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Michael Lonsdale

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Michael Lonsdale (born May 24, 1931), sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, is a French actor who has appeared in over 180 films and television shows. Lonsdale was raised by an Irish mother and an English father, initially in London and on Jersey, and later during the Second World War in Casablanca, Morocco. He moved to Paris to study painting in 1947 but was drawn in to the world of acting instead, first appearing on stage at the age of 24. Lonsdale is bilingual and is in demand for English-language and French productions. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villainous Sir Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film, Moonraker, the astute French detective Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, and M Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day. On 25 February 2011, he won a Caesar award, his first, as a best supporting actor in Of Gods and Men. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Lonsdale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
May 24, 1931 In Paris, France
Movie/TV Credits:
171
First Appeared:
In the movie Woyzeck
Latest Project:
Movie Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff 2020-09-09
Known For
Poster of Hitler in Hollywood
Poster of You'll Miss Me
Poster of The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
Poster of Jaloux comme un tigre
Filmography
Movie Woyzeck Le capitaine 2025
Movie Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff Self 2020-09-09
Movie Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique Narrator 2019-03-03
Movie Degas and I 2019-10-30
Movie Bazin's Film Narrator 2017-10-20
Movie Les Filles au Moyen-Âge Daniel 2016-01-27
Movie Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres Self 2016-04-27
Movie The First, the Last Jean-Berchmans 2016-01-27
Movie The Visit 2015-07-03
Movie Rosenn (voice) 2014-03-12
Movie Maestro Cedric Rovère 2014-07-23
Movie J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds 2014-12-03
Movie N: The Madness Of Reason Narrator 2014-11-08
Movie Le Renard jaune Jean Virno 2013-06-26
Movie Gebo and the Shadow Gebo 2012-09-10
Movie Titeuf Le psy 2011-04-06
Movie Hitler in Hollywood Michael Lonsdale 2011-05-04
Movie The Cardboard Village Old Priest 2011-10-07
Movie Free Men Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit 2011-09-28
Movie Of Gods and Men Luc 2010-09-08
Movie You'll Miss Me Max 2009-06-10
Movie Agora Theon 2009-05-17
Series Le Silence de l'épervier Antoine Carsac 2008-04-18
Movie Heartbeat Detector Mathias Jüst 2007-09-12
Movie The Last Mistress le vicomte Prony 2007-05-30
Movie Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure Bartleby (voice) 2007-07-29
Movie To Each His Own Cinema The old blind man (segment "Le Don") 2007-10-31
Movie Les Mains d'Andréa 2006-11-23
Movie Goya's Ghosts Inquisitor General 2006-11-08
Movie The Perfume of the Lady in Black Le professeur Stangerson 2005-09-14
Movie Bye Bye Blackbird Robert 2005-10-14
Movie Invisible Le gardien 2005-06-15
Movie The Separation Paul Doumer 2005-12-02
Movie Munich Papa 2005-12-23
Movie Gentille Jean 2005-12-14
Movie Five Times Two Bernard 2004-09-01
Movie Adieu Serge 2004-09-08
Movie Under a False Name David 2004-11-10
Movie Kaena: The Prophecy Opaz (french voice) 2003-06-04
Movie Le Furet Don Salvadore 2003-10-29
Movie The Mystery of the Yellow Room Stangerson 2003-06-11
Movie Best Ever Bond Hugo Drax (archive footage) (uncredited) 2002-11-22
Movie Those Facing Us Mikaël 2001-09-26
Movie Actors Self 2000-04-05
Movie Speaking of Buñuel Self 2000-06-09
Movie Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète Self 2000-08-01
Movie Inside 'Moonraker' Self 2000-05-16
Movie A Monkey's Tale Maître Flavius (Voice) 1999-06-02
Movie Don Juan Don Luis 1998-04-28
Movie Let There Be Light! Monseigneur Loublié 1998-07-08
Movie Ronin Jean-Pierre 1998-09-25
Movie Noise of Love and War 1997-01-01
Movie Mauvais Genre Honoré de Balzac 1997-05-27
Movie Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath (voice) 1997-05-14
Movie La Plante Humaine 1996-02-22
Movie Vroum-vroum 1995-01-01
Movie Jefferson in Paris Louis XVI 1995-03-31
Movie Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud Dollabella 1995-08-23
Movie Dieu sait quoi Narrator 1994-01-01
Movie L'ordre du jour Stark 1993-01-01
Movie The Remains of the Day Dupont D'Ivry 1993-11-05
Movie My Life Is Hell Gabriel 1991-12-04
Movie Out 1 Thomas 1990-12-15
Movie Cela s'appelle l'amour 1989-10-25
Movie Earthen Man (voice) 1989-01-01
Movie Souvenir Xavier Lorion 1989-01-06
Movie The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober Cammerschulze 1988-12-26
Movie Der Madonna-Mann Tanzmann 1987-10-01
Movie The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' Self 1986-10-11
Movie L'air d'aimer Raymond 1986-01-01
Movie Rendez-vous manqués Moralès 1986-07-30
Movie The Name of the Rose The Abbot 1986-09-24
Movie The Holcroft Covenant Ernst Manfredi 1985-09-20
Movie Billy Ze Kick Commissaire Bellanger 1985-12-18
Movie The Insomniac on the Bridge Antonie 1985-10-02
Series Le Génie du faux Constantin Escher 1985-11-15
Movie The Judge Le docteur 1984-04-11
Movie The Colour of Words Self 1984-06-12
Movie Good King Dagobert Saint Eloi 1984-08-22
Movie Chronopolis Narrator (voice) 1983-09-21
Movie Erendira Senator Onésimo Sanchez 1983-06-01
Movie Une jeunesse Béjardy 1983-06-15
Movie Sweet Inquest on Violence Ash, the financier 1982-06-04
Series Smiley's People Anton Grigoriev 1982-09-20
Movie Mersonne ne m'aime Commissioner Bancau 1982-06-26
Movie Enigma Bodley 1982-10-15
Movie The Bunker Martin Bormann 1981-04-15
Movie Alone Ludovic 1981-10-07
Movie The Games of Countess Dolingen Bertrand Haines-Pearson 1981-09-01
Movie Chariots of Fire Garth Jones (scenes deleted) 1981-05-15
Movie The Passage Renoudot 1979-03-09
Movie Moonraker Hugo Drax 1979-06-26
Movie The Risk of Living narrator 1978-04-18
Movie The Devil in the Box Georges Aubert 1977-04-19
Movie The Left-Handed Woman The Waiter 1977-10-30
Movie A Dirty Story 1977-11-09
Movie The Accuser Abéraud 1977-09-07
Movie Scrambled Eggs The President of the Republic 1976-03-30
Movie Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert The Vice Consul of Lahore 1976-06-02
Movie Bartleby L'Huissier 1976-12-16
Movie Cygne II Narrator (voice) 1976-07-02
Movie Mr. Klein Pierre 1976-09-23
Movie Aloïse le médecin 1975-04-02
Movie Galileo Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII) 1975-01-27
Movie A Whale That Had a Toothache Le peintre 1975-04-15
Movie Serious as Pleasure Inspecteur Fournier 1975-01-15
Movie Special Section Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur 1975-04-23
Movie 1975-11-05
Movie The Pink Telephone M. Morrison, président de la Fielding 1975-10-15
Movie The Romantic Englishwoman Swan 1975-06-11
Movie Mad Enough to Kill Stephane Mostri 1975-08-20
Movie India Song Le Vice-Consul de Lahore 1975-06-04
Movie The Track David Sutter 1975-05-14
Movie La grande Paulette 1974-04-24
Movie Successive Slidings of Pleasure The Judge 1974-03-07
Movie Film sur Hans Bellmer Narrator 1974-01-01
Movie Stavisky... Docteur Mézy 1974-05-15
Movie The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate 1974-05-20
Movie No Pockets in a Shroud Raymond 1974-10-25
Movie The Suspects Judge Souftries 1974-11-27
Movie The Phantom of Liberty Le chapelier 1974-09-10
Movie Caravan to Vaccarès Duc de Croyter (as Michel Lonsdale) 1974-08-08
Movie The Day of the Jackal Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel 1973-05-16
Movie The Girl with the Cello 1973-10-04
Movie Out 1: Spectre Thomas 1973-06-30
Movie Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons Stéphane 1973-12-12
Movie There Once Was a Cop Commissioner Lucas 1972-02-11
Movie The Old Maid Monod 1972-01-05
Movie Autumn Julien, le réalisateur 1972-07-05
Movie Les années Lumière 1972-02-25
Movie Chut ! Sergel 1972-03-23
Movie Jaune, Le Soleil Un juif 1971-02-16
Movie Papa, the Lil' Boats Hippolyte the brother of Marylène 1971-04-22
Movie Murmur of the Heart Père Henri 1971-04-27
Series Out 1 Thomas 1971-10-09
Movie Law Breakers Inspecteur Bertrand 1971-05-07
Movie La Fenêtre Bracquemont 1970-08-02
Movie The Stud Commissioner Donald Both 1970-02-13
Movie Un troisième Le réalisateur 1970-09-16
Movie Spring L'homme qui fuit 1970-10-21
Movie Le revolver et la rose Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky 1970-11-25
Movie The Nail Clippers Le mari 1969-01-08
Movie Hibernatus Edouard Loriebat 1969-09-10
Movie Winter Julien & Marc 1969-12-31
Movie Destroy, She Said Stein 1969-09-25
Movie Concerto for an Exile Un acteur au théâtre 1968-01-02
Movie The Man in the Buick L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J. 1968-01-12
Movie The Big Wash Delaroche 1968-11-12
Movie The Bride Wore Black Morane 1968-03-22
Movie Stolen Kisses Georges Tabard 1968-09-04
Movie Les Compagnons de la marguerite Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voix) 1967-01-20
Movie The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung L'Avocat de la Défense 1967-12-27
Movie Judoka-Secret Agent Thomas Perkins 1967-07-24
Movie Is Paris Burning? Debu-Bridel (uncredited) 1966-10-26
Movie Your Money or Your Life Le conférencier au club des timides 1966-04-26
Movie Comédie L'homme (M) 1966-01-01
Movie The Buddies Lamendin 1965-01-15
Movie Hail! Mafia Hyman 1965-08-10
Movie The Ghostly Rental Kernan 1965-04-17
Movie Jaloux comme un tigre un autre homme en voiture 1964-06-16
Movie The Little Misses L'elève 1964-07-14
Movie Adorable Liar Albert 1962-02-02
Movie Crime Does Not Pay Acteur 1962-07-06
Movie Snobs! Charles Dufaut 1962-09-05
Movie The Trial Priest 1962-12-21
Movie The Denunciation Mercier 1962-07-18
Movie Les trois soeurs Andreï Prodarov 1960-01-31
Movie The Itchy Palm 1960-02-03
Movie The Door Slams Georges 1960-12-21
Movie A Bullet in the Gun Barrel 1958-11-19
Movie It Happened in Aden Sinclair 1956-08-22