Michel Piccoli is read about 615 times a day, in 51 languages.
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Something wrong?Michel Piccoli worked for seven decades without becoming a star in the usual sense - he became something rarer: the actor serious directors called when they needed a face that could hold contradiction.
A life in dates
Holy MotorsFilm, Man with the Wine Stain2011European Film Academy Honorary AwardAward2008
The Beaches of AgnèsFilm2001Europe Theatre PrizeAward2000
ActorsFilm, Michel Piccoli1998
Vivement dimancheSeries1991
La Belle NoiseuseFilm, Edouard Frenhofer1989
Les Grandes FamillesSeries, Noël Schoudler1988German Film Award for Best ActorAward1986
Mauvais SangFilm, Marc1982Silver Bear for Best ActorAward
Champs-ElyséesSeries, 1982
A Room in TownFilm, 1982Edmond Leroyer1980Cannes Film Festival Award for Best ActorAward
Docteur TeyranSeries, 1980Jean Teyran1978
Chili ImpressionsSeries1977
That Obscure Object of DesireFilm, Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)1975
ApostrophesSeries1974
The Phantom of LibertyFilm, Police Prefect #21972
Midi trenteSeries
Cesar and RosalieFilm, 1972Narrator (voice)1971Samedi soirSeries1969
Dillinger Is DeadFilm, Glauco1967
Belle de JourFilm, Henri Husson1965
The Sleeping Car MurdersFilm, René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)1962
Adieu PhilippineFilm, Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)1955
French CancanFilm, Le Capitaine Valorgueil1951German Film AwardSeries1925Born27 December 1925Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
HMHoly Motors
WPWe Have a PopeTAThe Beaches of Agnès
TCTo Each His Own Cinema
RFRaining Cats and FrogsACActors
ONOne Hundred and One NightsLNLa Belle Noiseuse
MFMay FoolsMSMauvais Sang
DGDeath in a French Garden
TPThe Prize of Peril
TVThat Night of VarennesATA Room in Town
SUSpy, Stand Up
ACAtlantic CityTDThat Obscure Object of Desire
OAOne Way or AnotherTLThe Phantom of Liberty
VOVincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
LBLa Grande Bouffe
WBWedding in Blood
TBThe Discreet Charm of the BourgeoisieCRCesar and Rosalie
MJMax and the Junkmen
TLThe Things of Life
TOTopaz
TWThe Milky WayDDDillinger Is Dead
DDDanger: DiabolikBJBelle de Jour
TRThe Young Girls of Rochefort
IBIs Paris Burning?TMThe Sleeping Car Murders
DCDiary of a Chambermaid
COContempt
LDLe DoulosAPAdieu Philippine
DGDeath in the GardenFCFrench Cancan294 credits on file
Television 20
IÉIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
ATAgnès Varda: From Here to ThereVDVivement dimancheLFLes Grandes Familles
NANulle part ailleursCEChamps-Elysées
WDWetten, dass..?DTDocteur Teyran
CRCiné regardsCIChili ImpressionsAPApostrophes
MPMidi Première
LDLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
SCSpécial cinémaMTMidi trenteAwards
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About this person
Born Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli on 27 December 1925, he built a career that stretched across 70 years of French cinema, moving through roles with a versatility that resisted easy categorization. He became known as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation, the kind of performer who could adjust to wildly different material and directors without imposing a signature. The work earned him a Best Actor Award at Cannes and a Silver Bear at Berlin. He died on 12 May 2020, having spent most of a century refusing to repeat himself.
In common with Michel
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