Portrait of Alain Cuny

Acting

Alain Cuny

Career

Active from 1942 to 2025, with a break from 1992 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
34
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alain Cuny Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Italian Cinema 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Intrigue 2
  • Tragic Love Story 2
  • French Cinema 2
  • Political Commentary 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Crime Investigation 2
  • Atmospheric 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Emmanuelle in Ontario
Emmanuelle in Ontario (2025)

as Mario (archival footage)

1990s

5 titles · average score 59
La famiglia Ricordi
La famiglia Ricordi (1995)

TV show

The Return of Casanova
The Return of Casanova (1992)
GoodWatch score 59

as Marquis

The Annunciation of Marie
The Annunciation of Marie (1991)

as Anne Vercors

Sweet War, Farewell
Sweet War, Farewell (1991)

as Vecchio Crimen

Les chevaliers de la table ronde
Les chevaliers de la table ronde (1990)

as Merlin

1980s

13 titles · average score 76
Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel (1988)
GoodWatch score 83

as Louis-Prosper Claudel

La coscienza di Zeno
La coscienza di Zeno (1988)

TV show · as Alfio Cosini sr.

Umi e, See You
Umi e, See You (1988)

as Don Macine

Van Gogh à Paris, repérages
Van Gogh à Paris, repérages (1988)

as Lecteur des textes d'Artaud

Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
GoodWatch score 61

as El Viudo Xius

Lucky Ravi
Lucky Ravi (1987)

as Plantation Owner

The Distant Land
The Distant Land (1987)

as Aigner

Detective
Detective (1985)
GoodWatch score 74

as Old Mafioso

Buio nella Valle
Buio nella Valle (1984)

as Luigi

The Basileus Quartet
The Basileus Quartet (1983)

as Mario Cantone

Time Masters
Time Masters (1982)
GoodWatch score 87

as Xul (voice)

Deuil en 24 heures
Deuil en 24 heures (1982)

TV show · as Le colonel Carvin

1970s

18 titles · average score 64
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
GoodWatch score 82

as Barone Nicola Rotunno

Le Journal
Le Journal (1979)

TV show · as Wilchaint

The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland (1978)

as Turpin/der Mönch

Illustrious Corpses
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
GoodWatch score 75

as Judge Rasto

I prosseneti
I prosseneti (1976)

as Il conte Davide

Irene, Irene
Irene, Irene (1975)

as Guido

Emmanuelle
Emmanuelle (1974)
GoodWatch score 43

as Mario

Antigone
Antigone (1974)

as Le Coryphée

La rosa rossa
La rosa rossa (1973)

as Count Paolo Balzeri

The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita (1972)
GoodWatch score 57

as Profesor Woland & Satana

The Big Black Sow
The Big Black Sow (1971)

as Il Padre di Enrico

Many Wars Ago
Many Wars Ago (1970)
GoodWatch score 74

as Gen. Leone

1960s

9 titles · average score 76
The Milky Way
The Milky Way (1969)
GoodWatch score 85

as Man with cape

Satyricon
Satyricon (1969)
GoodWatch score 72

as Lica

La forêt noire
La forêt noire (1968)

as Hans Richter

Mission of Fear
Mission of Fear (1965)

as Jean de Brébeuf

Corruption
Corruption (1963)
GoodWatch score 74

as Leonardo Mattioli

Banana Peel
Banana Peel (1963)
GoodWatch score 59

as Hervé Bontemps

Cross of the Living
Cross of the Living (1962)

as Baron Von Eggerth

Scano Boa
Scano Boa (1961)

as Cavarzan

La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita (1960)
GoodWatch score 89

as Steiner

1950s

9 titles · average score 65
The Lovers
The Lovers (1958)
GoodWatch score 59

as Henri Tournier

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
GoodWatch score 66

as Claude Frollo

The Lady Without Camelias
The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lodi

Mina de Vanghel
Mina de Vanghel (1953)

as Mr. de Larçay

Les Crimes de l'amour
Les Crimes de l'amour (1953)

as Mr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')

The Vanquished
The Vanquished (1953)
GoodWatch score 64

Second Assistant Director

Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi (1952)

as Bueno

The Solitary Conquerors
The Solitary Conquerors (1952)

as Pascal Giroud

The Forbidden Christ
The Forbidden Christ (1951)
GoodWatch score 68

as Antonio

1940s

6 titles · average score 78
Solita de Cordoue
Solita de Cordoue (1946)

as Pierre Desluc

The Phantom Baron
The Phantom Baron (1943)

as Hervé

The Devil's Envoys
The Devil's Envoys (1942)
GoodWatch score 86

as Gilles, a Minstrel

Stormy Waters
Stormy Waters (1941)
GoodWatch score 69

as Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)

Madame Sans-Gêne
Madame Sans-Gêne (1941)

as Roustan

My Crimes After Mein Kampf
My Crimes After Mein Kampf (1940)

as Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)