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Michel Piccoli

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedDec 27, 1925 (Died at 95)
Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn
Place of BirthParis, Ile-de-France, France
Career Span1945 – 2020
Known Credits251 Titles
ActingPopularity Score 1.2

Michel Piccoli

Also known as:Мишель Пикколиميشيل بيكولي
Total Works

251

235 movies • 16 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Holy Motors
7.0
Holy Motors
2012•movie
as Man with the Wine Stain
Belle de Jour
7.3
Belle de Jour
1967•movie
as Henri Husson
Contempt
7.0
Contempt
1963•movie
as Paul Javal
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
7.4
as Interior Minister

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 251 titles featuring Michel Piccoli

Holy Motors
7.0
Holy Motors
2012•movie

as Man with the Wine Stain

Belle de Jour
7.3
Belle de Jour
1967•movie

as Henri Husson

Contempt
7.0
Contempt
1963•movie

as Paul Javal

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
7.4

as Interior Minister

The Young Girls of Rochefort
7.7

as Simon Dame

We Have a Pope
6.8
We Have a Pope
2011•movie

as Melville

La Grande Bouffe
7.1
La Grande Bouffe
1973•movie

as Michel

That Obscure Object of Desire
7.4

as Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)

Topaz
6.0
Topaz
1969•movie

as Jacques Granville

The Phantom of Liberty
7.4

as Police Prefect #2

Le Doulos
7.4
Le Doulos
1962•movie

as Nuttheccio

Atlantic City
6.8
Atlantic City
1980•movie

as Joseph

La Belle Noiseuse
7.3
La Belle Noiseuse
1991•movie

as Edouard Frenhofer

Mauvais Sang
7.1
Mauvais Sang
1986•movie

as Marc

The Things of Life
7.1
The Things of Life
1970•movie

as Pierre Bérard

Danger: Diabolik
6.3
Danger: Diabolik
1968•movie

as Inspector Ginko

Diary of a Chambermaid
7.1

as Monsieur Monteil

Is Paris Burning?
7.2
Is Paris Burning?
1966•movie

as Edgar Pisani

Cesar and Rosalie
7.2
Cesar and Rosalie
1972•movie

as Narrator (voice)

The Milky Way
7.1
The Milky Way
1969•movie

as Marquis de Sade

One Way or Another
7.7
One Way or Another
1976•movie

as Him

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
7.0

as François, médecin

To Each His Own Cinema
6.4

as Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")

Dillinger Is Dead
7.1
Dillinger Is Dead
1969•movie

as Glauco

The Beaches of Agnès
7.7

as Self (archive footage)

Raining Cats and Frogs
6.9

as Ferdinand (voice)

Max and the Junkmen
7.1

as Max, inspector

The Prize of Peril
6.5
The Prize of Peril
1983•movie

as Frédéric Mallaire

French Cancan
7.2
French Cancan
1955•movie

as Le Capitaine Valorgueil

Actors
5.8
Actors
2000•movie

as Michel Piccoli

The Sleeping Car Murders
6.9

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

May Fools
6.9
May Fools
1990•movie

as Milou

A Room in Town
6.4
A Room in Town
1982•movie

as Edmond Leroyer

Death in the Garden
6.4

as Father Lizzardi

Spy, Stand Up
7.2
Spy, Stand Up
1982•movie

as Jean-Paul Chance

Death in a French Garden
6.0

as Graham Tombsthay

Wedding in Blood
6.4
Wedding in Blood
1973•movie

as Pierre Maury

Woman in Chains
7.0
Woman in Chains
1968•movie

as L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
6.5

as Prince de Conti

That Night of Varennes
6.9

as King Louis XVI (uncredited)

Godard's Passion
5.6
Godard's Passion
1982•movie

as Michel Boulard

Mado
6.4
Mado
1976•movie

as Simon Léotard

One Hundred and One Nights
6.1

as Simon Cinéma

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
6.6

as Le père

Hello Cubans
7.3
Hello Cubans
1963•movie

as Narrator (voice)

Adieu Philippine
6.8
Adieu Philippine
1962•movie

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

Themroc
6.4
Themroc
1973•movie

as Themroc

Little Lili
5.6
Little Lili
2003•movie

as acteur qui joue Simon

The Creatures
6.4
The Creatures
1966•movie

as Edgar Piccoli

Nothing About Robert
6.0

as Lord Ariel Chatwick-West

Le Bal des casse-pieds
6.0

as Désiré, l'homosexuel

The Dust of Time
6.4
The Dust of Time
2008•movie

as Spyros

The Last Woman
6.2
The Last Woman
1976•movie

as Michel

Liza
6.0
Liza
1972•movie

as Giorgio's friend

The Prodigal Daughter
7.0

as Le père

The War Is Over
6.5
The War Is Over
1966•movie

as Inspector #1

Strange Affair
6.3
Strange Affair
1981•movie

as Bertrand Malair

The Witches of Salem
6.9

as James Putnam

Shock Troops
6.7
Shock Troops
1967•movie

as L'homme de trop

The Assassination
6.6
The Assassination
1972•movie

as Colonel Kassar

Lines of Wellington
5.7

as Leópold Scheitzer

I’m Going Home
6.8
I’m Going Home
2001•movie

as Gilbert Valence

Dangerous Moves
5.9
Dangerous Moves
1984•movie

as Akiva Liebskind

Don't Touch the White Woman!
5.5

as Buffalo Bill

Seven Deaths by Prescription
6.1

as Dr Losseray

The Passerby
6.2
The Passerby
1982•movie

as Max Baumstein

Marx Can Wait
7.2
Marx Can Wait
2021•movie

as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sugar
6.6
Sugar
1978•movie

as Grezillo

The Supper
6.7
The Supper
1992•movie

as Chateaubriand (voice)

The Grand Manoeuvre
6.0

as Officer (uncredited)

The Audience
6.5
The Audience
1972•movie

as Padre Amerin

The Diary of an Innocent Boy
6.0

as Count Philippe

Tykho Moon
5.6
Tykho Moon
1996•movie

as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee

It's Not Me
7.1
It's Not Me
2024•movie

as (archive footage)

A Leap in the Dark
6.3
A Leap in the Dark
1980•movie

as Mauro Ponticelli

The Infernal Trio
5.4
The Infernal Trio
1974•movie

as Georges Sarret

Ten Days' Wonder
6.2
Ten Days' Wonder
1971•movie

as Paul Regis

Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
6.4

as Victor Navarro

Genealogies of a Crime
6.5

as Georges Didier

The Nonentity
6.0
The Nonentity
1986•movie

as der Tölpel

Heartbeat
6.4
Heartbeat
1968•movie

as Charles

The Duchess of Langeais
5.2

as Vidame de Pamiers

The Young Girls Turn 25
7.1

as Self (archive footage)

On War
4.9
On War
2008•movie

as Le grand Hou

Leonor
5.7
Leonor
1975•movie

as Richard

The Black Angel
5.4
The Black Angel
1994•movie

as Georges Feuvrier

Life Size
5.7
Life Size
1974•movie

as Michel

Lady L
5.8
Lady L
1965•movie

as Lecoeur

Wetten, dass..?
5.6
1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
1981•series

as Self

The Eyes, the Mouth
5.5

as Tío Agostino

Touch and Go
5.2
Touch and Go
1971•movie

as Valentin

Elsa the Rose
6.1
Elsa the Rose
1966•movie

as Narrator (voice)

The Day and the Hour
6.7

as Antoine

Going and Coming Back
6.5

as Simon Lerner

La Voleuse
5.8
La Voleuse
1966•movie

as Werner Kreuz

Long Live Life
6.0
Long Live Life
1984•movie

as Michel Perrin

Spoiled Children
6.2
Spoiled Children
1977•movie

as Bernard Rougerie

Belle Toujours
6.0
Belle Toujours
2006•movie

as Henri Husson

Paparazzi
6.5
Paparazzi
1964•movie

as Texte dit par (voice)

Weak Spot
6.2
Weak Spot
1975•movie

as L'enquêteur

Our Lady of Hormones
5.2

as Narrator

The Emigrant
5.8
The Emigrant
1994•movie

as Adam - Ram's father

Masquerade
5.0
Masquerade
1965•movie

as Georges Sarrassin

F as in Fairbanks
6.4
F as in Fairbanks
1976•movie

as Etienne

París-Tombuctú
5.8
París-Tombuctú
1999•movie

as Michel des Assantes

The Game Is Over
5.4
The Game Is Over
1966•movie

as Alexandre Saccard

Sinners of Paris
5.5
Sinners of Paris
1958•movie

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

That Day
6.1
That Day
2003•movie

as Harald

Without Leaving an Address
6.4

as Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)

The World of Jacques Demy
6.9

as Self

The Veiled Man
4.5
The Veiled Man
1987•movie

as Kassar

The Children Thief
4.4
The Children Thief
1991•movie

as Mr. Armand

All About Loving
4.7
All About Loving
1964•movie

as Raoul

Adieu Bonaparte
5.9
Adieu Bonaparte
1985•movie

as Caffarelli - كافاريللي

Party
6.5
Party
1996•movie

as Michel

La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
6.9

as Edouard Frenhofer

Loving in the Rain
5.1
Loving in the Rain
1974•movie

as Mr. Dellerue (voice)

Passion in the Desert
5.8

as Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis

Malady of Love
5.1
Malady of Love
1987•movie

as Raoul Bergeron

Gardens in Autumn
6.0
Gardens in Autumn
2006•movie

as Marie, la mère de Vincent

Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
6.2

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Le Bel Âge
4.3
Le Bel Âge
2009•movie

as Maurice Reverdy

Beyond the Door
4.2
Beyond the Door
1982•movie

as Mr. Mutti

Speaking of Buñuel
6.0

as Self

Traveling Companion
6.2

as Cosimo

Magic Mirror
6.6
Magic Mirror
2006•movie

as Prof. Heschel

2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
6.4
The Prude
4.9
The Prude
1986•movie

as Pierre

Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
4.2
The Bellman
6.9
The Bellman
1945•movie

as Un villageois

Bad Liaisons
6.4
Bad Liaisons
1955•movie

as un inspecteur

Scénario du film Passion
5.9

as Self

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
4.6

as Étienne Sembadel

The Woman in Blue
5.7
The Woman in Blue
1973•movie

as Pierre

Far West
6.5
Far West
1973•movie

as Indian chief

The Mark of the Day
7.0

as Georges Gohelle

The Accuser
6.2
The Accuser
1977•movie

as Saint-Ramé

The Uninvited
6.1
The Uninvited
1969•movie

as François Desailly

Beast at Bay
4.8
Beast at Bay
1959•movie

as Commissioner Jacques Guimard

Bardot et Godard
6.4
Bardot et Godard
1964•movie

as Self

Champs-Elysées
6.8
5 eps
Champs-Elysées
1982•series

as Self

Vivement dimanche
3.6
1 eps
Vivement dimanche
1998•series

as Self

Walking a Tightrope
4.9

as Marcel Spadice

Sunday Buddies
6.2
Sunday Buddies
1957•movie

as Le directeur de l'aéro-club

Amazons of Rome
4.8
Amazons of Rome
1961•movie

as Console Publicola

Nathalie
6.6
Nathalie
1957•movie

as Franck Marchal

Rene the Cane
4.5
Rene the Cane
1977•movie

as Ispettore Marchand

The Bit Between the Teeth
5.9

as Pierre Chazerand

Confused Feelings
4.9
Confused Feelings
1981•movie

as Professor

Fire's Share
5.6
Fire's Share
1978•movie

as Robert Hansen

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
7.1
Le Matelot 512
4.8
Le Matelot 512
1984•movie

as Narrator (voice)

Nulle part ailleurs
6.1
1 eps
Nulle part ailleurs
1987•series

as Self

How Good the Whites Are
6.6

as Père Jean-Marie

Dom Juan
6.4
Dom Juan
1965•movie

as Dom Juan

My Love, My Love
6.4
My Love, My Love
1967•movie

as Marrades

Rendezvous
6.6
Rendezvous
1961•movie

as Paul

Agnès Varda: From Here to There
7.6
Success Is the Best Revenge
6.5

as French Official

Boxes
5.3
Boxes
2007•movie

as Daddy

François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
6.0
The General of the Dead Army
6.2

as Benetandi

The Savage State
6.3
The Savage State
1978•movie

as Orlaville

Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
7.9

as Narrator (voice)

The Dinosaur and the Baby
6.2

as Paul Javal (archive footage)

Romy: Anatomy of a Face
6.8

as Self

Agnès Varda: From Here to There
6.5
5 eps
La Rumba
5.3
La Rumba
1987•movie

as Damien Malleville

Libero Burro
5.3
Libero Burro
1999•movie

as Zio Tony

Godard by Godard
7.2
Godard by Godard
2023•movie

as Self (archive footage)

Daughters of Destiny
4.6

as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
7.2

as Self (archive footage)

Price of Love
5.4
Price of Love
1955•movie

as Georges

The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
3.8

as Le baron de Leisenbohg

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
6.5

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

The Devil's Tricks
5.8
The Devil's Tricks
1966•movie

as L'antiquaire

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
6.5
1 eps

as Self (archive footage)

Alors voilà,
4.0
Alors voilà,
1997•movie

Role: Director

The Black Beach
6.0
The Black Beach
2001•movie

Role: Director

Le Coup de grâce
5.8
Le Coup de grâce
1966•movie

as Capri / Bruno

Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
6.2

as Marcel

A Man, a Real One
7.6
A Man, a Real One
2003•movie

as Michel Piccoli

Chance at Love
5.6
Chance at Love
1964•movie

as Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")

Apostrophes
8.5
1 eps
Apostrophes
1975•series

as Self

Hauteclaire
5.0
Hauteclaire
1961•movie

as Serlon de Savigny

Lest We Forget
7.0
Lest We Forget
1991•movie

as Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")

Loonies at Large
7.3
Loonies at Large
1993•movie

as Henri Toussaint

L'Été en hiver
6.0
L'Été en hiver
1964•movie

as Jean, the Reporter

La Cerisaie
4.7
La Cerisaie
1982•movie

as Léonid

Little Girl in Blue Velvet
5.7

as Conrad Brukner

Portrait Of My Father
7.3

as Self

La Chevelure
5.7
La Chevelure
1961•movie

as L'homme

Train de nuit
6.0
Train de nuit
1994•movie
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
7.7

as Self (archive footage)

The Happiest Place on Earth
3.3

as Récitant (voice)

Romy, A Free Woman
6.0
Romy, A Free Woman
2022•movie

as archive footage

8.0
1 eps
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971•series

as Self

Un coupable
8.8
Un coupable
1988•movie

as L'avocat

The Perfume of the Lady in Black
7.5
The Monkey Folk
7.8
The Monkey Folk
1989•movie
The Distant Land
7.0
The Distant Land
1987•movie

as Friedrich Hofreiter

Climates of Love
10.0
Climates of Love
1962•movie

as François

Martha and I
7.0
Martha and I
1990•movie

as Ernst

Le Divorcement
8.0
Le Divorcement
1979•movie

as Philippe

Les Joueurs
5.5
Les Joueurs
1960•movie

as Chvokhniev

Everything's Connected
6.5

as Narrator

La Nuit de Tom Brown
7.2

as Tom Brown, jeune

Invasion
5.0
Invasion
1970•movie

as Marcello

Tabarin
5.5
Tabarin
1958•movie

as Jacques Forestier

Brook by Brook
8.0
Brook by Brook
2002•movie

as Self

Spécial cinéma
9.5
2 eps
Spécial cinéma
1974•series

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6.0
3 eps

as Self

Midi Première
9.0
1 eps
Midi Première
1975•series

as Self

Danger in the Middle East
7.0

as Brian Cannon

Délire à deux
2.0
Délire à deux
1968•movie

as Him

Marie Soleil
10.0
Marie Soleil
1964•movie

as Kafka

Le Quadrille des diamants
6.0

as Richard Burke

Once Upon a Time… Contempt
8.0

as Self

La dragée haute
7.0
La dragée haute
1960•movie

as Hugo Barsac

Tout chante autour de moi
7.0

as Reverdier

Blanc de Chine
7.0
Blanc de Chine
1988•movie

as Batz

The Price of Survival
8.0

as René Winterhalter

Chicago Digest
9.0
Chicago Digest
1951•movie

as Slim Spring

Horizons...
7.0
Horizons...
1953•movie

as un ouvrier

Ousmane Sow
10.0
Ousmane Sow
1996•movie

as Narrateur

Les paradoxes de Buñuel
9.0

as Self

From Time to Time
8.0
From Time to Time
1992•movie

as Jules Verne

The Bardot mystery
10.0
The Bardot mystery
2012•movie
Docteur Teyran
7.0
3 eps
Docteur Teyran
1980•series

as Jean Teyran

Midi trente
6.0
5 eps
Midi trente
1972•series

as Self

Les Grandes Familles
10.0
4 eps

as Noël Schoudler

Chili Impressions
7.0
4 eps
Chili Impressions
1978•series

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

Ciné regards
5.0
6 eps
Ciné regards
1978•series

as Self

Kiarostami in Close up

as as Self

La Lune
La Lune
1985•movie
Coming Apart
Coming Apart
2017•movie

as (archive footage)

The Taste of Blueberries

as Michel

Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres

as Self (archive footage)

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
7.0

as Gérard

Croissance de  Paris

as Récitant (voice)

Parisienne... Parisiennes

as Récitant (voice)

Rencontre Unique
Rencontre Unique
2007•movie

as Nikita Khrouchtchev