Michel Lonsdale
Michel Lonsdale
European leading man Michel Lonsdale is the son of a British military officer. Lonsdale has spent most of his life as a resident of Paris, where he studied acting under Raymond Rouleau. He was primarily a stage actor during the 1950s, but since 1960 has concentrated on film. His best-known movie role was as the pursuer of professional assassin in Day of the Jackal (1973). He has also worked with such powerhouse directorial talents as Francois Truffaut (The Bride Wore Black), Orson Welles (The Trial) and Joseph Losey (Galileo). Other Michel Lonsdale film performances of note include the megalomaniac Drax in the James Bond entry Moonraker (1979), the Abbott in The Name of the Rose (1986) and King Louis XVI in Merchant-Ivory's Jefferson in Paris (1995). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Michel Lonsdale:
- Moonraker with Roger Moore , Lois Chiles , Bernard Lee , Geoffrey Keen , Desmond Llewelyn , Lois Maxwell , Brian Keith
- 5x2 with Francoise Fabian
- Enigma with Martin Sheen , Brigitte Fossey , Sam Neill , Derek Jacobi , Frank Finlay
- Ronin with Robert DeNiro , Jean Reno , Natascha McElhone , Stellan Skarsgard , Sean Bean , Jonathan Pryce
- Munich with Eric Bana , Daniel Craig , Ciaran Hinds , Mathieu Kassovitz , Geoffrey Rush
- Galileo with Topol , Clive Revill , Margaret Leighton , John Gielgud , Michael Gough , Tom Conti , Edward Fox , Patrick Magee
- Is Paris Burning? with Jean-Paul Belmondo , Charles Boyer , Leslie Caron , George Chakiris , Gert Frobe , Jean-Pierre Cassel , Kirk Douglas , Anthony Perkins , Simone Signoret , Orson Welles , Glenn Ford , Yves Montand , Robert Stack , Bruno Cremer , Claude Dauphin , Daniel Gelin , Michel Piccoli , Jean-Louis Trintignant , Alain Delon , E.G. Marshall , Wolfgang Preiss , Simone Signoret
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