Michael Lonsdale

1931-

Biography: life and films

Michael Lonsdale is a French actor. He was born in Paris, France on 24th May 1931.

His best films as an actor include Jacques Rivette's comedy-thriller Out 1: Spectre (1974), Alain Resnais's Stavisky (1974), Olivier Bouffard's Ce que je vous dois (2006), Nicolas Klotz's La Question humaine (2007) and Xavier Beauvois's Des hommes et des dieux (2010).

Michael Lonsdale has so far appeared in 167 films and scripted 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Jean-Pierre Mocky (9 films), Marcel Hanoun (5), Marguerite Duras (4), Joseph Losey (3), Jacques Rivette (3), Gérard Mordillat (3), Robinson Savary (2), Robert Pansard-Besson (2), Michel Deville (2), Manoel de Oliveira (2), Luc Béraud (2), Léon Desclozeaux (2), John Frankenheimer (2), Jean-Henri Meunier (2), Jacques Richard (2), Geoffrey Reeve (2), Gérald Calderon (2), Fred Zinnemann (2), François Truffaut (2), Frédéric Sojcher (2), Edouard Molinaro (2) and Bruno Podalydès (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (81 films), comedy (28), Thriller (23), comedy-drama (15), crime-thriller (10), romance (9), Fantasy (8), history (7), comedy-thriller (7), War (6), comedy-romance (5), Animation (5) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Michael Lonsdale over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer

C'est arrivé à Aden (1956) [a]

Une balle dans le canon (1958) [a]

La Main chaude (1960) [a]

Les Portes claquent (1960) [a]

Adorable menteuse (1962) [a]

La Dénonciation (1962) [a]

Le Procès (1962) [a]

Snobs! (1962) [a]

Behold a Pale Horse (1964) [a]

Jaloux comme un tigre (1964) [a]

Je vous salue, mafia! (1965) [a]

Les Copains (1965) [a]

L'Authentique procès de Carl-Emmanuel Jung (1966) [a]

La Bourse et la vie (1966) [a]

Le Judoka, agent secret (1966) [a]

La Mariée était en Noir (1967) [a]

Les Compagnons de la marguerite (1967) [a]

Baisers volés (1968) [a]

L'Homme à la Buick (1968) [a]

La Grande lessive (!) (1968) [a]

Détruire, dit-elle (1969) [a]

Hibernatus (1969) [a]

L'Hiver (1969) [a]

L'Étalon (1970) [a]

La Rose et le revolver (1970) [a]

Il était une fois un flic (1971) [a]

L'Automne (1971) [a]

Le Souffle au coeur (1971) [a]

Les Assassins de l'ordre (1971) [a]

Out 1: Noli me Tangere (1971) [a]

Papa, les petits bateaux (1971) [a]

Chut! (1972) [a]

Jaune le soleil (1972) [a]

La Vieille fille (1972) [a]

Le Printemps (1972) [a]

La Fille au violoncelle (1973) [a]

Les Grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons (1973) [a]

The Day of the Jackal (1973) [a]

Caravan to Vaccares (1974) [a]

Glissements progressifs du plaisir (1974) [a]

La Grande Paulette (1974) [a]

La Vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu (1974) [a]

Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974) [a]

Les Suspects (1974) [a]

Out 1: Spectre (1974) [a]

Stavisky (1974) [a]

Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974) [a]

Aloïse (1975) [a]

Folle à tuer (1975) [a]

Galileo (1975) [a]

India Song (1975) [a]

La Traque (1975) [a]

Le Téléphone rose (1975) [a]

Ne (1975) [a]

Section spéciale (1975) [a]

Sérieux comme le plaisir (1975) [a]

The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) [a]

Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents (1975) [a]

Bartleby (1976) [a]

L'Eden Palace (1976) [a]

Les Oeufs brouillés (1976) [a]

Monsieur Klein (1976) [a]

Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert (1976) [a]

Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible (1977) [a]

L'Adieu nu (1977) [a]

L'Imprécateur (1977) [a]

Le Diable dans la boîte (1977) [a]

Une sale histoire (1977) [a]

Die linkshändige Frau (1978) [a]

Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été (1979) [a]

Moonraker (1979) [a]

The Passage (1979) [a]

Les Jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz (1980) [a]

Seuls (1980) [a]

Douce enquête sur la violence (1982) [a]

Le Rose et le blanc (1982) [a]

Mora (1982) [w]

Chronopolis (1983) [a]

Enigma (1983) [a]

Eréndira (1983) [a]

Une jeunesse (1983) [a]

La Couleur des mots (1984) [a]

Le Bon roi Dagobert (1984) [a]

Le Juge (1984) [a]

Billy Ze Kick (1985) [a]

L'Éveillé du pont de l'Alma (1985) [a]

The Holcroft Covenant (1985) [a]

Canevas la ville (1986) [a]

The Name of the Rose (1986) [a]

Der Madonna-Mann (1987) [a]

Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera (1988) [a]

Souvenir (1989) [a]

Ma vie est un enfer (1991) [a]

L'Ordre du jour (1992) [a]

The Remains of the Day (1993) [a]

Woyzeck (1993) [a]

Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995) [a]

La Plante humaine (1996) [a]

Mauvais genre (1997) [a]

Don Juan (1998) [a]

Ronin (1998) [a]

Le Château des singes (1999) [a]

Les Acteurs (2000) [a]

Ceux d'en face (2001) [a]

Kaena: La prophétie (2003) [a]

Le Furet (2003) [a]

Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (2003) [a]

5x2 (2004) [a]

Adieu (2004) [a]

Sotto falso nome (2004) [a]

Bye Bye Blackbird (2005) [a]

Gentille (2005) [a]

Le Parfum de la dame en noir (2005) [a]

Les Invisibles (2005) [a]

Munich (2005) [a]

Selon Rachel (2005) [a]

Goya's Ghosts (2006) [a]

Il sera une fois... (2007) [a]

La Question humaine (2007) [a]

Tous à l'Ouest: Une aventure de Lucky Luke (2007) [a]

Une vieille maîtresse (2007) [a]

Agora (2009) [a]

Je vais te manquer (2009) [a]

L'Étrange monsieur Trip (2009) [a]

Des hommes et des dieux (2010) [a]

HH, Hitler à Hollywood (2010) [a]

Il villaggio di cartone (2011) [a]

Les Hommes libres (2011) [a]

Titeuf, le film (2011) [a]

Gebo et l'ombre (2012) [a]

Le Renard jaune (2013) [a]

Maestro (2014) [a]

Rosenn (2014) [a]

Les Filles au Moyen Âge (2015) [a]

Je veux être actrice (2016) [a]

Les Premiers, les derniers (2016) [a]



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