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Born in a musician's family, he spent the first fifteen years of his career appearing both on stage and on screen, mostly in supporting roles. His breakthrough came after Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt and about 100 films, ranging from art-house movies to commercial mainstream, followed. He won the... See full bio »

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2012 As Linhas de Torres Vedras (TV mini-series)
Léopold Schweitzer
 
2012 Lines of Wellington
Leópold Scheitzer
 
2012 Holy Motors
L'Homme à la tache de vin
 
2012 You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Michel Piccoli/Le père
 
2009 Flying Away (short)
Valentin
 
2009 Restless
Maurice Reverdy
 
2008 Myster Mocky présente (TV series)
 
2008 On War
Le grand Hou
 
2007 Le roi Lear (TV movie)
Le roi Lear
 
2007 Boxes
Papa
 
2006 Jardins en automne
Marie, la mère de Vincent
 
2005 Magic Mirror
Prof. Heschel
 
2004 Mal de mer (short)
Anselme
 
2003 Little Lili
L'acteur qui joue Simon
 
2003 Raining Cats and Frogs
Ferdinand (voice)
 
2003 That Day
Harald
 
2002 Yadon ilaheyya
Santa Claus Breathing (voice)
 
2001 Je rentre à la maison
Gilbert Valence
 
2000 Actors
Michel Piccoli
 
1999 Libero Burro
Uncle Tony
 
1999 The Happiest Place on Earth
Récitant (fin du film) (voice)
 
1999 Rien sur Robert
Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
 
1998 Le prince des imposteurs (TV movie)
Le professeur Michel Chasles
 
1997 Passion in the Desert
Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
 
1997 Généalogies d'un crime
Georges Didier
 
1996 Tykho Moon
Mac Bee/frère Mac Bee
 
1996 Party
Michel
 
1996 Traveling Companion
Cosimo
 
1995 One Hundred and One Nights
Simon Cinéma
 
1995 Family of Lies (TV movie)
Paul Belmont
 
1994 L'ange noir
Georges Feuvrier
 
1994 The Bear (short)
L'acteur
 
1994 Train de nuit (short)
 
1994 The Emigrant
Adam
 
1993 Rupture(s)
Paul
 
1993 La cavale des fous
Henri Toussaint
 
1993 Archipel
Leonard Wilde
 
1992 Le souper
Chateaubriand (voice)
 
1992 La vie crevée
Raymond
 
1992 From Time to Time (short)
Jules Verne
 
1992 Le bal des casse-pieds
Désiré
 
1992 Walking a Tightrope
Marcel Spadice
 
1992 Divertimento
Edouard Frenhofer
 
1991 Le voleur d'enfants
M. Armand
 
1991 La belle noiseuse
Edouard Frenhofer
 
1991 L'amour maudit de Leisenbohg (TV movie)
Le baron de Leisenbohg
 
1991 Le bateau de Lu (short)
Un client
 
1990 Martha et moi
Ernst
 
1990 May Fools
Milou
 
1989 Les grandes familles (TV mini-series)
Noël Schoudler
 
1989 Le conte d'hiver (TV movie)
Leontes
 
1988 La ruelle au clair de lune (TV movie)
Pierre Willer
 
1988 Un coupable (TV movie)
L'avocat
 
1988 Sueurs froides (TV series)
Mercier-Picard
Louis-Charles, mon amour (1988) … Mercier-Picard
 
1988 Blanc de Chine
Batz
 
1988 Ya bon les blancs
Père Jean-Marie
 
1987 Malady of Love
Raoul Bergeron
 
1987 L'homme voilé
Kassar
 
1987 Das weite Land
Friedrich Hofreiter
 
1987 La rumba
Damien Malleville
 
1986 La puritaine
Pierre
 
1986 Mauvais sang
Marc
 
1986 Le paltoquet
Le Paltoquet
 
1986 My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Etienne Sembadel
 
1985 Adieu Bonaparte
Cafarelli
 
1985 Partir, revenir
Simon Lerner
 
1985 Peril
Graham Tombsthay
 
1985 La fausse suivante (TV movie)
Trivelin
 
1984 Le matelot 512
Récitant (voice)
 
1984 Success Is the Best Revenge
French Official
 
1984 Long Live Life
Michel Perrin
 
1984 Dangerous Moves
Akiva Liebskind
 
1983 The General of the Dead Army
Benetandi
 
1983 Le prix du danger
Frédéric Mallaire
 
1982 Une chambre en ville
Edmond Leroyer
 
1982 The Eyes, the Mouth
Uncle Agostino
 
1982 Beyond the Door
Mr. Mutti
 
1982 Godard's Passion
Michel Boulard
 
1982 La nuit de Varennes
King Louis XVI (uncredited)
 
1982 La passante du Sans-Souci
Max Baumstein
 
1982 La cerisaie (TV movie)
Leonid
 
1982 Espion, lève-toi
Jean-Paul Chance
 
1981 Strange Affair
Bertrand Malair
 
1981 Confused Feelings (TV movie)
Le professeur / The Professor
 
1981 The Prodigal Daughter
Le père
 
1980 Docteur Teyran (TV movie)
Jean Teyran
 
1980 Atlantic City
Joseph
 
1980 Der Preis fürs Überleben
René Winterhalter
 
1980 A Leap in the Dark
Mauro Ponticelli
 
1980 Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts (short)
Le commissaire
 
1979 The Bit Between the Teeth
Pierre Chazerand
 
1979 Le divorcement
Philippe
 
1979 Neapolitan Mystery
Victor Navarro
 
1978 Le sucre
Grezillo
 
1978 Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Conrad Brukner
 
1978 Lulu (TV movie)
Schoen
 
1978 L'état sauvage
Orlaville
 
1978 Fire's Share
Robert Hansen
 
1977 The Accuser
Saint-Ramé
 
1977 Spoiled Children
Bernard Rougerie
 
1977 That Obscure Object of Desire
Mathieu (voice) (uncredited)
 
1977 Rene the Cane
Inspecteur Marchand
 
1976 Mado
Simon Léotard
 
1976 F comme Fairbanks
Etienne
 
1976 Todo modo
Lui
 
1976 The Last Woman
Michel
 
1975 7 morts sur ordonnance
Dr. Pierre Losseray
 
1975 Leonor
Richard
 
1975 Weak Spot
Investigator
 
1974 Nouvelles de Henry James (TV series)
Capitaine Roger / Captain Roger
Le banc de la désolation (1974) … Capitaine Roger/Captain Roger
 
1974 The Phantom of Liberty
Le second préfet de police/Second Prefect
 
1974 Grandeur nature
Michel
 
1974 Le trio infernal
Georges Sarret
 
1974 Un amour de pluie
Voix seulement (voice)
 
1973 Far West
Le chef indien
 
1973 The Big Feast
Michel
 
1973 Themroc
Anonymous worker
 
1973 The Woman in Blue
Pierre
 
1972 César and Rosalie
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1972 The Assassination
Le colonel kassar - le ministre de l'intérieur d'un pays du maghreb
 
1972 Liza
Giorgio's friend
 
1972 L'udienza
Padre Amerin
 
1971 Ten Days Wonder
Paul Regis - un psychologue, l'ancien professeur de Charles
 
1971 Touch and Go
Valentin
 
1971 Max and the Junkmen
Max
 
1970 Invasion
Marcello
 
1970 The Things of Life
Pierre Bérard
 
1969 The Uninvited
François Desailly
 
1969 The Milky Way
Le marquis de Sade / The Marquis
 
1969 Dillinger Is Dead
Glauco
 
1969 Délire à deux (TV movie)
 
1968 Woman in Chains
L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
 
1968 Heartbeat
Charles
 
1968 The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Le comte Philippe de Saint-Germain/Count Philippe
 
1967 Un homme de trop
The Extra Man
 
1967 The Young Girls of Rochefort
Simon Dame
 
1967 My Love, My Love
Marrades
 
1966 Is Paris Burning?
Edgar Pisani
 
1966 The Creatures
Edgar Piccoli
 
1966 Chimney No. 4
Werner Kreuz
 
1966 The Devil's Tricks
L'antiquaire
 
1966 The War Is Over
L'inspecteur des douanes/First Customs Inspector
 
1966 Marie Soleil
Raoul
 
1965 Lady L
Lecoeur
 
1965 Compartiment tueurs
René Cabourg
 
1965 Le coup de grâce
Capri/Bruno
 
1965 Masquerade
George Sarrassin
 
1965 Café Tabac (short)
 
1964 De l'amour
Raoul
 
1964 Chance at Love
Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
 
1964 Diary of a Chambermaid
M Monteil
 
1964 Paparazzi (short)
Texte dit par (voice)
 
1963 The Day and the Hour
Antoine
 
1963 Le chevalier de Maison Rouge (TV mini-series)
Récitant/Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1962 Rien que la vérité (TV movie)
David Mann
 
1962 Le Doulos
Nuttheccio
 
1962 Climats
François Crozant
 
1962 Adieu Philippine
Le comédien jouant 'Izquierdo' dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (as Montserrat)
 
1962 Le temps des assassins (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1961 Egmont (TV movie)
Egmont
 
1961 Rendezvous
Paul
 
1961 Amazons of Rome
Console Publicola
 
1961 Hauteclaire (TV movie)
Serlon de Savigny
 
1961 La chevelure (short)
L'homme
 
1960/I Montserrat (TV movie)
Izquierdo
 
1960 Danger in the Middle East
Brian Cannon
 
1960 La dragée haute
Hugo Barsac
 
1959-1960 La caméra explore le temps (TV series)
Koenigsmark / Louvois / Orloff
Le drame des poisons (1960) … Louvois
L'énigme de Pise (1959) … Orloff
 
1960 Les joueurs (TV movie)
Chvokhniev
 
1959 Le chandelier (TV movie)
Claverache
 
1959 Beast at Bay
Commissaire Jacques Guimard
 
1959 La nuit de Tom Brown (TV movie)
Tom, jeune
 
1959 La marquise d'O (TV movie)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1958 Tabarin
Jacques Forestier
 
1958 Les copains du dimanche
Le directeur de l'aéro-club
 
1958 Sinners of Paris
L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
 
1957 The Foxiest Girl in Paris
L'inspecteur Franck Marchal
 
1957 Le quadrille des diamants (TV movie)
 
1957 D'après nature ou presque (TV movie)
Paul
 
1957 Le plus heureux des trois (TV movie)
Le pianiste
 
1957 The Crucible
James Putnam
 
1957 En votre âme et conscience (TV series)
L'affaire Lacenaire (1957)
 
1957 L'ingénue de Madrid (TV movie)
 
1956 Death in the Garden
Father Lizardi
 
1956 Shadow of the Guillotine
Le Prêtre réfractaire
 
1956 Jupiter (TV movie)
 
1955 The Grand Maneuver
Un officier (uncredited)
 
1955 Bad Liaisons
Un inspecteur
 
1955 Tu ne m'échapperas jamais (TV movie)
 
1955 Crime et châtiment (TV movie)
 
1955 Interdit de séjour
Georges
 
1954 French Cancan
Le Capitaine Valorgueil
 
1954 Tout chante autour de moi
Reverdier
 
1954 Sylvie et le fantôme (TV movie)
 
1954 Daughters of Destiny
Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
 
1952 Horizons (short)
 
1952 Torticola contre Frankensberg (short)
Torticola
 
1952 Chicago Digest (short)
Slim Spring
 
1951 ...Sans laisser d'adresse
Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)
 
1951 Terreur en Oklahoma (short)
 
1949 The Mark of the Day
Georges Gohelle
 
1945 Sortilèges
Un villageois
 
Show ShowProducer (9 titles)
1983 The General of the Dead Army (producer)
 
1980 Der Preis fürs Überleben (producer)
 
1978 L'état sauvage (producer)
 
1977 Spoiled Children (producer)
 
1975 7 morts sur ordonnance (associate producer - uncredited)
 
1975 Leonor (producer)
 
1975 Weak Spot (co-producer)
 
1974 Grandeur nature (producer)
 
1974 Don't Touch the White Woman! (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
2001 The Black Beach
 
1997 Alors voilà,
 
1994 Train de nuit (short)
 
1991 Lest We Forget (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1970 The Things of Life ("la chanson d'hélène")
 
1967 The Young Girls of Rochefort (performer: "Chanson De Simon" - uncredited, "De Hambourg à Rochefort" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1973 The Big Feast (musician: piano solo)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1987 Grand Guignol (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (68 titles)
2011 Agnès de ci de là Varda (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 19 December 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 November 2011 (2011) … Himself
Episode dated 19 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Block-notes di Habemus Papam (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009-2011 Il était une fois... (TV series documentary)
Himself
Le mépris (2009) … Himself
 
2010 Ritratto di mio padre (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Beaches of Agnes (2010) … Himself
 
2007-2009 Ce soir (ou jamais!) (TV series)
Himself
Le phénomène 'Plus belle la vie' (2009) … Himself
Episode dated 5 April 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2009 Cinémas (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 December 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Death in the Garden Interviews (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Humbert Balsan, producteur rebelle (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Empire in Africa (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 13 heures le journal (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 20 January 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 January 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 L'hebdo cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 18 December 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 La mandrágora (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 July 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Cinema Goes to Dinner (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Je t'aime... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 En aparté (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 8 November 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 A Man, a Real One
Himself
 
2003 Les dessous de Lili (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Vivement dimanche (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 November 2001 (2001) … Himself
Episode dated 11 November 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 20 heures le journal (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
Episode dated 9 May 2001 (2001) … Himself - Interviewee
 
2001 Paris à tout prix (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 New World Order: Somewhere in Africa (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
2000 Speaking of Bunuel (documentary)
Él mismo
 
2000 Ferreri, I Love You (documentary)
 
1999 Comme au cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 23 May 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1997 Les paradoxes de Buñuel (documentary)
Himself
 
1993-1997 Le cercle de minuit (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 March 1997 (1997) … Himself
Episode dated 24 January 1995 (1995) … Himself
Episode dated 16 March 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1995 L'univers de Jacques Demy (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Un siècle d'écrivains (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Récitant
Antoine Blondin (1995) … Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1995 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad (TV documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1993 Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (documentary)
 
1992-1993 Bouillon de culture (TV series documentary)
Himself
Louis Malle (1993) … Himself
Michel Piccoli (1992) … Himself
 
1991 Lest We Forget
Himself (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran)
 
1982-1990 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 January 1990 (1990) … Himself
Episode dated 7 April 1984 (1984) … Himself
Episode dated 10 April 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1989 The Monkey Folk (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1986 Scoop à la Une (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 22 June 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Le jeu de la vérité (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 January 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1976-1985 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself
10ème nuit des Césars (1985) … Himself
7ème nuit des Césars (1982) … Himself
6ème nuit des Césars (1981) … Himself
2ème nuit des Césars (1977) … Himself
1ère nuit des Césars (1976) … Himself
 
1982-1984 Mardi cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 24 April 1984 (1984) … Himself
Episode dated 11 October 1983 (1983) … Himself
Episode dated 13 April 1982 (1982) … Himself
 
1984 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)
Himself
Wetten, dass..? aus Saarbrücken (1984) … Himself
 
1981 Charles Vanel, les sillons de la vie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Ciné regards (TV series documentary)
Himself
Portrait de Michel Piccoli (1981) … Himself
 
1981 Jeudi cinéma (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 5 February 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1978-1980 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 May 1980 (1980) … Himself
Episode dated 8 January 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1979 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #9.2 (1979) … Himself
 
1979 Un comédien lit un auteur (TV series)
Himself
Michel Piccoli lit André de Richaux (1979) … Himself
 
1978 Chili-Impressions (TV series documentary)
Le général Pinochet (voice)
 
1964-1973 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
40ème gala de l'union des artistes (1973) … Himself
38ème gala de l'union des artistes (1971) … Himself
34ème de l'union des artistes (1964) … Himself
 
1973 Le dernier cri des Halles (documentary short)
Himself
 
1970 Sacha show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 April 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1968 D'hier et d'aujourd'hui (TV series)
Himself
Gréco d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Pariser Journal (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #7.2 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 Hinter der Leinwand (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode dated 12 June 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 Elsa la rose (documentary short)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
 
1965 Forbidden Temptations (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Récitant
Luis Buñuel (1964) … Récitant (voice)
 
1964 Bardot et Godard (short)
Himself
 
1963 Salut les Cubains (documentary short)
Récitant (voice)
 
1962 Parisienne... Parisiennes (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1961 Quarante fontaines (documentary short)
Récitant (voice)
 
1958 La France romane (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1954 Croissance de Paris (documentary short)
Récitant (voice)
 
1952 Saint-Tropez, devoir de vacances (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (18 titles)
2010 What War May Bring
Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 
2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Two in the Wave (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Beaches of Agnès (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2007 Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista (TV movie)
Michel
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Anna") (voice)
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Sexo en el plató (TV documentary)
Michel des Assantes
 
2006 Marcello, una vita dolce (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 50 y más (TV movie)
Michel des Assantes
 
2005 La ballade de Fairbanks (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Tage und Nächte in Paris (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Unsere Besten (TV series)
 
2000 XIV premios Goya (TV special)
Michel des Assantes
 
1996 Nitrate Base
 
1985 Vivement Truffaut (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

Play: Connaissez-vous la Voie Lactée? (1959) See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Montserrat

Height:

6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on Brigitte Bardot] With Brigitte the relations were very courteous but no more than that. She did not want to make an effort to understand. See more »

Trivia:

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn