Michel Piccoli

ActorDirectorWriterProducerProduction Dec 27 (died age 94) Paris, Ile-de-France, France 1945–2025 (80 year career)

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Biography

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 fo…

Known For

Film

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Interior Minister

Film

Belle de Jour

Henri Husson

Film

The Young Girls of Rochefort

Simon Dame

Film

Holy Motors

Man with the Wine Stain

Film

Contempt

Paul Javal

Film

That Obscure Object of Desire

Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)

Film

La Grande Bouffe

Michel

Film

We Have a Pope

Melville

Filmography

Acting (269)

Movies (250)

The Life of Mirrors

It's Not Me

as (archive footage)

Godard by Godard

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story

2021

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Marx Can Wait

2021

as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3

Claude Chabrol, the Maverick

2019

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.2

Dios de monoambiente

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Coming Apart

2017

as (archive footage)

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

2017

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.9

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary

2017

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Our Lady of Hormones

2015

as Narrator

5.1

The Taste of Blueberries

2014

as Michel

Holy Motors

2012

as Man with the Wine Stain

7.0

Lines of Wellington

2012

as Leópold Scheitzer

5.7

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

as Le père

We Have a Pope

as Melville

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

2011

as Self

7.6

Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

2011

as Self

Portrait Of My Father

as Self

Le Bel Âge

as Maurice Reverdy

Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France

2009

Once Upon a Time… Contempt

as Self

The Dust of Time

as Spyros

The Beaches of Agnès

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

On War

2008

as Le grand Hou

4.9

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")

6.5

Beneath the Rooftops of Paris

2007

as Marcel

6.2

Le Roi Lear

2007

as Le roi Lear

Boxes

2007

as Daddy

5.3

The Duchess of Langeais

2007

as Vidame de Pamiers

5.1

Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur

as Himself

Belle Toujours

as Henri Husson

Magic Mirror

as Prof. Heschel

Gardens in Autumn

as Marie, la mère de Vincent

5.6

Everything's Connected

2005

as Narrator

6.0

Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli

as Self

That Day

as Harald

Little Lili

as acteur qui joue Simon

5.4

Raining Cats and Frogs

as Ferdinand (voice)

A Man, a Real One

as Michel Piccoli

Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

2002

as Self

Il bambino di Betlemme

I’m Going Home

as Gilbert Valence

Actors

as Michel Piccoli

Kiarostami in Close up

2000

as as Self

Speaking of Buñuel

2000

as Self

5.9

Everything's Fine, We're Leaving

2000

as Louis

3.6

París-Tombuctú

1999

as Michel des Assantes

5.7

Nothing About Robert

1999

as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West

6.0

Libero Burro

1999

as Zio Tony

4.1

The Happiest Place on Earth

1999

as Récitant (voice)

1.0

Les paradoxes de Buñuel

1998

as Self

Genealogies of a Crime

1997

as Georges Didier

6.5

Passion in the Desert

1997

as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis

Traveling Companion

as Cosimo

Party

as Michel

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

1996

as Prince de Conti

6.6

Ousmane Sow

1996

as Narrateur

Tykho Moon

1996

as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee

5.6

2 x 50 Years of French Cinema

1995

as Self

6.4

One Hundred and One Nights

1995

as Simon Cinéma

6.0

Tödliches Geld

1995

as Paul Belmont

The World of Jacques Demy

1995

as Self

6.8

The Emigrant

1994

as Adam - Ram's father

The Black Angel

as Georges Feuvrier

Bête de scène

Train de nuit

Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad

1994

as Presenter

Archipel

as Leonard Wilde

Rupture(s)

as Paul

Loonies at Large

as Henri Toussaint

The Young Girls Turn 25

1993

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

From Time to Time

1992

as Jules Verne

The Supper

1992

as Chateaubriand (voice)

6.7

La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento

1992

as Edouard Frenhofer

6.5

Le Bal des casse-pieds

1992

as Désiré, l'homosexuel

5.8

La Belle Noiseuse

1991

as Edouard Frenhofer

7.3

The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg

1991

as Le baron de Leisenbohg

Walking a Tightrope

as Marcel Spadice

Against Oblivion

as Self

The Children Thief

as Mr. Armand

May Fools

as Milou

Martha and I

as Ernst

The Monkey Folk

How Good the Whites Are

1988

as Père Jean-Marie

6.1

Blanc de Chine

1988

as Batz

Un coupable

1988

as L'avocat

7.5

La Ruelle au clair de lune

as Pierre Willer

Malady of Love

as Raoul Bergeron

The Veiled Man

as Kassar

The Distant Land

as Friedrich Hofreiter

La Rumba

as Damien Malleville

The Prude

as Pierre

Mauvais Sang

as Marc

The Nonentity

as der Tölpel

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister

1986

as Étienne Sembadel

4.2

Going and Coming Back

as Simon Lerner

Adieu Bonaparte

as Caffarelli

Death in a French Garden

as Graham Tombsthay

La Lune

Le Matelot 512

as Narrator (voice)

Long Live Life

as Michel Perrin

Dangerous Moves

as Akiva Liebskind

Success Is the Best Revenge

as French Official

The Prize of Peril

as Frédéric Mallaire

The General of the Dead Army

1983

as Benetandi

5.5

That Night of Varennes

1982

as King Louis XVI (uncredited)

6.8

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

as José Viss

Spy, Stand Up

as Jean-Paul Chance

The Passerby

as Max Baumstein

A Room in Town

as Edmond Leroyer

Godard's Passion

as Michel Boulard

La Cerisaie

as Léonid

Scénario du film Passion

as Self

The Eyes, the Mouth

as Tío Agostino

Beyond the Door

as Mr. Mutti

Confused Feelings

as Professor

Strange Affair

as Bertrand Malair

The Prodigal Daughter

1981

as Le père

7.0

Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.

1981

as Morrand

A Leap in the Dark

as Mauro Ponticelli

Atlantic City

as Joseph

The Price of Survival

1980

as René Winterhalter

Atrocious Tales of Love and Death

1979

as Victor Navarro

6.2

The Bit Between the Teeth

as Pierre Chazerand

Le Divorcement

as Philippe

Strauberg ist da

as Strauberg

The Savage State

1978

as Orlaville

6.2

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

as Conrad Brukner

Sugar

as Grezillo

Fire's Share

as Robert Hansen

The Accuser

as Saint-Ramé

That Obscure Object of Desire

1977

as Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)

7.4

Rene the Cane

1977

as Ispettore Marchand

Spoiled Children

as Bernard Rougerie

The Last Woman

as Michel

One Way or Another

as Lui

Mado

as Simon Léotard

F as in Fairbanks

as Etienne

Leonor

as Richard

Seven Deaths by Prescription

as Dr Losseray

Weak Spot

as L'enquêteur

The Phantom of Liberty

1974

as The Second Police Prefect

7.4

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others

as François, médecin

The Infernal Trio

as Georges Sarret

Life Size

as Michel

Un amour de pluie

as Mr. Dellerue (voice)

4.7

The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun

1974

Don't Touch the White Woman!

as Buffalo Bill

Themroc

as Themroc

La Grande Bouffe

as Michel

Wedding in Blood

as Pierre Maury

The Woman in Blue

as Pierre

Far West

as Indian chief

The Assassination

as Colonel Kassar

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

as Interior Minister

Cesar and Rosalie

as Narrator (voice)

Liza

as Giorgio's friend

The Audience

as Padre Amerin

Max and the Junkmen

as Max, inspector

Ten Days' Wonder

as Paul Regis

Touch and Go

as Valentin

Invasion

as Marcello

The Things of Life

as Pierre Bérard

Topaz

as Jacques Granville

The Milky Way

as Marquis de Sade

The Uninvited

as François Desailly

Dillinger Is Dead

as Glauco

Danger: Diabolik

as Inspector Ginko

Délire à deux

as Him

Heartbeat

1968

as Charles

6.4

Woman in Chains

1968

as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)

6.9

The Diary of an Innocent Boy

as Count Philippe

Belle de Jour

as Henri Husson

The Young Girls of Rochefort

as Simon Dame

My Love, My Love

as Marrades

Shock Troops

as L'homme de trop

The Dinosaur and the Baby

1967

as Paul Javal (archive footage)

6.0

Romy: Anatomy of a Face

as Self

The Devil's Tricks

as L'antiquaire

Is Paris Burning?

as Edgar Pisani

The Creatures

as Edgar Piccoli

La Voleuse

as Werner Kreuz

Le Coup de grâce

as Capri / Bruno

Elsa the Rose

as Narrator (voice)

The War Is Over

as Inspector #1

The Game Is Over

as Alexandre Saccard

Lady L

as Lecoeur

Masquerade

as Georges Sarrassin

The Sleeping Car Murders

1965

as René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)

Dom Juan

as Dom Juan

Paparazzi

as Texte dit par (voice)

6.8

Diary of a Chambermaid

as Monsieur Monteil

All About Loving

as Raoul

Café tabac

as Récitant (voice)

Bardot et Godard

1964

as Self

6.1

Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps

1964

as Narrator (voice)

7.2

L'Été en hiver

1964

as Jean, the Reporter

8.0

Chance at Love

1964

as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")

5.8

Marie Soleil

1964

as Kafka

The Day and the Hour

as Antoine

Contempt

as Paul Javal

Hello Cubans

as Narrator (voice)

Adieu Philippine

as Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)

Le Doulos

as Nuttheccio

Climates of Love

as François

Le Temps des assassins

1962

as Récitant (voice)

Parisienne... Parisiennes

1962

as Récitant (voice)

La Chevelure

as L'homme

Rendezvous

as Paul

Fumée, histoire et fantaisie

1961

Quarante fontaines

1961

as Récitant (voice)

Amazons of Rome

as Console Publicola

Hauteclaire

as Serlon de Savigny

Les Joueurs

as Chvokhniev

La dragée haute

as Hugo Barsac

Le Rendez-vous de Noël

1960

Danger in the Middle East

1960

as Brian Cannon

Le Chalet sous la neige

1959

as Robert

Beast at Bay

1959

as Commissioner Jacques Guimard

La Nuit de Tom Brown

as Tom Brown, jeune

Tabarin

as Jacques Forestier

Sinners of Paris

as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.

5.1

Le Quadrille des diamants

1957

as Richard Burke

Nathalie

1957

as Franck Marchal

6.1

Sunday Buddies

1957

as Le directeur de l'aéro-club

5.9

The Witches of Salem

1957

as James Putnam

6.9

Le Plus Heureux des trois

1957

as Pianist

La France romane

1956

as Récitant (voice)

Death in the Garden

1956

as Father Lizzardi

6.4

French Cancan

1955

as Le Capitaine Valorgueil

7.2

Croissance de Paris

1955

as Récitant (voice)

The Grand Manoeuvre

1955

as Officer (uncredited)

6.0

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

as Maurice Rouger

Bad Liaisons

as un inspecteur

Price of Love

as Georges

Tout chante autour de moi

1954

as Reverdier

Daughters of Destiny

1954

as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")

4.0

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

1954

as Gérard

Horizons...

1953

as un ouvrier

Torticola versus Frankensberg

1952

as Torticola

4.0

Chicago Digest

1951

as Slim Spring

Without Leaving an Address

1951

as Un journaliste aux archives

6.1

Terreur en Oklahoma

1951

as Tommy Goudchote

La Leçon d'humour dans un parc

1951

The Mark of the Day

1949

as Georges Gohelle

6.8

The Perfume of the Lady in Black

as Lebel

The Bellman

as Un villageois

Television (19)

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

as Self

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Les Grandes Familles

as Noël Schoudler

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Docteur Teyran

as Jean Teyran

Chili Impressions

1978

as Self - Le lecteur des écrits d'A. Pinochet (voice)

Nouvelles d'Henry James

1976

as Capitaine Roger

Midi Première

as Self

Apostrophes

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self

6.0

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

Midi trente

as Self

Samedi soir

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Treffpunkte

as Self

German Film Award

1951

as Self

6.0

Crew (18)

Movies (18)

C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé

2006

Director

5.0

C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé

Writer

The Black Beach

Director

The Black Beach

Writer

Alors voilà,

Director

Alors voilà,

Writer

Train de nuit

Director

Train de nuit

Writer

Against Oblivion

Director

The General of the Dead Army

1983

Producer

5.5

The Price of Survival

1980

Producer

The Savage State

Producer

Leonor

Producer

Seven Deaths by Prescription

Associate Producer

Weak Spot

Co-Producer

Life Size

Producer

Don't Touch the White Woman!

Producer

Paparazzi

Writer