Michel Piccoli
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Michel Piccoli | |
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| Born | Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (1925-12-27) 27 December 1925 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter, director, musician, singer |
| Years active | 1945 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Eléonore Hirt (1954–?) Juliette Gréco (1966–1977) Ludivine Clerc (1980–present) |
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Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (born 27 December 1925) is a French actor and filmmaker of Ticino descent. He has one of the longest careers in French cinema, and is regarded worldwide as a symbol of France's film history, more specifically of the 1960s and 70s.
Contents
1 Life and career
2 Selected filmography
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links
Life and career
He was born in Paris to a musical family; his mother was a pianist and his father was a violinist. He has appeared in many different roles, from seducer to cop to gangster to Pope, in more than 170 movies.
He has been married three times, first to Éléonore Hirt, then for eleven years to the singer Juliette Gréco and finally to Ludivine Clerc. He has one daughter from his first marriage, Anne-Cordélia.
Piccoli is politically active on the left, and is vocally opposed to the Front National.
Selected filmography
The Bellman (1945, directed by Christian-Jaque) as Un villageois
Le point du jour (1949, directed by Louis Daquin) as Georges Gohelle
Le Parfum de la dame en noir (1949, directed by Louis Daquin) as Lebel
Without Leaving an Address (1951, directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) as Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)
Destinées (1954, directed by Jean Delannoy, Christian-Jaque, Marcello Pagliero) as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
Tout chante autour de moi (1954, directed by Pierre Gout which) as Reverdier
Interdit de séjour (1955, directed by Maurice de Canonge) as Georges
French Cancan (1955, directed by Jean Renoir) as Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Ernst Thälmann (1955, directed by Kurt Maetzig) as Rouger
Bad Liaisons (1955, directed by Alexandre Astruc) as Un inspecteur
The Grand Maneuver (1955, directed by René Clair) as Un officier (uncredited)
Shadow of the Guillotine (1956, directed by Jean Delannoy) as Le Prêtre réfractaire
Death in the Garden (1956, directed by Luis Buñuel) as Father Lizardi
The Crucible (1957, directed by Raymond Rouleau) as James Putnam
Nathalie (1957, directed by Christian-Jaque) as L'inspecteur Franck Marchal
Rafles sur la ville (1958, directed by Pierre Chenal) as l'inspecteur Paul Vardier
Les copains du dimanche (1958, directed by Henri Aisner) as Le directeur de l'aéro-club
Tabarin (1958, directed by Richard Pottier) as Jacques Forestier
La Bête à l'affût (1959, directed by Pierre Chenal) as Commissaire Jacques Guimard
La dragée haute (1960, directed by Jean Kerchner) as Hugo Barsac
Le Bal des espions (1960, directed by Michel Clément) as Brian Cannon
Amazons of Rome (1961, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Vittorio Cottafavi and Peter O'Cord) as Console Publicola
Le Rendez-vous (1961, directed by Jean Delannoy) as Paul
Les Petits Drames (1961, directed by Paul Vecchiali) as Chirurgien
Adieu Philippine (1962, directed by Jacques Rozier) as Le comédien jouant 'Izquierdo' dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat'
Climats (1962, directed by Stellio Lorenzi) as François Crozant
Le Doulos (1963, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville) as Nuttheccio
The Day and the Hour (1963, directed by Rene Clement) as Antoine
Contempt (1963, directed by Jean-Luc Godard) as Paul Javal
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964, directed by Luis Buñuel) as M Monteil
La Chance et l'Amour (1964, directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Claude Berri, Charles L. Bitsch, Éric Schlumberger) as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
All About Loving (1964, directed by Jean Aurel) as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
Marie Soleil (1964, directed by Antoine Bourseiller) as Raoul
Masquerade (1965, directed by Basil Dearden) as George Sarrassin
Le Coup de grâce (1965, directed by Jean Cayrol, Claude Durand) as Capri / Bruno
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965, directed by Costa-Gavras) as René Cabourg
Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre (TV movie) (1965, directed by Marcel Bluwal) as Dom Juan
Lady L (1965, directed by Peter Ustinov) as Lecoeur
The War Is Over (1966, directed by Alain Resnais) as L'inspecteur des douanes / First Customs Inspector
Les Ruses du diable (1966, directed by Paul Vecchiali) as L'antiquaire
The Game Is Over (1966, directed by Roger Vadim) as Alexandre Saccard
La Voleuse (1966, directed by Jean Chapot) as Werner Kreuz
Les Créatures (1966, directed by Agnès Varda) as Edgar Piccoli
Paris brûle-t-il? (1966, directed by René Clément) as Edgard Pisani
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967, directed by Jacques Demy) as Simon Dame
Shock Troops (1967, directed by Costa-Gavras) as The Extra Man
Belle de jour (1967, directed by Luis Buñuel) as Henri Husson
My Love, My Love (1967, directed by Nadine Trintignant) as Marrades
Benjamin (1968, directed by Michel Deville) as Le comte Philippe de Saint-Germain / Count Philippe
Danger: Diabolik (1968, directed by Mario Bava) as Inspector Ginko
La Chamade (1968, directed by Alain Cavalier) as Charles
La prisonnière (1968, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot) as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
Dillinger Is Dead (1969, directed by Marco Ferreri) as Glauco
The Milky Way (1969, directed by Luis Buñuel) as Le marquis de Sade / The Marquis
L'Invitée (1969, directed by Vittorio De Seta) as François Desailly
Topaz (1969, directed by Alfred Hitchcock) as Jacques Granville
The Things of Life (1970, directed by Claude Sautet) as Pierre Bérard
L'Invasion (1970, directed by Yves Allégret) as Marcello
Max et les ferrailleurs (1971, directed by Claude Sautet) as Max
La Poudre d'escampette (1971, directed by Philippe de Broca) as Valentin
Ten Days' Wonder (1971, directed by Claude Chabrol) as Paul Regis - un psychologue, l'ancien professeur de Charles
L'udienza (1972, directed by Marco Ferreri) as Padre Amerin
Liza (1972, directed by Marco Ferreri) as Giorgio's friend
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, directed by Luis Buñuel) as Interior Minister
Plot (1972, directed by Yves Boisset) as Le colonel kassar - le ministre de l'intérieur d'un pays du maghreb
César and Rosalie (1972, directed by Claude Sautet) as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
La Femme en bleu (1973, directed by Michel Deville) as Pierre
Themroc (1973, directed by Claude Faraldo) as Themroc
Wedding in Blood (1973, directed by Claude Chabrol) as Pierre Maury
La Grande Bouffe (1973, directed by Marco Ferreri) as Michel
Far West (1973, directed by Jacques Brel) as Le chef indien
Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974, directed by Marco Ferreri) as Buffalo Bill
Un amour de pluie (1974, Jean-Claude Brialy) as Voix seulement (voice)
Le Trio infernal (1974, directed by Francis Girod) as Georges Sarret
Tamaño natural (1974, directed by Luis García Berlanga) as Michel
The Phantom of Liberty (1974, directed by Luis Buñuel) as Le second préfet de police / Second Prefect
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (1974, directed by Claude Sautet) as François
E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine (1974, directed by Toni de Gregorio)
La smagliatura (1975, directed by Peter Fleischmann) as Investigator
Leonor (1975, directed by Juan Luis Buñuel) as Richard
Sept morts sur ordonnance (1975, directed by Jacques Rouffio) as Dr. Pierre Losseray
The Last Woman (1976, directed by Marco Ferreri) as Michel
Todo modo (1976, directed by Elio Petri) as Lui
F comme Fairbanks (1976, directed by Maurice Dugowson) as Etienne
Mado (1976, directed by Claude Sautet) as Simon Léotard
René la Canne (1977, directed by Francis Girod) as Inspecteur Marchand
The Accuser (1977, directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli) as Saint-Ramé
Spoiled Children (1977, directed by Bertrand Tavernier) as Bernard Rougerie
La Part du feu (1978, directed by Étienne Périer) as Robert Hansen
The Savage State (1978, directed by Francis Girod) as Robert Hansen
La petite fille en velours bleu (1978, directed by Alan Bridges) as Conrad Brukner
Le sucre (1978, directed by Jacques Rouffio) as Grezillo
Strauberg ist da (1978)
Neapolitan Mystery (1979, directed by Sergio Corbucci) as Victor Navarro
Le divorcement (1979, directed by Pierre Barouh) as Philippe
Le Mors aux dents (1978, directed by Laurent Heynemann) as Pierre Chazerand
Der Preis fürs Überleben (1980, directed by Hans Noever) as René Winterhalter
A Leap in the Dark (1980, directed by Marco Bellocchio) as Mauro Ponticelli
Atlantic City (1980, directed by Louis Malle) as Joseph
La Fille prodigue (1981, directed by Jacques Doillon) as Le père
La confusion des sentiments (1981, directed by Étienne Périer) as Le professeur / The Professor
Strange Affair (1981, directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre) as Bertrand Malair
Espion, lève-toi (1982, directed by Yves Boisset) as Jean-Paul Chance
The Passerby (1982, directed by Jacques Rouffio) as Max Baumstein
That Night in Varennes (1982, directed by Ettore Scola) as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Passion (1982, directed by Jean-Luc Godard) as Michel Boulard
Beyond the Door (1982, directed by Liliana Cavani) as Mr. Mutti
Gli occhi, la bocca (1982, directed by Marco Bellocchio) as Uncle Agostino
Une chambre en ville (1982, directed by Jacques Demy) as Edmond Leroyer
Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt ! (1982, directed by Denys Granier-Deferre) as José Viss
Le Prix du Danger (1983, directed by Yves Boisset) as Frédéric Mallaire
The General of the Dead Army (1983, directed by Luciano Tovoli) as Benetandi
Dangerous Moves (1984, directed by Richard Dembo) as Akiva Liebskind
Viva la vie (1984, directed by Claude Lelouch) as Michel Perrin
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski) as French Official
Le Matelot 512 (1984, directed by René Allio) as Récitant (voice)
Death in a French Garden (1985, directed by Michel Deville) as Graham Tombsthay
Partir, revenir (1985, directed by Claude Lelouch) as Simon Lerner
Adieu Bonaparte (1985, directed by Youssef Chahine) as Caffarelli
My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister (1986, directed by Jacques Rouffio) as Etienne Sembadel
Le Paltoquet (1986, directed by Michel Deville) as Le Paltoquet
Mauvais Sang (1986, directed by Leos Carax) as Marc
La Puritaine (1986, directed by Jacques Doillon) as Pierre
La rumba (1987, directed by Roger Hanin) as Damien Malleville
The Distant Land (1987, directed by Luc Bondy) as Friedrich Hofreiter
L'homme voilé (1987, directed by Maroun Bagdadi) as Kassar
Maladie d'amour (1987, directed by Jacques Deray) as Raoul Bergeron
Y'a bon les blancs (1988, directed by Marco Ferreri) as Père Jean-Marie
Blanc de Chine (1988, directed by Denys Granier-Deferre) as Batz
May Fools (1990, directed by Louis Malle) as Milou
Martha et moi (1990, directed by Jiří Weiss) as Ernst
La Belle Noiseuse (1991, directed by Jacques Rivette) as Edouard Frenhofer
The Children Thief (1991, directed by Christian de Chalonge) as M. Armand
Contre l'oubli (1991) as Himself (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran)
Divertimento (1992, directed by Jacques Rivette) as Edouard Frenhofer
Les équilibristes (1992, directed by Nikos Papatakis) as Marcel Spadice
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992, directed by Yves Robert) as Désiré
Le Visionarium (The Timekeeper, 1992) as Leonard Wilde
La vie crevée (1992, directed by Guillaume Nicloux) as Raymond
The Supper (1992, directed by Édouard Molinaro) as Chateaubriand (voice)
La cavale des fous (1993, directed by Marco Pico) as Henri Toussaint
Rupture(s) (1993, directed by Christine Citti) as Paul
Al-Mohager (1994, directed by Youssef Chahine) as Adam
L'ange noir (1994, directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau) as Georges Feuvrier
Les Cent et une Nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995, directed by Agnès Varda) as Simon Cinéma
Beaumarchais (1996, directed by Édouard Molinaro) as Prince de Conti
Traveling Companion (1996, directed by Peter Del Monte) as Cosimo
Party (1996, directed by Manoel de Oliveira) as Michel
Tykho Moon (1996, directed by Enki Bilal) as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
Genealogies of a Crime (1997, directed by Raúl Ruiz) as Georges Didier
Passion in the Desert (1997, directed by Lavinia Currier) as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Rien sur Robert (1999, directed by Pascal Bonitzer) as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
Le plus beau pays du monde (1999, directed by Marcel Bluwal) as Récitant (fin du film) (voice)
Libero Burro (1999, directed by Sergio Castellitto) as Uncle Tony
París-Tombuctú (1999, directed by Luis García Berlanga) as Michel des Assantes
Les Acteurs (2000, directed by Bertrand Blier) as Himself
Tout va bien, on s'en va (2000, directed by Claude Mouriéras) as Louis
I'm Going Home (2001, directed by Manoel de Oliveira) as Gilbert Valence
Divine Intervention (2002, directed by Elia Suleiman) as Santa Claus Breathing (voice)
That Day (2003, directed by Manoel de Oliveira) as Harald
Raining Cats and Frogs (2003, directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd) as Ferdinand (voice)
Little Lili (2003, directed by Claude Miller)
A Man, a Real One (2003) as Himself
C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé (2005, directed by Michel Piccoli)
Magic Mirror (2005, directed by Manoel de Oliveira) as Prof. Heschel
Gardens in Autumn (2006, directed by Otar Iosseliani) as Marie, la mère de Vincent
Belle Toujours (2007, directed by Manoel de Oliveira) as Henri Husson
The Duchess of Langeais (2007, directed by Jacques Rivette) as Vidame de Pamiers
Boxes (2007, directed by Jane Birkin) as Papa
Les Toits de Paris (2007, directed by Huner Saleem) as Marcel
On War (2008, directed by Bertrand Bonello) as Le grand Hou
The Dust of Time (2008, directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos) as Spyros
Le Bel Âge (2009, directed by Laurent Perreau) as Maurice Reverdy
We Have a Pope (2011, directed by Nanni Moretti) as Il papa
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012, directed by Alain Resnais) as Michel Piccoli / Le père
Holy Motors (2012, directed by Leos Carax) as L'Homme à la tache de vin
Lines of Wellington (2012, directed by Valeria Sarmiento) as Leópold Scheitzer
As Linhas de Torres Vedras (2012) (TV Mini-Series) as Léopold Schweitzer
Le goût des myrtilles (2014) as Michel
Awards
He won the Best Actor Award at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival for A Leap in the Dark.[1] In 1982, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Strange Affair.[2] In 2001 he was the recipient of the Europe Theatre Prize.[3]
References
^ "Festival de Cannes: A Leap in the Dark". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Berlinale: 1982 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
^ IX Europe Theatre Prize / Reasons Europe Theatre Prize
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