1949 | The Perfume of the Lady in Black | Lebel | 7.5 | |
April 6th, 1949 | The Mark of the Day | Georges Gohelle | 7.3 | |
December 4th, 1945 | The Bellman | Un villageois | 6.9 |