Acting
Michel Piccoli
PT, FR, IT, ES cinema · 259 credits
Born
27 December 1925
Died
12 May 2020 (aged 94)
Birthplace
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Also known as Мишель Пикколи · ميشيل بيكولي
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
Filmography
It's Not Me
as (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
Romy, A Free Woman
as archive footage
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
Marx Can Wait
as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Dios de monoambiente
2018
Dios de monoambiente
as Self (archive footage)
Coming Apart
as (archive footage)
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
as Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
as Self (archive footage)
Our Lady of Hormones
as Narrator
Holy Motors
as Man with the Wine Stain
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
as Le père
Lines of Wellington
as Leópold Scheitzer
We Have a Pope
as Melville
Le Bel Âge
as Maurice Reverdy
On War
as Le grand Hou
The Dust of Time
as Spyros
The Beaches of Agnès
as Self (archive footage)
The Duchess of Langeais
as Vidame de Pamiers
Le Roi Lear
2007
Le Roi Lear
as Le roi Lear
Boxes
as Daddy
To Each His Own Cinema
as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
Rencontre Unique
as Nikita Khrouchtchev
Gardens in Autumn
as Marie, la mère de Vincent
Belle Toujours
as Henri Husson
Magic Mirror
as Prof. Heschel
C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé
Director, Writer
Everything's Connected
as Narrator
Raining Cats and Frogs
as Ferdinand (voice)
Little Lili
as acteur qui joue Simon
That Day
as Harald
A Man, a Real One
as Michel Piccoli
Brook by Brook
as Self
I’m Going Home
as Gilbert Valence
The Black Beach
Director, Writer
Kiarostami in Close up
as as Self
Actors
as Michel Piccoli
Nouvel Ordre mondial (Quelque part en Afrique)
2000
New World Order: Somewhere in Africa
as Narrator (voice)
París-Tombuctú
as Michel des Assantes
Nothing About Robert
as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
Libero Burro
as Zio Tony
The Happiest Place on Earth
as Récitant (voice)
Passion in the Desert
as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Genealogies of a Crime
as Georges Didier
Alors voilà,
Director, Writer
Tykho Moon
as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Prince de Conti
Traveling Companion
as Cosimo
Party
as Michel
Ousmane Sow
as Narrateur
One Hundred and One Nights
as Simon Cinéma
Tödliches Geld
1995
Tödliches Geld
as Paul Belmont
The Black Angel
as Georges Feuvrier
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
1994
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
as Presenter
Train de nuit
Actor, Writer, Director
The Emigrant
as Adam - Ram's father
Loonies at Large
as Henri Toussaint
The Young Girls Turn 25
as Self (archive footage)
Archipel
1993
Archipel
as Leonard Wilde
The Supper
as Chateaubriand (voice)
Le Bal des casse-pieds
as Désiré, l'homosexuel
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
as Edouard Frenhofer
From Time to Time
as Jules Verne
La Belle Noiseuse
as Edouard Frenhofer
Walking a Tightrope
as Marcel Spadice
Lest We Forget
as Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran"), Director
The Children Thief
as Mr. Armand
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
as Le baron de Leisenbohg
May Fools
as Milou
Martha and I
as Ernst
Un coupable
as L'avocat
How Good the Whites Are
as Père Jean-Marie
Blanc de Chine
as Batz
The Veiled Man
as Kassar
La Rumba
as Damien Malleville
Malady of Love
as Raoul Bergeron
The Distant Land
as Friedrich Hofreiter
Mauvais Sang
as Marc
The Prude
as Pierre
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Étienne Sembadel
The Nonentity
as der Tölpel
Death in a French Garden
as Graham Tombsthay
Going and Coming Back
as Simon Lerner
Adieu Bonaparte
as Caffarelli - كافاريللي
Dangerous Moves
as Akiva Liebskind
Long Live Life
as Michel Perrin
Success Is the Best Revenge
as French Official
Le Matelot 512
as Narrator (voice)
The General of the Dead Army
as Benetandi, Producer
The Prize of Peril
as Frédéric Mallaire
A Room in Town
as Edmond Leroyer
The Passerby
as Max Baumstein
Godard's Passion
as Michel Boulard
Spy, Stand Up
as Jean-Paul Chance
Beyond the Door
as Mr. Mutti
The Eyes, the Mouth
as Tío Agostino
La Cerisaie
as Léonid
That Night of Varennes
as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Strange Affair
as Bertrand Malair
The Prodigal Daughter
as Le père
Confused Feelings
as Professor
Atlantic City
as Joseph
A Leap in the Dark
as Mauro Ponticelli
The Price of Survival
as René Winterhalter, Producer
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
as Victor Navarro
The Bit Between the Teeth
as Pierre Chazerand
Le Divorcement
as Philippe
Sugar
as Grezillo
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
as Conrad Brukner
Fire's Share
as Robert Hansen
The Savage State
as Orlaville, Producer
Strauberg ist da
1978
Strauberg ist da
as Strauberg
lulu
as Schoen
Spoiled Children
as Bernard Rougerie, Producer
The Accuser
as Saint-Ramé
Rene the Cane
as Ispettore Marchand
That Obscure Object of Desire
as Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
Mado
as Simon Léotard
The Last Woman
as Michel
F as in Fairbanks
as Etienne
Seven Deaths by Prescription
as Dr Losseray, Associate Producer
Leonor
as Richard, Producer
Weak Spot
as L'enquêteur, Co-Producer
The Infernal Trio
as Georges Sarret
The Phantom of Liberty
as Police Prefect #2
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
as François, médecin
Don't Touch the White Woman!
as Buffalo Bill, Producer
Life Size
as Michel, Producer
Loving in the Rain
as Mr. Dellerue (voice)
La Grande Bouffe
as Michel
Themroc
as Themroc
Wedding in Blood
as Pierre Maury
The Woman in Blue
as Pierre
Far West
as Indian chief
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
as Interior Minister
Liza
as Giorgio's friend
The Audience
as Padre Amerin
The Assassination
as Colonel Kassar
Cesar and Rosalie
as Narrator (voice)
Max and the Junkmen
as Max, inspector
Ten Days' Wonder
as Paul Regis
Touch and Go
as Valentin
The Things of Life
as Pierre Bérard
Invasion
as Marcello
Topaz
as Jacques Granville
The Milky Way
as Marquis de Sade
Dillinger Is Dead
as Glauco
The Uninvited
as François Desailly
Danger: Diabolik
as Inspector Ginko
Heartbeat
as Charles
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
as Count Philippe
Woman in Chains
as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
Belle de Jour
as Henri Husson
Shock Troops
as L'homme de trop
My Love, My Love
as Marrades
The Dinosaur and the Baby
as Paul Javal (archive footage)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
as Simon Dame
La Voleuse
as Werner Kreuz
Is Paris Burning?
as Edgar Pisani
The War Is Over
as Inspector #1
Le Coup de grâce
as Capri / Bruno
The Creatures
as Edgar Piccoli
The Game Is Over
as Alexandre Saccard
Elsa the Rose
as Narrator (voice)
The Devil's Tricks
as L'antiquaire
Masquerade
as Georges Sarrassin
The Sleeping Car Murders
as René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
Dom Juan
as Dom Juan
Lady L
as Lecoeur
Diary of a Chambermaid
as Monsieur Monteil
L'Été en hiver
as Jean, the Reporter
All About Loving
as Raoul
Marie Soleil
as Kafka
Paparazzi
as Texte dit par (voice), Writer
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
as Narrator (voice)
Bardot et Godard
as Self
Chance at Love
as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
Café tabac
1964
Café tabac
as Récitant (voice)
Contempt
as Paul Javal
The Day and the Hour
as Antoine
Hello Cubans
as Narrator (voice)
Climates of Love
as François
Le Doulos
as Nuttheccio
Parisienne... Parisiennes
as Récitant (voice)
Le Temps des assassins
1962
Le Temps des assassins
as Récitant (voice)
Adieu Philippine
as Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Hauteclaire
as Serlon de Savigny
Amazons of Rome
as Console Publicola
La Chevelure
as L'homme
Rendezvous
as Paul
Quarante fontaines
1961
Quarante fontaines
as Récitant (voice)
Danger in the Middle East
as Brian Cannon
Les Joueurs
as Chvokhniev
La dragée haute
as Hugo Barsac
Beast at Bay
as Commissioner Jacques Guimard
La Nuit de Tom Brown
as Tom Brown, jeune
Sinners of Paris
as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
Tabarin
as Jacques Forestier
The Witches of Salem
as James Putnam
Sunday Buddies
as Le directeur de l'aéro-club
Nathalie
as Franck Marchal
Le Quadrille des diamants
as Richard Burke
Death in the Garden
as Father Lizzardi
La France romane
1956
La France romane
as Récitant (voice)
French Cancan
as Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Price of Love
as Georges
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
as Maurice Rouger
Bad Liaisons
as un inspecteur
The Grand Manoeuvre
as Officer (uncredited)
Croissance de Paris
as Récitant (voice)
Daughters of Destiny
as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
Tout chante autour de moi
as Reverdier
Horizons...
as un ouvrier
Without Leaving an Address
as Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited), as Un journaliste aux archives
Terreur en Oklahoma
1951
Terreur en Oklahoma
as Tommy Goudchote
Chicago Digest
as Slim Spring
The Mark of the Day
as Georges Gohelle
The Bellman
as Un villageois