Michael Lonsdale
Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch[3] (born 24 May 1931), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, is a British-French actor who has appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker,[4] the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, and M. Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day.
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Born | 24 May 1931 |
Other names | Michael Lonsdale |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1955–present |
Personal life
Lonsdale was born in Paris, son of English Army officer Edward Lonsdale-Crouch and his half-French, half-Irish wife Simone Béraud,[5][6] and brought up initially on the island of Guernsey, then in London in 1935, and later, during World War II, in Casablanca, Morocco.[7] 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.[7][8]
Career
Lonsdale is bilingual and has appeared in both English- and French-language productions.
On 25 February 2011, he won a César Award, his first, as a Best Supporting Actor in Of Gods and Men.
Selected filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1956 | It Happened in Aden | Sinclair | |
1962 | Adorable Liar | ||
The Trial | Priest | ||
1964 | Behold a Pale Horse | Reporter | |
1966 | Is Paris Burning? | Debu-Bridel | |
Judoka-Secret Agent | Thomas Perkins | ||
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 cœur | Father Henri | ||
1972 | Jaune le soleil | ||
The Old Maid | |||
1973 | The Day of the Jackal | Deputy Commissioner Claude 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 | ||
The Suspects | Le juge Souftries | ||
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 | 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 | ||
Enigma | Bodley | ||
1983 | Eréndira | Senator Onésimo Sanchez | |
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 | Le maître | |
1989 | Souvenir | Xavier Lorion | |
Cela s'appelle l'amour | Himself | ||
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 / Que la lumière soit | Monseigneur Loublié | By Arthur Joffé | |
Ronin | Jean-Pierre | ||
2000 | Les Acteurs | Man in the street | By Bertrand Blier |
2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy | Opaz | Voice, French version |
The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Stangerson | ||
2004 | 5x2 | Bernard | By François Ozon |
2005 | Bye Bye Blackbird | Robert | |
Good Girl | Jean | ||
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 | César Award for Best Supporting Actor Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor |
2011 | The Cardboard Village | Il vecchio prete | |
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 | |
2016 | The First, the Last | Jean-Berchmans |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Smiley's People | Anton Grigoriev | TV miniseries |
1986 | Le Tiroir secret | Miniseries | |
1991 | Maigret et la Grande Perche | Monsieur Serre | TV series |
2001 | Maigret et la Croqueuse de Diamants | Sir Lampson | TV series |
2013 | Marguerite Yourcenar, alchimie du paysage | The Narrator | TV documentary |
Le tourbillon de Jeanne | L'homme | TV Series |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon | Henri Crousteau | Voice-over |
2012 | 007 Legends | Hugo Drax | Voice-over |
References
- Mes Étoiles: les rencontres qui ont éclairé mon chemin, Michael Lonsdale and Patrick Scheyder, Bayard, 2018
- "Michael Lonsdale et Jeanne-Marie Conquer". Maison internationale des Poètes et des Écrivains de Saint-Malo. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- Mes Étoiles: les rencontres qui ont éclairé mon chemin, Michael Lonsdale and Patrick Scheyder, Bayard, 2018
- Canby, Vincent (June 29, 1979). "Moonraker (1979) MOONRAKER". The New York Times.
- Qui est qui en France, Jacques Lafitte, 2008, p. 1433
- Mes Étoiles: les rencontres qui ont éclairé mon chemin, Michael Lonsdale and Patrick Scheyder, Bayard, 2018
- 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.