Michael Lonsdale
| Michael Lonsdale | |
|---|---|
 Michael Lonsdale, 2013 | |
| Born |
24 May 1931 Paris, France |
| Other names | Michel Lonsdale |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–present |
Michael Lonsdale (born 24 May 1931), sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, is a French actor who has appeared in over 180 films and television shows.
Lonsdale was born in Paris and brought up by a French mother and an English father, initially on the island of Guernsey, then in London in 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca, Morocco.[1] 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.[1][2]
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,[3] 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 César Award, his first, as a best supporting actor in Of Gods and Men.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | The Trial | Priest | |
| 1964 | Behold a Pale Horse | Reporter | |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Debu-Bridel | |
| 1968 | The Bride Wore Black | René Morane | |
| Stolen Kisses | Georges Tabard | ||
| 1969 | Détruire, dit-elle | ||
| Hibernatus | Professor Edouard Lauriebat | ||
| 1971 | Out 1 | Thomas | |
| Le Souffle au coeur | Father Henri | ||
| 1972 | Jaune le soleil | ||
| The Old Maid | |||
| 1973 | The Day of the Jackal | Lebel | |
| 1974 | Successive Slidings of Pleasure | The Judge | |
| Stavisky | Docteur Mézy | by Alain Resnais | |
| Un linceul n'a pas de poches | Raymond | ||
| Le fantôme de la liberté | Le chapelier/Hatter | ||
| Caravan to Vaccares | Duc de Croyter | ||
| 1975 | Serious as Pleasure | ||
| India Song | Le vice-consul de Lahore | ||
| The Romantic Englishwoman | Swan | ||
| Section spéciale | Le ministre de l'intérieur | ||
| Aloïse | The second doctor | ||
| Galileo | Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII | ||
| 1976 | Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert | Récitant | (voice) |
| Mr. Klein | Pierre | ||
| Scrambled Eggs | |||
| 1977 | Une sale histoire | ||
| The Accuser (film) | Abéraud | ||
| Jacques Prévert | Himself | ||
| 1978 | Bartleby | L'huissier | |
| Die Linkshändige Frau | The Waiter | ||
| 1979 | Moonraker | Hugo Drax | |
| 1980 | Les jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz | Bertrand Haines-Pearson | |
| Seuls | Le peintre | ||
| 1981 | The Bunker | Martin Bormann | |
| 1982 | Sweet Inquest on Violence | ||
| Mora | as writer | ||
| 1983 | Eréndira | Senator Onésimo Sanchez | |
| Enigma | Bodley | ||
| 1984 | Le Bon Roi Dagobert | Saint Eloi | |
| 1985 | L'éveillé du Pont de l'Alma | Antoine | |
| The Holcroft Covenant | Ernst Manfredi | ||
| Billy Ze Kick | Commissaire Bellanger | ||
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose | The Abbot | |
| 1987 | Der Madonna-Mann | Tanzmann | |
| 1988 | Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera | ||
| 1989 | Souvenir | Xavier Lorion | |
| 1991 | My Life Is Hell | Gabriel | by Josiane Balasko |
| 1993 | Woyzeck | Le capitaine | |
| The Remains of the Day | Dupont D'Ivry | ||
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris | Louis XVI | |
| Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud | Dolabella | ||
| 1997 | Mauvais genre | Honoré de Balzac | |
| 1998 | Don Juan | Don Luis | |
| Let There Be Light | Monseigneur Loublié | ||
| Ronin | Jean-Pierre | ||
| 2000 | Les Acteurs | Man in the street | by Bertrand Blier |
| 2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy | Opaz | voice, French version |
| 2004 | 5x2 | Bernard | by François Ozon |
| 2005 | Bye Bye Blackbird | Robert | |
| Munich | Papa | ||
| 2006 | Goya's Ghosts | Father Gregorio | |
| 2007 | The Last Mistress | Le vicomte de Prony | |
| Heartbeat Detector (La Question Humaine) |
Mathias Jüst | ||
| 2009 | Agora | Theon | |
| Park Benches | The Client doormat | ||
| 2010 | Of Gods and Men | Luc | |
| 2011 | The Cardboard Village | ||
| Les hommes libres | Le recteur Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit | ||
| 2012 | Gebo et l'Ombre | Gebo | by Manoel de Oliveira |
| 2013 | Le renard jaune | Jean Virno | |
| 2014 | Maestro | Cédric Rovère | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Smiley's People | Anton Grigoriev | TV Mini-series |
| 1986 | Le Tiroir secret | Mini-series | |
| 1991 | Maigret et la Grande Perche | Monsieur Serre | TV Series |
| 2001 | Maigret et la Croqueuse de Diamants | Sir Lampson | TV Series |
| 2013 | Le tourbillon de Jeanne | L'homme | TV Series |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 007 Legends | Hugo Drax | Voice-over |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goodman, Lanie (December 3, 2010). "A gentle screen giant subtly shines". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Les Inrocks - Michael Lonsdale" (in French). Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- ↑ Canby, Vincent (June 29, 1979). "Moonraker (1979) MOONRAKER". The New York Times.
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