Michel Blanc

ActorDirectorWriterDirecting Apr 16 (died age 72) Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France 1974–2025 (51 year career)

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Biography

Michel Blanc (16 April 1952 – 3 October 2024) was a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel and Gérard Jugnot. He also appeared in more serious roles, such as the title role in the Patrice Leconte film Monsieur Hire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michel Blanc, licensed under CC-BY-…

Known For

Film

The Tenant

Scope's Neighbor

Film

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Mayor

Film

French Fried Vacation 2

Jean-Claude Dusse

Film

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

L'obsédé sexuel au téléphone (voice)

Film

French Fried Vacation

Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse

Film

The Monster

Paride Taccone, le psychiatre

Film

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Le père Lebœuf, résistant

Film

The Fugitives

Docteur Bourdarias (non crédité)

Filmography

Acting (107)

Movies (89)

The Rookie Guide

as Docteur Charoux

The Safe House

as Père-Grand

Michel Blanc, sur un malentendu

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Take a Chance on Me

2023

as Judge Gilles d'Outremont

The Small Victories

as Emile Menoux

Top Dogs

as Jean-Pierre Deloup

5.4

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Christmas with the Tuches

2021

as Jean-Yves Marteau

5.1

A Good Doctor

2019

as Serge Mamou Mani, the doctor

6.5

Kiss & Tell

2018

as Jean-Pierre

5.7

R.A.I.D. Special Unit

as Jacques Pasquali

Odd Job

as Gardot

The New Adventures of Aladdin

2015

as Sultan

4.7

The Hundred-Foot Journey

2014

as Mayor

7.3

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Souvenirs

as Le père de Romain

Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid

2014

as Self / Various characters

6.2

Half-Sister

2013

as Paul

6.1

The Day I Saw Your Heart

2011

as Eli Dhrey

5.8

The Minister

2011

as Gilles, director of staff

6.4

A Spot of Bother

2010

as Jean-Paul Muret

5.2

The Girl on the Train

as Samuel Bleistein

A Day at the Museum

as Mosk

School's Out

as Professor Martineau

The Witnesses

as Adrien

The Second Wind

as le commissaire Blot

6.0

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

2006

as Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse

You Are So Beautiful

as Aymé Pigrenet

Madame Edouard

as le commissaire Léon

4.4

93, rue Lauriston

2004

as Inspecteur Blot

5.6

Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres

2003

as Self

L'Affaire Dominici

2003

as Commissaire Sébeille

Summer Things

as Jean-Pierre

The Grand Dukes

as Shapiron

Dead Tired

as Michel Blanc / Patrick Olivier

6.0

The Monster

1994

as Paride Taccone, le psychiatre

Prêt-à-Porter

as Inspector Forget

Toxic Affair

as The suicidal

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

1993

6.5

Thank You, Life

1991

as Raymond Pelleveau, le père jeune

6.2

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

1991

as L'hindou

5.3

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

as Norbert

Prospero's Books

as Alonso

Uranus

as Gaigneux

Monsieur Hire

as Monsieur Hire

Separate Bedrooms

as Martin

Sans peur et sans reproche

1988

as Verdiglione, surgeon

5.4

Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale

1988

as Walter Arbeit

3.3

The Fugitives

1986

as Docteur Bourdarias (non crédité)

Ménage

as Antoine

I Hate Actors

as Monsieur Albert

Bunny's Bar

as Jacques, portier

Nuit d'ivresse

as Jacques Belin

Drôle de samedi

as Driving school student

1.0

Dream One

1984

as Boris / Nemo's Father

3.4

The Defective Detective

as Laurent Martin

Marche à l'ombre

as Denis

Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983

as Le père Lebœuf, résistant

6.9

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!

1983

as Leroux

5.2

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi

1983

as Pierre

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

1982

as L'obsédé sexuel au téléphone (voice)

7.3

Singles

1982

as Bernard

5.0

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

as Guy

The Horse of Pride

as Corentin Calvez

French Fried Vacation 2

1979

as Jean-Claude Dusse

7.3

Out of Whack

1979

as Marcel Dupin / Passager métro effrayé

The Adolescent

as M. Bertin

Pierrot mon ami

The Other One's Mug

as Taboureau

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

1979

as Construction site police officer

6.3

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

1979

as Passerby who provides information

5.2

French Fried Vacation

1978

as Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse

6.6

Surprise Sock

1978

as L'interne

4.0

Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived

1978

as Le fils du capitaine

3.2

Like a Turtle on Its Back

as le fêtard qui lit

Focal Point

as Policeman

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

1977

as Antremont

4.8

Spoiled Children

1977

as Agent immobilier véreux

The Devil in the Box

The Tenant

as Scope's Neighbor

The Probability Factor

1976

as Choukroun

3.4

The Bottom Line

1976

as Friend from the café-theater

5.4

Let's Make a Dirty Movie

as Un flic

I Love You, I Don't

as A worker

The Best Way to Walk

as Deloux

Un bol d'air

as Michel

Let Joy Reign Supreme

1975

as Louis XV's valet

6.4

Bonne présentation exigée

1974

as L'homme qui arrive

6.0

The Girl's Dead, Man

1974

2.4

Television (18)

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

2023

as Self - Guest

Têtàtête(s)

2023

as Self - Guest

C à vous

as Self

Salut les Terriens !

as Self - Guest

L'Affaire Dominici

as Commissaire Sébeille

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Coucou c'est nous !

as Self

Les Nuls, l'émission

as Self - Guest

Palace

as Service des fraudes

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Merci Bernard

as Jean Bortansis

Les 400 Coups de Virginie

as l'antiquaire

Madame le Juge

as un vigile

Rire et sourire : Le Splendid

1978

as Différents rôles (Jean Marchand, M. Cinoche)

8.0

Les Héritiers

1977

as Ivan

10.0

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self

6.0

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

Crew (24)

Movies (24)

Kiss & Tell

Director

Kiss & Tell

Writer

Odd Job

Writer

A Spot of Bother

Writer

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

Writer

Summer Things

Director

Summer Things

Screenplay

Espèces menacées

Adaptation

The Escort

Director

The Escort

Screenplay

Dead Tired

Dialogue

Dead Tired

Director

Dead Tired

Screenplay

The Monster

Adaptation

L'Excès contraire

Director

Nuit d'ivresse

Stage Director

Marche à l'ombre

Director

Marche à l'ombre

Writer

Singles

Screenplay

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

1981

Adaptation

6.3

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

1981

Screenplay

6.3

French Fried Vacation 2

1979

Writer

7.3

French Fried Vacation

Writer

Un bol d'air

Writer