Michel Serrault
Acting
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in Les Branquignols. His first film was Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller Les diaboliques, starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play La cage aux folles, written by Poiret. He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. In 1977-1978 he played the composer Jacques Offenbach in a six-part series of one-hour episodes about the musician's life, each one focusing on a specific aspect or work. Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79. He was buried in Sainte-Catherine's cemetery in Honfleur and was transferred in 2009 to the cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine near his wife Juanita Saint-Peyron and daughter Caroline, who died in 1977. He had another daughter, actress Nathalie Serrault. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Acting177
movieMerci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
2023
Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieComiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
Self (archive footage)
movieAntonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
2007
L'archevêque de Venise
movieLe Bénévole
2007
Max Birgos
movieHave Mercy on Us All
2007
Hervé Decambrais
movieL'Avare
2007
Harpagon
movieLes enfants du pays
2006
Gustave
movieMonsieur Léon
2005
Docteur Léon Chapuis
movieJoyeux Noel
2005
The Castle Keeper
movieGrabuge!
2005
Commissaire Lancret
movieAlbert est méchant
2004
Albert Moulinot
movieLe Furet
2003
Anzio
tvL'Affaire Dominici
2003
Gaston Dominici
movieL'Affaire Dominici
2003
Gaston Dominici
movieThe Butterfly
2002
Julien
movieMichel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieVajont
2001
L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
movieThe Girl from Paris
2001
Adrien Rochas
movieUn cœur oublié
2001
Monsieur de Fontenelle
movieActors
2000
Michel Serrault
movieThe Libertine
2000
Le Cardinal
movieMarty's World
2000
Antoine Berrant
movieThe Children of the Marshland
1999
Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
The Comedian
1997
Le comédien
movieThe Swindle
1997
Victor
movieArtemisia
1997
Orazio Gentileschi
movieAssassin(s)
1997
Mr. Wagner
movieHappiness Is in the Field
1995
Francis Bergeade
movieNelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995
Mr. Pierre Arnaud
movieBonsoir
1994
Alex Ponttin
movieOld Rascal
1992
Darius Caunes
movieRoom Service
1992
M. Luc
movieVille à vendre
1992
Rousselot, le maire
movieHéloïse
1991
Maurice Martin, Héloïse
movieL'Huissier
1991
Maître Malicorne
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
1990
Martin / Héloïse / Maître Malicorne
movieDr. Petiot
1990
Docteur Petiot
tvStars 90
1990
Self
movieLove Comedy
1989
Paul Léautaud
movieLet Sleeping Cops Lie
1988
Roger Scatti
movieBonjour l'angoisse
1988
Michaud
movieNo Harm Intended
1988
Paul Duchêne
movieEnnemis intimes
1987
Baudin
tvSacrée soirée
1987
Self / Self (archive footage)
movieMiracle Healing
1987
Ronald Fox-Terrier
movieMy Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986
Octave Clapoteau
movieLa Cage aux Folles 3
1985
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
movieHe Died with His Eyes Open
1985
Robert Staniland
movieLes Rois du gag
1985
Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
movieGood King Dagobert
1984
Otarius
movieKill the Referee
1984
Rico, aggressive supporter
movieLe Bon Plaisir
1984
Le ministre de l'Intérieur
movieDeadly Circuit
1983
Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
movieQuarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982
Jules César
movieThe Roaring Forties
1982
Sébastien Barral
movieThe Hatter's Ghost
1982
Léon Labbé
movieNestor Burma, détective de choc
1982
Nestor Burma
tvChamps-Elysées
1982
Self / Self (archive footage)
movieThe Inquisitor
1981
Jérôme Martinaud
movieMalevil
1981
Emmanuel Comte
movieLa Cage aux Folles II
1980
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
movieHeads or Tails
1980
Édouard Morlaix
movieBuffet Froid
1979
Le comptable
movieThe Other One's Mug
1979
Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
movieThe Associate
1979
Julien Pardot
movieLa Grâce
1979
Henri Dupérier
movieL'Esprit de famille
1979
le docteur Charles Moreau
movieOther People's Money
1978
Miremant
movieGet Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978
le voisin
movieLe Passe-muraille
1977
Dutilleul
tvLes Folies Offenbach
1977
Jacques Offenbach
movieLa situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
1976
Jean-Pierre Mazard
movieThe Red Ibis
1975
Jérémie
movieNo Pockets in a Shroud
1974
Justin Blesh
movieLa Gueule de l’emploi
1974
L'inspecteur de police
movieBloody Murder
1974
Edouard Henricot
movieChinese In Paris
1974
Grégoire Montclair
movieThe Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
Jean-Paul Rondin
movieThe Big Store
1973
Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
movieMoi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973
Le curé Léon
movieLa Cage aux folles
1973
Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
movieA Murder Is a Murder
1972
Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
movieThe Annuity
1972
Louis Martinet
movieLe Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
Alfred Mullanet
movieLa Liberté en croupe
1970
Paul Cérès
movieCes messieurs de la gâchette
1970
Gabriel Pelletier
movieCall Me Mathilde
1969
François
movieUn merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
Commissaire Le Gac
movieWould-Be Gentleman
1968
M. Jourdain
movieThe Great Chase
1968
Aldo Moreni
movieThe Men in the Family
1968
Gabriel Pelletier
movieThe Madman of Lab Four
1967
Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
movieLoose in the Trigger
1967
The armorer
moviePour avoir Adrienne
1967
Thomeret
movieOrder of the Daisy
1967
L'inspecteur Papin
movieKing of Hearts
1966
Monsieur Marcel
movieLes enquiquineurs
1966
Martin - instituteur
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966
Thomeret
movieLes Combinards
1966
La père de Lucile
movieUnder Your Hat
1965
Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
movieThe Double Bed
1965
Albert
movieMale Hunt
1964
Gaston Lartois
movieClémentine chérie
1964
Maître Brunet
movieJaloux comme un tigre
1964
Mr. Lurot
movieHard Boiled Ones
1964
Rossignol, private detective
movieDandelions by the Roots
1964
Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
movieHow Do You Like My Sister?
1964
Varangeot
movieBebert and the Train
1963
Barthoin
movieCarom Shots
1963
Le commissaire Baudu
movieWe Will Go to Deauville
1962
Lucien Moreau
movieThe Four Truths
1962
Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
movieUn clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
Charpentier, le conférencier
movieHow to Succeed in Love
1962
Commissioner
movieLove on a Pillow
1962
Varange
movieThe Dance
1962
Pétrarque
movieOn purge bébé
1961
Guillaume Chouilloux
movieCandide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
Le second policier / Policeman
movieLove and the Frenchwoman
1960
L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
movieYou Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
Dr. Emile Couzan
movieThe Bureaucrats
1959
le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
movieOh! What a Mambo
1959
L'inspecteur Vidalie
tvDiscorama
1959
Self
movieNina
1959
Adolphe Tessier
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
1959
Eugène, l'interprète
movieClara and the Villains
1958
'La Parole'
movieMusée Grévin
1958
The visitor
movieThe Innocent with Forty Children
1957
Jean-François Robignac
Adorables démons
1957
Jacques Willis Senior
movieThe Green Dress
1957
Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
movieThe Terror with Women
1956
Gendarme
movieMurderers and Thieves
1956
Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
movieLife is beautiful
1956
le démarcheur
movieMon bébé
1956
Jimmy Scott
movieThat Naughty Girl
1956
Inspector Leduc
movieDiabolique
1955
Mr. Raymond
moviePeek-a-boo
1954
Serrault, le trompettiste
On ne réveille pas un flic qui dort
Commissaire Roger Scatti
Production1
movieDr. Petiot
1990
Producer
Writing1
moviePoiret Serrault - Extraits extra
2024
Author, Dialogue