Michel Piccoli

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 a…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Holy Motors (2012) — Man with the Wine Stain
2. Belle de Jour (1967) — Henri Husson
3. Contempt (1963) — Paul Javal
4. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) — Interior Minister
5. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) — Simon Dame
6. We Have a Pope (2011) — Melville
7. La Grande Bouffe (1973) — Michel
8. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) — Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
9. Topaz (1969) — Jacques Granville
10. The Phantom of Liberty (1974) — Police Prefect #2
11. Le Doulos (1962) — Nuttheccio
12. Atlantic City (1980) — Joseph
13. La Belle Noiseuse (1991) — Edouard Frenhofer
14. Mauvais Sang (1986) — Marc
15. The Things of Life (1970) — Pierre Bérard
16. Danger: Diabolik (1968) — Inspector Ginko
17. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) — Monsieur Monteil
18. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Edgar Pisani
19. Cesar and Rosalie (1972) — Narrator (voice)
20. The Milky Way (1969) — Marquis de Sade
21. One Way or Another (1976) — Him
22. Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974) — François, médecin
23. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
24. Raining Cats and Frogs (2003) — Ferdinand (voice)
25. Dillinger Is Dead (1969) — Glauco
26. The Beaches of Agnès (2008) — Self (archive footage)
27. Max and the Junkmen (1971) — Max, inspector
28. The Prize of Peril (1983) — Frédéric Mallaire
29. French Cancan (1955) — Le Capitaine Valorgueil
30. Actors (2000) — Michel Piccoli
31. The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) — René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
32. May Fools (1990) — Milou
33. A Room in Town (1982) — Edmond Leroyer
34. Spy, Stand Up (1982) — Jean-Paul Chance
35. Death in a French Garden (1985) — Graham Tombsthay
36. Death in the Garden (1956) — Father Lizzardi
37. Wedding in Blood (1973) — Pierre Maury
38. Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996) — Prince de Conti
39. Woman in Chains (1968) — L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
40. That Night of Varennes (1982) — King Louis XVI (uncredited)

Directed

1. C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé (2006) — Director
2. Alors voilà, (1997) — Director
3. The Black Beach (2001) — Director
4. Lest We Forget (1991) — Director
5. Train de nuit (1994) — Director