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Michael Lonsdale

Actor / Writer / Theatre Director | * 05/24/1931 († 89, 09/21/2020) | Paris (France)
Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, The Abbot in The Name of the Rose and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recrui ...

Munich

R

2005 | 3.6/5 | 2h 44min
Drama, Action, History, Thriller
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A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and giv ...

Ronin

Certification unknown

1998 | 3.5/5 | 2h 2min
Action, Thriller, Crime
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After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the ...

Moonraker

PG

1979 | 3.1/5 | 2h 6min
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
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An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail. ...

The Day of the Jackal

PG

1973 | 3.8/5 | 2h 23min
Action, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Michael Lonsdale

César Award for Best Supporting Actor Globe de Cristal Awards Medal of the City of Paris 2x César Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Michael Lonsdale as Actor(163)

as himself2020 Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2019 Degas and I
as Daniel2016 Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
as himself2016 The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
as himself2016 Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres
as Jean-Berchmans2016 The First, the Last
2015 The Visit
as (voice)2014 Rosenn
as Narrator2014 N: The Madness Of Reason
2014 J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
as Cedric Rovère2014 Maestro
as Jean Virno2013 Le Renard jaune
as Gebo2012 Gebo and the Shadow
as Le Psy2011 Titeuf
as Narrateur2011 Veilleurs dans la nuit - Une journée monastique à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
as himself2011 Hitler in Hollywood
as Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit2011 Free Men
2011 The Cardboard Village
as Luc2010 Of Gods and Men
as Max2009 You'll Miss Me
as Theon2009 Agora
as himself2008 Les amants cinéma
as The old blind man (segment "Le Don")2007 To Each His Own Cinema
as Mathias Jüst2007 Heartbeat Detector
as Bartleby (voice)2007 Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
as le vicomte Prony2007 The Last Mistress
as Inquisitor General2006 Goya's Ghosts
as Paul Doumer2005 The Separation
as Papa2005 Munich
as Jean2005 Gentille
as Le gardien2005 Invisible
as Le professeur Stangerson2005 The Perfume of the Lady in Black
as Robert2005 Bye Bye Blackbird
as David2004 Under a False Name
as Serge2004 Adieu
as Bernard2004 Five Times Two
as Stangerson2003 The Mystery of the Yellow Room
as Don Salvadore2003 Le Furet
as Opaz (french voice)2003 Kaena: The Prophecy
as Hugo Drax (archive footage) (uncredited)2002 Best Ever Bond
as Mikaël2001 Those Facing Us
2000 Inside 'Moonraker'
as himself2000 Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
as himself2000 Actors
2000 Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
as Maître Flavius (Voice)1999 A Monkey's Tale
as Jean-Pierre1998 Ronin
as Don Luis1998 Don Juan
as Monseigneur Loublié1998 Let There Be Light!
1997 Noise of Love and War
as Honoré de Balzac1997 Mauvais Genre
1996 La Plante Humaine
1995 Vroum-vroum
as Louis XVI1995 Jefferson in Paris
as Dollabella1995 Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as Narrator1994 Dieu sait quoi
as Stark1993 L'ordre du jour
as Dupont D'Ivry1993 The Remains of the Day
as Gabriel1991 My Life Is Hell
as himself1990 Film sur Georges Perec
as Xavier Lorion1989 Souvenir
1989 Cela s'appelle l'amour
as (voice)1989 Earthen Man
as Cammerschulze1988 The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
as Tanzmann1987 Der Madonna-Mann
as Moralès1986 Rendez-vous manqués
as The Abbot1986 The Name of the Rose
as Raymond1986 L'air d'aimer
as himself1986 The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
as Antonie1985 The Insomniac on the Bridge
as Ernst Manfredi1985 The Holcroft Covenant
as Saint Eloi1984 Good King Dagobert
as himself1984 The Colour of Words
as Le docteur1984 The Judge
as Narrator (original version only)1983 Chronopolis
as Béjardy1983 Une jeunesse
as Senator Onésimo Sanchez1983 Erendira
as Commissioner Bancau1982 Mersonne ne m'aime
as Bodley1982 Enigma
1982 Sweet Inquest on Violence
as Ludovic1981 Seuls
as Martin Bormann1981 The Bunker
as Bertrand Haines-Pearson1981 The Games of Countess Dolingen
as Garth Jones (scenes deleted)1981 Chariots of Fire
as Roland1981 Un paquebot dans la tête
as Jean Papeuil1980 Jean-Sans-Terre
as Hugo Drax1979 Moonraker
as Renoudot1979 The Passage
as Narrator1978 The Risk of Living
as Georges Aubert1977 Le diable dans la boîte
as Abéraud1977 The Accuser
as himself1977 A Dirty Story
as The Waiter1977 The Left-Handed Woman
as Pierre1976 Mr. Klein
as The President of the Republic1976 Scrambled Eggs
as The Vice Consul of Lahore1976 Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
as L'Huissier1976 Bartleby
as Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)1975 Galileo
as Stephane Mostri1975 Mad Enough to Kill
1975 Né
as David Sutter1975 The Track
as Le peintre1975 A Whale That Had a Toothache
as le médecin1975 Aloïse
as Le Vice-Consul de Lahore1975 India Song
as Swan1975 The Romantic Englishwoman
as Inspecteur Fournier1975 Serious as Pleasure
as Morrison1975 The Pink Telephone
as Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur1975 Special Section
as Smith1974 La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
as The Judge1974 Successive Slidings of Pleasure
as Docteur Mézy1974 Stavisky...
as Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate1974 The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
as Le juge Souftries1974 Les Suspects
as Narrator1974 Film sur Hans Bellmer
as Raymond1974 No Pockets in a Shroud
as Le chapelier1974 The Phantom of Liberty
as Duc de Croyter (as Michel Lonsdale)1974 Caravan to Vaccarès
as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel1973 The Day of the Jackal
as Stéphane1973 Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons
as Le commissaire Lucas1972 There Once Was a Cop
as Sergel1972 Chut !
1972 Les années Lumière
as Julien, le réalisateur1972 Autumn
as Thomas1972 Out 1: Spectre
1972 The Old Maid
as Thomas1971 Out 1
as Inspecteur Bertrand1971 Law Breakers
as Un juif1971 Jaune, Le Soleil
as Hippolyte the brother of Marylène1971 Papa, the Lil' Boats
as Father Henri1971 Murmur of the Heart
as L'homme qui fuit1970 Spring
as Bracquemont1970 La fenêtre
as le commissaire Donald Both1970 The Stud
as Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky1970 Le revolver et la rose
as Julien & Marc1969 Winter
as Le mari1969 The Nail Clippers
as Edouard Loriebat1969 Hibernatus
as Stein1969 Destroy, She Said
as Morane1968 The Bride Wore Black
as Un acteur au théâtre1968 Concerto for an Exile
as Georges Tabard1968 Stolen Kisses
as Delaroche1968 The Big Wash
as L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J.1968 The Man in the Buick
as Thomas Perkins1967 Judoka-Secret Agent
as Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voice)1967 Les compagnons de la marguerite
as L'Avocat de la Défense1967 The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
as Debu-Bridel (uncredited)1966 Is Paris Burning?
as Le conférencier au club des timides1966 Your Money or Your Life
as L'homme (M)1966 Comédie
as Kernan1965 The Ghostly Rental
as Lamendin1965 The Buddies
as Hyman1965 Hail! Mafia
as L'elève1964 The Little Misses
as un autre homme en voiture1964 Jaloux comme un tigre
as Acteur1962 Crime Does Not Pay
as Albert1962 Adorable Liar
as Priest1962 The Trial
as Charles Dufaut1962 Snobs
as Mercier1962 The Denunciation
as Andreï Prodarov1960 Les trois soeurs
as Georges1960 The Door Slams
1958 A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
as Sinclair1956 It Happened in Aden

TV Shows/Series with Michael Lonsdale as Actor(7)

as Guillaume Serre1991 Maigret
as Philippe Jolivet1986 Le Tiroir secret
1982 Smiley's People
as Anton Grigoriev1982 Smiley's People
as himself1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as himself1972 Le Grand Échiquier
as himself1971 Samedi soir

Movies with Michael Lonsdale as Crew(1)

Writing/Writer1982 Mora

Full Name: Michael Edward Crouch
Born: Sunday, 05/24 1931 (May) in Paris (France)
Died: Monday, 09/21 2020 (September) in 7th arrondissement of Paris (aged: 89)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN), French (FR, native language)
Member of: Comité des intellectuels pour l'Europe des libertés
Student of: Tania Balachova
Other names for Michael Lonsdale (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Michel Lonsdale" (Pseudonym)
"Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch"
"Alfred de Turri" (Pseudonym)
Michael Lonsdale frequently works together with these people:
Marcel Hanoun (23x, Crew)
Jean-Pierre Mocky (20x, Crew)
Marguerite Duras (11x, Crew)
Claude Rich (9x, Actor)
Delphine Seyrig (8x, Actress)
Catherine Binet (8x, Crew)
Michel Serrault (7x, Actor)
Francis Blanche (7x, Actor)
Pierre Arditi (7x, Actor)
Dominique Zardi (7x, Actor)
Jacques Richard (7x, Crew)
Tino Rossi (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:997, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/04/2024