Michel Piccoli
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 27, 1925
- Died
- May 12, 2020 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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 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
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Filmography
The Life of Mirrors
Movie
It's Not Me
Movie · as (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Romy, A Free Woman
Movie · as archive footage
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Marx Can Wait
Movie · as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Dios de monoambiente
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Coming Apart
Movie · as (archive footage)
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Our Lady of Hormones
Movie · as Narrator
The Taste of Blueberries
Movie · as Michel
Holy Motors
Movie · as Man with the Wine Stain
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Movie · as Le père
Lines of Wellington
Movie · as Leópold Scheitzer
The Bardot mystery
Movie
We Have a Pope
Movie · as Melville
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Movie · as Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Movie · as Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Portrait Of My Father
Movie · as Self
Le Bel Âge
Movie · as Maurice Reverdy
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
Movie · as Self
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
Movie
On War
Movie · as Le grand Hou
The Dust of Time
Movie · as Spyros
The Beaches of Agnès
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
Movie · as Self
The Duchess of Langeais
Movie · as Vidame de Pamiers
Le Roi Lear
Movie · as Le roi Lear
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
Movie · as Marcel
Boxes
Movie · as Daddy
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie · as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
Rencontre Unique
Movie · as Nikita Khrouchtchev
Gardens in Autumn
Movie · as Marie, la mère de Vincent
Belle Toujours
Movie · as Henri Husson
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur
Movie · as Self
Magic Mirror
Movie · as Prof. Heschel
Everything's Connected
Movie · as Narrator
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
Movie · as Self
Raining Cats and Frogs
Movie · as Ferdinand (voice)
Little Lili
Movie · as acteur qui joue Simon
That Day
Movie · as Harald
A Man, a Real One
Movie · as Michel Piccoli
Il bambino di Betlemme
Movie
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Movie · as Self
Brook by Brook
Movie · as Self
I’m Going Home
Movie · as Gilbert Valence
Kiarostami in Close up
Movie · as as Self
Actors
Movie · as Michel Piccoli
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
Movie · as Louis
Speaking of Buñuel
Movie · as Self
New World Order: Somewhere in Africa
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
París-Tombuctú
Movie · as Michel des Assantes
Nothing About Robert
Movie · as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
Libero Burro
Movie · as Zio Tony
The Happiest Place on Earth
Movie · as Récitant (voice)
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Movie · as Self
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Passion in the Desert
Movie · as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Genealogies of a Crime
Movie · as Georges Didier
Tykho Moon
Movie · as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Movie · as Prince de Conti
Traveling Companion
Movie · as Cosimo
Party
Movie · as Michel
Ousmane Sow
Movie · as Narrateur
One Hundred and One Nights
Movie · as Simon Cinéma
The World of Jacques Demy
Movie · as Self
Tödliches Geld
Movie · as Paul Belmont
The Black Angel
Movie · as Georges Feuvrier
Bête de scène
Movie
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
Movie · as Presenter
Train de nuit
Movie
The Emigrant
Movie · as Adam - Ram's father
Loonies at Large
Movie · as Henri Toussaint
The Young Girls Turn 25
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Archipel
Movie · as Leonard Wilde
Rupture(s)
Movie · as Paul
The Supper
Movie · as Chateaubriand (voice)
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Movie · as Désiré, l'homosexuel
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
Movie · as Edouard Frenhofer
From Time to Time
Movie · as Jules Verne
La Belle Noiseuse
Movie · as Edouard Frenhofer
Walking a Tightrope
Movie · as Marcel Spadice
Lest We Forget
Movie · as Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
The Children Thief
Movie · as Mr. Armand
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
Movie · as Le baron de Leisenbohg
May Fools
Movie · as Milou
Martha and I
Movie · as Ernst
The Monkey Folk
Movie
Les Grandes Familles
TV · as Noël Schoudler · 4 eps
Un coupable
Movie · as L'avocat
How Good the Whites Are
Movie · as Père Jean-Marie
La Ruelle au clair de lune
Movie · as Pierre Willer
Blanc de Chine
Movie · as Batz
The Veiled Man
Movie · as Kassar
La Rumba
Movie · as Damien Malleville
Malady of Love
Movie · as Raoul Bergeron
The Distant Land
Movie · as Friedrich Hofreiter
Nulle part ailleurs
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mauvais Sang
Movie · as Marc
The Prude
Movie · as Pierre
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Movie · as Étienne Sembadel
The Nonentity
Movie · as der Tölpel
Death in a French Garden
Movie · as Graham Tombsthay
La Lune
Movie
Going and Coming Back
Movie · as Simon Lerner
Adieu Bonaparte
Movie · as Caffarelli - كافاريللي
Dangerous Moves
Movie · as Akiva Liebskind
Long Live Life
Movie · as Michel Perrin
Success Is the Best Revenge
Movie · as French Official
Le Matelot 512
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The General of the Dead Army
Movie · as Benetandi
The Prize of Peril
Movie · as Frédéric Mallaire
A Room in Town
Movie · as Edmond Leroyer
The Passerby
Movie · as Max Baumstein
Godard's Passion
Movie · as Michel Boulard
Spy, Stand Up
Movie · as Jean-Paul Chance
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
Movie · as José Viss
Beyond the Door
Movie · as Mr. Mutti
The Eyes, the Mouth
Movie · as Tío Agostino
La Cerisaie
Movie · as Léonid
That Night of Varennes
Movie · as King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Scénario du film Passion
Movie · as Self
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Strange Affair
Movie · as Bertrand Malair
The Prodigal Daughter
Movie · as Le père
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
Movie · as Morrand
Confused Feelings
Movie · as Professor
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Atlantic City
Movie · as Joseph
A Leap in the Dark
Movie · as Mauro Ponticelli
The Price of Survival
Movie · as René Winterhalter
Docteur Teyran
TV · as Jean Teyran · 3 eps
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
Movie · as Victor Navarro
The Bit Between the Teeth
Movie · as Pierre Chazerand
Le Divorcement
Movie · as Philippe
Sugar
Movie · as Grezillo
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Movie · as Conrad Brukner
Fire's Share
Movie · as Robert Hansen
The Savage State
Movie · as Orlaville
Strauberg ist da
Movie · as Strauberg
lulu
Movie · as Schoen
Chili Impressions
TV · as Self - Le lecteur des écrits d'A. Pinochet (voice) · 4 eps
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Spoiled Children
Movie · as Bernard Rougerie
The Accuser
Movie · as Saint-Ramé
Rene the Cane
Movie · as Ispettore Marchand
That Obscure Object of Desire
Movie · as Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
Mado
Movie · as Simon Léotard
The Last Woman
Movie · as Michel
F as in Fairbanks
Movie · as Etienne
One Way or Another
Movie · as Him
Henry James Stories
TV · as Captain Roger · 1 ep
Seven Deaths by Prescription
Movie · as Dr Losseray
Leonor
Movie · as Richard
Weak Spot
Movie · as L'enquêteur
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Apostrophes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Infernal Trio
Movie · as Georges Sarret
The Phantom of Liberty
Movie · as Police Prefect #2
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Movie · as François, médecin
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Movie · as Buffalo Bill
Life Size
Movie · as Michel
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
Movie
Loving in the Rain
Movie · as Mr. Dellerue (voice)
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 2 eps
La Grande Bouffe
Movie · as Michel
Themroc
Movie · as Themroc
Wedding in Blood
Movie · as Pierre Maury
The Woman in Blue
Movie · as Pierre
Far West
Movie · as Indian chief
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Movie · as Interior Minister
Liza
Movie · as Giorgio's friend
The Audience
Movie · as Padre Amerin
The Assassination
Movie · as Colonel Kassar
Cesar and Rosalie
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Max and the Junkmen
Movie · as Max, inspector
Ten Days' Wonder
Movie · as Paul Regis
Touch and Go
Movie · as Valentin
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Things of Life
Movie · as Pierre Bérard
Invasion
Movie · as Marcello
Treffpunkte
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Topaz
Movie · as Jacques Granville
The Milky Way
Movie · as Marquis de Sade
Dillinger Is Dead
Movie · as Glauco
The Uninvited
Movie · as François Desailly
Danger: Diabolik
Movie · as Inspector Ginko
Heartbeat
Movie · as Charles
Délire à deux
Movie · as Him
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Movie · as Count Philippe
Woman in Chains
Movie · as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
Belle de Jour
Movie · as Henri Husson
Shock Troops
Movie · as L'homme de trop
My Love, My Love
Movie · as Marrades
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Movie · as Paul Javal (archive footage)
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
Movie · as Self
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Movie · as Simon Dame
La Voleuse
Movie · as Werner Kreuz
Is Paris Burning?
Movie · as Edgar Pisani
The War Is Over
Movie · as Inspector #1
Le Coup de grâce
Movie · as Capri / Bruno
The Creatures
Movie · as Edgar Piccoli
The Game Is Over
Movie · as Alexandre Saccard
Elsa the Rose
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Devil's Tricks
Movie · as L'antiquaire
Masquerade
Movie · as Georges Sarrassin
The Sleeping Car Murders
Movie · as René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
Dom Juan
Movie · as Dom Juan
Lady L
Movie · as Lecoeur
Diary of a Chambermaid
Movie · as Monsieur Monteil
L'Été en hiver
Movie · as Jean, the Reporter
All About Loving
Movie · as Raoul
Marie Soleil
Movie · as Kafka
Paparazzi
Movie · as Texte dit par (voice)
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Bardot et Godard
Movie · as Self
Chance at Love
Movie · as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
Café tabac
Movie · as Récitant (voice)
Contempt
Movie · as Paul Javal
The Day and the Hour
Movie · as Antoine
Hello Cubans
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Climates of Love
Movie · as François
Le Doulos
Movie · as Nuttheccio
Parisienne... Parisiennes
Movie · as Récitant (voice)
Le Temps des assassins
Movie · as Récitant (voice)
Adieu Philippine
Movie · as Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Hauteclaire
Movie · as Serlon de Savigny
Amazons of Rome
Movie · as Console Publicola
La Chevelure
Movie · as L'homme
Rendezvous
Movie · as Paul
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
Movie
Quarante fontaines
Movie · as Récitant (voice)
Danger in the Middle East
Movie · as Brian Cannon
Les Joueurs
Movie · as Chvokhniev
La dragée haute
Movie · as Hugo Barsac
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
Movie
Beast at Bay
Movie · as Commissioner Jacques Guimard
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Movie · as Tom Brown, jeune
Le Chalet sous la neige
Movie · as Robert
Sinners of Paris
Movie · as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
Tabarin
Movie · as Jacques Forestier
The Witches of Salem
Movie · as James Putnam
Sunday Buddies
Movie · as Le directeur de l'aéro-club
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Movie · as Pianist
Nathalie
Movie · as Franck Marchal
Le Quadrille des diamants
Movie · as Richard Burke
Death in the Garden
Movie · as Father Lizzardi
La France romane
Movie · as Récitant (voice)
French Cancan
Movie · as Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Price of Love
Movie · as Georges
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Movie · as Maurice Rouger
Bad Liaisons
Movie · as un inspecteur
The Grand Manoeuvre
Movie · as Officer (uncredited)
Croissance de Paris
Movie · as Récitant (voice)
Daughters of Destiny
Movie · as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
Tout chante autour de moi
Movie · as Reverdier
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Movie · as Gérard
Horizons...
Movie · as un ouvrier
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Movie · as Torticola
Without Leaving an Address
Movie · as Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)
Terreur en Oklahoma
Movie · as Tommy Goudchote
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
Movie
Chicago Digest
Movie · as Slim Spring
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Movie · as Lebel
The Mark of the Day
Movie · as Georges Gohelle
The Bellman
Movie · as Un villageois