Michael Lonsdale
Acting
Born May 24, 1931 · Paris, France
Biography
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 Lonsda…
Known For · 40 titles
Ciné regards
Le Grand Échiquier
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Samedi soir
Maigret
The Name of the Rose
Moonraker
The Day of the Jackal
Munich
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
Smiley's People
Ronin
The Remains of the Day
Agora
Murmur of the Heart
Out 1
Mr. Klein
Le Tiroir secret
Stolen Kisses
Is Paris Burning?
Hitler in Hollywood
The Bride Wore Black
The Trial
Hibernatus
Actors
The Phantom of Liberty
Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
Un paquebot dans la tête
Film sur Georges Perec
To Each His Own Cinema
Goya's Ghosts
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
Né
Erendira
The Boulugres
Malaventure
Stavisky...
Five Times Two
The Stud
Of Gods and Men