Spoiled Children1977
As Bernard Rougerie
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Michel Piccoli
Born
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 at the Théâtre de Babylone. Noticed in the film "French Cancan" in 1954, he continued on stage and worked with directors Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vilar, Jean-Marie Serreau, Peter Brook, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau and André Engel, and became also know in popular TV movies. Having become an atheist after a family bereavement, he met Luis Buñuel in 1956, and ironically took on the role of a priest in "La Mort En Ce Jardin". In 1959, he shot "Le Rendez-Vous De Noël", a short film by André Michel based on the short story by Malek Ouary "Le Noël Du Petit Cireur", in Algiers. The 1960s sounded his consecration, noticed in "Le Doulos" by Jean-Pierre Melville, he was revealed internationally with "Le Mépris" by Jean-Luc Godard alongside Brigitte Bardot. From then on, he toured with the greatest French and international filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Youssef Chahine, Manoel de Oliveira... He began the 1980s with the interpretation prize at the Cannes festival in 1980, with "Le Saut Dans Le Vide" by Marco Bellocchio, and that of the Berlin festival in 1982, with "Une Étrange Affaire" by Pierre Granier-Deferre. . He worked with Jacques Doillon, Leos Carax, before trying his hand at directing. In 2001 he received the IX Europe Prize for Theatre. He was part of the jury of the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007, chaired by Stephen Frears. In 2011, he played in "Habemus Papam" by Nanni Moretti. The last film in which Michel Piccoli appears is the film "Le Goût Des Myrtilles", by Thomas de Thiers in 2013. Politically committed to the left, member of the Peace Movement (communist), Michel Piccoli distinguished himself by his positions against the National Front, and mobilized for Amnesty International. Michel Piccoli died on May 12, 2020 following a stroke in his mansion in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle in Eure. His funeral takes place in Évreux on May 19, 2020, where he is cremated, his ashes are scattered within the family property.
Filmography (254)
Belle de Jour1967
As Henri Husson
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Holy Motors2012
As Man with the Wine Stain
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tödliches Geld
Tödliches Geld1995
As Paul Belmont
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hauteclaire1961
As Serlon de Savigny
TMDb 5.0 / 10
That Obscure Object of Desire1977
As Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Diary of a Chambermaid1964
As Monsieur Monteil
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Contempt1963
As Paul Javal
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Young Girls of Rochefort1967
As Simon Dame
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Is Paris Burning?1966
As Edgar Pisani
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie1972
As Interior Minister
TMDb 7.5 / 10
La Grande Bouffe1973
As Michel
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Topaz1969
As Jacques Granville
TMDb 6.0 / 10
La Belle Noiseuse1991
As Edouard Frenhofer
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Adieu Philippine1962
As Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Ousmane Sow1996
As Narrateur
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Actors2000
As Michel Piccoli
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Last Woman1976
As Michel
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Black Angel1994
As Georges Feuvrier
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Milky Way1969
As Marquis de Sade
TMDb 7.1 / 10
One Way or Another1976
As Him
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Coming Apart2017
As (archive footage)
La Voleuse1966
As Werner Kreuz
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Danger: Diabolik1968
As Inspector Ginko
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Passerby1982
As Max Baumstein
TMDb 6.2 / 10
We Have a Pope2011
As Melville
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cesar and Rosalie1972
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Phantom of Liberty1974
As Police Prefect #2
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Things of Life1970
As Pierre Bérard
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Mauvais Sang1986
As Marc
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Grand Manoeuvre1955
As Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
That Night of Varennes1982
As King Louis XVI (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Going and Coming Back1985
As Simon Lerner
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Party1996
As Michel
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Creatures1966
As Edgar Piccoli
TMDb 6.4 / 10
How Good the Whites Are1988
As Père Jean-Marie
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Le Doulos1962
As Nuttheccio
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Max and the Junkmen1971
As Max, inspector
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Nathalie1957
As Franck Marchal
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Atlantic City1980
As Joseph
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Woman in Chains1968
As L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sleeping Car Murders1965
As René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death1979
As Victor Navarro
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Dust of Time2008
As Spyros
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Little Lili2003
As acteur qui joue Simon
TMDb 5.6 / 10
París-Tombuctú1999
As Michel des Assantes
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Themroc1973
As Themroc
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Room in Town1982
As Edmond Leroyer
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Parisienne... Parisiennes1962
As Récitant (voice)
Rencontre Unique2007
As Nikita Khrouchtchev
The Assassination1972
As Colonel Kassar
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Paparazzi1964
As Texte dit par (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
May Fools1990
As Milou
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Liza1972
As Giorgio's friend
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Beaches of Agnès2008
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Boxes2007
As Daddy
TMDb 5.3 / 10
French Cancan1955
As Le Capitaine Valorgueil
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Dom Juan1965
As Dom Juan
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Long Live Life1984
As Michel Perrin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Chicago Digest1951
As Slim Spring
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Rendezvous1961
As Paul
TMDb 6.3 / 10
La Chevelure1961
As L'homme
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Marx Can Wait2021
As Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Don't Touch the White Woman!1974
As Buffalo Bill
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The War Is Over1966
As Inspector #1
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Seven Deaths by Prescription1975
As Dr Losseray
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hello Cubans1963
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Wedding in Blood1973
As Pierre Maury
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lines of Wellington2012
As Leópold Scheitzer
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Everything's Connected2005
As Narrator
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Belle Toujours2006
As Henri Husson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Without Leaving an Address1951
As Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited), Un journaliste aux archives
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Infernal Trio1974
As Georges Sarret
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Dillinger Is Dead1969
As Glauco
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Little Girl in Blue Velvet1978
As Conrad Brukner
TMDb 5.7 / 10
One Hundred and One Nights1995
As Simon Cinéma
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Masquerade1965
As Georges Sarrassin
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Rupture(s)
Rupture(s)1993
As Paul
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Price of Love1955
As Georges
TMDb 5.4 / 10
To Each His Own Cinema2007
As Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Leap in the Dark1980
As Mauro Ponticelli
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Witches of Salem1957
As James Putnam
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Leonor1975
As Richard
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Veiled Man1987
As Kassar
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Life Size1974
As Michel
TMDb 5.7 / 10
All About Loving1964
As Raoul
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Horizons...1953
As un ouvrier
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Archipel
Archipel1993
As Leonard Wilde
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Death in a French Garden1985
As Graham Tombsthay
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Brook by Brook2002
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
I’m Going Home2001
As Gilbert Valence
TMDb 6.8 / 10
It's Not Me2024
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Bardot mystery2012
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The World of Jacques Demy1995
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Lady L1965
As Lecoeur
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Amazons of Rome1961
As Console Publicola
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Godard's Passion1982
As Michel Boulard
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Spy, Stand Up1982
As Jean-Paul Chance
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Climates of Love1962
As François
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Strange Affair1981
As Bertrand Malair
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Raining Cats and Frogs2003
As Ferdinand (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Prodigal Daughter1981
As Le père
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Quarante fontaines
Quarante fontaines1961
As Récitant (voice)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Savage State1978
As Orlaville
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Heartbeat1968
As Charles
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sunday Buddies1957
As Le directeur de l'aéro-club
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Beyond the Door1982
As Mr. Mutti
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Rene the Cane1977
As Ispettore Marchand
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Game Is Over1966
As Alexandre Saccard
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Lest We Forget1991
As Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Prize of Peril1983
As Frédéric Mallaire
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Taste of Blueberries2014
As Michel
Adieu Bonaparte1985
As Caffarelli
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick2019
As Self - Actor (archive footage)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Audience1972
As Padre Amerin
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bad Liaisons1955
As un inspecteur
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel1996
As Prince de Conti
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Accuser1977
As Saint-Ramé
TMDb 6.2 / 10
That Day2003
As Harald
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Daughters of Destiny1954
As Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Mado1976
As Simon Léotard
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tykho Moon1996
As Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
TMDb 5.6 / 10
La dragée haute1960
As Hugo Barsac
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Danger in the Middle East1960
As Brian Cannon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Bellman1945
As Un villageois
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Romy: Anatomy of a Face1967
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Ten Days' Wonder1971
As Paul Regis
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Dinosaur and the Baby1967
As Paul Javal (archive footage)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Genealogies of a Crime1997
As Georges Didier
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Children Thief1991
As Mr. Armand
TMDb 4.4 / 10
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister1986
As Étienne Sembadel
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Far West1973
As Indian chief
TMDb 6.5 / 10
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet2012
As Le père
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Malady of Love1987
As Raoul Bergeron
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary2017
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
On War2008
As Le grand Hou
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun1974
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Success Is the Best Revenge1984
As French Official
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Emigrant1994
As Adam - Ram's father
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Day and the Hour1963
As Antoine
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Bit Between the Teeth1979
As Pierre Chazerand
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Mark of the Day1949
As Georges Gohelle
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tout chante autour de moi1954
As Reverdier
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sugar1978
As Grezillo
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Weak Spot1975
As L'enquêteur
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli2017
As Self - Actor (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Shock Troops1967
As L'homme de trop
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others1974
As François, médecin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Chance at Love1964
As Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances1954
As Gérard
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Confused Feelings1981
As Professor
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Death in the Garden1956
As Father Lizzardi
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Loving in the Rain1974
As Mr. Dellerue (voice)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Train de nuit1994
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Young Girls Turn 251993
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Godard by Godard2023
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Le Plus Heureux des trois1957
As Pianist
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Woman in Blue1973
As Pierre
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Diary of an Innocent Boy1968
As Count Philippe
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Nothing About Robert1999
As Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Romy, A Free Woman2022
As archive footage
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Bête de scène
Bête de scène1994
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres2017
As Self (archive footage)
Dangerous Moves1984
As Akiva Liebskind
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Martha and I1990
As Ernst
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Gardens in Autumn2006
As Marie, la mère de Vincent
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France2009
The Life of Mirrors2025
Walking a Tightrope1991
As Marcel Spadice
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Magic Mirror2006
As Prof. Heschel
TMDb 6.6 / 10
A Man, a Real One2003
As Michel Piccoli
TMDb 7.6 / 10
La Cerisaie1982
As Léonid
TMDb 4.7 / 10
My Love, My Love1967
As Marrades
TMDb 6.4 / 10
From Time to Time1992
As Jules Verne
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Elsa the Rose1966
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad1994
As Presenter
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Le Coup de grâce1966
As Capri / Bruno
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Distant Land1987
As Friedrich Hofreiter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Beast at Bay1959
As Commissioner Jacques Guimard
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Loonies at Large1993
As Henri Toussaint
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Duchess of Langeais2007
As Vidame de Pamiers
TMDb 5.2 / 10
La Rumba1987
As Damien Malleville
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Prude1986
As Pierre
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Fire's Share1978
As Robert Hansen
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Le Divorcement1979
As Philippe
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Café tabac
Café tabac1964
As Récitant (voice)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère2002
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Le Bel Âge2009
As Maurice Reverdy
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!1982
As José Viss
TMDb 5.5 / 10
La Nuit de Tom Brown1959
As Tom Brown, jeune
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class1955
As Maurice Rouger
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Les Joueurs1960
As Chvokhniev
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Eyes, the Mouth1982
As Tío Agostino
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Le Bal des casse-pieds1992
As Désiré, l'homosexuel
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Touch and Go1971
As Valentin
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Le Quadrille des diamants1957
As Richard Burke
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Invasion1970
As Marcello
TMDb 5.0 / 10
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story2021
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Le Matelot 5121984
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Happiest Place on Earth1999
As Récitant (voice)
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Un coupable1988
As L'avocat
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Blanc de Chine1988
As Batz
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Speaking of Buñuel2000
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema2008
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dios de monoambiente
Dios de monoambiente2018
As Self (archive footage)
Our Lady of Hormones2015
As Narrator
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Supper1992
As Chateaubriand (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Le Chalet sous la neige
Le Chalet sous la neige1959
As Robert
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie1961
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving2000
As Louis
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The General of the Dead Army1983
As Benetandi
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Scénario du film Passion1982
As Self
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Croissance de Paris1955
As Récitant (voice)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There2011
As Self
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Libero Burro1999
As Zio Tony
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Once Upon a Time… Contempt2009
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Nonentity1986
As der Tölpel
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres2011
As Self
Tabarin1958
As Jacques Forestier
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
Le Rendez-vous de Noël1960
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento1992
As Edouard Frenhofer
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Devil's Tricks1966
As L'antiquaire
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sinners of Paris1958
As L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Terreur en Oklahoma
Terreur en Oklahoma1951
As Tommy Goudchote
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Portrait Of My Father2010
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Le Roi Lear
Le Roi Lear2007
As Le roi Lear
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg1991
As Le baron de Leisenbohg
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli2004
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
L'Été en hiver1964
As Jean, the Reporter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Perfume of the Lady in Black1949
As Lebel
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Uninvited1969
As François Desailly
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Marie Soleil1964
As Kafka
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps1964
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.9 / 10
The Price of Survival1980
As René Winterhalter
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Kiarostami in Close up2000
As as Self
F as in Fairbanks1976
As Etienne
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Délire à deux1968
As Him
TMDb 2.0 / 10
La Lune1985
Bardot et Godard1964
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
La Ruelle au clair de lune1988
As Pierre Willer
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Les paradoxes de Buñuel1998
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Passion in the Desert1997
As Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris2007
As Marcel
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur2006
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Torticola versus Frankensberg1952
As Torticola
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Strauberg ist da
Strauberg ist da1978
As Strauberg
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Traveling Companion1996
As Cosimo
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Le Temps des assassins
Le Temps des assassins1962
As Récitant (voice)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Monkey Folk1989
TMDb 7.8 / 10
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc1951
La France romane
La France romane1956
As Récitant (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.1981
As Morrand
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Il bambino di Betlemme
Il bambino di Betlemme2002
Filmography and biography: TMDb