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Michael Lonsdale
Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch, widely known as Michael Lonsdale, and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a profound French and British actor, author, and prominent figure in the world of cinema. Born on 24 May 1931, his life was nothing short of eventful. He starred in over 180 films and television shows and penned ten books in his career, making his contributions to arts and entertainment significant and far-reaching. Michael Lonsdale is most renowned 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. His diverse acting skills added an indelible edge to his performances. He was not only bilingual but appeared in both English-language and French-language productions, strengthening his widespread audience. Lonsdale was rewarded with a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his remarkable work in Of Gods and Men in February 2011. His death on 21 September 2020 in Paris, marked the passing of a truly unique star whose body of work continues to inspire and entertain globally.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch
Born: Paris, France
Citizenship: France, Britain
Birthday: May 24, 1931
Occupations: Actor, Author
Years Active: 1955-2016
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Awards and Nominations Received by Michael Lonsdale
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Movies Featuring Michael Lonsdale
The Passage
The Name of the Rose
Out 1: Noli Me Tangere (1971)
The Cardboard Village
Le Renard jaune
Maestro
N: The Madness Of Reason
Titeuf
J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette’s Out 1 Revisited
Actors
Speaking of Buñuel
Best Ever Bond
Five Times Two
The First, the Last
Inside ‘Moonraker’
Adieu
Le Furet
Under a False Name
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Bye Bye Blackbird
The Separation
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
Degas and I
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gentille
Alone
The Games of Countess Dolingen
Smiley’s People
Enigma
To Each His Own Cinema
The Bunker
Erendira
The Judge
The Holcroft Covenant
Billy Ze Kick
Chronopolis
The Insomniac on the Bridge
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco’s ‘The Name of the Rose’
Good King Dagobert
My Life Is Hell
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Out 1: Spectre
Snobs!
Galileo
The Little Misses
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
Out 1
Comédie
Winter
The Ghostly Rental
Cygne II
Mr. Klein
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Law Breakers
The Man in the Buick
Hibernatus
Special Section
The Big Wash
The Romantic Englishwoman
Hail! Mafia
The Trial
Aloïse
Le petit Nicolas
Adorable Liar
The Stud
Is Paris Burning?
Your Money or Your Life
Crime Does Not Pay
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
Autumn
Jaune, Le Soleil
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Serious as Pleasure
Don Juan
Jean Eustache’s Wasted Breath
The Bride Wore Black
Stolen Kisses
Papa, the Lil’ Boats
Caravan to Vaccarès
The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
A Dirty Story
Order of the Daisy
Film sur Hans Bellmer
The Old Maid
Stavisky…
Destroy, She Said
Bartleby
Mad Enough to Kill
The Left-Handed Woman
The Pink Telephone
A Monkey’s Tale
The Accuser
You’ll Miss Me
Mauvais Genre
The Immoral Moment
Spring
Concerto for an Exile
Behold a Pale Horse
The Nail Clippers
The Track
India Song
No Pockets in a Shroud
The Buddies
Career Timeline
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2015
Out 1: Noli Me Tangere (1971)
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
Daniel
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette’s Out 1 Revisited
Self
2014
Maestro
Cedric Rovère
N: The Madness Of Reason
Narrator
J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
(voice)
2007
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
Bartleby (voice)
To Each His Own Cinema
The old blind man (segment "Le Don")
2005
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Le professeur Stangerson
Bye Bye Blackbird
Robert
The Separation
Paul Doumer
Gentille
Jean
1985
The Holcroft Covenant
Ernst Manfredi
Billy Ze Kick
Commissaire Bellanger
The Insomniac on the Bridge
Antonie
1976
Cygne II
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Klein
Pierre
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
The Vice Consul of Lahore
Bartleby
L'Huissier
1975
Galileo
Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)
Special Section
Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur
The Romantic Englishwoman
Swan
Aloïse
le médecin
Serious as Pleasure
Inspecteur Fournier
Mad Enough to Kill
Stephane Mostri
The Pink Telephone
M. Morrison, président de la Fielding
The Track
David Sutter
India Song
Le Vice-Consul de Lahore
1974
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
The Judge
Caravan to Vaccarès
Duc de Croyter
The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate
Film sur Hans Bellmer
Narrator
Stavisky…
Docteur Mézy
No Pockets in a Shroud
Raymond
1971
Out 1
Thomas
Law Breakers
Inspecteur Bertrand
Jaune, Le Soleil
Un juif
Papa, the Lil’ Boats
Hippolyte the brother of Marylène
1969
Winter
Julien & Marc
Hibernatus
Edouard Loriebat
Destroy, She Said
Stein
The Nail Clippers
Le mari
1968
The Man in the Buick
L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J.
The Big Wash
Delaroche
The Bride Wore Black
Morane
Stolen Kisses
Georges Tabard
Concerto for an Exile
Un acteur au théâtre
1967
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
L'Avocat de la Défense
Order of the Daisy
Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voice)
1966
Comédie
L'homme (M)
Is Paris Burning?
Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
Your Money or Your Life
Speaker at the shy people's club
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