Acting
Michel Simon
- Career
Active from 1925 to 2021, with a break from 1976 to 2000, busiest in 1939 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 79top three billing
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
The Passion of Joan of Arc91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.4
- Adrenaline3.1, average 4.8
- Pop Culture0.5, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.8, average 3.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- French Cinema 9
- Character-Driven 5
- Character Study 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Class Conflict 3
- Classic Film 3
- Visually Striking 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- 1930s 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Pierre BrasseurActorPort of Shadows, Two Hours to Kill, Crimson Curtain, Emile's Boat, Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century, +2 more
Pauline CartonActorThree Make a Pair, Poison, Miquette and Her Mother, The Girl with the Whip, The Virtuous Scoundrel, +2 more
Gaby MorlayActorThe Girl with the Whip, Le Bonheur, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean, Behind the Facade, +1 more
ArlettyActorExtenuating Circumstances, Fric-Frac, Mirages, Mother Love, Lovers and Thieves, +1 more
Louis de FunèsActorStrange Desire of Mr. Bard, The Virtuous Scoundrel, Mister Taxi, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Suzy PrimActorShop Girls of Paris, Mémoires d'un flic, The Twins of Brighton, Le Bébé de l'escadron, Moutonnet
Jules BerryActorThe Crowned Fish Tavern, Deputy Eusèbe, The Fleeing Dead, Behind the Facade, Paris - New-York
Jean RenoirDirectorBoudu Saved from Drowning, La Chienne, A Bum Deal, The Sad Sack, Baby's Laxative
RaimuActorLet's Make a Dream, The New Rich, Cocoanut, The Twins of Brighton
Paul AzaïsActorLovers and Thieves, Le Bébé de l'escadron, Girls of Paris, Moutonnet
Jean BrochardActorLa Carcasse et le Tord-cou, Crimson Curtain, Mister Taxi, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Jean-Pierre AumontActorJean of the Moon, Beautiful Star, Bizarre, Bizarre, Ladies Lake
Movies and TV shows
103Upcoming
1 title
as Cidoni
2020s
1 title
2000s
1 title
as Le père Jules (archive footage)
1970s
6 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 57as Zizi
as Erotologist
GoodWatch score 69as Master
GoodWatch score 75as Attorney Zorn
as Louis Compiegne
as Cavazza
1960s
11 titles · average score 66
as Le vieux Jéricho
GoodWatch score 75as Pépé
as Un récitant
GoodWatch score 60as Locker Attendant
GoodWatch score 83as Papa Boul
GoodWatch score 60as Le Grognard
GoodWatch score 64as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
GoodWatch score 67as Jérôme Chambard
as Pierrot
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
GoodWatch score 52as Alboise
1950s
24 titles · average score 68
GoodWatch score 52as Prof. Dr. Abel
as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
as Commissaire Bernard
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
as Auguste Bard
GoodWatch score 65as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
as Shylock
GoodWatch score 64as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
GoodWatch score 62as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
as Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
GoodWatch score 87as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
GoodWatch score 79as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
1940s
15 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch score 61as Senator Fabius Severus
as Joseph Ferdinand Anselme Midot,aka 'Le tord-cou'
as Captain Palmer
GoodWatch score 76as Monsieur Hire
GoodWatch score 75as Doctor Michel Ancelin
as Alcide Garonne
as Michel Lemaret
as Vautrin
as Baudu
as Rigoletto
as Il barone Scarpia
as Monsieur Jourdain
1930s
40 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch score 66as Jo
GoodWatch score 69as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
GoodWatch score 72as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
GoodWatch score 88as Zabel
GoodWatch score 73as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
as Michel Quercy
GoodWatch score 76as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
GoodWatch score 90as Père Jules
GoodWatch score 87as Priape Boudu
GoodWatch score 89as Maurice Legrand
as Clothaire dit Clo-Clo
1920s
4 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch score 91as Jean Lemaître
GoodWatch score 65as Joseph Turlot
as Gaston Lebeau
GoodWatch score 70as Jérôme Pomino