
Michael Lonsdale
Known for ActingBorn 1931-05-24Died 2020-09-21Paris, France
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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The Outsider
2023 · Movie
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Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres
2016 · Movie
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Earthen Man
1989 · Movie
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The Boulugres
1983 · Movie
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Mersonne ne m'aime
1982 · Movie
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Le rose et le blanc
1982 · Movie
Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été
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Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été
1979 · Movie
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Né
1975 · Movie
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Out 1
1971 · Series
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Le revolver et la rose
1970 · Movie
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Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970 · Series
Seul face au crime
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Seul face au crime
1991 · Movie
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Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique
2019 · Movie
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Le Génie du faux
1985 · Series
The Colour of Words
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The Colour of Words
1984 · Movie
Un paquebot dans la tête
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Un paquebot dans la tête
1981 · Movie
Jean-Sans-Terre
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Jean-Sans-Terre
1980 · Movie
Les Écrans déchirés
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Les Écrans déchirés
1976 · Movie
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La Fenêtre
1970 · Movie
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La Plante Humaine
1996 · Movie
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Comédie
1966 · Movie
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
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Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
2000 · Movie
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Noise of Love and War
1997 · Movie
Rendez-vous manqués
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Rendez-vous manqués
1986 · Movie
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Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Series
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Maigret
1991 · Series
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Degas and I
2019 · Movie
Zoo Story
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Zoo Story
1968 · Movie
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Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
2000 · Movie
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Smiley's People
1982 · Series
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Winter
1969 · Movie
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
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The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986 · Movie
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The Name of the Rose
1986 · Movie
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The Ghostly Rental
1965 · Movie
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Adieu
2004 · Movie
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The Remains of the Day
1993 · Movie
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The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Movie
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Autumn
1972 · Movie
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The Phantom of Liberty
1974 · Movie
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Munich
2005 · Movie
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Bazin's Film
2017 · Movie
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The Itchy Palm
1960 · Movie
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Agora
2009 · Movie
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Mora
1982 · Movie
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Hail! Mafia
1965 · Movie
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The Separation
2005 · Movie
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
2014 · Movie
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The Trial
1962 · Movie