Actor
Michel Piccoli
254 movies as actor · 5 as director
Born Dec 27, 1925 – May 12, 2020 (aged 94)From Paris, Ile-de-France, FranceAlso known as Мишель Пикколи, ميشيل بيكولي
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 …
Known for
Holy Motors
2012 · Drama, Fantasy
Belle de Jour
1967 · Drama, Romance
Contempt
1963 · Drama, Romance
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 · Comedy
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Romance, Comedy
We Have a Pope
2011 · Drama, Comedy
La Grande Bouffe
1973 · Drama, Comedy
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977 · Comedy, Drama
Topaz
1969 · Drama, Thriller
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · Comedy
Le Doulos
1962 · Drama, Thriller
Atlantic City
1980 · Crime, Drama
Michel Piccoli movies
The Life of Mirrors
2025
It's Not Me
2024 · (archive footage)
Godard by Godard
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Romy, A Free Woman
2022 · archive footage
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Marx Can Wait
2021 · Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Dios de monoambiente
Dios de monoambiente
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Coming Apart
2017 · (archive footage)
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
2017 · Self (archive footage)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Our Lady of Hormones
2015 · Narrator
The Taste of Blueberries
2014 · Michel
Lines of Wellington
2012 · Leópold Scheitzer
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
2012 · Le père
Holy Motors
2012 · Man with the Wine Stain
The Bardot mystery
2012
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
2011 · Self
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011 · Self
We Have a Pope
2011 · Melville
Portrait Of My Father
2010 · Self
Le Bel Âge
2009 · Maurice Reverdy
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
2009 · Self
The Beaches of Agnès
2008 · Self (archive footage)
The Dust of Time
2008 · Spyros
On War
2008 · Le grand Hou
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
2008 · Self
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
Le Roi Lear
Le Roi Lear
2007 · Le roi Lear
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
2007 · Marcel
Boxes
2007 · Daddy
Rencontre Unique
2007 · Nikita Khrouchtchev
The Duchess of Langeais
2007 · Vidame de Pamiers
Belle Toujours
2006 · Henri Husson
Gardens in Autumn
2006 · Marie, la mère de Vincent
Magic Mirror
2006 · Prof. Heschel
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur
2006 · Self
Everything's Connected
2005 · Narrator
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
2004 · Self
Raining Cats and Frogs
2003 · Ferdinand (voice)
Little Lili
2003 · acteur qui joue Simon
That Day
2003 · Harald
A Man, a Real One
2003 · Michel Piccoli
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
2002 · Self
Brook by Brook
2002 · Self
Il bambino di Betlemme
Il bambino di Betlemme
2002
I’m Going Home
2001 · Gilbert Valence
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
2000 · Louis
Speaking of Buñuel
2000 · Self
Actors
2000 · Michel Piccoli
Kiarostami in Close up
2000 · as Self
París-Tombuctú
1999 · Michel des Assantes
Libero Burro
1999 · Zio Tony
The Happiest Place on Earth
1999 · Récitant (voice)
Nothing About Robert
1999 · Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
1998 · Self
Passion in the Desert
1997 · Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Genealogies of a Crime
1997 · Georges Didier
Tykho Moon
1996 · Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
Ousmane Sow
1996 · Narrateur
Party
1996 · Michel
Traveling Companion
1996 · Cosimo
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996 · Prince de Conti
The World of Jacques Demy
1995 · Self
One Hundred and One Nights
1995 · Simon Cinéma
Tödliches Geld
Tödliches Geld
1995 · Paul Belmont
The Black Angel
1994 · Georges Feuvrier
The Emigrant
1994 · Adam - Ram's father
Train de nuit
1994
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
1994 · Presenter
Bête de scène
Bête de scène
1994
Rupture(s)
Rupture(s)
1993 · Paul
Loonies at Large
1993 · Henri Toussaint
The Young Girls Turn 25
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Archipel
Archipel
1993 · Leonard Wilde
The Supper
1992 · Chateaubriand (voice)
From Time to Time
1992 · Jules Verne
Le Bal des casse-pieds
1992 · Désiré, l'homosexuel
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
1992 · Edouard Frenhofer
Lest We Forget
1991 · Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
The Children Thief
1991 · Mr. Armand
La Belle Noiseuse
1991 · Edouard Frenhofer
Walking a Tightrope
1991 · Marcel Spadice
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
1991 · Le baron de Leisenbohg
Martha and I
1990 · Ernst
May Fools
1990 · Milou
The Monkey Folk
1989
Un coupable
1988 · L'avocat
La Ruelle au clair de lune
1988 · Pierre Willer
Blanc de Chine
1988 · Batz
How Good the Whites Are
1988 · Père Jean-Marie
Malady of Love
1987 · Raoul Bergeron
The Veiled Man
1987 · Kassar
La Rumba
1987 · Damien Malleville
The Distant Land
1987 · Friedrich Hofreiter
The Prude
1986 · Pierre
Mauvais Sang
1986 · Marc
The Nonentity
1986 · der Tölpel
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986 · Étienne Sembadel
Adieu Bonaparte
1985 · Caffarelli - كافاريللي
Going and Coming Back
1985 · Simon Lerner
Death in a French Garden
1985 · Graham Tombsthay
La Lune
1985
Le Matelot 512
1984 · Narrator (voice)
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984 · French Official
Long Live Life
1984 · Michel Perrin
Dangerous Moves
1984 · Akiva Liebskind
The General of the Dead Army
1983 · Benetandi
The Prize of Peril
1983 · Frédéric Mallaire
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
1982 · José Viss
A Room in Town
1982 · Edmond Leroyer
The Eyes, the Mouth
1982 · Tío Agostino
Beyond the Door
1982 · Mr. Mutti
Godard's Passion
1982 · Michel Boulard
That Night of Varennes
1982 · King Louis XVI (uncredited)
The Passerby
1982 · Max Baumstein
La Cerisaie
1982 · Léonid
Scénario du film Passion
1982 · Self
Spy, Stand Up
1982 · Jean-Paul Chance
Strange Affair
1981 · Bertrand Malair
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-ar
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
1981 · Morrand
Confused Feelings
1981 · Professor
The Prodigal Daughter
1981 · Le père
Atlantic City
1980 · Joseph
The Price of Survival
1980 · René Winterhalter
A Leap in the Dark
1980 · Mauro Ponticelli
The Bit Between the Teeth
1979 · Pierre Chazerand
Le Divorcement
1979 · Philippe
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
1979 · Victor Navarro
Sugar
1978 · Grezillo
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
1978 · Conrad Brukner
The Savage State
1978 · Orlaville
Strauberg ist da
Strauberg ist da
1978 · Strauberg
Fire's Share
1978 · Robert Hansen
Spoiled Children
1977 · Bernard Rougerie
The Accuser
1977 · Saint-Ramé
That Obscure Object of Desire
1977 · Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
Rene the Cane
1977 · Ispettore Marchand
Mado
1976 · Simon Léotard
F as in Fairbanks
1976 · Etienne
One Way or Another
1976 · Him
The Last Woman
1976 · Michel
Seven Deaths by Prescription
1975 · Dr Losseray
Leonor
1975 · Richard
Weak Spot
1975 · L'enquêteur
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
1974
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
1974 · François, médecin
The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · Police Prefect #2
Life Size
1974 · Michel
The Infernal Trio
1974 · Georges Sarret
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974 · Buffalo Bill
Loving in the Rain
1974 · Mr. Dellerue (voice)
Far West
1973 · Indian chief
La Grande Bouffe
1973 · Michel
Wedding in Blood
1973 · Pierre Maury
Themroc
1973 · Themroc
The Woman in Blue
1973 · Pierre
Cesar and Rosalie
1972 · Narrator (voice)
The Assassination
1972 · Colonel Kassar
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1972 · Interior Minister
Liza
1972 · Giorgio's friend
The Audience
1972 · Padre Amerin
Ten Days' Wonder
1971 · Paul Regis
Touch and Go
1971 · Valentin
Max and the Junkmen
1971 · Max, inspector
Invasion
1970 · Marcello
The Things of Life
1970 · Pierre Bérard
Topaz
1969 · Jacques Granville
The Uninvited
1969 · François Desailly
The Milky Way
1969 · Marquis de Sade
Dillinger Is Dead
1969 · Glauco
Délire à deux
1968 · Him
Woman in Chains
1968 · L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
Heartbeat
1968 · Charles
Danger: Diabolik
1968 · Inspector Ginko
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
1968 · Count Philippe
My Love, My Love
1967 · Marrades
Belle de Jour
1967 · Henri Husson
Shock Troops
1967 · L'homme de trop
The Dinosaur and the Baby
1967 · Paul Javal (archive footage)
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 · Simon Dame
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
1967 · Self
Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Edgar Pisani
Elsa the Rose
1966 · Narrator (voice)
The Creatures
1966 · Edgar Piccoli
La Voleuse
1966 · Werner Kreuz
The Game Is Over
1966 · Alexandre Saccard
The Devil's Tricks
1966 · L'antiquaire
The War Is Over
1966 · Inspector #1
Le Coup de grâce
1966 · Capri / Bruno
Lady L
1965 · Lecoeur
The Sleeping Car Murders
1965 · René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
Dom Juan
1965 · Dom Juan
Masquerade
1965 · Georges Sarrassin
Café tabac
Café tabac
1964 · Récitant (voice)
All About Loving
1964 · Raoul
Marie Soleil
1964 · Kafka
Chance at Love
1964 · Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
Paparazzi
1964 · Texte dit par (voice)
Bardot et Godard
1964 · Self
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
1964 · Narrator (voice)
Diary of a Chambermaid
1964 · Monsieur Monteil
L'Été en hiver
1964 · Jean, the Reporter
Hello Cubans
1963 · Narrator (voice)
Contempt
1963 · Paul Javal
The Day and the Hour
1963 · Antoine
Le Doulos
1962 · Nuttheccio
Adieu Philippine
1962 · Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Climates of Love
1962 · François
Parisienne... Parisiennes
1962 · Récitant (voice)
Le Temps des assassins
Le Temps des assassins
1962 · Récitant (voice)
Rendezvous
1961 · Paul
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
1961
Hauteclaire
1961 · Serlon de Savigny
Amazons of Rome
1961 · Console Publicola
La Chevelure
1961 · L'homme
Quarante fontaines
Quarante fontaines
1961 · Récitant (voice)
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
1960
Danger in the Middle East
1960 · Brian Cannon
La dragée haute
1960 · Hugo Barsac
Les Joueurs
1960 · Chvokhniev
Le Chalet sous la neige
Le Chalet sous la neige
1959 · Robert
Beast at Bay
1959 · Commissioner Jacques Guimard
La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959 · Tom Brown, jeune
Tabarin
1958 · Jacques Forestier
Sinners of Paris
1958 · L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
Nathalie
1957 · Franck Marchal
Le Quadrille des diamants
1957 · Richard Burke
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Le Plus Heureux des trois
1957 · Pianist
Sunday Buddies
1957 · Le directeur de l'aéro-club
The Witches of Salem
1957 · James Putnam
La France romane
La France romane
1956 · Récitant (voice)
Death in the Garden
1956 · Father Lizzardi
The Grand Manoeuvre
1955 · Officer (uncredited)
Bad Liaisons
1955 · un inspecteur
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
1955 · Maurice Rouger
Croissance de Paris
1955 · Récitant (voice)
French Cancan
1955 · Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Price of Love
1955 · Georges
Tout chante autour de moi
1954 · Reverdier
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954 · Gérard
Daughters of Destiny
1954 · Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
Horizons...
1953 · un ouvrier
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952 · Torticola
Chicago Digest
1951 · Slim Spring
Terreur en Oklahoma
Terreur en Oklahoma
1951 · Tommy Goudchote
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
1951
Without Leaving an Address
1951 · Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
1949 · Lebel
The Mark of the Day
1949 · Georges Gohelle
The Bellman
1945 · Un villageois
Directed by Michel Piccoli
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