Acting
Michel Serrault
FR, IT, EN cinema · 159 credits
Born
24 January 1928
Died
29 July 2007 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Brunoy, Essonne, France
Also known as Michel Lucien Serrault · Мишель Серро
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in Les Branquignols. His first film was Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller Les diaboliques, starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play La cage aux folles, written by Poiret. He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. In 1977-1978 he played the composer Jacques Offenbach in a six-part series of one-hour episodes about the musician's life, each one focusing on a specific aspect or work. Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79. He was buried in Sainte-Catherine's cemetery in Honfleur and was transferred in 2009 to the cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine near his wife Juanita Saint-Peyron and daughter Caroline, who died in 1977. He had another daughter, actress Nathalie Serrault. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Filmography
On ne réveille pas un flic qui dort
On ne réveille pas un flic qui dort
as Commissaire Roger Scatti
Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Author, Dialogue
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
Have Mercy on Us All
as Hervé Decambrais
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
as L'archevêque de Venise
Le Bénévole
as Max Birgos
L'Avare
as Harpagon
Les enfants du pays
as Gustave
Grabuge!
as Commissaire Lancret
Monsieur Léon
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
Joyeux Noel
as The Castle Keeper
Albert est méchant
as Albert Moulinot
Le Furet
as Anzio
L'Affaire Dominici
as Gaston Dominici
The Butterfly
as Julien
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
The Girl from Paris
as Adrien Rochas
Vajont
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
Un cœur oublié
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
The Libertine
as Le Cardinal
Actors
as Michel Serrault
Marty's World
as Antoine Berrant
The Children of the Marshland
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
Assassin(s)
as Mr. Wagner
Le Comédien
1997
The Comedian
as Le comédien
The Swindle
as Victor
Artemisia
as Orazio Gentileschi
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Louis XV
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
Happiness Is in the Field
as Francis Bergeade
Bonsoir
as Alex Ponttin
Ville à vendre
as Rousselot, le maire
Old Rascal
as Darius Caunes
Room Service
as M. Luc
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Pompilius
L'Huissier
as Maître Malicorne
Héloïse
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
Dr. Petiot
as Docteur Petiot, Producer
Love Comedy
as Paul Léautaud
Bonjour l'angoisse
as Michaud
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as Roger Scatti
No Harm Intended
as Paul Duchêne
Miracle Healing
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
Ennemis intimes
as Baudin
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Octave Clapoteau
Les Rois du gag
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
La Cage aux Folles 3
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
He Died with His Eyes Open
as Robert Staniland
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Louis XVI
Good King Dagobert
as Otarius
Kill the Referee
as Rico, aggressive supporter
Le Bon Plaisir
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
Deadly Circuit
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
as Jules César
The Hatter's Ghost
as Léon Labbé
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Nestor Burma
The Roaring Forties
as Sébastien Barral
The Inquisitor
as Jérôme Martinaud
Malevil
as Emmanuel Comte
La Cage aux Folles II
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
Heads or Tails
as Édouard Morlaix
The Other One's Mug
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
The Associate
as Julien Pardot
Buffet Froid
as Le comptable
L'Esprit de famille
as le docteur Charles Moreau
La Grâce
as Henri Dupérier
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
as le voisin
Other People's Money
as Miremant
Le Roi des bricoleurs
as Bordin
Le Passe-muraille
as Dutilleul
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
The Red Ibis
as Jérémie
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Jean-Paul Rondin
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Justin Blesh
Chinese In Paris
as Grégoire Montclair
Bloody Murder
as Edouard Henricot
La Gueule de l’emploi
as L'inspecteur de police
The Big Store
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
Big Deal
as Paul
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
as Le curé Léon
La Cage aux folles
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
as Marcel Jolin
The Annuity
as Louis Martinet
A Murder Is a Murder
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Alfred Mullanet
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Gabriel Pelletier
La Liberté en croupe
as Paul Cérès
Call Me Mathilde
as François
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Commissaire Le Gac
The Men in the Family
as Gabriel Pelletier
The Great Chase
as Aldo Moreni
Would-Be Gentleman
as M. Jourdain
Order of the Daisy
as L'inspecteur Papin
The Madman of Lab Four
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
Pour avoir Adrienne
as Thomeret
The Great Gadget
as Pounet
Loose in the Trigger
as The armorer
King of Hearts
as Monsieur Marcel
Les Combinards
as La père de Lucile
The Boss of Champignol
as Hector
Les enquiquineurs
as Martin - instituteur
When the Pheasants Pass
as Rimero
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Bénéchol
Under Your Hat
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
The Real Bargain
as Hutin
Le petit monstre
as Valet
Les baratineurs
as Henri
The Double Bed
as Albert
Male Hunt
as Gaston Lartois
Dandelions by the Roots
as Jérôme Martinet
Jaloux comme un tigre
as Mr. Lurot
How Do You Like My Sister?
as Varangeot
Hard Boiled Ones
as Rossignol, private detective
Clémentine chérie
as Maître Brunet
Carom Shots
as Le commissaire Baudu
Bebert and the Train
as Barthoin
The Dance
as Pétrarque
Love on a Pillow
as Varange
We Will Go to Deauville
as Lucien Moreau
The Four Truths
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Charpentier, le conférencier
How to Succeed in Love
as Commissioner
The American Beauty
as Tramp
On purge bébé
as Guillaume Chouilloux
My Wife Is a Panther
as Butcher
Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le second policier / Policeman
Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Dr. Emile Couzan
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
1959
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
as Eugène, l'interprète
Nina
as Adolphe Tessier
The Bureaucrats
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
Clara and the Villains
as 'La Parole'
Musée Grévin
as The visitor
The Green Dress
as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
Adorables démons
1957
Adorables démons
as Jacques Willis Senior
The Innocent with Forty Children
as Jean-François Robignac
That Naughty Girl
as Inspector Leduc
Murderers and Thieves
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
Life is beautiful
as le démarcheur
Mon bébé
as Jimmy Scott
The Terror with Women
as Gendarme
Diabolique
as Mr. Raymond
What the East Wind Saw
as Zamore
Peek-a-boo
as Serrault, le trompettiste