Michael Lonsdale
Age: N/A | From: Paris, France
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Aliases: Michel Lonsdale , Майкл Лонсдейл , Мишель Лонсдаль , Майкл Лонсдаль
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Paris, France
Homepage: https://www.aartis.fr/artiste.cfm/26133_115_2-Michael_Lonsdale.html
Movie Involvements: 109
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Smiley's People
(1982) Anton Grigoriev
Maigret
(1991) Guillaume Serre
Le Grand Échiquier
(1972) Self
Moonraker
(1979) Hugo Drax
Chariots of Fire
(1981) Garth Jones (scenes deleted)
Ronin
(1998) Jean-Pierre
The Name of the Rose
(1986) The Abbot
Munich
(2005) PapaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Self | |
| 2019 | N/A | |
| Narrator | ||
| 2017 | Narrator | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Daniel | ||
| Jean-Berchmans | ||
| 2015 | N/A | |
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Narrator | ||
| Cedric Rovère | ||
| (voice) | ||
| 2013 | Jean Virno | |
| 2012 | Gebo | |
| 2011 | Narrateur | |
| Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit | ||
| N/A | ||
| Michael Lonsdale | ||
| Le Psy | ||
| 2010 | Luc | |
| 2009 | Max | |
| Theon | ||
| Le Grand Loustalot | ||
| 2008 | Antoine Carsac | |
| Self | ||
| 2007 | The old blind man (segment "Le Don") | |
| Mathias Jüst | ||
| Bartleby (voice) | ||
| le vicomte Prony | ||
| 2006 | N/A | |
| Inquisitor General | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2005 | Papa | |
| Jean | ||
| Paul Doumer | ||
| Robert | ||
| Le professeur Stangerson | ||
| Le gardien | ||
| 2004 | David | |
| Serge | ||
| Bernard | ||
| 2003 | Don Salvadore | |
| Stangerson | ||
| Opaz (french voice) | ||
| 2002 | Hugo Drax (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2001 | Mikaël | |
| 2000 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1999 | Maître Flavius (Voice) | |
| 1998 | Jean-Pierre | |
| Monseigneur Loublié | ||
| Don Luis | ||
| 1997 | Honoré de Balzac | |
| N/A | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Dollabella | |
| Louis XVI | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1994 | Narrator | |
| 1993 | Dupont D'Ivry | |
| Stark | ||
| 1991 | Gabriel | |
| Guillaume Serre | ||
| 1990 | Self | |
| 1989 | N/A | |
| Xavier Lorion | ||
| (voice) | ||
| 1988 | Cammerschulze | |
| 1987 | Tanzmann | |
| 1986 | Philippe Jolivet | |
| Self | ||
| The Abbot | ||
| Moralès | ||
| Raymond | ||
| 1985 | Constantin Escher | |
| Antonie | ||
| Ernst Manfredi | ||
| 1984 | Saint Eloi | |
| Self | ||
| Le docteur | ||
| 1983 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Béjardy | ||
| Senator Onésimo Sanchez | ||
| 1982 | Bodley | |
| N/A | ||
| Anton Grigoriev | ||
| Commissioner Bancau | ||
| Ash, the financier | ||
| 1981 | Bertrand Haines-Pearson | |
| Garth Jones (scenes deleted) | ||
| Martin Bormann | ||
| Ludovic | ||
| Roland | ||
| 1980 | Jean Papeuil | |
| 1979 | Hugo Drax | |
| Renoudot | ||
| 1978 | narrator | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| The Waiter | ||
| Le réalisateur | ||
| Abéraud | ||
| Georges Aubert | ||
| 1976 | L'Huissier | |
| Pierre | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| The Vice Consul of Lahore | ||
| The President of the Republic | ||
| Boris | ||
| 1975 | N/A | |
| M. Morrison, président de la Fielding | ||
| Stephane Mostri | ||
| Swan | ||
| Le Vice-Consul de Lahore | ||
| David Sutter | ||
| Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur | ||
| Le peintre | ||
| le médecin | ||
| Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII) | ||
| Inspecteur Fournier | ||
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Le juge Souftries | |
| Raymond | ||
| Le chapelier | ||
| Duc de Croyter (as Michel Lonsdale) | ||
| Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate | ||
| Docteur Mézy | ||
| The Judge | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Smith | ||
| 1973 | Stéphane | |
| N/A | ||
| Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel | ||
| 1972 | Thomas | |
| Julien, le réalisateur | ||
| N/A | ||
| Commissioner Lucas | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sergel | ||
| 1971 | Thomas | |
| Thomas | ||
| Inspecteur Bertrand | ||
| Father Henri | ||
| Hippolyte the brother of Marylène | ||
| Un juif | ||
| Self | ||
| 1970 | Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky | |
| L'homme qui fuit | ||
| Bracquemont | ||
| le commissaire Donald Both | ||
| 1969 | Julien & Marc | |
| Stein | ||
| Edouard Loriebat | ||
| Le mari | ||
| 1968 | Delaroche | |
| Georges Tabard | ||
| Morane | ||
| L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J. | ||
| Un acteur au théâtre | ||
| 1967 | L'Avocat de la Défense | |
| Thomas Perkins | ||
| Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voix) | ||
| 1966 | Debu-Bridel (uncredited) | |
| Le conférencier au club des timides | ||
| L'homme (M) | ||
| 1965 | Hyman | |
| Kernan | ||
| Lamendin | ||
| 1964 | L'elève | |
| un autre homme en voiture | ||
| The father | ||
| 1962 | Priest | |
| Charles Dufaut | ||
| Mercier | ||
| Acteur | ||
| Albert | ||
| 1960 | Georges | |
| Andreï Prodarov | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| 1956 | Sinclair | |
| Le capitaine | ||
| Narrator (Voice) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
