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Michel Bouquet

Michel Bouquet

Actor · Born 1925-11-06 · Paris, France

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Biography

Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for Toto the Hero in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars for How I Killed My Father (2001) and The Last Mitterrand (2005). He also received the Molière Award for Best Actor for Les côtelettes in 1998, then again for Exit the King in 2005. In 2014, he was awarded the Honorary Molière for the sum of his career. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 2018. Michel François Pierre Bouquet was born on 6 November 1925 in Paris. When he was seven years old, he was sent to a boarding school where he stayed until the age of 14. He aspired to become a doctor but had to quit school at the age of 15 after his father had been taken prisoner during World War II. Bouquet worked as a baker's apprentice, then a bank clerk, to provide for the family. After a short stay in Lyon, he returned with his mother to Paris. Marie Bouquet was passionate about theater, and that helped the young Bouquet to find his vocation. He took acting classes under the tutelage of Maurice Escande, a member of the Comédie Française, and …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Night and Fog (1956) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  2. The Toy (1976) — Pierre Rambal-Cochet, powerful businessman
  3. The Bride Wore Black (1968) — Coral
  4. Borsalino (1970) — Maître Rinaldi
  5. Mississippi Mermaid (1969) — Comolli
  6. All the Mornings of the World (1991) — Baugin
  7. Two Men in Town (1973) — Commissioner Goitreau
  8. The Unfaithful Wife (1969) — Charles Desvallées
  9. Renoir (2012) — Auguste Renoir
  10. Toto the Hero (1991) — Old Thomas
  11. Cop au Vin (1985) — Hubert Lavoisier
  12. Élisa (1995) — Samuel
  13. This Special Friendship (1964) — Father Trennes
  14. Les Misérables (1982) — Inspector Javert
  15. Just Before Nightfall (1971) — Charles Masson
  16. Manon (1949) — Second
  17. Villa Caprice (2021) — Marcel Germon
  18. The Breach (1970) — Ludovic Regnier
  19. The Serpent (1973) — Tavel
  20. Monsieur Vincent (1947) — Le tuberculeux
  21. Malpertuis (1972) — Charles Dideloo
  22. The Cop (1970) — L'inspecteur Favenin
  23. The Assassination (1972) — Lempereur
  24. The Last Mitterrand (2005) — Le Président
  25. Katia (1959) — Bibesco
  26. The Chops (2003) — le Vieux
  27. How I Killed My Father (2001) — Maurice
  28. Maigret (1991) — Le juge Forlacroix
  29. The Suspects (1974) — Prosecutor Delarue
  30. White Paws (1949) — Maurice
  31. Tower of Lust (1955) — Louis X
  32. France, Incorporated (1974) — The Frenchman
  33. Kisses Till Monday (1974) — Nez-D'Boeuf
  34. Last Leap (1970) — Jauran
  35. Countdown to Vengeance (1970) — Valberg
  36. Marco the Magnificent (1965) — Narrator (uncredited)
  37. State Reasons (1978) — Francis Jobin
  38. The Origin of Violence (2016) — Marcel Fabre (2014)
  39. The Road to Corinth (1967) — Sharps
  40. Défense de savoir (1973) — Paul Cristiani