Michael Lonsdale
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieAfrican Glory
2024
Christopher Columbus
movieThe Outsider
2023
Narrator (Voice)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieDegas and I
2019
Edgar Degas
movieBazin's Film
2017
Narrator
movieThe First, the Last
2016
Jean-Berchmans
movieMaestro
2014
Cedric Rovère
movieRosenn
2014
(voice)
movieLe Renard jaune
2013
Jean Virno
movieVeilleurs dans la nuit - Une journée monastique à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
2011
Narrateur
movieThe Cardboard Village
2011
Old Priest
movieFree Men
2011
Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit
movieHitler in Hollywood
2011
Michael Lonsdale
movieTiteuf
2011
Le psy (voice)
movieAgora
2009
Theon
tvAu siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
2009
Le Grand Loustalot
movieThe Man from London
2008
Kocsmáros (voice)
tvLe Silence de l'épervier
2008
Antoine Carsac
movieTo Each His Own Cinema
2007
The old blind man (segment "Le Don")
movieHeartbeat Detector
2007
Mathias Jüst
movieGo West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
2007
Bartleby (voice)
movieThe Last Mistress
2007
le vicomte Prony
movieGoya's Ghosts
2006
Inquisitor General
movieMunich
2005
Papa
movieThe Separation
2005
Paul Doumer
movieThe Perfume of the Lady in Black
2005
Professor Stangerson
movieInvisible
2005
Le gardien
movieAdieu
2004
Serge
movieFive Times Two
2004
Bernard
movieLe Furet
2003
Don Salvadore
movieThe Mystery of the Yellow Room
2003
Stangerson
movieKaena: The Prophecy
2003
Opaz (voice)
movieLe Mythe Cathare
2002
Narrator
movieThose Facing Us
2001
Mikaël
movieActors
2000
Man walking down the street
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
2000
Narrator (voice)
movieA Monkey's Tale
1999
Maître Flavius (Voice)
movieRonin
1998
Jean-Pierre
movieLet There Be Light!
1998
Monseigneur Loublié
movieDon Juan
1998
Don Luis
movieMauvais Genre
1997
Honoré de Balzac
movieNoise of Love and War
1997
The director
movieNelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995
Dollabella
movieJefferson in Paris
1995
Louis XVI
movieDieu sait quoi
1994
Narrator
movieThe Remains of the Day
1993
Dupont D'Ivry
movieWoyzeck
1993
Le capitaine
movieMy Life Is Hell
1991
Gabriel
tvMaigret
1991
Guillaume Serre / Sir Lampson
movieOut 1
1990
Thomas
movieSouvenir
1989
Xavier Lorion
movieEarthen Man
1989
(voice)
movieThe Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
1988
Cammerschulze
movieDer Madonna-Mann
1987
Tanzmann
tvLe Tiroir secret
1986
Philippe Jolivet
movieThe Name of the Rose
1986
The Abbot
movieL'air d'aimer
1986
Raymond
movieEmile Reynaud
1986
Narrator
movieBilly Ze Kick
1985
Commissaire Bellanger
tvLe Génie du faux
1985
Constantin Escher
movieThe Holcroft Covenant
1985
Ernst Manfredi
movieGood King Dagobert
1984
Saint Eloi
movieThe Judge
1984
Le docteur
movieChronopolis
1983
Narrator (voice)
movieUne jeunesse
1983
Béjardy
movieErendira
1983
Senator Onésimo Sanchez
movieThe Boulugres
1983
Le roi (voice)
movieLa Rényon lontan
1983
Narrator (voice)
movieEnigma
1982
Bodley
tvSmiley's People
1982
Anton Grigoriev
movieMersonne ne m'aime
1982
Commissioner Bancau
movieSweet Inquest on Violence
1982
Ash, the financier
movieTrompe-l'oeil
1982
Self (voice)
movieAlone
1981
Ludovic
movieThe Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
Bertrand Haines-Pearson
movieThe Bunker
1981
Martin Bormann
movieUn paquebot dans la tête
1981
Roland Gougean-Roland
Jean-Sans-Terre
1980
Jean Papeuil
movieMoonraker
1979
Hugo Drax
movieThe Passage
1979
Renoudot
movieThe Left-Handed Woman
1978
The Waiter
movieThe Risk of Living
1978
narrator
movieA Dirty Story
1977
The voyeur
movieThe Accuser
1977
Abéraud
movieThe Devil in the Box
1977
Georges Aubert
movieBartleby
1976
L'Huissier
movieMr. Klein
1976
Pierre
movieCygne II
1976
Narrator (voice)
movieSon nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976
The Vice Consul of Lahore
movieScrambled Eggs
1976
The President of the Republic
movieNé
1975
Self
movieThe Pink Telephone
1975
M. Morrison, président de la Fielding
movieMad Enough to Kill
1975
Stephane Mostri
movieIndia Song
1975
Le Vice-Consul de Lahore
movieThe Track
1975
David Sutter
movieSpecial Section
1975
Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur
movieA Whale That Had a Toothache
1975
Le peintre
movieAloïse
1975
le médecin
movieGalileo
1975
Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)
movieSerious as Pleasure
1975
Inspecteur Fournier
movieThe Suspects
1974
Judge Souftries
movieThe Phantom of Liberty
1974
The Hatter
movieCaravan to Vaccarès
1974
Duc de Croyter
movieThe Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
1974
Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate
movieStavisky...
1974
Docteur Mézy
movieRight to the city
1974
Narrator
movieFilm sur Hans Bellmer
1974
Narrator
movieThe Girl with the Cello
1973
Philippe Lariel
movieOut 1: Spectre
1973
Thomas
movieThe Day of the Jackal
1973
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
movieAutumn
1972
Julien, le réalisateur
movieChut !
1972
Sergel
movieLes Années Lumière
1972
Narrator (voice)
movieThere Once Was a Cop
1972
Commissioner Lucas
movieSpring
1971
L'homme qui fuit
tvOut 1
1971
Thomas
movieLaw Breakers
1971
Inspector Bertrand
movieMurmur of the Heart
1971
Father Henri
moviePapa, the Lil' Boats
1971
Hippolyte the brother of Marylène
movieJaune, Le Soleil
1971
Un juif
movieLe revolver et la rose
1970
Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky
movieUn troisième
1970
Le réalisateur
movieLa Fenêtre
1970
Bracquemont
tvLes Cent Livres des Hommes
1970
Socrates
movieThe Stud
1970
Commissioner Donald Both
movieWinter
1969
Julien & Marc
movieHibernatus
1969
Edouard Loriebat
movieThe Nail Clippers
1969
Le mari
movieThe Big Wash
1968
Delaroche
movieStolen Kisses
1968
Georges Tabard
movieThe Man in the Buick
1968
L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J.
movieConcerto for an Exile
1968
Un acteur au théâtre
movieThe Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
1967
L'Avocat de la Défense
movieJudoka-Secret Agent
1967
Thomas Perkins
movieOrder of the Daisy
1967
Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voice)
movieIs Paris Burning?
1966
Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
movieYour Money or Your Life
1966
Speaker at the Shy People's Club
movieComédie
1966
L'homme (M)
movieHail! Mafia
1965
Hyman
movieThe Buddies
1965
Lamendin
movieBehold a Pale Horse
1964
Reporter
movieThe Little Misses
1964
L'elève
movieJaloux comme un tigre
1964
The grimacing motorist
movieLe Petit Nicolas
1964
The father
movieSnobs!
1962
Charles Dufaut
movieThe Trial
1962
Priest
movieThe Immoral Moment
1962
Mercier
movieAdorable Liar
1962
Albert
movieThe Door Slams
1960
Georges
movieThe Itchy Palm
1960
Nobert
movieLes Trois Sœurs
1960
Andreï Prodarov
movieIt Happened in Aden
1956
Sinclair
Writing1
movieMora
1982
Writer