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Michael Lonsdale

Acting · Born May 24, 1931 · Paris, France

Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is often known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, deputy police commissioner Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Abbot in The Name of the Rose (1986) and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day (1993).

Movies with Michael Lonsdale

• Munich (2005) — Papa
• The Name of the Rose (1986) — The Abbot
• Moonraker (1979) — Hugo Drax
• The Remains of the Day (1993) — Dupont D'Ivry
• The Day of the Jackal (1973) — Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
• Ronin (1998) — Jean-Pierre
• Stolen Kisses (1968) — Georges Tabard
• Agora (2009) — Theon
• Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Debu-Bridel (uncredited)
• Murmur of the Heart (1971) — Father Henri
• To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — The old blind man (segment "Le Don")
• The Phantom of Liberty (1974) — Hatter

TV shows with Michael Lonsdale

• Out 1 (1971) — Thomas
• Malaventure (1974) — Georges Mortier
• Le Silence de l'épervier (2008) — Antoine Carsac