ACTOR

Michel Piccoli

1925 - 2020

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Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide variety of roles and worked with many acclaimed directors, being awarded with a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Piccoli is the 297th most popular actor (down from 240th in 2019), the 618th most popular biography from France (down from 548th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Actor.

Michel Piccoli is most famous for his role in the film "The 400 Blows."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michel Piccoli ranks 297 out of 13,578Before him are James Fox, Stephen Lang, Stellan Skarsgård, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, and Virna Lisi. After him are Mako, Ursula Andress, Tom Baker, Harold Lloyd, Tilda Swinton, and Annie Girardot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Michel Piccoli ranks 34Before him are Carlos Castaneda, Frantz Fanon, Rock Hudson, Gerald Durrell, Douglas Engelbart, and Ananda Mahidol. After him are Peter Sellers, Julie Harris, Angela Lansbury, Nílton Santos, Oona O'Neill, and Peter Brook. Among people deceased in 2020, Michel Piccoli ranks 21Before him are John Saxon, Katherine Johnson, Paolo Rossi, Olivia de Havilland, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Albert Uderzo. After him are Eduard Limonov, Alan Parker, Robert Hossein, Ian Holm, Jean Kennedy Smith, and John Turner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Piccoli ranks 618 out of 6,770Before him are Marine Le Pen (1968), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Samuel de Champlain (1567), Boris Vian (1920), Albert Uderzo (1927), and Paul Doumer (1857). After him are Caroline Bonaparte (1782), Pérotin (1160), Avitus (395), Charles de Foucauld (1858), Élisabeth of France (1764), and Luc Besson (1959).

Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Michel Piccoli ranks 22Before him are Leslie Caron (1931), Philippe Noiret (1930), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Marcel Marceau (1923), Isabelle Adjani (1955), and Mireille Darc (1938). After him are Annie Girardot (1931), Sophie Marceau (1966), Pierre Richard (1934), Robert Hossein (1927), Michèle Mercier (1939), and Maurice Chevalier (1888).