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Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Acting May 24, 1931 (89 years old) September 21, 2020 Paris, France

Biography

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 police commissioner Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Abbot in The Name of the Rose (1986) and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day (1993). Lonsdale was born in Paris, the natural son of British Army officer Edward Lonsdale Crouch and Simone Calderon (née Béraud). He was brought up initially on the island of Jersey, then in London from 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca, Morocco. He returned to Paris to study painting in 1947, but was drawn into the world of acting instead, first appearing on stage at the age of 24. Lonsdale was bilingual, and appeared in both English-language and French-language productions. He appeared in a starring role with Roger Moore in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. and with Sean Connery, in the 1986 film The Name of the Rose. He would later appear in Munich (2005), a film that also starred another Bond, Daniel Craig. In February 2011, he won a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Of Gods and Men. Lonsdale was also the author of ten books. A practising Roman Catholic, he was close to the Emmanuel Community. In his 2016 memoir Le Dictionnaire de Ma Vie, Lonsdale revealed he had fallen for Delphine Seyrig, having met her as a student in Tania Balachova's acting classes at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1947. He wrote that "it was her or nothing", which was why he never married. Lonsdale died in Paris on 21 September 2020, aged 89. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Lonsdale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies 198

Moonraker 6.2

Moonraker

as Hugo Drax

1979
The Name of the Rose 7.5

The Name of the Rose

as The Abbot

1986
The Day of the Jackal 7.5

The Day of the Jackal

as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel

1973
Munich 7.1

Munich

as Papa

2005
Ronin 7.0

Ronin

as Jean-Pierre

1998
The Remains of the Day 7.4

The Remains of the Day

as Dupont D'Ivry

1993
Murmur of the Heart 7.0

Murmur of the Heart

as Father Henri

1971
Stolen Kisses 7.3

Stolen Kisses

as Georges Tabard

1968
Is Paris Burning? 7.2

Is Paris Burning?

as Debu-Bridel (uncredited)

1966
The Phantom of Liberty 7.4

The Phantom of Liberty

as Hatter

1974
Of Gods and Men 6.7

Of Gods and Men

as Luc

2010
Hibernatus 6.7

Hibernatus

as Edouard Loriebat

1969
The Bride Wore Black 7.1

The Bride Wore Black

as Morane

1968
Agora 7.0

Agora

as Theon

2009
The Trial 7.4

The Trial

as Priest

1962
To Each His Own Cinema 6.4

To Each His Own Cinema

as The old blind man (segment "Le Don")

2007
Goya's Ghosts 6.6

Goya's Ghosts

as Inquisitor General

2006
Mr. Klein 7.2

Mr. Klein

as Pierre

1976
The Passage 6.0

The Passage

as Renoudot

1979
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud 7.0

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud

as Dollabella

1995
Behold a Pale Horse 6.0

Behold a Pale Horse

as Reporter

1964
The Bunker 6.3

The Bunker

as Martin Bormann

1981
A Monkey's Tale 6.4

A Monkey's Tale

as Maître Flavius (Voice)

1999
Enigma 5.6

Enigma

as Bodley

1982
The Holcroft Covenant 5.5

The Holcroft Covenant

as Ernst Manfredi

1985
The Last Mistress 5.7

The Last Mistress

as le vicomte Prony

2007
Five Times Two 6.4

Five Times Two

as Bernard

2004
Under a False Name 5.7

Under a False Name

as David

2004
Film sur Georges Perec 7.0

Film sur Georges Perec

as Self

1990
Good King Dagobert 4.2

Good King Dagobert

as Saint Eloi

1984
Kaena: The Prophecy 6.0

Kaena: The Prophecy

as Opaz (voice)

2003
Erendira 6.1

Erendira

as Senator Onésimo Sanchez

1983
Titeuf 5.7

Titeuf

as Le psy (voice)

2011
Stavisky... 5.9

Stavisky...

as Docteur Mézy

1974
Successive Slidings of Pleasure 6.1

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

as The Judge

1974
No Pockets in a Shroud 5.4

No Pockets in a Shroud

as Raymond

1974
Hitler in Hollywood 6.2

Hitler in Hollywood

as Michael Lonsdale

2011
The Romantic Englishwoman 5.4

The Romantic Englishwoman

as Swan

1975
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' 6.7

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

as Self

1986
Jefferson in Paris 5.1

Jefferson in Paris

as Louis XVI

1995
The Old Maid 6.0

The Old Maid

as Monod

1972
Let There Be Light! 6.3

Let There Be Light!

as Monseigneur Loublié

1998
The Perfume of the Lady in Black 6.0

The Perfume of the Lady in Black

as Professor Stangerson

2005
Galileo 6.1

Galileo

as Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)

1975
Gebo and the Shadow 6.6

Gebo and the Shadow

as Gebo

2012
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure 6.2

Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure

as Bartleby (voice)

2007
Crime Does Not Pay 5.5

Crime Does Not Pay

as Acteur

1962
Actors 5.8

Actors

as Man walking down the street

2000
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober 6.6

The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober

as Cammerschulze

1988
Don Juan 4.5

Don Juan

as Don Luis

1998
There Once Was a Cop 6.1

There Once Was a Cop

as Commissioner Lucas

1972
The Man in the Buick 6.4

The Man in the Buick

as L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J.

1968
The Mystery of the Yellow Room 6.6

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

as Stangerson

2003
J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds 6.8

J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds

as (voice)

2014
The Pink Telephone 4.8

The Pink Telephone

as M. Morrison, président de la Fielding

1975
The Man from London 7.0

The Man from London

as Kocsmáros (voice)

2008
Law Breakers 5.5

Law Breakers

as Inspector Bertrand

1971
Out 1 7.2

Out 1

as Thomas

1990
The Games of Countess Dolingen 3.3

The Games of Countess Dolingen

as Bertrand Haines-Pearson

1981
Hail! Mafia 7.4

Hail! Mafia

as Hyman

1965
India Song 6.3

India Song

as Le Vice-Consul de Lahore

1975
Special Section 7.1

Special Section

as Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur

1975
The Cardboard Village 5.7

The Cardboard Village

as Old Priest

2011
Your Money or Your Life 6.0

Your Money or Your Life

as Speaker at the Shy People's Club

1966
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose 2.0

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

as Self (archive footage)

2022
The First, the Last 6.4

The First, the Last

as Jean-Berchmans

2016
Papa, the Lil' Boats 4.6

Papa, the Lil' Boats

as Hippolyte the brother of Marylène

1971
You'll Miss Me 4.6

You'll Miss Me

as Max

2009
The Track 6.8

The Track

as David Sutter

1975
Mad Enough to Kill 6.8

Mad Enough to Kill

as Stephane Mostri

1975
Le Renard jaune 5.5

Le Renard jaune

as Jean Virno

2013
Serious as Pleasure 3.9

Serious as Pleasure

as Inspecteur Fournier

1975
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung 7.2

The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung

as L'Avocat de la Défense

1967
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert 7.1

Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert

as The Vice Consul of Lahore

1976
Jaloux comme un tigre 4.7

Jaloux comme un tigre

as The grimacing motorist

1964
Speaking of Buñuel 6.0

Speaking of Buñuel

as Self

2000
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète 7.5

Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète

as Self

2000
Mauvais Genre 4.2

Mauvais Genre

as Honoré de Balzac

1997
Le Furet 4.6

Le Furet

as Don Salvadore

2003
Souvenir 6.0

Souvenir

as Xavier Lorion

1989
Gentille 5.8

Gentille

as Jean

2005
Maestro 6.1

Maestro

as Cedric Rovère

2014
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel 5.4

A Bullet in the Gun Barrel

1958
The Left-Handed Woman 6.9

The Left-Handed Woman

as The Waiter

1978
Film sur Hans Bellmer 6.0

Film sur Hans Bellmer

as Narrator

1974
The Stud 5.1

The Stud

as Commissioner Donald Both

1970
Order of the Daisy 6.2

Order of the Daisy

as Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voice)

1967
Caravan to Vaccarès 5.4

Caravan to Vaccarès

as Duc de Croyter

1974
A Dirty Story 6.1

A Dirty Story

as The voyeur

1977
Mersonne ne m'aime 10.0

Mersonne ne m'aime

as Commissioner Bancau

1982
Sculpt 1.0

Sculpt

2016
Adieu 7.3

Adieu

as Serge

2004
La Grande Paulette 7.0

La Grande Paulette

as Paul

1974
Inside 'Moonraker' 6.8

Inside 'Moonraker'

as Self

2000
Free Men 5.7

Free Men

as Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit

2011
The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown 5.3

The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown

as Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate

1974
Un paquebot dans la tête 9.0

Un paquebot dans la tête

as Roland Gougean-Roland

1981
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge 6.8

Les Filles au Moyen-Âge

as Daniel

2016
The Nail Clippers 6.6

The Nail Clippers

as Le mari

1969
The Life of Mirrors

The Life of Mirrors

2025
The Memory of the Eye E.J. Marey

The Memory of the Eye E.J. Marey

as Narrator

1986
The Itchy Palm 7.5

The Itchy Palm

as Nobert

1960
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

2011
The Immoral Moment 5.2

The Immoral Moment

as Mercier

1962
The Insomniac on the Bridge 7.0

The Insomniac on the Bridge

as Antonie

1985
Heartbeat Detector 5.6

Heartbeat Detector

as Mathias Jüst

2007
Earthen Man 10.0

Earthen Man

as (voice)

1989
Spring 6.4

Spring

as L'homme qui fuit

1971
Emile Reynaud

Emile Reynaud

as Narrator

1986
Le rose et le blanc 10.0

Le rose et le blanc

as Léon

1982
Aloïse 6.2

Aloïse

as le médecin

1975
Those Facing Us 6.5

Those Facing Us

as Mikaël

2001
Alone 6.0

Alone

as Ludovic

1981
L'air d'aimer 7.0

L'air d'aimer

as Raymond

1986
Sweet Inquest on Violence 5.9

Sweet Inquest on Violence

as Ash, the financier

1982
The Devil in the Box 6.0

The Devil in the Box

as Georges Aubert

1977
Né 10.0

Né

as Self

1975
The Judge 7.1

The Judge

as Le docteur

1984
Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons 4.8

Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons

as Stéphane

1973
The Girl with the Cello 7.0

The Girl with the Cello

as Philippe Lariel

1973
Cela s'appelle l'amour 5.0

Cela s'appelle l'amour

as Self

1989
Cygne II 6.0

Cygne II

as Narrator (voice)

1976
Right  to the city

Right to the city

as Narrator

1974
The Risk of Living 7.0

The Risk of Living

as narrator

1978
La Plante Humaine 8.5

La Plante Humaine

as Michel

1996
The Colour of Words 9.0

The Colour of Words

as Self

1984
The Suspects 5.4

The Suspects

as Judge Souftries

1974
Vroum-vroum 7.0

Vroum-vroum

1995
Les Mains d'Andréa

Les Mains d'Andréa

2006
Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible 7.2

Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible

1977
N: The Madness Of Reason 6.0

N: The Madness Of Reason

as Narrator

2014
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff 6.0

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

as Self

2020
Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique 8.7

Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique

as Narrator

2019
La nuit du beau marin peut-être?

La nuit du beau marin peut-être?

as Boris

1976
La Fenêtre 9.0

La Fenêtre

as Bracquemont

1970
Le Petit Nicolas

Le Petit Nicolas

as The father

1964
Out 1: Spectre 6.5

Out 1: Spectre

as Thomas

1973
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath

Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath

as (voice)

1997
Snobs! 6.0

Snobs!

as Charles Dufaut

1962
The Buddies 5.3

The Buddies

as Lamendin

1965
It Happened in Aden 7.0

It Happened in Aden

as Sinclair

1956
Adorable Liar 5.8

Adorable Liar

as Albert

1962
Bartleby 7.0

Bartleby

as L'Huissier

1976
Scrambled Eggs 6.0

Scrambled Eggs

as The President of the Republic

1976
Noise of Love and War 8.0

Noise of Love and War

as The director

1997
Le revolver et la rose 10.0

Le revolver et la rose

as Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky

1970
Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres 10.0

Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres

as Self

2016
Winter 7.8

Winter

as Julien & Marc

1969
Rosenn 6.0

Rosenn

as (voice)

2014
The Big Wash 5.9

The Big Wash

as Delaroche

1968
Bazin's Film 7.0

Bazin's Film

as Narrator

2017
The Accuser 6.2

The Accuser

as Abéraud

1977
Bye Bye Blackbird 5.3

Bye Bye Blackbird

as Robert

2005
Les Trois Sœurs 7.0

Les Trois Sœurs

as Andreï Prodarov

1960
Judoka-Secret Agent 7.0

Judoka-Secret Agent

as Thomas Perkins

1967
The Boulugres 10.0

The Boulugres

as Le roi (voice)

1983
Woyzeck 7.0

Woyzeck

as Le capitaine

1993
Invisible 4.6

Invisible

as Le gardien

2005
Billy Ze Kick 5.6

Billy Ze Kick

as Commissaire Bellanger

1985
Les Années Lumière

Les Années Lumière

as Narrator (voice)

1972
Autumn 7.5

Autumn

as Julien, le réalisateur

1972
The Ghostly Rental 7.7

The Ghostly Rental

as Kernan

1965
Marguerite Yourcenar: Alchimie du paysage

Marguerite Yourcenar: Alchimie du paysage

2013
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited 6.3

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

as Self

2016
Les amants cinéma

Les amants cinéma

as Self

2008
Concerto for an Exile 6.4

Concerto for an Exile

as Un acteur au théâtre

1968
Rendez-vous manqués 8.0

Rendez-vous manqués

as Moralès

1986
My Life Is Hell 5.8

My Life Is Hell

as Gabriel

1991
Chut ! 7.0

Chut !

as Sergel

1972
Chronopolis 6.0

Chronopolis

as Narrator (voice)

1983
The Little Misses

The Little Misses

as L'elève

1964
The Separation 7.0

The Separation

as Paul Doumer

2005
Zoo Story 8.0

Zoo Story

as Peter

1968
Destroy, She Said 6.9

Destroy, She Said

as Stein

1969
The Outsider 10.0

The Outsider

as Narrator (Voice)

2023
A Whale That Had a Toothache 6.7

A Whale That Had a Toothache

as Le peintre

1975
Jeanne, à petits pas

Jeanne, à petits pas

as Louis

2006
Le bureau des mariages 7.0

Le bureau des mariages

1962
Der Madonna-Mann 7.0

Der Madonna-Mann

as Tanzmann

1987
L'ordre du jour 3.7

L'ordre du jour

as Stark

1993
The Door Slams 7.0

The Door Slams

as Georges

1960
Dieu sait quoi 6.9

Dieu sait quoi

as Narrator

1994
Degas and I 7.5

Degas and I

as Edgar Degas

2019
Le Fauteuil hanté

Le Fauteuil hanté

as Le Grand Loustalot

2010
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein 8.0

Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein

as Narrator (voice)

2000
Jean-Sans-Terre 9.0

Jean-Sans-Terre

as Jean Papeuil

1980
Une jeunesse 7.0

Une jeunesse

as Béjardy

1983
The Visit

The Visit

as Self

2015
Le Mythe Cathare

Le Mythe Cathare

as Narrator

2002
Les Écrans déchirés 9.0

Les Écrans déchirés

as Michael

1976
Comédie 8.7

Comédie

as L'homme (M)

1966
Un troisième

Un troisième

as Le réalisateur

1970
Trompe-l'oeil

Trompe-l'oeil

as Self (voice)

1982
Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été 10.0

Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été

1979
So Long Michael

So Long Michael

as Himself

2021
Jaune, Le Soleil 5.1

Jaune, Le Soleil

as Un juif

1971
La Rényon lontan

La Rényon lontan

as Narrator (voice)

1983
African Glory

African Glory

as Christopher Columbus

2024

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