Michaël Lonsdale
Highest Rated: 100% Gebo and the Shadow (2012)
Lowest Rated: 0% Caravan to Vaccares (1974)
Birthday: May 24, 1931
Birthplace: Paris, France
A highly respected character actor for over five decades, Michael Lonsdale was an understated but consistently believable presence in European films, as well as Hollywood efforts lensed there, including "The Bride Wore Black" (1966), "The Day of the Jackal" (1973), "Moonraker" (1979)" and "Of Gods and Men" (2010). His quiet but forceful presence frequently led to him being cast as religious figures, like the Benedictine abbot in "The Name of the Rose" (1986) and the philosophical monk in "Gods and Men," but he also essayed his share of lawyers, businessmen, government officials and a few royals, to which he brought carefully measured layers of humanity. Lonsdale's success in Europe attracted the attention of Hollywood, but save for a few studio pictures like the James Bond adventure "Moonraker," he assiduously avoided American features in favor of continental fare. He grew busier as he grew older, yielding greater acclaim and awards, including a Cesar for "Of Gods and Men" in his eighth decade. Lonsdale's commitment to his art, and the sheer quantity of exceptional performances to his name, made him one of Europe's most well regarded players.
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Michaël Lonsdale
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Degas et Moi | Edgar Degas (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le film de Bazin | Narrator | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Les premiers, les derniers | Jean-Berchmans (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rosenn | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Salvador Dali Tragicomic Genius | Narrator | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Maestro | Cedric Rovere (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le renard jaune | Jean Virno (Character) | - | 2013 |
100% |
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Gebo and the Shadow | Gebo (Character) | - | 2012 |
76% |
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Free Men | Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit (Character) | $53.8K | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Tootuff | Le psy (Voice) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cardboard Village | Il vecchio prete (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachel, Le Cirque Celeste | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
92% |
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Of Gods and Men | Luc (Character) | $4.0M | 2010 |
56% |
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Agora | Theon (Character) | $617.8K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Je vais te manquer | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
77% |
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The Last Mistress | Le Vicomte de Prony (Character) | $785.0K | 2007 |
81% |
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Heartbeat Detector | Mathias (Character) | $5.3K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La Question Humaine | Mathias Jüst (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2007 |
30% |
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Goya's Ghosts | Inquisitor General (Character) | $1.0M | 2006 |
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Once Upon a Tomorrow | Le vieux monsieur (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Bye Bye Blackbird | Robert (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Good Girl | Jean (Character) | - | 2005 |
78% |
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Munich | Papa (Character) | $47.4M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Les Invisibles | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Invisible | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le parfum de la dame en noir | Professor Stangerson (Character) | - | 2005 |
65% |
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5x2 | Bernard (Character) | $127.7K | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Under a False Name | David Ginsberg (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adieu | Serge (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Stangerson (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Le furet | Don Salvadore (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Monkey's Tale | Maître Flavius (Voice) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Don Juan | Don Luis (Character) | - | 1998 |
70% |
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Ronin | Jean-Pierre (Character) | $41.6M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dieu sait quoi | Narrator | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mauvais genre | Honoré de Balzac (Character) | - | 1997 |
96% |
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Nelly & Monsieur Arnold | Dolabella (Character) | $1.2M | 1996 |
31% |
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Jefferson in Paris | Louis XVI (Character) | $2.5M | 1995 |
96% |
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The Remains of the Day | Dupont D'Ivry (Character) | $23.0M | 1993 |
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My Life Is Hell | Gabriel (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maigret and the Burglar's Wife | Monsieur Serre (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Souvenir | Xavier Lorion (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Madonna Man | Tanzmann (Character) | - | 1987 |
76% |
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The Name of the Rose | The Abbot (Character) | $5.2M | 1986 |
27% |
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The Holcroft Covenant | Ernst Manfredi (Character) | $151.6K | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La voix humaine | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Erendira | Senator Onésimo Sanchez (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Enigma | Bodley (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chronopolis | Narrator | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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The Bunker | Martin Bormann (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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The Passage | Alain Renoudot (Character) | - | 1979 |
60% |
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Moonraker | Hugo Drax (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Left-Handed Woman | Der Kellner (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dirty Story | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
100% |
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Mr. Klein | Pierre (Character) | $19.7K | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Les écrans déchirés |
Michel (Character), Music |
- | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Special Section | Pierre Pucheu (Character) | - | 1975 |
80% |
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The Romantic Englishwoman | Swan (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pink Telephone | Morrison (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aloïse | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad Enough to Kill | Stéphane Mostri (Character) | - | 1975 |
85% |
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Stavisky | Docteur Mézy (Character) | $12.0K | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Successive Slidings of Pleasure | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
0% |
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Caravan to Vaccares | Duc de Croyter (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | La vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu |
Le reporter TV / |
- | 1974 |
83% |
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India Song | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Successive Slidings of Pleasure | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Pockets in a Shroud | Raymond (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Suspects | Le juge Souftries (Character) | - | 1974 |
91% |
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The Day of the Jackal | Lebel (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chut | Unknown (Character) | - | 1972 |
94% |
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Murmur of the Heart | Father Henri (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Papa the Little Boats | Hippolyte (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Autumn | Julien (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spring | Unknown (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Hibernatus | Le professeur Édouard Loriebat (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nail Clippers | Le mari (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Destroy, She Said | Stein (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Stud | Both (Character) | - | 1969 |
97% |
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Stolen Kisses | Georges Tabard (Character) | - | 1968 |
85% |
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The Bride Wore Black | Rene Morane (Character) | $42.3K | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Les Compagnons de la Marguerite |
Lastac / |
- | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung | Defense (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hail, Mafia | Hyman (Character) | - | 1965 |
84% |
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The Trial | Priest (Character) | $90.5K | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snobs! | Charles Dufaut (Character) | - | 1961 |