Michael Lonsdale
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Michael Lonsdale, sometimes billed as Michel Lonsdale, born Alfred de Turris, (May 24, 1931) in Paris is a French actor who has appeared in over 180 films and television shows.
Lonsdale is perhaps best known for his role as the villanous Sir Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film, Moonraker, or possibly the astute French detective Lebel who brought down the "Jackal" in The Day of the Jackal. Lonsdale also notably played the abbot in The Name of the Rose and most recently the father of Louis in Steven Spielberg's Munich. A Frenchman of British descent, Lonsdale is perfectly bilingual and is often in demand for English-language productions.
[edit] Selected Filmography
- Goya's Ghosts (2006) - Father Gregorio
- Munich (2005) - Papa
- Bye Bye Blackbird (2005) - Robert
- 5x2 (2004, by François Ozon) - Bernard
- Kaena: The Prophecy (2003) - Opaz (voice: French version)
- Les Acteurs (2000, by Bertrand Blier) - Man in the street
- Ronin (1998) - Jean-Pierre
- Let There Be Light (1998) - Monseigneur Loublié
- Don Juan (1998) - Don Luis
- Mauvais genre (1997) - Honoré de Balzac
- Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1995, by Claude Sautet) - Dolabella
- Jefferson in Paris (1995, by James Ivory) - Louis XVI
- The Remains of the Day (1993, by James Ivory) - Dupont d'Ivry
- Woyzeck (1993) - Le capitaine
- Ma vie est un enfer (1991, by Josiane Balasko) - Gabriel
- Souvenir (1989) - Xavier Lorion
- Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera (1988)
- The Name of the Rose (1986) - The Abbot
- Billy Ze Kick (1985) - Commissaire Bellanger
- L'éveillé du Pont de l'Alma (1985, by Raoul Ruiz) - Antoine
- The Holcroft Covenant (1985) - Ernst Manfredi
- Le Bon Roi Dagobert (1984, by Dino Risi) - Saint Eloi
- Erendira (1983, by Ruy Guerra) - Senator Onésimo Sanchez
- Enigma (1983) - Bodley
- Mora (1982) - as writer
- Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Les jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz (1980) - Bertrand Haines-Pearson
- Seuls (1980) - Le peintre
- Moonraker (1979) - Hugo Drax
- Die linkshändige Frau (1978, by Peter Handke) - The Waiter
- Bartleby (1978) - L'huissier
- Une sale histoire (1977, by Jean Eustach) (as Michaël Lonsdale)
- Jacques Prévert (1977) - Himself
- Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert (1976, by Marguerite Duras) - Récitant (voice)
- Mr. Klein (1976, by Joseph Losey) - Pierre (as Michel Lonsdale)
- The Romantic Englishwoman (1975, by Joseph Losey) - Swan
- Section spéciale (1975, by Costa-Gavras) - Le ministre de l'intérieur
- Aloïse (1975) - The second doctor
- Galileo (1975, by Joseph Losey) - Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII
- India Song (1975, by Marguerite Duras) - Le vice-consul de Lahore (as Michel Lonsdale)
- Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974, by Jean-Pierre Mocky) - Raymond (as Michel Lonsdale)
- Le fantôme de la liberté (1974, by Luis Buñuel) - Le chapelier/Hatter
- Caravan to Vaccares (1974) - Duc de Croyter (as Michel Lonsdale)
- Stavisky (1974, by Alain Resnais) - Docteur Mézy
- The Day of the Jackal (1973) - Lebel (as Michel Lonsdale)
- Jaune le soleil (1972, by Marguerite Duras)
- Out 1 (1971, by Jacques Rivette) - Thomas
- Le Souffle au coeur (1971, by Louis Malle) - Father Henri
- Détruire, dit-elle (1969, by Marguerite Duras) (as Michel Lonsdale)
- Stolen Kisses (1968, by François Truffaut) - Georges Tabard (as Michel Lonsdale)
- The Bride Wore Black (1968, by François Truffaut) - René Morane (as Michel Lonsdale)
- Is Paris Burning? (1966) - Debu-Bridel
- Behold a Pale Horse (1964) - Reporter
- The Trial (1962) - Priest
| Preceded by: Curd Jürgens | Official James Bond villain actor 1979 | Succeeded by: Julian Glover |
