Acting
Michael Lonsdale
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.
Filmography
The Life of Mirrors
Film · 2025
African Glory
Film · 2024
The Outsider
Film · 2023
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Film · 2022
So Long Michael
Film · 2021
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Film · 2020
Degas and I
Film · 2019
Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique
Film · 2019
Bazin's Film
Film · 2017
Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres
Film · 2016
The First, the Last
Film · 2016
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
Film · 2016
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
Film · 2016
Sculpt
Film · 2016
The Visit
Film · 2015
Maestro
Film · 2014
N: The Madness Of Reason
Film · 2014
J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
Film · 2014
Rosenn
Film · 2014
Le Renard jaune
Film · 2013
Gebo and the Shadow
Film · 2012
Titeuf
Film · 2011
Free Men
Film · 2011
The Cardboard Village
Film · 2011
Hitler in Hollywood
Film · 2011
Veilleurs dans la nuit - Une journée monastique à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
Film · 2011
Of Gods and Men
Film · 2010
Agora
Film · 2009
You'll Miss Me
Film · 2009
Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
Series · 2009
Les amants cinéma
Film · 2008
The Man from London
Film · 2008
Le Silence de l'épervier
Series · 2008
The Last Mistress
Film · 2007
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
Film · 2007
Heartbeat Detector
Film · 2007
To Each His Own Cinema
Film · 2007
Jeanne, à petits pas
Film · 2006
Goya's Ghosts
Film · 2006
Les Mains d'Andréa
Film · 2006
Munich
Film · 2005
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Film · 2005
Invisible
Film · 2005
Gentille
Film · 2005
Bye Bye Blackbird
Film · 2005
The Separation
Film · 2005
Five Times Two
Film · 2004
Under a False Name
Film · 2004
Adieu
Film · 2004
Le Furet
Film · 2003
Kaena: The Prophecy
Film · 2003
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Film · 2003
Le Mythe Cathare
Film · 2002
Those Facing Us
Film · 2001
Actors
Film · 2000
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
Film · 2000
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
Film · 2000
Inside 'Moonraker'
Film · 2000
Speaking of Buñuel
Film · 2000
A Monkey's Tale
Film · 1999
Ronin
Film · 1998
Let There Be Light!
Film · 1998
Don Juan
Film · 1998
Mauvais Genre
Film · 1997
Jean Eustache's Wasted Breath
Film · 1997
Noise of Love and War
Film · 1997
La Plante Humaine
Film · 1996
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Film · 1995
Jefferson in Paris
Film · 1995
Vroum-vroum
Film · 1995
Dieu sait quoi
Film · 1994
Woyzeck
Film · 1993
The Remains of the Day
Film · 1993
L'ordre du jour
Film · 1993
My Life Is Hell
Film · 1991
Maigret
Series · 1991
Maigret
Series · 1991
Film sur Georges Perec
Film · 1990
Out 1
Film · 1990
Un cane sciolto
Series · 1990
Souvenir
Film · 1989
Cela s'appelle l'amour
Film · 1989
Earthen Man
Film · 1989
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
Film · 1988
Der Madonna-Mann
Film · 1987
The Name of the Rose
Film · 1986
L'air d'aimer
Film · 1986
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Film · 1986
Rendez-vous manqués
Film · 1986
Emile Reynaud
Film · 1986
The Memory of the Eye E.J. Marey
Film · 1986
Le Tiroir secret
Series · 1986
The Holcroft Covenant
Film · 1985
The Insomniac on the Bridge
Film · 1985
Billy Ze Kick
Film · 1985
Le Génie du faux
Series · 1985
Good King Dagobert
Film · 1984
The Judge
Film · 1984
The Colour of Words
Film · 1984
Erendira
Film · 1983
Chronopolis
Film · 1983
Une jeunesse
Film · 1983
The Boulugres
Film · 1983
La Rényon lontan
Film · 1983
Enigma
Film · 1982
Sweet Inquest on Violence
Film · 1982
Trompe-l'oeil
Film · 1982
Mersonne ne m'aime
Film · 1982
Le rose et le blanc
Film · 1982
Smiley's People
Series · 1982
The Bunker
Film · 1981
The Games of Countess Dolingen
Film · 1981
Alone
Film · 1981
Un paquebot dans la tête
Film · 1981
Jean-Sans-Terre
Film · 1980
Moonraker
Film · 1979
The Passage
Film · 1979
Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été
Film · 1979
The Left-Handed Woman
Film · 1978
The Risk of Living
Film · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
A Dirty Story
Film · 1977
The Accuser
Film · 1977
The Devil in the Box
Film · 1977
Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible
Film · 1977
La nuit du beau marin peut-être?
Film · 1976
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Film · 1976
Mr. Klein
Film · 1976
Cygne II
Film · 1976
Scrambled Eggs
Film · 1976
Bartleby
Film · 1976
Les Écrans déchirés
Film · 1976
The Romantic Englishwoman
Film · 1975
Aloïse
Film · 1975
The Track
Film · 1975
India Song
Film · 1975
Special Section
Film · 1975
The Pink Telephone
Film · 1975
Galileo
Film · 1975
Mad Enough to Kill
Film · 1975
Né
Film · 1975
A Whale That Had a Toothache
Film · 1975
Serious as Pleasure
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
The Phantom of Liberty
Film · 1974
Right to the city
Film · 1974
The Suspects
Film · 1974
Stavisky...
Film · 1974
No Pockets in a Shroud
Film · 1974
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
Film · 1974
Caravan to Vaccarès
Film · 1974
Film sur Hans Bellmer
Film · 1974
La Grande Paulette
Film · 1974
The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown
Film · 1974
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
Series · 1974
Malaventure
Series · 1974
The Day of the Jackal
Film · 1973
The Girl with the Cello
Film · 1973
Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons
Film · 1973
Out 1: Spectre
Film · 1973
The Old Maid
Film · 1972
There Once Was a Cop
Film · 1972
Les Années Lumière
Film · 1972
Autumn
Film · 1972
Chut !
Film · 1972
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Law Breakers
Film · 1971
Murmur of the Heart
Film · 1971
Spring
Film · 1971
Papa, the Lil' Boats
Film · 1971
Jaune, Le Soleil
Film · 1971
Out 1
Series · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
Un troisième
Film · 1970
Le revolver et la rose
Film · 1970
The Stud
Film · 1970
La Fenêtre
Film · 1970
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
Series · 1970
Hibernatus
Film · 1969
Destroy, She Said
Film · 1969
The Nail Clippers
Film · 1969
Winter
Film · 1969
Stolen Kisses
Film · 1968
The Bride Wore Black
Film · 1968
The Man in the Buick
Film · 1968
The Big Wash
Film · 1968
Concerto for an Exile
Film · 1968
Zoo Story
Film · 1968
The Authentic Trial of Carl Emmanuel Jung
Film · 1967
Order of the Daisy
Film · 1967
Judoka-Secret Agent
Film · 1967
Your Money or Your Life
Film · 1966
Is Paris Burning?
Film · 1966
Comédie
Film · 1966
The Buddies
Film · 1965
Hail! Mafia
Film · 1965
The Ghostly Rental
Film · 1965
Le Petit Nicolas
Film · 1964
The Little Misses
Film · 1964
Jaloux comme un tigre
Film · 1964
Behold a Pale Horse
Film · 1964
Adorable Liar
Film · 1962
Snobs!
Film · 1962
Crime Does Not Pay
Film · 1962
The Trial
Film · 1962
The Immoral Moment
Film · 1962
Le bureau des mariages
Film · 1962
The Door Slams
Film · 1960
Les Trois Sœurs
Film · 1960
The Itchy Palm
Film · 1960
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Film · 1958
It Happened in Aden
Film · 1956