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OverviewAI-generated
Michael Lonsdale (1931–2020) was a French and British actor who worked in film, television, and on stage. Born Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, he began his professional career in 1943. A Catholic, he spoke both French and English. He is also known by the pseudonyms Alfred de Turri and Michel Lonsdale.
Lonsdale received several honors during his life, including the César Award for Best Supporting Actor, Globes de Cristal Awards, and the Medal of the City of Paris. He was also nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor. His literary works include *Jésus, lumière de vie*, *Abécédaire*, *Michael Lonsdale*, *Oraisons*, and *Un cri dans les images*.
He died in the 7th arrondissement of Paris in 2020 and was buried at Montmartre Cemetery. His archives are held at the Cinémathèque Française.
Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Jésus, lumière de vie
- Abécédaire
- Michael Lonsdale
- Oraisons
- Un cri dans les images
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- The Life of Mirrors2025
- African Glory — Christopher Columbus2024
- The Outsider — Narrator (Voice)2023
- An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose — Self (archive footage)2022
- Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff — Self2020
- Degas and I — Edgar Degas2019
- Salvador Dalí: Génie tragi-comique — Narrator2019
- Bazin's Film — Narrator2017
- Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres — Self2016
- The First, the Last — Jean-Berchmans2016
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1931
- Active to
- 2020
Discography
Member of
- Ensemble Aqua Vivauntil 2020
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43
- Total plays
- 257
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Lonsdale">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,341x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,765x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,794x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,472x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,502x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch , ( 1931-05-24 ) 24 May 1931, Paris , France
- Died
- 21 September 2020 (2020-09-21) (aged 89), Paris, France
- Other name
- Michel Lonsdale
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1955–2016
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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 most famous for being cast 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).
Early life and education
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