Cast

Michael Lonsdale

1931 – 2020

Active years (films on this site)

1968–2012

Genres

DramaRomanceHistoryMysteryBiography

Schools and movements

French New WaveNew HollywoodBlockbuster AuteursBrazilian Cinema

Directors worked with

François Truffaut1 filmJacques Rivette1 filmAlain Resnais1 filmCosta-Gavras1 filmJoseph Losey1 filmRuy Guerra1 filmSteven Spielberg1 filmMiloš Forman1 filmCatherine Breillat1 filmManoel de Oliveira1 film

Biography

Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch, 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 most famous for being cast 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).

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Awards and honours

International

• César Award for Best Supporting Actor 2011

National / local

• Globes de Cristal Awards 2011
• Medal of the City of Paris 2011
• Prix Marguerite Duras 2016

10 films on this site

1. Stolen Kisses 1968 · François Truffaut · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
2. Out 1 1971 · Jacques Rivette · IMDb 7.4 · Cast
3. Stavisky 1974 · Alain Resnais · IMDb 6.5 · Cast
4. Special Section 1975 · Costa-Gavras · IMDb 7.6 · Cast
5. Mr. Klein 1976 · Joseph Losey · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
6. Eréndira 1983 · Ruy Guerra · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
7. Munich 2005 · Steven Spielberg · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
8. Goya's Ghosts 2006 · Miloš Forman · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
9. The Last Mistress 2007 · Catherine Breillat · IMDb 6.2 · Cast
10. Gebo and the Shadow 2012 · Manoel de Oliveira · IMDb 6.4 · Cast