October 2014
Born in a musician's family, he spent the first fifteen years of his career appearing both on stage and on screen, mostly in supporting roles. His breakthrough came after Jean-Luc Godard's Mépris, Le (1963) and about 100 films, ranging from art-house movies to commercial mainstream, followed. He won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Salto nel vuoto (1980) in 1980 and the Silver Bear in Berlin for Une étrange affaire (1981) in 1982. Not surprisingly, he was chosen to impersonate Mr. Cinema in Agnès Varda Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma(1995).
Filmography Michel Piccoli
July 2012
Holy Motors
Drama Directed by: Leos CaraxWith: Denis Lavant, Michel Piccoli, Edith Scob,...From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a shadowy character who journeys from one life to the next. He is, in turn, captain of industry, assassin, beggar, monster, family man... He seems to be playing roles, plunging headlong into each part - but where are the cameras? Monsie... Read more...
September 2011
Habemus Papam
Drama Directed by: Nanni MorettiWith: Nanni Moretti, Michel Piccoli, Margherita BuyA story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist.
September 2007
September 2007
June 2007
Ne Touchez pas la Hache
Directed by: Jacques RivetteWith: Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Bulle Ogier,...
January 2007
Gardens in Autumn
Comedy Directed by: Otar IosselianiWith: Séverin Blanchet, Jacynthe Jacquet,...When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistress and must begin life anew, without the privileges of power. As he gradually becomes acquainted with milieus which he d either forgotten or never known and a host of sometimes eccentric, often... Read more...
March 2004
Raining Cats and Frogs
Animation (modern) Directed by: Jacques-Rémy GirerdWith: Michel Piccoli, Anouk Grinberg, Annie Girardot,...
December 2003
La prophétie des grenouilles
Animation (modern) Directed by: Jacques-Rémy GirerdWith: Michel Piccoli, Anouk Grinberg, Annie Girardot,...
Vincent, François, Paul and the others
Drama Directed by: Claude SautetWith: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge ReggianiThree friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile. The charming Vincent, everyone's favorite, faces bankruptcy, his mistress leaves him, and his wife, from whom he's separated,... Read more...
Topaz
Drama, Thriller Directed by: Alfred HitchcockWith: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon,...Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.