Acting
Michel Simon
- Titles
- 108movies9TV 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
71/100
- Highest rated
L'Atalante90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.4average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.1average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Satire & Parody3.0average 2.3
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
- Melancholy5.5average 4.7
- Politics3.3average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.3, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.5, average 2.2
- Adrenaline3.4, average 5.1
- Violence3.4, average 4.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- French Cinema 9
- Character-Driven 5
- Social Commentary 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Historical Setting 4
- Class Conflict 3
- Character Study 3
- Classic Film 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Visually Striking 3
- French Comedy 2
- 1930s 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Pauline CartonActorPoison, The Virtuous Scoundrel, The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean, Three Make a Pair, The Girl with the Whip, +3 more
Pierre BrasseurActorPort of Shadows, Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century, The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life, Emile's Boat, Two Hours to Kill, +2 more
Gaby MorlayActorThe Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean, The Girl with the Whip, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, Behind the Facade, Paris - New-York, +1 more
Louis de FunèsActorThe Virtuous Scoundrel, Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century, Strange Desire of Mr. Bard, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, Mister Taxi
Jules BerryActorDeputy Eusèbe, The Crowned Fish Tavern, Behind the Facade, The Fleeing Dead, Paris - New-York
Suzy PrimActorThe Twins of Brighton, Mémoires d'un flic, Shop Girls of Paris, Le Bébé de l'escadron, Moutonnet
ArlettyActorFric-Frac, Extenuating Circumstances, Mother Love, Let's Make a Dream, Mirages
Jean RenoirDirectorLa Chienne, Boudu Saved from Drowning, Baby's Laxative, The Sad Sack, A Bum Deal
Sacha GuitryActorPoison, The Virtuous Scoundrel, Three Make a Pair, Let's Make a Dream
RaimuActorLet's Make a Dream, The Twins of Brighton, Cocoanut, The New Rich
Jean BrochardActorCrimson Curtain, The Impossible Mr. Pipelet, La Carcasse et le Tord-cou, Mister Taxi
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 67
as Le vieux Jéricho
87
as Pépé
59
as Locker Attendant
83
as Papa Boul
59
as Le Grognard
63
as Charles-Edmond Larmentiel
67
as Jérôme Chambard
as Pierrot
as Colonel Nanar, du cadre de réserve
53
as Alboise
1950s
24 titles · average score 65
51
as Prof. Dr. Abel
75
as Jacquier
as Joseph "Jo" Guardini
as Commissaire Bernard
as Maurice Martin, concierge d'immeuble
as Auguste Bard
65
as Albert Ménard-Lacoste / Alain Ménard-Lacoste
as Shylock
61
as Commissioner Jules Maigret (segment "Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur")
62
as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
72
as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
72
as Mephistopheles / Old Prof. Henri Faust
1940s
15 titles · average score 71
62
as Senator Fabius Severus
76
as Monsieur Hire
75
as Doctor Michel Ancelin
as Captain Palmer
as Alcide Garonne
as Michel Lemaret
as Vautrin
as Baudu
as Butler
as Il barone Scarpia
as Monsieur Jourdain
as Le capitaine Simon
1930s
39 titles · average score 76
65
as Jo
72
as Ernest Cabrissade, eternal understudy
68
as Mr. Gaetan Le Sentencier
65
as Nick Marino
88
as Zabel
73
as Lemel, le professeur de dessin
as Counr Edouard de Bourgogne, aka 'L'Escargot'
76
as Irwin Molyneux, alias Félix Chapel
90
as Père Jules
87
as Priape Boudu
89
as Maurice Legrand
58
as Chouilloux
1920s
4 titles · average score 74
90
as Jean Lemaître
64
as Joseph Turlot
as Gaston Lebeau
70
as Jérôme Pomino