
Michael Lonsdale
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
24 May 1931
Age
95 Years
Born In
Paris, France
Total Projects
208
Years Active
69 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.6 ★
Overview
Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is often known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, deputy...
Known For
Filmography

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The Life of Mirrors
The Life of Mirrors

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African Glory
African Glory
as Christopher Columbus

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The Outsider
The Outsider
as Narrator (Voice)

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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)

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Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
as Self

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Degas and I
Degas and I
as Edgar Degas

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Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique
Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique
as Narrator

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Bazin's Film
Bazin's Film
as Narrator

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Sculpt
Sculpt

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The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
as Self

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Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres
Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres
as Self

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The First, the Last
The First, the Last
as Jean-Berchmans

movie
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
as Daniel

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The Visit
The Visit
as Self

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J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
as (voice)

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N: The Madness Of Reason
N: The Madness Of Reason
as Narrator

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Maestro
Maestro
as Cedric Rovère

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Rosenn
Rosenn
as (voice)

movie
Le Renard jaune
Le Renard jaune
as Jean Virno

movie
Gebo and the Shadow
Gebo and the Shadow
as Gebo

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Veilleurs dans la nuit - Une journée monastique à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
Veilleurs dans la nuit - Une journée monastique à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
as Narrateur

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The Cardboard Village
The Cardboard Village
as Old Priest

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Free Men
Free Men
as Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit

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Hitler in Hollywood
Hitler in Hollywood
as Michael Lonsdale

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Titeuf
Titeuf
as Le psy (voice)

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Of Gods and Men
Of Gods and Men
as Luc

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You'll Miss Me
You'll Miss Me
as Max

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Agora
Agora
as Theon

tv
Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
as Le Grand Loustalot

tv
Le Silence de l'épervier
Le Silence de l'épervier
as Antoine Carsac

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Les amants cinéma
Les amants cinéma
as Self

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To Each His Own Cinema
To Each His Own Cinema
as The old blind man (segment "Le Don")

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Heartbeat Detector
Heartbeat Detector
as Mathias Jüst

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Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
as Bartleby (voice)

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The Last Mistress
The Last Mistress
as le vicomte Prony

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Les Mains d'Andréa
Les Mains d'Andréa

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Goya's Ghosts
Goya's Ghosts
as Inquisitor General

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Jeanne, à petits pas
Jeanne, à petits pas
as Louis

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Munich
Munich
as Papa

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Gentille
Gentille
as Jean

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The Separation
The Separation
as Paul Doumer

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Bye Bye Blackbird
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Robert

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The Perfume of the Lady in Black
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
as Professor Stangerson

movie
Invisible
Invisible
as Le gardien

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Under a False Name
Under a False Name
as David

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Adieu
Adieu
as Serge

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Five Times Two
Five Times Two
as Bernard

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Le Furet
Le Furet
as Don Salvadore

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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
as Stangerson

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Kaena: The Prophecy
Kaena: The Prophecy
as Opaz (voice)

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Le Mythe Cathare
Le Mythe Cathare
as Narrator

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Those Facing Us
Those Facing Us
as Mikaël

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Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
as Self

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Speaking of Buñuel
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self

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Inside 'Moonraker'
Inside 'Moonraker'
as Self

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Actors
Actors
as Man walking down the street

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Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
as Narrator (voice)

movie
A Monkey's Tale
A Monkey's Tale
as Maître Flavius (Voice)

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Ronin
Ronin
as Jean-Pierre

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Let There Be Light!
Let There Be Light!
as Monseigneur Loublié

movie
Don Juan
Don Juan
as Don Luis

movie
Mauvais Genre
Mauvais Genre
as Honoré de Balzac

movie
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
as (voice)

movie
Noise of Love and War
Noise of Love and War
as The director

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La Plante Humaine
La Plante Humaine
as Michel

movie
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as Dollabella

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Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris
as Louis XVI

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Vroum-vroum
Vroum-vroum

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Dieu sait quoi
Dieu sait quoi
as Narrator

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The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
as Dupont D'Ivry

movie
Woyzeck
Woyzeck
as Le capitaine

movie
L'ordre du jour
L'ordre du jour
as Stark

movie
My Life Is Hell
My Life Is Hell
as Gabriel

tv
Maigret
Maigret
as Guillaume Serre

tv
Maigret
Maigret
as Sir Lampson

movie
Seul face au crime
Seul face au crime
as Procuratore

movie
Out 1
Out 1
as Thomas

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Film sur Georges Perec
Film sur Georges Perec
as Self

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Cela s'appelle l'amour
Cela s'appelle l'amour
as Self

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Souvenir
Souvenir
as Xavier Lorion

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Earthen Man
Earthen Man
as (voice)

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The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
as Cammerschulze

movie
Der Madonna-Mann
Der Madonna-Mann
as Tanzmann

tv
Le Tiroir secret
Le Tiroir secret
as Philippe Jolivet

movie
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
as Self

movie
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
as The Abbot

movie
Rendez-vous manqués
Rendez-vous manqués
as Moralès

movie
L'air d'aimer
L'air d'aimer
as Raymond

movie
Emile Reynaud
Emile Reynaud
as Narrator

movie
The Memory of the Eye E.J. Marey
The Memory of the Eye E.J. Marey
as Narrator

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Billy Ze Kick
Billy Ze Kick
as Commissaire Bellanger

tv
Le Génie du faux
Le Génie du faux
as Constantin Escher

movie
The Insomniac on the Bridge
The Insomniac on the Bridge
as Antonie

movie
The Holcroft Covenant
The Holcroft Covenant
as Ernst Manfredi

movie
Good King Dagobert
Good King Dagobert
as Saint Eloi

movie
The Colour of Words
The Colour of Words
as Self

movie
The Judge
The Judge
as Le docteur

movie
Chronopolis
Chronopolis
as Narrator (voice)

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Une jeunesse
Une jeunesse
as Béjardy

movie
Erendira
Erendira
as Senator Onésimo Sanchez

movie
The Boulugres
The Boulugres
as Le roi (voice)

movie
La Rényon lontan
La Rényon lontan
as Narrator (voice)

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Enigma
Enigma
as Bodley

tv
Smiley's People
Smiley's People
as Anton Grigoriev

movie
Mersonne ne m'aime
Mersonne ne m'aime
as Commissioner Bancau

movie
Sweet Inquest on Violence
Sweet Inquest on Violence
as Ash, the financier

movie
Le rose et le blanc
Le rose et le blanc
as Léon

movie
Trompe-l'oeil
Trompe-l'oeil
as Self (voice)

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Alone
Alone
as Ludovic

movie
The Games of Countess Dolingen
The Games of Countess Dolingen
as Bertrand Haines-Pearson

movie
The Bunker
The Bunker
as Martin Bormann

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Un paquebot dans la tête
Un paquebot dans la tête
as Roland

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Jean-Sans-Terre
Jean-Sans-Terre
as Jean Papeuil

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Moonraker
Moonraker
as Hugo Drax

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The Passage
The Passage
as Renoudot

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Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été
Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été

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The Left-Handed Woman
The Left-Handed Woman
as The Waiter

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The Risk of Living
The Risk of Living
as narrator

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Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible
Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible

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A Dirty Story
A Dirty Story
as The voyeur

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The Accuser
The Accuser
as Abéraud

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The Devil in the Box
The Devil in the Box
as Georges Aubert

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Bartleby
Bartleby
as L'Huissier

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Mr. Klein
Mr. Klein
as Pierre

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Cygne II
Cygne II
as Narrator (voice)

movie
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
as The Vice Consul of Lahore

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Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled Eggs
as The President of the Republic

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La nuit du beau marin peut-être?
La nuit du beau marin peut-être?
as Boris

movie
Les Écrans déchirés
Les Écrans déchirés
as Michael

movie
Né
Né
as Self

movie
The Pink Telephone
The Pink Telephone
as M. Morrison, président de la Fielding

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Mad Enough to Kill
Mad Enough to Kill
as Stephane Mostri

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The Romantic Englishwoman
The Romantic Englishwoman
as Swan

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India Song
India Song
as Le Vice-Consul de Lahore

movie
The Track
The Track
as David Sutter

movie
Special Section
Special Section
as Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur

movie
A Whale That Had a Toothache
A Whale That Had a Toothache
as Le peintre

movie
Aloïse
Aloïse
as le médecin

movie
Galileo
Galileo
as Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)

movie
Serious as Pleasure
Serious as Pleasure
as Inspecteur Fournier

tv
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self

tv
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
as Smith

movie
The Suspects
The Suspects
as Judge Souftries

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No Pockets in a Shroud
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Raymond

movie
The Phantom of Liberty
The Phantom of Liberty
as The Hatter

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Caravan to Vaccarès
Caravan to Vaccarès
as Duc de Croyter

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The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
as Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate

movie
Stavisky...
Stavisky...
as Docteur Mézy

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La Grande Paulette
La Grande Paulette
as Paul

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Successive Slidings of Pleasure
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
as The Judge

movie
Right to the city
Right to the city
as Narrator

movie
Film sur Hans Bellmer
Film sur Hans Bellmer
as Narrator

movie
Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons
Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons
as Stéphane

movie
The Girl with the Cello
The Girl with the Cello
as Philippe Lariel

movie
Out 1: Spectre
Out 1: Spectre
as Thomas

movie
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal
as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel

movie
Autumn
Autumn
as Julien, le réalisateur

movie
Chut !
Chut !
as Sergel

movie
Les Années Lumière
Les Années Lumière
as Narrator (voice)

movie
There Once Was a Cop
There Once Was a Cop
as Commissioner Lucas

tv
Le Grand Échiquier
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self

movie
The Old Maid
The Old Maid
as Monod

movie
Spring
Spring
as L'homme qui fuit

tv
Out 1
Out 1
as Thomas

movie
Law Breakers
Law Breakers
as Inspector Bertrand

movie
Murmur of the Heart
Murmur of the Heart
as Father Henri

movie
Papa, the Lil' Boats
Papa, the Lil' Boats
as Hippolyte the brother of Marylène

movie
Jaune, Le Soleil
Jaune, Le Soleil
as Un juif

tv
Samedi soir
Samedi soir
as Self

movie
Le revolver et la rose
Le revolver et la rose
as Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky

movie
Un troisième
Un troisième
as Le réalisateur

movie
La Fenêtre
La Fenêtre
as Bracquemont

tv
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
as Socrates

movie
The Stud
The Stud
as Commissioner Donald Both

movie
Winter
Winter
as Julien & Marc

movie
Destroy, She Said
Destroy, She Said
as Stein

movie
Hibernatus
Hibernatus
as Edouard Loriebat

movie
The Nail Clippers
The Nail Clippers
as Le mari

movie
The Big Wash
The Big Wash
as Delaroche

movie
Stolen Kisses
Stolen Kisses
as Georges Tabard

movie
The Bride Wore Black
The Bride Wore Black
as Morane

movie
The Man in the Buick
The Man in the Buick
as L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J.

movie
Zoo Story
Zoo Story
as Peter

movie
Concerto for an Exile
Concerto for an Exile
as Un acteur au théâtre

movie
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
as L'Avocat de la Défense

movie
Judoka-Secret Agent
Judoka-Secret Agent
as Thomas Perkins

movie
Order of the Daisy
Order of the Daisy
as Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voice)

movie
Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning?
as Debu-Bridel (uncredited)

movie
Your Money or Your Life
Your Money or Your Life
as Speaker at the Shy People's Club

movie
Comédie
Comédie
as L'homme (M)

movie
Hail! Mafia
Hail! Mafia
as Hyman

movie
The Ghostly Rental
The Ghostly Rental
as Kernan

movie
The Buddies
The Buddies
as Lamendin

movie
Behold a Pale Horse
Behold a Pale Horse
as Reporter

movie
The Little Misses
The Little Misses
as L'elève

movie
Jaloux comme un tigre
Jaloux comme un tigre
as The grimacing motorist

movie
Le Petit Nicolas
Le Petit Nicolas
as The father

movie
Snobs!
Snobs!
as Charles Dufaut

movie
The Trial
The Trial
as Priest

movie
The Immoral Moment
The Immoral Moment
as Mercier

movie
Crime Does Not Pay
Crime Does Not Pay
as Acteur

movie
Le bureau des mariages
Le bureau des mariages

movie
Adorable Liar
Adorable Liar
as Albert

movie
The Door Slams
The Door Slams
as Georges

movie
The Itchy Palm
The Itchy Palm
as Nobert

movie
Les Trois Sœurs
Les Trois Sœurs
as Andreï Prodarov

movie
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel

movie
It Happened in Aden
It Happened in Aden
as Sinclair