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Michel Piccoli

1925–2020 · French actor

Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival.

Michel Piccoli, in order

  1. 1945 The Bellman: acted · directed by Christian-Jaque
  2. 1949 Le Parfum de la dame en noir: acted · directed by Louis Daquin
  3. 1949 Le Point du jour: acted · directed by Louis Daquin
  4. 1951 Without Leaving an Address: acted · directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
  5. 1952 Chicago-digest (short film): acted · directed by Paul Paviot
  6. 1952 Saint-Tropez, devoir de vacances: acted · directed by Paul Paviot
  7. 1952 Torticola contre Frankensberg: acted · directed by Paul Paviot
  8. 1954 Destinées: acted · directed by Christian-Jaque and Jean Delannoy
  9. 1954 Ernst Thälmann: acted · directed by Kurt Maetzig
  10. 1954 Tout chante autour de moi: acted · directed by Pierre Gout
  11. 1955 Bad Liaisons: acted · directed by Alexandre Astruc
  12. 1955 Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse: acted · directed by Kurt Maetzig
  13. 1955 French Cancan: acted · directed by Jean Renoir
  14. 1955 Marie Antoinette Queen of France: acted · directed by Jean Delannoy
  15. 1955 Price of Love: acted · directed by Maurice de Canonge
  16. 1955 The Grand Maneuver: acted · directed by René Clair
  17. 1956 Death in the Garden: acted · directed by Luis Buñuel
  18. 1957 Les copains du dimanche: acted · directed by Henri Aisner
  19. 1957 The Crucible: acted · directed by Raymond Rouleau
  20. 1957 The Foxiest Girl in Paris: acted · directed by Christian-Jaque
  21. 1958 Rafles sur la ville: acted · directed by Pierre Chenal
  22. 1958 Tabarin: acted · directed by Richard Pottier
  23. 1959 La bête à l'affût: acted · directed by Pierre Chenal
  24. 1960 La dragée haute: acted · directed by Jean Kerchner
  25. 1960 Le Bal des espions: acted · directed by Michel Clément and Umberto Scarpelli
  26. 1961 Amazons of Rome: acted · directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Vittorio Cottafavi
  27. 1961 La chevelure: acted · directed by Adonis Kyrou
  28. 1961 Le rendez-vous: acted · directed by Jean Delannoy
  29. 1962 Climats: acted · directed by Stellio Lorenzi
  30. 1962 Le Doulos: acted · directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
  31. 1963 Contempt: acted · directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  32. 1963 Forbidden Temptations: acted · directed by Osvaldo Civirani
  33. 1963 Paparazzi: acted · directed by Jacques Rozier
  34. 1963 Salut les Cubains: acted · directed by Agnès Varda · streaming on Criterion Channel
  35. 1963 The Day and the Hour: acted · directed by René Clément
  36. 1964 All About Loving: acted · directed by Jean Aurel
  37. 1964 Diary of a Chambermaid: acted · directed by Luis Buñuel
  38. 1964 La Chance et l'Amour: acted · directed by Bertrand Tavernier and Charles Bitsch
  39. 1964 Le coup de grâce: acted · directed by Claude Durand and Jean Cayrol
  40. 1965 Lady L: acted · directed by Peter Ustinov
  41. 1965 Les ruses du diable (Neuf portraits d'une jeune fille): acted · directed by Paul Vecchiali
  42. 1965 Masquerade: acted · directed by Basil Dearden
  43. 1965 The Sleeping Car Murders: acted · directed by Costa-Gavras
  44. 1966 Elsa la rose (short film): acted · directed by Agnès Varda · streaming on Criterion Channel
  45. 1966 Is Paris Burning?: acted · directed by René Clément · critics 75%, audiences 72%
  46. 1966 La Voleuse: acted · directed by Jean Chapot
  47. 1966 Les Créatures: acted · directed by Agnès Varda · audiences 50% · streaming on Kanopy, Criterion Channel
  48. 1966 Marie Soleil: acted · directed by Antoine Bourseiller and Claude Sautet
  49. 1966 The Game Is Over: acted · directed by Roger Vadim
  50. 1966 The War Is Over: acted · directed by Alain Resnais
  51. 1967 Belle de Jour: acted · directed by Luis Buñuel
  52. 1967 My Love, My Love: acted · directed by Nadine Trintignant
  53. 1967 Shock Troops: acted · directed by Costa-Gavras
  54. 1967 The Young Girls of Rochefort: acted · directed by Jacques Demy
  55. 1968 Benjamin: acted · directed by Michel Deville
  56. 1968 Danger: Diabolik: acted · directed by Mario Bava
  57. 1968 La Chamade: acted · directed by Alain Cavalier
  58. 1968 Woman in Chains: acted · directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  59. 1969 Dillinger Is Dead: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
  60. 1969 The Milky Way: acted · directed by Luis Buñuel
  61. 1969 The Uninvited: acted · directed by Vittorio De Seta
  62. 1969 Topaz: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 68%, audiences 36%
  63. 1970 Invasion: acted · directed by Yves Allégret
  64. 1970 The Things of Life: acted · directed by Claude Sautet
  65. 1971 Max et les Ferrailleurs: acted · directed by Claude Sautet
  66. 1971 Ten Days' Wonder: acted · directed by Claude Chabrol · critics 60%, audiences 39% · streaming on Prime Video (free), MX Player
  67. 1971 Touch and Go: acted · directed by Philippe de Broca
  68. 1972 César and Rosalie: acted · directed by Claude Sautet
  69. 1972 Liza: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
  70. 1972 Plot: acted · directed by Yves Boisset
  71. 1972 The Audience: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
  72. 1972 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: acted · directed by Luis Buñuel
  73. 1973 Far West: acted · directed by Jacques Brel
  74. 1973 La Grande Bouffe: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
  75. 1973 The Woman in Blue: acted · directed by Michel Deville
  76. 1973 Themroc: acted · directed by Claude Faraldo
  77. 1973 Wedding in Blood: acted · directed by Claude Chabrol
  78. 1974 Don't Touch the White Woman!: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
  79. 1974 E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine: acted · directed by Toni De Gregorio
  80. 1974 Life Size: produced, acted · directed by Luis García Berlanga
  81. 1974 Love in the Rain: acted · directed by Jean-Claude Brialy
  82. 1974 The Infernal Trio: acted · directed by Francis Girod
  83. 1974 The Phantom of Liberty: acted · directed by Luis Buñuel
  84. 1974 Vincent, François, Paul and the Others: acted · directed by Claude Sautet
  85. 1975 Léonor: produced, acted · directed by Juan Luis Buñuel
  86. 1975 Sept morts sur ordonnance: acted · directed by Jacques Rouffio
  87. 1975 Weak Spot: acted · directed by Peter Fleischmann
  88. 1976 F comme Fairbanks: acted · directed by Maurice Dugowson
  89. 1976 Mado: acted · directed by Claude Sautet
  90. 1976 The Last Woman: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
  91. 1976 Todo modo: acted · directed by Elio Petri
  92. 1977 Rene the Cane: acted · directed by Francis Girod
  93. 1977 Spoiled Children: acted · directed by Bertrand Tavernier
  94. 1977 That Obscure Object of Desire: acted · directed by Luis Buñuel
  95. 1977 The Accuser: acted · directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli
  96. 1978 Fire's Share: acted · directed by Étienne Périer
  97. 1978 Le sucre: acted · directed by Jacques Rouffio
  98. 1978 Little Girl in Blue Velvet: acted · directed by Alan Bridges
  99. 1978 Strauberg ist da: acted · directed by Mischa Gallé
  100. 1978 The Savage State: acted · directed by Francis Girod
  101. 1979 La confusion des sentiments (TV movie): acted · directed by Étienne Périer
  102. 1979 Le Mors aux dents: acted · directed by Laurent Heynemann
  103. 1979 Le divorcement: acted · directed by Pierre Barouh
  104. 1979 Neapolitan Mystery: acted · directed by Sergio Corbucci
  105. 1980 A Leap in the Dark: acted · directed by Marco Bellocchio
  106. 1980 Atlantic City: acted · directed by Louis Malle
  107. 1980 Der Preis fürs Überleben: acted · directed by Hans Noever
  108. 1980 Docteur Teyran (TV movie): acted · directed by Jean Chapot
  109. 1980 Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts (short film): acted · directed by Frédéric Compain
  110. 1981 Strange Affair: acted · directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
  111. 1981 The Prodigal Daughter: acted · directed by Jacques Doillon
  112. 1982 A Room in Town: acted · directed by Jacques Demy
  113. 1982 Beyond the Door: acted · directed by Liliana Cavani
  114. 1982 Espion, lève-toi: acted · directed by Yves Boisset
  115. 1982 Passion: acted · directed by Jean-Luc Godard
  116. 1982 Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt!: acted · directed by Denys Granier-Deferre
  117. 1982 That Night in Varennes: acted · directed by Ettore Scola
  118. 1982 The Eyes, the Mouth: acted · directed by Marco Bellocchio
  119. 1982 The Passerby: acted · directed by Jacques Rouffio
  120. 1983 Le Prix du Danger: acted · directed by Yves Boisset
  121. 1983 The General of the Dead Army: wrote, produced, acted · directed by Luciano Tovoli
  122. 1984 Dangerous Moves: acted · directed by Richard Dembo
  123. 1984 Le matelot 512: acted · directed by René Allio
  124. 1984 Success Is the Best Revenge: acted · directed by Jerzy Skolimowski · audiences 17% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Tubi
  125. 1984 Viva la vie: acted · directed by Claude Lelouch
  126. 1985 Adieu Bonaparte: acted · directed by Youssef Chahine
  127. 1985 Death in a French Garden: acted · directed by Michel Deville
  128. 1985 Partir, revenir: acted · directed by Claude Lelouch
  129. 1986 Mauvais sang: acted · directed by Leos Carax
  130. 1986 My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister: acted · directed by Jacques Rouffio
  131. 1986 The Patoquet: acted · directed by Michel Deville
  132. 1986 The Prude: acted · directed by Jacques Doillon
  133. 1987 La rumba: acted · directed by Roger Hanin
  134. 1987 Maladie d'amour: acted · directed by Jacques Deray
  135. 1987 The Distant Land: acted · directed by Luc Bondy
  136. 1987 The Veiled Man: acted · directed by Maroun Bagdadi
  137. 1988 Blanc de chine: acted · directed by Denys Granier-Deferre
  138. 1988 Ya bon les blancs: acted · directed by Marco Ferreri
  139. 1989 The Monkey Folk: acted · directed by Gérard Vienne
  140. 1990 Martha and I: acted · directed by Jiří Weiss
  141. 1990 May Fools: acted · directed by Louis Malle
  142. 1991 Against Oblivion: directed, acted
  143. 1991 La Belle Noiseuse: acted · directed by Jacques Rivette
  144. 1991 The Children Thief: acted · directed by Christian de Chalonge
  145. 1991 Walking a Tightrope: acted · directed by Nikos Papatakis
  146. 1992 Le Bal des casse-pieds: acted · directed by Yves Robert
  147. 1992 The Supper: acted · directed by Édouard Molinaro
  148. 1993 La cavale des fous: acted · directed by Marco Pico
  149. 1993 Rupture(s): acted · directed by Christine Citti
  150. 1993 The Young Girls Turn 25: acted · directed by Agnès Varda · streaming on Criterion Channel
  151. 1994 Al-Mohager: acted · directed by Youssef Chahine
  152. 1994 L'ange noir: acted · directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau
  153. 1995 2 x 50 Years of French Cinema: acted · directed by Anne-Marie Miéville and Jean-Luc Godard
  154. 1995 One Hundred and One Nights: acted · directed by Agnès Varda · audiences 57% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  155. 1995 The World of Jacques Demy: acted · directed by Agnès Varda · streaming on Criterion Channel
  156. 1996 Beaumarchais: acted · directed by Édouard Molinaro
  157. 1996 Party: acted · directed by Manoel de Oliveira
  158. 1996 Traveling Companion: acted · directed by Peter Del Monte
  159. 1996 Tykho Moon: acted · directed by Enki Bilal
  160. 1997 Alors voilà,: directed
  161. 1997 Genealogies of a Crime: acted · directed by Raúl Ruiz
  162. 1997 Passion in the Desert: acted · directed by Lavinia Currier
  163. 1999 Libero Burro: acted · directed by Sergio Castellitto
  164. 1999 Nothing About Robert: acted · directed by Pascal Bonitzer
  165. 1999 París Tombuctú (Paris-Timbuktu): acted · directed by Luis García Berlanga
  166. 1999 The Happiest Place on Earth: acted · directed by Marcel Bluwal
  167. 2000 Everything's Fine, We're Leaving: acted · directed by Claude Mouriéras
  168. 2000 Les Acteurs: acted · directed by Bertrand Blier
  169. 2000 Regarding Buñuel: acted · directed by Javier Rioyo Jambrina and José Luis López-Linares
  170. 2001 I'm Going Home: acted · directed by Manoel de Oliveira
  171. 2001 The Black Beach: directed, wrote
  172. 2002 Divine Intervention: acted · directed by Elia Suleiman
  173. 2003 Little Lili: acted · directed by Claude Miller
  174. 2003 That Day: acted · directed by Raúl Ruiz
  175. 2005 C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé: directed
  176. 2005 Magic Mirror: acted · directed by Manoel de Oliveira
  177. 2006 Belle Toujours: acted · directed by Manoel de Oliveira
  178. 2006 Gardens in Autumn: acted · directed by Otar Iosseliani
  179. 2006 The Duchess of Langeais: acted · directed by Jacques Rivette
  180. 2007 Beneath the Rooftops of Paris: acted · directed by Huner Saleem
  181. 2007 Boxes: acted · directed by Jane Birkin
  182. 2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoire: acted · directed by Gilles Nadeau
  183. 2007 To Each His Own Cinema: acted · directed by Abbas Kiarostami and Aki Kaurismäki · critics 100%, audiences 71%
  184. 2008 On War: acted · directed by Bertrand Bonello
  185. 2008 The Dust of Time: acted · directed by Thodoros Angelopoulos
  186. 2009 L'insurgée: acted · directed by Laurent Perreau
  187. 2009 Two in the Wave: acted · directed by Emmanuel Laurent
  188. 2011 We Have a Pope: acted · directed by Nanni Moretti
  189. 2012 Holy Motors: acted · directed by Leos Carax
  190. 2012 Lines of Wellington: acted · directed by Raúl Ruiz and Valeria Sarmiento
  191. 2012 You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!: acted · directed by Alain Resnais
  192. 2014 Le goût des myrtilles: acted · directed by Thomas de Thier