Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author.
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Known For
Ronin
(1998)
Jean-Pierre
Munich
(2005)
Papa
Moonraker
(1979)
Hugo Drax
The Name of the Rose
(1986)
The Abbot
The Day of the Jackal
(1973)
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Stolen Kisses
(1968)
Georges Tabard
Murmur of the Heart
(1971)
Father Henri
The Trial
(1962)
Priest
The Remains of the Day
(1993)
Dupont D'Ivry
Hibernatus
(1969)
Edouard Loriebat
Chariots of Fire
(1981)
Garth Jones (scenes deleted)
Is Paris Burning?
(1966)
Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
Agora
(2009)
Theon
Mr. Klein
(1976)
Pierre
Of Gods and Men
(2010)
Luc
Goya's Ghosts
(2006)
Inquisitor General
Full Filmography
Acting
It Happened in Aden
(1956)
Sinclair
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
(1958)
The Itchy Palm
(1960)
The Door Slams
(1960)
Georges
Les trois soeurs
(1960)
Andreï Prodarov
The Trial
(1962)
Priest
The Denunciation
(1962)
Mercier
Crime Does Not Pay
(1962)
Acteur
Snobs !
(1962)
Charles Dufaut
Adorable menteuse
(1962)
Albert
Jaloux comme un tigre
(1964)
un autre homme en voiture
Le petit Nicolas
(1964)
The father
The Little Misses
(1964)
L'elève
The Ghostly Rental
(1965)
Kernan
The Buddies
(1965)
Lamendin
Hail! Mafia
(1965)
Hyman
Your Money or Your Life
(1966)
Le conférencier au club des timides
Comédie
(1966)
L'homme (M)
Is Paris Burning?
(1966)
Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
Judoka-Secret Agent
(1967)
Thomas Perkins
Les Compagnons de la marguerite
(1967)
Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voix)
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
(1967)
L'Avocat de la Défense
The Big Wash
(1968)
Delaroche
The Man in the Buick
(1968)
L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J.
Concerto for an Exile
(1968)
Un acteur au théâtre
The Bride Wore Black
(1968)
Morane
Stolen Kisses
(1968)
Georges Tabard
Destroy, She Said
(1969)
Stein
The Nail Clippers
(1969)
Le mari
Hibernatus
(1969)
Edouard Loriebat
Winter
(1969)
Julien & Marc
La Fenêtre
(1970)
Bracquemont
Le revolver et la rose
(1970)
Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky
Spring
(1970)
L'homme qui fuit
The Stud
(1970)
le commissaire Donald Both
Murmur of the Heart
(1971)
Father Henri
Papa, the Lil' Boats
(1971)
Hippolyte the brother of Marylène
Law Breakers
(1971)
Inspecteur Bertrand
Out 1
(1971)
Thomas
Jaune, Le Soleil
(1971)
Un juif
There Once Was a Cop
(1972)
Commissioner Lucas
Autumn
(1972)
Julien, le réalisateur
Out 1 : Spectre
(1972)
Thomas
Chut !
(1972)
Sergel
Les années Lumière
(1972)
The Old Maid
(1972)
Monod
Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons
(1973)
Stéphane
The Day of the Jackal
(1973)
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
The Girl with the Cello
(1973)
La grande Paulette
(1974)
The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
(1974)
Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate
No Pockets in a Shroud
(1974)
Raymond
Stavisky...
(1974)
Docteur Mézy
The Suspects
(1974)
Le juge Souftries
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
(1974)
The Judge
Caravan to Vaccarès
(1974)
Duc de Croyter (as Michel Lonsdale)
The Phantom of Liberty
(1974)
Le chapelier
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
(1974)
Smith
Right to the city
(1974)
Narrator
Film sur Hans Bellmer
(1974)
Narrator
Galileo
(1975)
Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)
The Pink Telephone
(1975)
M. Morrison, président de la Fielding
India Song
(1975)
Le Vice-Consul de Lahore
A Whale That Had a Toothache
(1975)
Le peintre
Mad Enough to Kill
(1975)
Stephane Mostri
Special Section
(1975)
Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur
Aloïse
(1975)
le médecin
The Romantic Englishwoman
(1975)
Swan
The Track
(1975)
David Sutter
Serious as Pleasure
(1975)
Inspecteur Fournier
Né
(1975)
La nuit du beau marin peut-être?
(1976)
Boris
Mr. Klein
(1976)
Pierre
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
(1976)
The Vice Consul of Lahore
Cygne II
(1976)
Narrator (voice)
Bartleby
(1976)
L'Huissier
Scrambled Eggs
(1976)
The President of the Republic
The Devil in the Box
(1977)
Georges Aubert
Un troisième
(1977)
Le réalisateur
A Dirty Story
(1977)
The Accuser
(1977)
Abéraud
The Left-Handed Woman
(1977)
The Waiter
The Risk of Living
(1978)
narrator
The Passage
(1979)
Renoudot
Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été
(1979)
Moonraker
(1979)
Hugo Drax
Jean-Sans-Terre
(1980)
Jean Papeuil
The Games of Countess Dolingen
(1981)
Bertrand Haines-Pearson
The Bunker
(1981)
Martin Bormann
Chariots of Fire
(1981)
Garth Jones (scenes deleted)
Alone
(1981)
Ludovic
Un paquebot dans la tête
(1981)
Roland
Sweet Inquest on Violence
(1982)
Ash, the financier
Mersonne ne m'aime
(1982)
Commissioner Bancau
Trompe-l'oeil
(1982)
(Voiceover)
Enigma
(1982)
Bodley
Erendira
(1983)
Senator Onésimo Sanchez
Une jeunesse
(1983)
Béjardy
Chronopolis
(1983)
Narrator (voice)
Good King Dagobert
(1984)
Saint Eloi
The Judge
(1984)
Le docteur
The Colour of Words
(1984)
Self
The Holcroft Covenant
(1985)
Ernst Manfredi
The Insomniac on the Bridge
(1985)
Antonie
Rendez-vous manqués
(1986)
Moralès
The Name of the Rose
(1986)
The Abbot
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
(1986)
Self
L'air d'aimer
(1986)
Raymond
Der Madonna-Mann
(1987)
Tanzmann
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
(1988)
Cammerschulze
Cela s'appelle l'amour
(1989)
Souvenir
(1989)
Xavier Lorion
Earthen Man
(1989)
(voice)
Film sur Georges Perec
(1990)
Self
My Life Is Hell
(1991)
Gabriel
The Remains of the Day
(1993)
Dupont D'Ivry
L'ordre du jour
(1993)
Stark
Dieu sait quoi
(1994)
Narrator
Jefferson in Paris
(1995)
Louis XVI
Vroum-vroum
(1995)
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
(1995)
Dollabella
La Plante Humaine
(1996)
Noise of Love and War
(1997)
Mauvais Genre
(1997)
Honoré de Balzac
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
(1997)
(voice)
Let There Be Light!
(1998)
Monseigneur Loublié
Don Juan
(1998)
Don Luis
Ronin
(1998)
Jean-Pierre
A Monkey's Tale
(1999)
Maître Flavius (Voice)
Actors
(2000)
Self
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
(2000)
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
(2000)
Self
Inside 'Moonraker'
(2000)
Self
Those Facing Us
(2001)
Mikaël
Best Ever Bond
(2002)
Hugo Drax (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
(2003)
Stangerson
Kaena: The Prophecy
(2003)
Opaz (french voice)
Le Furet
(2003)
Don Salvadore
Adieu
(2004)
Serge
Under a False Name
(2004)
David
Five Times Two
(2004)
Bernard
Bye Bye Blackbird
(2005)
Robert
The Separation
(2005)
Paul Doumer
Gentille
(2005)
Jean
Invisible
(2005)
Le gardien
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
(2005)
Le professeur Stangerson
Munich
(2005)
Papa
Goya's Ghosts
(2006)
Inquisitor General
Jeanne, à petits pas
(2006)
Les Mains d'Andréa
(2006)
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
(2007)
Bartleby (voice)
Heartbeat Detector
(2007)
Mathias Jüst
The Last Mistress
(2007)
le vicomte Prony
To Each His Own Cinema
(2007)
The old blind man (segment "Le Don")
The Gift
(2007)
Blind Man
Les amants cinéma
(2008)
Self
Agora
(2009)
Theon
You'll Miss Me
(2009)
Max
Of Gods and Men
(2010)
Luc
Free Men
(2011)
Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit
The Cardboard Village
(2011)
Titeuf
(2011)
Le psy
Veilleurs dans la nuit - Une journée monastique à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
(2011)
Narrateur
Hitler in Hollywood
(2011)
Michael Lonsdale
Gebo and the Shadow
(2012)
Gebo
Le Renard jaune
(2013)
Jean Virno
Maestro
(2014)
Cedric Rovère
N: The Madness Of Reason
(2014)
Narrator
Rosenn
(2014)
(voice)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
(2014)
The Visit
(2015)
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
(2016)
Daniel
The First, the Last
(2016)
Jean-Berchmans
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
(2016)
Self
Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres
(2016)
Self
Bazin's Film
(2017)
Narrator
Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique
(2019)
Narrator
Degas and I
(2019)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
(2020)
Self
The Outsider
(2023)
Narrator (Voice)
Writing