Michael Lonsdale
Known for Acting · 207 credits
- Born
- 1931-05-24
- Died
- 2020-09-21
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Michel Lonsdale · Майкл Лонсдейл · Мишель Лонсдаль · Майкл Лонсдаль
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 Lonsdale Crouch and Simone Calderon (née Béraud). He was brought up initially on the island of Jersey, then in London from 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca, Morocco.
He returned to Paris to study painting in 1947, but was drawn into the world of acting instead, first appearing on stage at the age of 24. Lonsdale was bilingual, and appeared in both English-language and French-language productions. He appeared in a starring role with Roger Moore in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. and with Sean Connery, in the 1986 film The Name of the Rose. He would later appear in Munich (2005), a film that also starred another Bond, Daniel Craig.
In February 2011, he won a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Of Gods and Men.
Lonsdale was also the author of ten books.
Known For
TV Shows (12)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Maigret
1991
as Guillaume Serre / Sir Lampson
Smiley's People
1982
as Anton Grigoriev
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970
as Socrates
Out 1
1971
as Thomas
Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe
2009
as Le Grand Loustalot
Le Tiroir secret
1986
as Philippe Jolivet
La Confession d'un enfant du siècle
1974
as Smith
Le Génie du faux
1985
as Constantin Escher
Le Silence de l'épervier
2008
as Antoine Carsac
Movies (195)
Munich
2005
as Papa
The Name of the Rose
1986
as The Abbot
Moonraker
1979
as Hugo Drax
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Ronin
1998
as Jean-Pierre
The Remains of the Day
1993
as Dupont D'Ivry
Agora
2009
as Theon
The Trial
1962
as Priest
Murmur of the Heart
1971
as Father Henri
Veilleurs dans la nuit - Une journée monastique à l'Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux
2011
as Narrateur
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
Enigma
1982
as Bodley
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
as The old blind man (segment "Le Don")
Hibernatus
1969
as Edouard Loriebat
Goya's Ghosts
2006
as Inquisitor General
Behold a Pale Horse
1964
as Reporter
Stolen Kisses
1968
as Georges Tabard
The Phantom of Liberty
1974
as The Hatter
Inside 'Moonraker'
2000
as Self
The Judge
1984
as Le docteur
Of Gods and Men
2010
as Luc
Erendira
1983
as Senator Onésimo Sanchez
Souvenir
1989
as Xavier Lorion
Under a False Name
2004
as David
Out 1
1990
as Thomas
Jefferson in Paris
1995
as Louis XVI
Mr. Klein
1976
as Pierre
The Accuser
1977
as Abéraud
Chut !
1972
as Sergel
Five Times Two
2004
as Bernard
The Bride Wore Black
1968
as Morane
The Track
1975
as David Sutter
The Passage
1979
as Renoudot
Serious as Pleasure
1975
as Inspecteur Fournier
The Bunker
1981
as Martin Bormann
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
as Swan
Concerto for an Exile
1968
as Un acteur au théâtre
The Holcroft Covenant
1985
as Ernst Manfredi
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995
as Dollabella
There Once Was a Cop
1972
as Commissioner Lucas
Hitler in Hollywood
2011
as Michael Lonsdale
The Suspects
1974
as Judge Souftries
Law Breakers
1971
as Inspector Bertrand
Né
1975
as Self
Galileo
1975
as Cardinal Barberini (later Pope Urban VIII)
Kaena: The Prophecy
2003
as Opaz (voice)
The Stud
1970
as Commissioner Donald Both
Stavisky...
1974
as Docteur Mézy
Good King Dagobert
1984
as Saint Eloi
The Last Mistress
2007
as le vicomte Prony
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
1974
as The Judge
India Song
1975
as Le Vice-Consul de Lahore
Adorable Liar
1962
as Albert
A Monkey's Tale
1999
as Maître Flavius (Voice)
Billy Ze Kick
1985
as Commissaire Bellanger
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
as Bertrand Haines-Pearson
Caravan to Vaccarès
1974
as Duc de Croyter
Special Section
1975
as Pierre Pucheu - le ministre de l'intérieur
Mauvais Genre
1997
as Honoré de Balzac
It Happened in Aden
1956
as Sinclair
Maestro
2014
as Cedric Rovère
The Man in the Buick
1968
as L'inspecteur Farjon de la P.J.
The Pink Telephone
1975
as M. Morrison, président de la Fielding
Sculpt
2016
Actors
2000
as Man walking down the street
Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Speaker at the Shy People's Club
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
2007
as Bartleby (voice)
Titeuf
2011
as Le psy (voice)
The Old Maid
1972
as Monod
The Door Slams
1960
as Georges
Chronopolis
1983
as Narrator (voice)
Speaking of Buñuel
2000
as Self
Aloïse
1975
as le médecin
The Left-Handed Woman
1978
as The Waiter
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
as Self
Mersonne ne m'aime
1982
as Commissioner Bancau
Gebo and the Shadow
2012
as Gebo
Out 1: Spectre
1973
as Thomas
Snobs!
1962
as Charles Dufaut
The Immoral Moment
1962
as Mercier
The First, the Last
2016
as Jean-Berchmans
The Life of Mirrors
2025
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
as Acteur
Free Men
2011
as Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit
Don Juan
1998
as Don Luis
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
2005
as Professor Stangerson
The Devil in the Box
1977
as Georges Aubert
Scrambled Eggs
1976
as The President of the Republic
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Les Trois Sœurs
1960
as Andreï Prodarov
J.R.R. Tolkien: Designer of Worlds
2014
as (voice)
A Dirty Story
1977
as The voyeur
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976
as The Vice Consul of Lahore
Cela s'appelle l'amour
1989
as Self
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020
as Self
Order of the Daisy
1967
as Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / Le juge (voice)
Let There Be Light!
1998
as Monseigneur Loublié
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
2003
as Stangerson
Mad Enough to Kill
1975
as Stephane Mostri
Bye Bye Blackbird
2005
as Robert
Une jeunesse
1983
as Béjardy
The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober
1988
as Cammerschulze
Destroy, She Said
1969
as Stein
Le rose et le blanc
1982
as Léon
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
1958
Alone
1981
as Ludovic
Comédie
1966
as L'homme (M)
La nuit du beau marin peut-être?
1976
as Boris
My Life Is Hell
1991
as Gabriel
The Big Wash
1968
as Delaroche
Le Furet
2003
as Don Salvadore
You'll Miss Me
2009
as Max
The Nail Clippers
1969
as Le mari
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
2000
as Self
Hail! Mafia
1965
as Hyman
La Fenêtre
1970
as Bracquemont
Les Filles au Moyen-Âge
2016
as Daniel
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
as Raymond
Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible
1977
The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
2016
as Self
About Michael Lonsdale
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… With 207 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Michael Lonsdale has appeared in 195 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Lonsdale Movies
- Munich (2005) — as Papa
- The Name of the Rose (1986) — as The Abbot
- Moonraker (1979) — as Hugo Drax
- The Day of the Jackal (1973) — as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
- Ronin (1998) — as Jean-Pierre
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