Michel Piccoli
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Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director.
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Life and career
Piccoli was born in Paris to a musical family; his French mother was a pianist and his Swiss father was a violinist. He appeared in many different roles, from seducer to cop to gangster to Pope, in more than 170 movies. He appeared in six films directed by Luis Buñuel including Belle de Jour (1967) and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), but also appeared as Brigitte Bardot's husband in Jean-Luc Godards Contempt (1963) and as the main antagonist in Alfred Hitchcocks Topaz (1969). He also appeared in numerous films by Claude Sautet, sometimes co-starring in them with Romy Schneider.
In the 1990s, Piccoli also worked as a director on a number of films. One of his last leading roles was his portrayal of a depressed, newly elected pope in Nanni Moretti's We Have a Pope (2011).
Piccoli was part of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés circle in the 1950s, which included Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. He was a member of the French Communist Party in this era. A life-long left-winger, he objected to repression in the Soviet bloc, and supported the Solidarity trade union in Poland. Piccoli married three times, first to Éléonore Hirt, then for eleven years to the singer Juliette Gréco and finally to Ludivine Clerc. He had one daughter from his first marriage, Anne-Cordélia.
Piccoli died from complications of a stroke on 12 May 2020, aged 94.
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Selected filmography
- The Bellman (1945, directed by Christian-Jaque) as Un villageois
- Le point du jour (1949, directed by Louis Daquin) as Georges Gohelle
- The Perfume of the Lady in Black (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1959, directed by Pierre Chenal) as Commissaire Jacques Guimard
- La dragée haute (1960, directed by Jean Kerchner) as Hugo Barsac
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1960, directed by Template:Interlanguage link multi) as Brian Cannon
- Amazons of Rome (1961, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Vittorio Cottafavi and Peter O'Cord) as Console Publicola
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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 (Le Mépris, 1963, directed by Jean-Luc Godard) as Paul Javal
- Diary of a Chambermaid (1964, directed by Luis Buñuel) as M Monteil
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1964, directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Claude Berri, Template:Interlanguage link multi, Template:Interlanguage link multi) as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
- All About Loving (1964, directed by Jean Aurel) as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1964, directed by Antoine Bourseiller) as Raoul
- Masquerade (1965, directed by Basil Dearden) as George Sarrassin
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1965, directed by Jean Cayrol, Claude Durand) as Capri / Bruno
- The Sleeping Car Murders (1965, directed by Costa-Gavras) as René Cabourg
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1970, directed by Yves Allégret) as Marcello
- Max et les ferrailleurs (1971, directed by Claude Sautet) as Max
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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)
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1974, directed by Francis Girod) as Georges Sarret
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1978, directed by Template:Interlanguage link multi) 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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1981, directed by Jacques Doillon) as Le père
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (1999, directed by Luis García Berlanga) as Michel des Assantes
- Les Acteurs (2000, directed by Bertrand Blier) as Himself
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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 Raúl Ruiz) 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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (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
- Template:Interlanguage link multi (2009, directed by Template:Interlanguage link multi) 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
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