Portrait of Michel Piccoli

Acting

Michel Piccoli

Career

Active from 1949 to 2022, busiest in 1964 and 1982 with 8 main titles each.

Leading roles
136
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 98 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Michel Piccoli Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • French Cinema 19
  • Character Study 18
  • Social Commentary 12
  • Character-Driven 12
  • Political Intrigue 10
  • Historical Drama 8
  • Psychological Thriller 7
  • Dialogue-Driven 6
  • Moral Ambiguity 6
  • Melancholy 6
  • Class Conflict 5
  • Mystery 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

226
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 67
It's Not Me
It's Not Me (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

as (archive footage)

Romy, A Free Woman
Romy, A Free Woman (2022)

as archive footage

Marx Can Wait
Marx Can Wait (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

as Agostino (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010s

7 titles · average score 64
Coming Apart
Coming Apart (2017)

as (archive footage)

Our Lady of Hormones
Our Lady of Hormones (2015)
GoodWatch score 58

as Narrator

The Taste of Blueberries
The Taste of Blueberries (2014)

as Michel

Holy Motors
Holy Motors (2012)
GoodWatch score 80

as Man with the Wine Stain

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
GoodWatch score 67

as Le père

Lines of Wellington
Lines of Wellington (2012)
GoodWatch score 53

as Leópold Scheitzer

We Have a Pope
We Have a Pope (2011)
GoodWatch score 64

as Melville

2000s

24 titles · average score 61
Le Bel Âge
Le Bel Âge (2009)

as Maurice Reverdy

The Dust of Time
The Dust of Time (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

as Spyros

Boxes
Boxes (2007)
GoodWatch score 52

as Daddy

Rencontre Unique
Rencontre Unique (2007)

as Nikita Khrouchtchev

Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris (2007)

as Marcel

Belle Toujours
Belle Toujours (2006)
GoodWatch score 63

as Henri Husson

C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé
C'est pas tout à fait la vie dont j'avais rêvé (2006)

Writer, Director

Everything's Connected
Everything's Connected (2005)

as Narrator

Raining Cats and Frogs
Raining Cats and Frogs (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ferdinand (voice)

I’m Going Home
I’m Going Home (2001)
GoodWatch score 80

as Gilbert Valence

The Black Beach
The Black Beach (2001)

Director, Writer

Everything's Fine, We're Leaving
Everything's Fine, We're Leaving (2000)
GoodWatch score 53

as Louis

1990s

32 titles · average score 66
París-Tombuctú
París-Tombuctú (1999)
GoodWatch score 58

as Michel des Assantes

Genealogies of a Crime
Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

as Georges Didier

Alors voilà,
Alors voilà, (1997)

Writer, Director

Party
Party (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

as Michel

Tykho Moon
Tykho Moon (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

as Mac Bee / frère Mac Bee

One Hundred and One Nights
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
GoodWatch score 61

as Simon Cinéma

The Black Angel
The Black Angel (1994)
GoodWatch score 54

as Georges Feuvrier

La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

as Edouard Frenhofer

The Supper
The Supper (1992)
GoodWatch score 69

as Chateaubriand (voice)

La Belle Noiseuse
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
GoodWatch score 89

as Edouard Frenhofer

The Children Thief
The Children Thief (1991)
GoodWatch score 50

as Mr. Armand

May Fools
May Fools (1990)
GoodWatch score 86

as Milou

1980s

39 titles · average score 63
The Veiled Man
The Veiled Man (1987)

as Kassar

Mauvais Sang
Mauvais Sang (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

as Marc

Death in a French Garden
Death in a French Garden (1985)
GoodWatch score 65

as Graham Tombsthay

Long Live Life
Long Live Life (1984)
GoodWatch score 60

as Michel Perrin

Dangerous Moves
Dangerous Moves (1984)
GoodWatch score 65

as Akiva Liebskind

The Prize of Peril
The Prize of Peril (1983)
GoodWatch score 62

as Frédéric Mallaire

The Passerby
The Passerby (1982)
GoodWatch score 68

as Max Baumstein

A Room in Town
A Room in Town (1982)
GoodWatch score 66

as Edmond Leroyer

Spy, Stand Up
Spy, Stand Up (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

as Jean-Paul Chance

Godard's Passion
Godard's Passion (1982)
GoodWatch score 61

as Michel Boulard

Strange Affair
Strange Affair (1981)
GoodWatch score 66

as Bertrand Malair

The Prodigal Daughter
The Prodigal Daughter (1981)
GoodWatch score 63

as Le père

1970s

42 titles · average score 67
The Last Woman
The Last Woman (1976)
GoodWatch score 62

as Michel

Mado
Mado (1976)
GoodWatch score 68

as Simon Léotard

Seven Deaths by Prescription
Seven Deaths by Prescription (1975)
GoodWatch score 61

as Dr Losseray

The Infernal Trio
The Infernal Trio (1974)
GoodWatch score 57

as Georges Sarret

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

as François, médecin

Don't Touch the White Woman!
Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974)
GoodWatch score 60

as Buffalo Bill

La Grande Bouffe
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
GoodWatch score 66

as Michel

Themroc
Themroc (1973)
GoodWatch score 69

as Themroc

Wedding in Blood
Wedding in Blood (1973)
GoodWatch score 77

as Pierre Maury

The Assassination
The Assassination (1972)
GoodWatch score 72

as Colonel Kassar

Max and the Junkmen
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

as Max, inspector

The Things of Life
The Things of Life (1970)
GoodWatch score 79

as Pierre Bérard

1960s

50 titles · average score 67
Dillinger Is Dead
Dillinger Is Dead (1969)
GoodWatch score 72

as Glauco

Topaz
Topaz (1969)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jacques Granville

Danger: Diabolik
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
GoodWatch score 65

as Inspector Ginko

The Diary of an Innocent Boy
The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)
GoodWatch score 62

as Count Philippe

Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour (1967)
GoodWatch score 86

as Henri Husson

The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
GoodWatch score 89

as Simon Dame

Shock Troops
Shock Troops (1967)
GoodWatch score 69

as L'homme de trop

La Voleuse
La Voleuse (1966)
GoodWatch score 63

as Werner Kreuz

The Creatures
The Creatures (1966)
GoodWatch score 59

as Edgar Piccoli

Dom Juan
Dom Juan (1965)
GoodWatch score 67

as Dom Juan

Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
GoodWatch score 81

as Monsieur Monteil

Contempt
Contempt (1963)
GoodWatch score 84

as Paul Javal

1950s

26 titles · average score 70
Sinners of Paris
Sinners of Paris (1958)
GoodWatch score 60

as L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J.

Nathalie
Nathalie (1957)

as Franck Marchal

Sunday Buddies
Sunday Buddies (1957)

as Le directeur de l'aéro-club

Death in the Garden
Death in the Garden (1956)
GoodWatch score 77

as Father Lizzardi

Bad Liaisons
Bad Liaisons (1955)
GoodWatch score 64

as un inspecteur

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class (1955)

as Maurice Rouger

Price of Love
Price of Love (1955)

as Georges

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances (1954)

as Gérard

Daughters of Destiny
Daughters of Destiny (1954)

as Pasquerel (segment "Jeanne")

Torticola versus Frankensberg
Torticola versus Frankensberg (1952)

as Torticola

Chicago Digest
Chicago Digest (1951)

as Slim Spring

Terreur en Oklahoma
Terreur en Oklahoma (1951)

as Tommy Goudchote

1940s

3 titles · average score 66
The Mark of the Day
The Mark of the Day (1949)

as Georges Gohelle

The Perfume of the Lady in Black
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949)

as Lebel

The Bellman
The Bellman (1945)
GoodWatch score 66

as Un villageois