History Creator / MichaelLonsdale

He grew up in Paris, Guernsey, London and Morocco. He worked for a radio show as a teenager, then studied stage acting, and in the late 1950s began his cinematic career. He would throughout the next six decades work with such renowned directors as Creator/OrsonWelles, Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, [[Creator/LuisBunuel Luis Buñuel]], Creator/CostaGavras, Creator/StevenSpielberg and more. Mainstream audiences mainly know him for his roles in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' (as FauxAffablyEvil villain Hugo Drax), the 1986 film adaptation of ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose'' (the FauxAffablyEvil abbot) and ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (the neither affable nor evil Papa).

* ''Film/{{Ronin}}'' (1998) as Jean-Pierre

He was awarded a ''César'' (the French analog to the Oscars and BAFTA) in 2010 for his role as a martyred monk in ''Film/DesHommesEtDesDieux'', which is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_the_monks_of_Tibhirine assassination of seven monks in Tibhirine]], Algeria. Interestingly, that role involved playing a SaintlyChurch clergyman, whereas usually, when he played a man of the cloth, it was a fair guess that we were dealing with a CorruptChurch.

He grew up in Paris, Guernsey, London and Morocco. He worked for a radio show as a teenager, then studied stage acting, and in the late 1950s began his cinematic career. He would throughout the next six decades work with such renowned directors as Creator/OrsonWelles, Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, [[Creator/LuisBunuel Luis Buñuel]], Creator/CostaGavras, Creator/StevenSpielberg and more. Mainstream audiences mainly know him for his roles in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' (as FauxAffablyEvil villain Hugo Drax), the 1986 film adaptation of ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'' (the FauxAffablyEvil abbot) and ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (the neither affable nor evil Papa).

* ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'' (1986) as the Abbott

He grew up in Paris, Guernsey, London and Morocco. He worked for a radio show as a teenager, then studied stage acting, and in the late 1950s began his cinematic career. He would throughout the next six decades work with such directors as Creator/OrsonWelles, Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, [[Creator/LuisBunuel Luis Buñuel]], Creator/CostaGavras, Creator/StevenSpielberg and more. Mainstream audiences mainly know him for his roles in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' (as FauxAffablyEvil villain Hugo Drax), the 1986 film adaptation of ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'' (the FauxAffablyEvil abbot) and ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (the neither affable nor evil Papa).

Michael Edward Lonsdale (May 24, 1931 - September 21, 2020) was a Franco-British film, stage and voice actor. He was equally at ease in French-speaking and English-speaking roles.

He was awarded a ''César'' (the French analog to the Oscars and BAFTA) in 2010 for his role as a martyred monk in ''Film/DesHommesEtDesDieux'', which is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_the_monks_of_Tibhirine assassination of seven monks in Tibhirine]], Algeria. Interestingly, that role involved playing a SaintlyChurch clergyman, whereas usually, when he plays a man of the cloth, it's a fair guess that we're dealing with a CorruptChurch.

He grew up in Paris, Guernsey, London and Morocco. He worked for a radio show as a teenager, then studied stage acting, and in the late 1950s began his cinematic career. He would throughout the next six decades work with such directors as Creator/OrsonWelles, Creator/FrancoisTruffaut, [[Creator/LuisBunuel Luis Buñuel]], Costa-Gavras, Creator/StevenSpielberg and more. Mainstream audiences mainly know him for his roles in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' (as FauxAffablyEvil villain Hugo Drax), the 1986 film adaptation of ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'' (the FauxAffablyEvil abbot) and ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (the neither affable nor evil Papa).