Biography
Michel Jacques Daniel Piccoli is the son of Henri Piccoli, violinist and Marcelle Expert-Bezançon (1892-1990), pianist and daughter of the French industrialist and politician Charles Expert-Bezançon. In 1954, Michel Piccoli married actress Éléonore Hirt with whom he had a daughter, Anne-Cordélia Piccoli. In 1966, he married the singer Juliette Gréco, then in 1978 the screenwriter Ludivine Clerc, with whom he adopted two children of Polish origin, Inord and Missia.
Placed in an establishment for problem children, the commitments of the young Piccoli, are made in opposition to his maternal grandfather, senator of the Third Republic, financier of the Radical Party, and important industrial painter, accused by the trade union left and by Georges Clemenceau, of having intoxicated his workmen through lead white which causes lead poisoning.
Michel Piccoli then trained as an actor first with Andrée Bauer-Théraud and then during Simon. After an appearance as an extra in "Sortilèges" by Christian-Jaque in 1945, Michel Piccoli made his film debut in "Le Point Du Jour" by Louis Daquin. In the theater he distinguished himself with the Renaud-Barrault and Grenier-Hussot companies as well as at the Théâtre de Babylone. Noticed in the film "French Cancan" in 1954, he continued on stage and worked with directors Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vilar, Jean-Marie Serreau, Peter Brook, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau and André Engel, and became also know in popular TV movies. Having become an atheist after a family bereavement, he met Luis Buñuel in 1956, and ironically took on the role of a priest in "La Mort En Ce Jardin". In 1959, he shot "Le Rendez-Vous De Noël", a short film by André Michel based on the short story by Malek Ouary "Le Noël Du Petit Cireur", in Algiers. The 1960s sounded his consecration, noticed in "Le Doulos" by Jean-Pierre Melville, he was revealed internationally with "Le Mépris" by Jean-Luc Godard alongside Brigitte Bardot. From then on, he toured with the greatest French and international filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Youssef Chahine, Manoel de Oliveira...
He began the 1980s with the interpretation prize at the Cannes festival in 1980, with "Le Saut Dans Le Vide" by Marco Bellocchio, and that of the Berlin festival in 1982, with "Une Étrange Affaire" by Pierre Granier-Deferre. . He worked with Jacques Doillon, Leos Carax, before trying his hand at directing. In 2001 he received the IX Europe Prize for Theatre. He was part of the jury of the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007, chaired by Stephen Frears. In 2011, he played in "Habemus Papam" by Nanni Moretti. The last film in which Michel Piccoli appears is the film "Le Goût Des Myrtilles", by Thomas de Thiers in 2013.
Politically committed to the left, member of the Peace Movement (communist), Michel Piccoli distinguished himself by his positions against the National Front, and mobilized for Amnesty International.
Michel Piccoli died on May 12, 2020 following a stroke in his mansion in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle in Eure. His funeral takes place in Évreux on May 19, 2020, where he is cremated, his ashes are scattered within the family property.
Filmography
all 262
Movies 243
self 42
TV Shows 19
Narrator 8
Voice 4
Director 3
Godard by Godard (2023)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées (2022)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
Marx Can Wait (2021)
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story (2021)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019)
Coming Apart (2017)
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres (2017)
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli (2017)
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary (2017)
Our Lady of Hormones (2015)
The Taste of Blueberries (2014)
Lines of Wellington (2012)
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
Holy Motors (2012)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There (2011)
We Have a Pope (2011)
Block-notes di Habemus Papam (2011)
Portrait Of My Father (2010)
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres (2010)
Le Bel Âge (2009)
Once Upon a Time… Contempt (2009)
The Dust of Time (2008)
On War (2008)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Le Roi Lear (2007)
Les Toits de Paris (2007)
Boxes (2007)
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
Belle Toujours (2006)
Gardens in Autumn (2006)
Magic Mirror (2006)
C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé (2006)
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur (2006)
Everything's Connected (2005)
Raining Cats and Frogs (2003)
Metropolis: The Splendor of Cities Throughout the Ages (2003)
Little Lili (2003)
That Day (2003)
A Real Man (2003)
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère (2002)
Il bambino di Betlemme (2002)
I’m Going Home (2001)
The Black Beach (2001)
Topaz: An Appreciation by Film Critic/Historian Leonard Maltin (2001)
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving (2000)
Speaking of Buñuel (2000)
Actors (2000)
Close to Kiarostami (2000)
Libero Burro (1999)
París-Tombuctú (1999)
Nothing About Robert (1999)
Vivement dimanche (1998)
Alors voilà, (1997)
Passion in the Desert (1997)
Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
Tykho Moon (1996)
Party (1996)
Traveling Companion (1996)
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
The World of Jacques Demy (1995)
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema (1995)
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
Tödliches Geld (1995)
The Black Angel (1994)
The Emigrant (1994)
Train de nuit (1994)
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad (1994)
Bête de scène (1994)
Rupture(s) (1993)
Loonies at Large (1993)
The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993)
Archipel (1993)
The Supper (1992)
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992)
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1992)
Against Oblivion (1991)
Les Équilibristes - Nico Papatakis, Jean Genet (1991)
The Children Thief (1991)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Walking a Tightrope (1991)
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg (1991)
Martha and I (1990)
Star Life (1990)
May Fools (1990)
The Monkey Folk (1989)
Un coupable (1988)
La Ruelle au clair de lune (1988)
Blanc de Chine (1988)
How Good the Whites Are (1988)
Malady of Love (1987)
The Veiled Man (1987)
Nulle part ailleurs (1987)
La Rumba (1987)
The Distant Land (1987)
The Prude (1986)
Mauvais Sang (1986)
The Nonentity (1986)
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986)
Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
Going and Coming Back (1985)
Death in a French Garden (1985)
La Lune (1985)
Le Matelot 512 (1984)
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
Long Live Life (1984)
Dangerous Moves (1984)
The General of the Dead Army (1983)
The Prize of Peril (1983)
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! (1982)
A Room in Town (1982)
The Eyes, the Mouth (1982)
Beyond the Door (1982)
Godard's Passion (1982)
The Night of Varennes (1982)
Passion, le travail et l'amour : Introduction à un scénario (1982)
The Passerby (1982)
La Cerisaie (1982)
Scénario du film Passion (1982)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Strange Affair (1981)
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts. (1981)
Confused Feelings (1981)
The Prodigal Daughter (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Docteur Teyran (1980)
Atlantic City (1980)
The Price of Survival (1980)
Leap Into the Void (1980)
The Bit Between the Teeth (1979)
Le divorcement (1979)
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death (1979)
Sugar (1978)
Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978)
The Savage State (1978)
Strauberg ist da (1978)
Fire's Share (1978)
The Accuser (1977)
Spoiled Children (1977)
Rene the Cane (1977)
Mado (1976)
F as in Fairbanks (1976)
One Way or Another (1976)
The Last Woman (1976)
Nouvelles d'Henry James (1976)
Seven Deaths by Prescription (1975)
Leonor (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Apostrophes (1975)
Midi Première (1975)
Weak Spot (1975)
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Life Size (1974)
The Infernal Trio (1974)
Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun (1974)
Far West (1973)
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
Wedding in Blood (1973)
Themroc (1973)
The Woman in Blue (1973)
Cesar and Rosalie (1972)
The Assassination (1972)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Liza (1972)
The Audience (1972)
Midi trente (1972)
Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
Touch and Go (1971)
V.I.P. Schaukel (1971)
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
Samedi soir (1971)
Invasion (1970)
Treffpunkte (1970)
The Things of Life (1970)
Topaz (1969)
The Uninvited (1969)
The Milky Way (1969)
Dillinger Is Dead (1969)
Délire à deux (1968)
La Prisonnière (1968)
Heartbeat (1968)
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)
My Love, My Love (1967)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Shock Troops (1967)
The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Romy: Anatomy of a Face (1967)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Elsa the Rose (1966)
The Creatures (1966)
La Voleuse (1966)
The Game Is Over (1966)
The Devil's Tricks (1966)
The War Is Over (1966)
Le Coup de grâce (1966)
Lady L (1965)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Dom Juan (1965)
Masquerade (1965)
Café tabac (1964)
Chance at Love (1964)
All About Loving (1964)
Marie Soleil (1964)
Paparazzi (1964)
Bardot et Godard (1964)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Luis Buñuel (1964)
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
L'Été en hiver (1964)
Salut les Cubains (1963)
Contempt (1963)
The Day and the Hour (1963)
Le Doulos (1962)
Climates of Love (1962)
Parisienne... Parisiennes (1962)
Le Temps des assassins (1962)
Rendezvous (1961)
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie (1961)
Hauteclaire (1961)
Amazons of Rome (1961)
Quarante fontaines (1961)
La Chevelure (1961)
Le Rendez-vous de Noël (1960)
Danger in the Middle East (1960)
La Dragée haute (1960)
Les joueurs (1960)
Le Chalet sous la neige (1959)
Beast at Bay (1959)
La Nuit de Tom Brown (1959)
Tabarin (1958)
Sinners of Paris (1958)
Nathalie (1957)
Le plus heureux des trois (1957)
Sunday Buddies (1957)
The Witches of Salem (1957)
La France romane (1956)
Death in the Garden (1956)
The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
Bad Liaisons (1955)
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)
Croissance de Paris (1955)
French Cancan (1955)
Price of Love (1955)
Tout chante autour de moi (1954)
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances (1954)
Daughters of Destiny (1954)
Torticola contre Frankensberg (1952)
Chicago Digest (1951)
Terreur en Oklahoma (1951)
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc (1951)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949)
The Mark Of The Day (1949)
The Bellman (1945)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1925-12-27
Deathday2020-05-12 (94 years old)
Birth NameMichel Jacques Daniel Piccoli
Birth PlaceParis, France
Height1.84-meter
RelationshipsLudivine Clerc (1978-01-01 - 2020-05-12), Eléonore Hirt (1954-01-01 - 1965-01-01), Juliette Gréco (1966-01-01 - 1977-01-01)
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsМишель Пикколи, ميشيل بيكولي
AwardsEurope Theatre Prize, German Film Award for Best Actor, Silver Bear for Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, European Film Academy Honorary Award, Prize for the best actor of the Union of criticism
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