Michel Jacques Daniel Piccoli was 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.
Michel Jacques Daniel Piccoli was 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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Life of Mirrors
Character:
Release Date:13/07/2025
It's Not Me
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:12/06/2024
Godard by Godard
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/05/2023
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/01/2022
Marx Can Wait
Character:Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/07/2021
François Mitterrand & Anne Pingeot: Pieces of a Love Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/2021
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:25/01/2019
Dios de monoambiente
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2018
Coming Apart
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:28/12/2017
Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/11/2017
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:28/05/2017
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/05/2017
Our Lady of Hormones
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/09/2015
The Taste of Blueberries
Character:Michel
Release Date:08/10/2014
Lines of Wellington
Character:Leópold Scheitzer
Release Date:04/10/2012
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Character:Le père
Release Date:01/09/2012
Holy Motors
Character:Man with the Wine Stain
Release Date:02/07/2012
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2011
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
Character:Self
Release Date:13/05/2011
We Have a Pope
Character:Melville
Release Date:15/04/2011
Portrait Of My Father
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/2010
Le Bel Âge
Character:Maurice Reverdy
Release Date:30/12/2009
Once Upon a Time… Contempt
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/2009
The Beaches of Agnès
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/12/2008
The Dust of Time
Character:Spyros
Release Date:22/11/2008
On War
Character:Le grand Hou
Release Date:01/10/2008
To Each His Own Cinema
Character:Nikita Kruschev (segment "Rencontre unique")
Release Date:31/10/2007
Le Roi Lear
Character:Le roi Lear
Release Date:19/09/2007
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
Character:Marcel
Release Date:10/08/2007
Boxes
Character:Daddy
Release Date:06/06/2007
The Duchess of Langeais
Character:Vidame de Pamiers
Release Date:28/03/2007
Belle Toujours
Character:Henri Husson
Release Date:08/09/2006
Gardens in Autumn
Character:Marie, la mère de Vincent
Release Date:06/09/2006
Magic Mirror
Character:Prof. Heschel
Release Date:09/03/2006
Otar Iosseliani, le merle siffleur
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2006
Everything's Connected
Character:Narrator
Release Date:07/07/2005
Un divertissement et Michel Piccoli
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Raining Cats and Frogs
Character:Ferdinand (voice)
Release Date:03/12/2003
Little Lili
Character:acteur qui joue Simon
Release Date:27/08/2003
That Day
Character:Harald
Release Date:04/06/2003
A Man, a Real One
Character:Michel Piccoli
Release Date:28/05/2003
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Character:Self
Release Date:18/09/2002
Il bambino di Betlemme
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2002
I’m Going Home
Character:Gilbert Valence
Release Date:13/05/2001
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
Character:Louis
Release Date:27/06/2000
Speaking of Buñuel
Character:Self
Release Date:09/06/2000
Actors
Character:Michel Piccoli
Release Date:05/04/2000
Kiarostami in Close up
Character:as Self
Release Date:01/01/2000
París-Tombuctú
Character:Michel des Assantes
Release Date:10/09/1999
Libero Burro
Character:Zio Tony
Release Date:10/09/1999
The Happiest Place on Earth
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:28/04/1999
Nothing About Robert
Character:Lord Ariel Chatwick-West
Release Date:24/02/1999
Les paradoxes de Buñuel
Character:Self
Release Date:29/04/1998
Passion in the Desert
Character:Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis
Release Date:31/08/1997
Genealogies of a Crime
Character:Georges Didier
Release Date:04/05/1997
Tykho Moon
Character:Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee
Release Date:28/11/1996
Ousmane Sow
Character:Narrateur
Release Date:10/10/1996
Party
Character:Michel
Release Date:27/06/1996
Traveling Companion
Character:Cosimo
Release Date:26/05/1996
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Character:Prince de Conti
Release Date:20/03/1996
The World of Jacques Demy
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/1995
2 x 50 Years of French Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:26/05/1995
One Hundred and One Nights
Character:Simon Cinéma
Release Date:25/01/1995
Tödliches Geld
Character:Paul Belmont
Release Date:01/01/1995
The Black Angel
Character:Georges Feuvrier
Release Date:11/11/1994
The Emigrant
Character:Adam - Ram's father
Release Date:26/09/1994
Train de nuit
Character:
Release Date:01/08/1994
Berau, sur les traces de Joseph Conrad
Character:Presenter
Release Date:15/06/1994
Bête de scène
Character:
Release Date:02/02/1994
Rupture(s)
Character:Paul
Release Date:26/10/1993
Loonies at Large
Character:Henri Toussaint
Release Date:11/08/1993
The Young Girls Turn 25
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/05/1993
Archipel
Character:Leonard Wilde
Release Date:17/03/1993
The Supper
Character:Chateaubriand (voice)
Release Date:23/12/1992
From Time to Time
Character:Jules Verne
Release Date:12/04/1992
Le Bal des casse-pieds
Character:Désiré, l'homosexuel
Release Date:12/02/1992
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
Character:Edouard Frenhofer
Release Date:01/01/1992
Against Oblivion
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/1991
The Children Thief
Character:Mr. Armand
Release Date:25/09/1991
La Belle Noiseuse
Character:Edouard Frenhofer
Release Date:04/09/1991
Walking a Tightrope
Character:Marcel Spadice
Release Date:01/09/1991
The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg
Character:Le baron de Leisenbohg
Release Date:30/03/1991
Martha and I
Character:Ernst
Release Date:01/09/1990
May Fools
Character:Milou
Release Date:24/01/1990
The Monkey Folk
Character:
Release Date:26/05/1989
Un coupable
Character:L'avocat
Release Date:18/12/1988
La Ruelle au clair de lune
Character:Pierre Willer
Release Date:10/11/1988
Blanc de Chine
Character:Batz
Release Date:20/04/1988
How Good the Whites Are
Character:Père Jean-Marie
Release Date:20/01/1988
Malady of Love
Character:Raoul Bergeron
Release Date:30/09/1987
The Veiled Man
Character:Kassar
Release Date:16/09/1987
La Rumba
Character:Damien Malleville
Release Date:18/02/1987
The Distant Land
Character:Friedrich Hofreiter
Release Date:01/01/1987
The Prude
Character:Pierre
Release Date:03/12/1986
Mauvais Sang
Character:Marc
Release Date:26/11/1986
The Nonentity
Character:der Tölpel
Release Date:13/08/1986
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Character:Étienne Sembadel
Release Date:05/03/1986
Adieu Bonaparte
Character:Caffarelli
Release Date:17/05/1985
Going and Coming Back
Character:Simon Lerner
Release Date:27/03/1985
Death in a French Garden
Character:Graham Tombsthay
Release Date:13/02/1985
La Lune
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1985
Le Matelot 512
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:19/12/1984
Success Is the Best Revenge
Character:French Official
Release Date:26/05/1984
Long Live Life
Character:Michel Perrin
Release Date:18/04/1984
Dangerous Moves
Character:Akiva Liebskind
Release Date:15/04/1984
The General of the Dead Army
Character:Benetandi
Release Date:19/10/1983
The Prize of Peril
Character:Frédéric Mallaire
Release Date:25/01/1983
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
Character:José Viss
Release Date:03/11/1982
A Room in Town
Character:Edmond Leroyer
Release Date:27/10/1982
The Eyes, the Mouth
Character:Tío Agostino
Release Date:10/09/1982
Beyond the Door
Character:Mr. Mutti
Release Date:05/09/1982
Godard's Passion
Character:Michel Boulard
Release Date:26/05/1982
The Night of Varennes
Character:King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Release Date:15/05/1982
The Passerby
Character:Max Baumstein
Release Date:14/04/1982
La Cerisaie
Character:Léonid
Release Date:31/01/1982
Scénario du film Passion
Character:Self
Release Date:28/01/1982
Spy, Stand Up
Character:Jean-Paul Chance
Release Date:27/01/1982
Strange Affair
Character:Bertrand Malair
Release Date:23/12/1981
Du crime considéré comme un des beaux-arts.
Character:Morrand
Release Date:20/08/1981
Confused Feelings
Character:Professor
Release Date:10/06/1981
The Prodigal Daughter
Character:Le père
Release Date:25/03/1981
Atlantic City
Character:Joseph
Release Date:03/09/1980
The Price of Survival
Character:René Winterhalter
Release Date:18/02/1980
A Leap in the Dark
Character:Mauro Ponticelli
Release Date:14/02/1980
The Bit Between the Teeth
Character:Pierre Chazerand
Release Date:01/09/1979
Le Divorcement
Character:Philippe
Release Date:22/08/1979
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
Character:Victor Navarro
Release Date:12/04/1979
Sugar
Character:Grezillo
Release Date:15/10/1978
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Character:Conrad Brukner
Release Date:23/08/1978
The Savage State
Character:Orlaville
Release Date:18/04/1978
Strauberg ist da
Character:Strauberg
Release Date:25/02/1978
Fire's Share
Character:Robert Hansen
Release Date:04/01/1978
The Accuser
Character:Saint-Ramé
Release Date:07/09/1977
Spoiled Children
Character:Bernard Rougerie
Release Date:06/09/1977
That Obscure Object of Desire
Character:Mathieu Faber (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:17/08/1977
Rene the Cane
Character:Ispettore Marchand
Release Date:16/02/1977
Mado
Character:Simon Léotard
Release Date:27/10/1976
F as in Fairbanks
Character:Etienne
Release Date:05/05/1976
One Way or Another
Character:Lui
Release Date:30/04/1976
The Last Woman
Character:Michel
Release Date:20/04/1976
Seven Deaths by Prescription
Character:Dr Losseray
Release Date:03/12/1975
Leonor
Character:Richard
Release Date:01/09/1975
Weak Spot
Character:L'enquêteur
Release Date:01/01/1975
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Character:François, médecin
Release Date:23/10/1974
The Phantom of Liberty
Character:The Second Police Prefect
Release Date:10/09/1974
Life Size
Character:Michel
Release Date:21/08/1974
The Infernal Trio
Character:Georges Sarret
Release Date:22/05/1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Character:Buffalo Bill
Release Date:23/01/1974
Un amour de pluie
Character:Mr. Dellerue (voice)
Release Date:10/01/1974
The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1974
Far West
Character:Indian chief
Release Date:31/05/1973
La Grande Bouffe
Character:Michel
Release Date:16/05/1973
Wedding in Blood
Character:Pierre Maury
Release Date:12/04/1973
Themroc
Character:Themroc
Release Date:01/03/1973
The Woman in Blue
Character:Pierre
Release Date:14/01/1973
Cesar and Rosalie
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:11/10/1972
The Assassination
Character:Colonel Kassar
Release Date:04/10/1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Character:Interior Minister
Release Date:15/09/1972
Liza
Character:Giorgio's friend
Release Date:11/08/1972
The Audience
Character:Padre Amerin
Release Date:31/03/1972
Ten Days' Wonder
Character:Paul Regis
Release Date:01/12/1971
Touch and Go
Character:Valentin
Release Date:01/09/1971
Max and the Junkmen
Character:Max, inspector
Release Date:17/02/1971
Invasion
Character:Marcello
Release Date:23/04/1970
The Things of Life
Character:Pierre Bérard
Release Date:13/03/1970
Topaz
Character:Jacques Granville
Release Date:17/12/1969
The Uninvited
Character:François Desailly
Release Date:31/10/1969
The Milky Way
Character:Marquis de Sade
Release Date:28/02/1969
Dillinger Is Dead
Character:Glauco
Release Date:24/01/1969
Délire à deux
Character:Him
Release Date:22/12/1968
Woman in Chains
Character:L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1968
Heartbeat
Character:Charles
Release Date:30/10/1968
Danger: Diabolik
Character:Inspector Ginko
Release Date:24/01/1968
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Character:Count Philippe
Release Date:12/01/1968
My Love, My Love
Character:Marrades
Release Date:08/06/1967
Belle de Jour
Character:Henri Husson
Release Date:24/05/1967
Shock Troops
Character:L'homme de trop
Release Date:05/04/1967
The Dinosaur and the Baby
Character:Paul Javal (archive footage)
Release Date:15/03/1967
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Character:Simon Dame
Release Date:08/03/1967
Romy: Anatomy of a Face
Character:Self
Release Date:21/01/1967
Is Paris Burning?
Character:Edgar Pisani
Release Date:26/10/1966
Elsa the Rose
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:23/10/1966
The Creatures
Character:Edgar Piccoli
Release Date:03/09/1966
La Voleuse
Character:Werner Kreuz
Release Date:26/08/1966
The Game Is Over
Character:Alexandre Saccard
Release Date:22/06/1966
The Devil's Tricks
Character:L'antiquaire
Release Date:15/06/1966
The War Is Over
Character:Inspector #1
Release Date:11/05/1966
Le Coup de grâce
Character:Capri / Bruno
Release Date:08/05/1966
Lady L
Character:Lecoeur
Release Date:17/12/1965
The Sleeping Car Murder
Character:René Cabourg, l'employé besogneux (Victime #2)
Release Date:17/11/1965
Dom Juan
Character:Dom Juan
Release Date:06/11/1965
Masquerade
Character:Georges Sarrassin
Release Date:13/04/1965
Café tabac
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:31/12/1964
All About Loving
Character:Raoul
Release Date:28/12/1964
Marie Soleil
Character:Kafka
Release Date:19/12/1964
Chance at Love
Character:Philippe Decharme (segment "Lucky la chance")
Release Date:30/10/1964
Paparazzi
Character:Texte dit par (voice)
Release Date:22/09/1964
Bardot et Godard
Character:Self
Release Date:30/04/1964
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:21/04/1964
Diary of a Chambermaid
Character:Monsieur Monteil
Release Date:04/03/1964
L'Été en hiver
Character:Jean, the Reporter
Release Date:04/01/1964
Hello Cubans
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:26/11/1963
Contempt
Character:Paul Javal
Release Date:29/10/1963
The Day and the Hour
Character:Antoine
Release Date:05/04/1963
Le Doulos
Character:Nuttheccio
Release Date:13/12/1962
Adieu Philippine
Character:Izquierdo dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Release Date:25/09/1962
Climates of Love
Character:François
Release Date:11/04/1962
Parisienne... Parisiennes
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1962
Le Temps des assassins
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1962
Rendezvous
Character:Paul
Release Date:10/11/1961
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
Character:
Release Date:23/08/1961
Hauteclaire
Character:Serlon de Savigny
Release Date:13/06/1961
Amazons of Rome
Character:Console Publicola
Release Date:24/03/1961
La Chevelure
Character:L'homme
Release Date:01/01/1961
Quarante fontaines
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1961
Le Rendez-vous de Noël
Character:
Release Date:29/12/1960
Danger in the Middle East
Character:Brian Cannon
Release Date:02/09/1960
La dragée haute
Character:Hugo Barsac
Release Date:27/07/1960
Les Joueurs
Character:Chvokhniev
Release Date:01/01/1960
Le Chalet sous la neige
Character:Robert
Release Date:24/12/1959
Beast at Bay
Character:Commissioner Jacques Guimard
Release Date:17/06/1959
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Character:Tom Brown, jeune
Release Date:24/03/1959
Tabarin
Character:Jacques Forestier
Release Date:21/05/1958
Sinners of Paris
Character:L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.
Release Date:15/01/1958
Nathalie
Character:Franck Marchal
Release Date:04/12/1957
Le Quadrille des diamants
Character:Richard Burke
Release Date:19/11/1957
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Character:Pianist
Release Date:17/08/1957
Sunday Buddies
Character:Le directeur de l'aéro-club
Release Date:01/07/1957
The Witches of Salem
Character:James Putnam
Release Date:26/04/1957
La France romane
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:28/12/1956
Death in the Garden
Character:Father Lizzardi
Release Date:21/09/1956
The Grand Manoeuvre
Character:Officer (uncredited)
Release Date:26/10/1955
Bad Liaisons
Character:un inspecteur
Release Date:25/10/1955
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Character:Maurice Rouger
Release Date:06/10/1955
Croissance de Paris
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:11/08/1955
French Cancan
Character:Le Capitaine Valorgueil
Release Date:09/04/1955
Price of Love
Character:Georges
Release Date:05/01/1955
Tout chante autour de moi
Character:Reverdier
Release Date:01/11/1954
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Character:Gérard
Release Date:15/04/1954
Daughters of Destiny
Character:Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")
Release Date:21/01/1954
Horizons...
Character:un ouvrier
Release Date:09/06/1953
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Character:Torticola
Release Date:19/04/1952
Chicago Digest
Character:Slim Spring
Release Date:24/07/1951
Terreur en Oklahoma
Character:Tommy Goudchote
Release Date:18/05/1951
La Leçon d'humour dans un parc
Character:
Release Date:31/01/1951
Without Leaving an Address
Character:Un journaliste aux archives (uncredited)
Release Date:17/01/1951
Without Leaving an Address
Character:Un journaliste aux archives
Release Date:17/01/1951
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Character:Lebel
Release Date:05/10/1949
The Mark of the Day
Character:Georges Gohelle
Release Date:06/04/1949
The Bellman
Character:Un villageois
Release Date:04/12/1945
Television Appearances
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Character:Self
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
Les Grandes Familles
Character:Noël Schoudler
Nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Docteur Teyran
Character:Jean Teyran
Nouvelles d'Henry James
Character:Capitaine Roger
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Apostrophes
Character:Self
Midi Première
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
Midi trente
Character:Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
Samedi soir
Character:Self
Treffpunkte
Character:Self
German Film Award
Character:Self
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