Michel Bouquet

Michel Bouquet

Known for

Acting

Born

November 6, 1925

Birthplace

Paris, France

Died

April 13, 2022 (aged 96)

Biography

Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for Toto the Hero in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars for How I Killed My Father (2001) and The Last Mitterrand (2005). He also received the Molière Award for Best Actor for Les côtelettes in 1998, then again for Exit the King in 2005. In 2014, he was awarded the Honorary Molière for the sum of his career. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 2018.

Michel François Pierre Bouquet was born on 6 November 1925 in Paris. When he was seven years old, he was sent to a boarding school where he stayed until...

Best known work

Night and Fog
Night and Fog
1956
The Toy
The Toy
1976
The Bride Wore Black
The Bride Wore Black
1968
Borsalino
Borsalino
1970
Mississippi Mermaid
Mississippi Mermaid
1969
All the Mornings of the World
All the Mornings of the World
1991
Two Men in Town
Two Men in Town
1973
The Unfaithful Wife
The Unfaithful Wife
1969
Renoir
Renoir
2012
Toto the Hero
Toto the Hero
1991

Filmography

  1. 2024

    Stéphane Audran, la complice de Chabrol

    as Self (archive) - actor

  2. 2022

  3. 2022

  4. 2022

  5. 2021

    Villa Caprice

    as Marcel Germon

  6. 2020

  7. 2018

  8. 2017

    À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

    as Self - Actor (archive footage)

  9. 2016

    The Origin of Violence

    as Marcel Fabre (2014)

  10. 2015

  11. 2014

  12. 2012

    Renoir

    as Auguste Renoir

  13. 2012

    28 minutesTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  14. 2011

  15. 2010

    La Case du SiècleTV

    as Arnaud de Roquefeuil (old) (voice) (1 episode)

  16. 2008

  17. 2006

  18. 2005

    The Last Mitterrand

    as Le Président

  19. 2004

    The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas

    as Monsieur Andesmas

  20. 2003

    The Chops

    as le Vieux

  21. 2001

    Trees

    as Narrator

  22. 2001

  23. 2000

    The Prince's Manuscript

    as Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

  24. 1999

  25. 1998

    Vivement dimancheTV

    as Self (3 episodes)

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