Acting
Michel Simon
- Titles
- 111movies8TV shows
- 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 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.3average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Melancholy5.6average 4.7
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Satire & Parody3.1average 2.3
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.4
- Adrenaline3.2, average 4.9
- Pop Culture0.5, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.9, average 3.0
Main genres
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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
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- French Comedy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Pauline CartonActorThe Virtuous Scoundrel, Poison, Miquette and Her Mother, The Girl with the Whip, Three Make a Pair, +2 more
Pierre BrasseurActorThe Most Wonderful Evening of My Life, Port of Shadows, Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century, Two Hours to Kill, Emile's Boat, +2 more
ArlettyActorFric-Frac, Mother Love, Extenuating Circumstances, Mirages, Let's Make a Dream, +1 more
Gaby MorlayActorThe Impossible Mr. Pipelet, The Girl with the Whip, Paris - New-York, Le Bonheur, The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean, +1 more
Suzy PrimActorShop Girls of Paris, Moutonnet, The Twins of Brighton, Mémoires d'un flic, Le Bébé de l'escadron
Jules BerryActorThe Crowned Fish Tavern, Paris - New-York, The Fleeing Dead, Deputy Eusèbe, Behind the Facade
Louis de FunèsActorThe Impossible Mr. Pipelet, Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century, The Virtuous Scoundrel, Strange Desire of Mr. Bard, Mister Taxi
Jean RenoirDirectorLa Chienne, Boudu Saved from Drowning, Baby's Laxative, The Sad Sack, A Bum Deal
Paul AzaïsActorMoutonnet, Le Bébé de l'escadron, Girls of Paris, Lovers and Thieves
Jean BrochardActorThe Impossible Mr. Pipelet, La Carcasse et le Tord-cou, Crimson Curtain, Mister Taxi
RaimuActorThe Twins of Brighton, Let's Make a Dream, Cocoanut, The New Rich
Sacha GuitryActorThe Virtuous Scoundrel, Poison, Three Make a Pair, Let's Make a Dream
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
as Zizi
as Erotologist
as Master
as Attorney Zorn
as Louis Compiegne
as Cavazza
1960s
11 titles · average score 66
as Le vieux Jéricho
as Pépé
as Un récitant
as Locker Attendant
as Papa Boul
as Le Grognard
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
as Jérôme Chambard
as Pierrot
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
as Alboise
1950s
24 titles · average score 68
as Prof. Dr. Abel
as Jacquier
as Commissaire Bernard
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
as Auguste Bard
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
as Shylock
as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
as Pierre Verger, « Monsieur Taxi »
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
1940s
15 titles · average score 70
as Senator Fabius Severus
as Monsieur Hire
as Doctor Michel Ancelin
as Captain Palmer
as Michel Lemaret
as Baudu
as Vautrin
as Butler
as Il barone Scarpia
as Inspector Boucheron
as Le capitaine Simon
as Monsieur Jourdain
1930s
40 titles · average score 75
as Jo
as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
as Zabel
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
as Michel
as Lespara
as Père Jules
as Priape Boudu
as Maurice Legrand
as Chouilloux
1920s
4 titles · average score 75
as Jean Lemaître
as Joseph Turlot
as Gaston Lebeau
as Jérôme Pomino