Michel Blanc
Acting
Biography
Michel Blanc (16 April 1952 – 3 October 2024) was a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel and Gérard Jugnot. He also appeared in more serious roles, such as the title role in the Patrice Leconte film Monsieur Hire. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michel Blanc, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 16, 1952
Place of Birth: Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Known For
Les Héritiers
Les Nuls, l'émission
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
The Tenant
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
The Defective Detective
Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.
Madame le Juge
French Fried Vacation 2
In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Claude, and Christiane.
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.
The Hundred-Foot Journey
A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Docteur Charoux
as Père-Grand
as Judge Gilles d'Outremont
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Self (archive footage)
as Emile Menoux
as Jean-Pierre Deloup
as Jean-Yves Marteau
as Serge Mamou Mani, the doctor
as Jean-Pierre
as Jacques Pasquali
as Gardot
as Sultan
as Le père de Romain
as Mayor
as Self / Various characters
as Paul
as Gilles, director of staff
as Eli Dhrey
as Jean-Paul Muret
as Self
as Samuel Bleistein
as Mosk
as Professor Martineau
as le commissaire Blot
as Adrien
as Self - Guest
as Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse
as Aymé Pigrenet
as Inspecteur Blot
as le commissaire Léon
as Commissaire Sébeille
as Jean-Pierre
as Self
as Shapiron
as Inspector Forget
as Paride Taccone, le psychiatre
as Michel Blanc / Patrick Olivier
as The suicidal
as Self
as Alonso
as L'hindou
as Raymond Pelleveau, le père jeune
as Gaigneux
as Self - Guest
as Martin
as Monsieur Hire
as Verdiglione, surgeon
as Service des fraudes
as Walter Arbeit
as Self
as Doctor Bourdarias (uncredited)
as Monsieur Albert
as Antoine
as Jacques Belin
as Jacques, portier
as Driving school student
as Boris / Nemo's Father
as Laurent Martin
as Denis
as Le père Lebœuf, résistant
as Leroux
as Pierre
as L'obsédé sexuel au téléphone (voice)
as Jean Bortansis
as Bernard
as Self
as Corentin Calvez
as l'antiquaire
as Marcel Dupin / Passager métro effrayé
as Taboureau
as Jean-Claude Dusse
as Construction site police officer
as M. Bertin
as Passerby who provides information
as Différents rôles (Jean Marchand, M. Cinoche)
as Jean-Claude Dusse, le frustré
as le fêtard qui lit
as L'interne
as Le fils du capitaine
as un vigile
as Policeman
as Antremont
as Ivan
as Agent immobilier véreux
as Friend from the café-theater
as Scope's Neighbor
as Choukroun
as A worker
as Deloux
as Un flic
as Louis XV's valet
as Michel
as Self
as L'homme qui arrive
as Self