Acting
Michel Simon
- Titles
- 107movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1925 to 2021, with a break from 1976 to 2000, busiest in 1939 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 77top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
The Passion of Joan of Arc80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.4average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.7average 3.6
- Melancholy5.7average 4.7
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Romance4.5average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.2, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.2, average 5.1
- Pop Culture0.5, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.4, average 2.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- French Cinema 8
- Social Commentary 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Classic Film 3
- Character Study 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Visually Striking 3
- 1930s 2
- French Poetic Realism 2
- Tragic Love Triangle 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Pauline CartonActorPoison, Three Make a Pair, The Virtuous Scoundrel, The Girl with the Whip, The Late Mathias Pascal, +3 more
Pierre BrasseurActorPort of Shadows, Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century, Two Hours to Kill, The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life, Emile's Boat, +2 more
Gaby MorlayActorThe Impossible Mr. Pipelet, The Girl with the Whip, The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean, Behind the Facade, Le Bonheur, +1 more
ArlettyActorFric-Frac, Extenuating Circumstances, Mother Love, Let's Make a Dream, Mirages
Suzy PrimActorMémoires d'un flic, Le Bébé de l'escadron, Shop Girls of Paris, Moutonnet, The Twins of Brighton
Louis de FunèsActorStrange Desire of Mr. Bard, Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century, The Virtuous Scoundrel, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, Mister Taxi
Jules BerryActorDeputy Eusèbe, The Crowned Fish Tavern, Behind the Facade, The Fleeing Dead, Paris - New-York
Jean RenoirWriterLa Chienne, Boudu Saved from Drowning, Baby's Laxative, The Sad Sack, A Bum Deal
Jean BrochardActorThe Impossible Mr. Pipelet, La Carcasse et le Tord-cou, Crimson Curtain, Mister Taxi
RaimuActorLet's Make a Dream, Cocoanut, The New Rich, The Twins of Brighton
Sacha GuitryActorPoison, Three Make a Pair, The Virtuous Scoundrel, Let's Make a Dream
Jean BoyerDirectorExtenuating Circumstances, Mother Love, Femmes de Paris, Cocoanut
Movies and TV shows
101Upcoming
1 title
as Cidoni
2020s
1 title
2000s
1 title
as Le père Jules (archive footage)
1970s
6 titles · average score 63
56
as Zizi
as Erotologist
63
as Master
72
as Attorney Zorn
as Louis Compiegne
as Cavazza
1960s
10 titles · average score 68
as Le vieux Jéricho
76
as Pépé
as Locker Attendant
76
as Papa Boul
as Le Grognard
63
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
62
as Jérôme Chambard
as Pierrot
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
64
as Alboise
1950s
24 titles · average score 66
51
as Prof. Dr. Abel
76
as Jacquier
as Commissaire Bernard
as Principal Commissioner Henri Dominique
as Auguste Bard
65
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
as Shylock
as Professor Charles Buisson
as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
62
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
73
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
72
as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
1940s
15 titles · average score 76
as Senator Fabius Severus
as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
76
as Monsieur Hire
75
as Doctor Michel Ancelin
as Alcide Garonne
as Michel Lemaret
as Vautrin
as Baudu
as Butler
as Rigoletto
as Monsieur Jourdain
as Le capitaine Simon
1930s
39 titles · average score 70
73
as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
66
as Jo
65
as Nick Marino
75
as Zabel
73
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
71
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
as Achille Baluchet
as Lespara
76
as Père Jules
70
as Priape Boudu
73
as Maurice Legrand
59
as Chouilloux
1920s
4 titles · average score 75
80
as Jean Lemaître
as Joseph Turlot
as Gaston Lebeau
70
as Jérôme Pomino