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Michael Lonsdale is a French actor who has appeared in over 180 films and television series. He is best known for his roles in films such as The Day of the Jackal (1973), Moonraker (1979), The Name of the Rose (1986), Ronin (1998), and Munich (2005). He has also appeared in television series such as The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1984), The Borgias (2011), and The Night Manager (2016). He has won several awards for his work, including a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Name of the Rose. He is also a member of the Académie des César.

Popular As Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch (Alfred de Turris, Michel Lonsdale)
Occupation actor,soundtrack,writer
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 24 May 1931
Birthday 24 May
Birthplace Paris, France
Date of death 21 September, 2020
Died Place Paris, France
Nationality France

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Michael Lonsdale Height, Weight & Measurements

At 89 years old, Michael Lonsdale height is 6' 1" (1.85 m) .

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Height 6' 1" (1.85 m)
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Michael Lonsdale Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Michael Lonsdale worth at the age of 89 years old? Michael Lonsdale’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from France. We have estimated Michael Lonsdale's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

2015

As of 2015, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Chariots of Fire (1981), The Remains of the Day (1993) and Munich (2005). Of those, Chariots of Fire (1981) is a winner in the category.

2011

He received a BAFTA nomination for his role in The Day of the Jackal but only achieved major acting honors in 2011, winning a César Award as best supporting actor for Of Gods and Men (2010). Lonsdale's career could well be described as eclectic.

2000

In the documentary Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète (2000), he tells a very poignant anecdote related to Delphine Seyrig: the actress had once made him a gift of a succulent plant that grew flowers about every two years. He claims that it kept flourishing for about 15 years, but never again after Delphine's death.

1993

James Ivory cast him in two of his films consecutively as a French delegate in The Remains of the Day (1993) and as King Louis XVI in Jefferson in Paris (1995).

1986

Lonsdale also had a prominent role as The Abbot who commissions the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville (Sean Connery) to investigate the murder of a monk in Jean-Jacques Annaud's Italian-German-French co-production of Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose (1986). By and large, it is for his powerhouse performance as Roger Moore's megalomaniacal antagonist Sir Hugo Drax in Moonraker for which Lonsdale is likely to be most remembered.

1985

Considered for Fallanda and Bukovsky in Lifeforce (1985).

1979

Dubbed himself in the French version of Moonraker (1979).

1975

Described the shooting of India Song (1975) as the happiest experience of his career.

1974

Subsequent parts have included a titled landowner who sets in motion the Caravan to Vaccares (1974), a CIA agent in Enigma (1982) and a Swiss banker in The Holcroft Covenant (1985).

1973

Tall, bearded, heavy-set Anglo-French character actor, best known internationally for playing Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973) and Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker (1979). The son of an English army officer (Edward Lonsdale-Crouch) and a Franco-Irish mother (Simone Béraud), he was born in Paris and spent his early childhood in England.

1968

Having toiled for over a decade in smallish supporting roles, he received his first major critical acclaim in two films by François Truffaut (The Bride Wore Black (1968) and Stolen Kisses (1968)).

1966

Appeared in six movies starring Delphine Seyrig: Comédie (1966), Stolen Kisses (1968), The Day of the Jackal (1973), Aloïse (1975), India Song (1975) and Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert (1976). The two actors also worked together in several stage productions, including La chevauchée sur le lac de Constance (1974), which was filmed.

1964

Though primarily active in French cinema, the bilingual Lonsdale made occasional (but often memorable) forays into English-language productions, his first as a reporter in Fred Zinnemann's Behold a Pale Horse (1964).

1947

Michael returned to France in 1947 where he met actor/director Roger Blin who awakened his interest in the dramatic arts. Following acting studies, Michael made his theatrical debut at 24 and appeared on screen for the first time a year later, for much of his career billed as 'Michel' Lonsdale.

1940

His father was imprisoned for two years by the Vichy--Nazi collaborationist--regime during World War 2, as he was suspected of treason, because of the Mers el-Kébir attack on the French fleet by the British in July 1940. He came back a changed man two years later. Michael's portrayal of the vice-consul in India Song (1975) was inspired by these changes.

1939

The family moved to Morocco in 1939 where Edward found work in the fertilizer trade (he was later imprisoned by the Vichy government for political reasons).