Acting
Michael Lonsdale
PT, FR, EN, IT cinema · 199 credits
Born
24 May 1931
Died
21 September 2020 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Michel Lonsdale · Майкл Лонсдейл · Мишель Лонсдаль · Майкл Лонсдаль
Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is often known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, deputy police commissioner Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Abbot in The Name of the Rose (1986) and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day (1993). Lonsdale was born in Paris, the natural son of British Army officer Edward Lonsdale Crouch and Simone Calderon (née Béraud). He was brought up initially on the island of Jersey, then in London from 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca, Morocco. He returned to Paris to study painting in 1947, but was drawn into the world of acting instead, first appearing on stage at the age of 24. Lonsdale was bilingual, and appeared in both English-language and French-language productions. He appeared in a starring role with Roger Moore in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. and with Sean Connery, in the 1986 film The Name of the Rose. He would later appear in Munich (2005), a film that also starred another Bond, Daniel Craig. In February 2011, he won a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Of Gods and Men. Lonsdale was also the author of ten books. A practising Roman Catholic, he was close to the Emmanuel Community. In his 2016 memoir Le Dictionnaire de Ma Vie, Lonsdale revealed he had fallen for Delphine Seyrig, having met her as a student in Tania Balachova's acting classes at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1947. He wrote that "it was her or nothing", which was why he never married. Lonsdale died in Paris on 21 September 2020, aged 89. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Lonsdale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
African Glory
as Christopher Columbus
The Outsider
as Narrator (Voice)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
So Long Michael
as Himself
Degas and I
as Edgar Degas
Bazin's Film
as Narrator
The First, the Last
as Jean-Berchmans
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
as Daniel
Sculpt
Actor
The Visit
as Self
Maestro
as Cedric Rovère
N: The Madness Of Reason
as Narrator
Rosenn
as (voice)
Le Renard jaune
as Jean Virno
Titeuf
as Le psy (voice)
Free Men
as Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit
The Cardboard Village
as Old Priest
Hitler in Hollywood
as Michael Lonsdale
Veilleurs dans la nuit - Une journée monastique à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
as Narrateur
Le Fauteuil hanté
as Le Grand Loustalot
Agora
as Theon
The Man from London
as Kocsmáros (voice)
The Last Mistress
as le vicomte Prony
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
as Bartleby (voice)
Heartbeat Detector
as Mathias Jüst
To Each His Own Cinema
as The old blind man (segment "Le Don")
Goya's Ghosts
as Inquisitor General
Munich
as Papa
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
as Professor Stangerson
Invisible
as Le gardien
Gentille
as Jean
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Robert
The Separation
as Paul Doumer
Five Times Two
as Bernard
Under a False Name
as David
Adieu
as Serge
Le Furet
as Don Salvadore
Kaena: The Prophecy
as Opaz (voice)
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
as Stangerson
Le Mythe Cathare
as Narrator
Those Facing Us
as Mikaël
Actors
as Man walking down the street
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
2000
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
as Narrator (voice)
A Monkey's Tale
as Maître Flavius (Voice)
Ronin
as Jean-Pierre
Let There Be Light!
as Monseigneur Loublié
Don Juan
as Don Luis
Mauvais Genre
as Honoré de Balzac
Noise of Love and War
as The director
La Plante Humaine
as Michel
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as Dollabella
Jefferson in Paris
as Louis XVI
Dieu sait quoi
as Narrator
Woyzeck
as Le capitaine
The Remains of the Day
as Dupont D'Ivry
L'ordre du jour
as Stark
My Life Is Hell
as Gabriel
Out 1
as Thomas
Souvenir
as Xavier Lorion
Earthen Man
as (voice)
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
as Cammerschulze
Der Madonna-Mann
as Tanzmann
The Name of the Rose
as The Abbot
L'air d'aimer
as Raymond
Emile Reynaud
as Narrator
The Holcroft Covenant
as Ernst Manfredi
The Insomniac on the Bridge
as Antonie
Billy Ze Kick
as Commissaire Bellanger
Good King Dagobert
as Saint Eloi
The Judge
as Le docteur
Erendira
as Senator Onésimo Sanchez
Chronopolis
as Narrator (voice)
Une jeunesse
as Béjardy
The Boulugres
as Le roi (voice)
La Rényon lontan
as Narrator (voice)
Enigma
as Bodley
Sweet Inquest on Violence
as Ash, the financier
Trompe-l'oeil
as Self (voice)
Mersonne ne m'aime
as Commissioner Bancau
Mora
Writer
The Bunker
as Martin Bormann
The Games of Countess Dolingen
as Bertrand Haines-Pearson
Alone
as Ludovic
Un paquebot dans la tête
as Roland Gougean-Roland
Jean-Sans-Terre
1980
Jean-Sans-Terre
as Jean Papeuil
Moonraker
as Hugo Drax
The Passage
as Renoudot
The Left-Handed Woman
as The Waiter
The Risk of Living
as narrator
A Dirty Story
as The voyeur
The Accuser
as Abéraud
The Devil in the Box
as Georges Aubert
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
as The Vice Consul of Lahore
Mr. Klein
as Pierre
Cygne II
as Narrator (voice)
Scrambled Eggs
as The President of the Republic
Bartleby
as L'Huissier
Aloïse
as le médecin
The Track
as David Sutter
India Song
as Le Vice-Consul de Lahore
Special Section
as Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur
The Pink Telephone
as M. Morrison, président de la Fielding
Galileo
as Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)
Mad Enough to Kill
as Stephane Mostri
Né
as Self
A Whale That Had a Toothache
as Le peintre
Serious as Pleasure
as Inspecteur Fournier
The Phantom of Liberty
as Hatter
Right to the city
as Narrator
The Suspects
as Judge Souftries
Stavisky...
as Docteur Mézy
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Raymond
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
as The Judge
Caravan to Vaccarès
as Duc de Croyter
Film sur Hans Bellmer
as Narrator
The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
as Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate
The Day of the Jackal
as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
The Girl with the Cello
as Philippe Lariel
Out 1: Spectre
as Thomas
The Old Maid
as Monod
There Once Was a Cop
as Commissioner Lucas
Les Années Lumière
as Narrator (voice)
Autumn
as Julien, le réalisateur
Chut !
as Sergel
Law Breakers
as Inspector Bertrand
Murmur of the Heart
as Father Henri
Spring
as L'homme qui fuit
Papa, the Lil' Boats
as Hippolyte the brother of Marylène
Jaune, Le Soleil
as Un juif
Un troisième
as Le réalisateur
Le revolver et la rose
as Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky
The Stud
as Commissioner Donald Both
La Fenêtre
as Bracquemont
Hibernatus
as Edouard Loriebat
Destroy, She Said
as Stein
The Nail Clippers
as Le mari
Winter
as Julien & Marc
Stolen Kisses
as Georges Tabard
The Bride Wore Black
as Morane
The Man in the Buick
as L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J.
The Big Wash
as Delaroche
Concerto for an Exile
as Un acteur au théâtre
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
as L'Avocat de la Défense
Order of the Daisy
as Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voice)
Judoka-Secret Agent
as Thomas Perkins
Your Money or Your Life
as Speaker at the Shy People's Club
Is Paris Burning?
as Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
Comédie
as L'homme (M)
The Buddies
as Lamendin
Hail! Mafia
as Hyman
The Ghostly Rental
as Kernan
Le Petit Nicolas
as The father
The Little Misses
as L'elève
Jaloux comme un tigre
as The grimacing motorist
Behold a Pale Horse
as Reporter
Adorable Liar
as Albert
Snobs!
as Charles Dufaut
Crime Does Not Pay
as Acteur
The Trial
as Priest
The Immoral Moment
as Mercier
The Door Slams
as Georges
Les Trois Sœurs
as Andreï Prodarov
The Itchy Palm
as Nobert
It Happened in Aden
as Sinclair