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Michel Serrault
★ Acting

Michel Serrault

1928 – 2007 · Brunoy, Essonne, France · Active 1954–2024

Michel Serrault, born in 1928 in France, made a significant impact in the world of cinema with his versatile performances. He is well-remembered for his roles in That Naughty Girl (1956) and Love on a Pillow (1962), where his charm and comedic timing shine through. Serrault's career began in the theater, but he seamlessly transitioned to film, bringing a theatrical flair to his roles. His ability to navigate both comedy and drama has left a lasting impression on the cult cinema landscape.

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Love on a Pillow

Love on a Pillow

1962 ★ 6.0
as Varange

An all-consuming love between a nice upper class girl and a troubled, self-destructive young man. Geneviève is on her way to settle an inheritance in Dijon when she walks in the wrong hotel room to find Renaud, a young man, having just attempted suicide. She saves him and they quickly embark on an intense affair, against the advice of her friends and her own better judgment. Whilst Geneviève seems determined to follow a self-destructive course and forgives Renaud's every infidelity, perhaps he too will soon find himself spiraling out of control.

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Filmography

181 credits
2020s 2 credits
2023
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
Movie ★ 9.5
2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
TV ★ 6.6
2000s 23 credits
2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.0
2007
Have Mercy on Us All as Hervé Decambrais
Movie ★ 5.9
2007
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice as L'archevêque de Venise
Movie ★ 6.0
2007
Le Bénévole as Max Birgos
Movie ★ 3.8
2007
L'Avare as Harpagon
Movie ★ 7.0
2006
Movie ★ 6.1
2005
Grabuge! as Commissaire Lancret
Movie ★ 6.0
2005
Monsieur Léon as Docteur Léon Chapuis
Movie ★ 6.6
2005
Joyeux Noel as The Castle Keeper
Movie ★ 7.4
2004
Albert est méchant as Albert Moulinot
Movie ★ 4.6
2003
Le Furet as Anzio
Movie ★ 4.4
2003
L'Affaire Dominici as Gaston Dominici
Movie ★ 7.0
2003
L'Affaire Dominici as Gaston Dominici
TV
2002
Movie ★ 5.5
2002
The Butterfly as Julien
Movie ★ 6.8
2002
Movie ★ 7.7
2001
The Girl from Paris as Adrien Rochas
Movie ★ 6.4
2001
Movie ★ 4.6
2001
Vajont as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
Movie ★ 6.6
2001
Un cœur oublié as Monsieur de Fontenelle
Movie ★ 6.5
2000
The Libertine as Le Cardinal
Movie ★ 5.6
2000
Actors as Michel Serrault
Movie ★ 5.8
2000
Marty's World as Antoine Berrant
Movie ★ 8.5
1990s 21 credits
1999
The Children of the Marshland as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
Movie ★ 7.1
1998
TV ★ 3.6
1997
Assassin(s) as Mr. Wagner
Movie ★ 6.3
1997
The Comedian as Le comédien
Movie ★ 10.0
1997
The Swindle as Victor
Movie ★ 6.5
1997
Artemisia as Orazio Gentileschi
Movie ★ 6.1
1996
Movie ★ 6.6
1995
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
Movie ★ 7.0
1995
Happiness Is in the Field as Francis Bergeade
Movie ★ 6.8
1995
Movie ★ 9.0
1994
Bonsoir as Alex Ponttin
Movie ★ 4.1
1992
Ville à vendre as Rousselot, le maire
Movie ★ 5.2
1992
Old Rascal as Darius Caunes
Movie ★ 6.8
1992
Room Service as M. Luc
Movie ★ 4.8
1991
Movie ★ 5.4
1991
L'Huissier as Maître Malicorne
Movie ★ 6.0
1991
Héloïse as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
Movie ★ 5.5
1990
Dr. Petiot as Docteur Petiot
Movie ★ 6.4
1990
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé as Martin / Héloïse
TV
1990
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé as Maître Malicorne
TV
1990
Stars 90 as Self
TV ★ 6.2
1980s 30 credits
1989
Love Comedy as Paul Léautaud
Movie ★ 7.0
1989
Movie ★ 6.7
1988
Movie ★ 6.2
1988
Let Sleeping Cops Lie as Roger Scatti
Movie ★ 5.5
1988
No Harm Intended as Paul Duchêne
Movie ★ 5.6
1987
Miracle Healing as Ronald Fox-Terrier
Movie ★ 5.4
1987
Movie ★ 7.0
1987
TV
1987
TV ★ 5.7
1987
Sacrée soirée as Self (archive footage)
TV ★ 5.7
1986
Movie ★ 4.6
1985
Les Rois du gag as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
Movie ★ 5.8
1985
La Cage aux Folles 3 as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
Movie ★ 5.1
1985
He Died with His Eyes Open as Robert Staniland
Movie ★ 5.6
1985
Movie ★ 5.9
1984
Movie ★ 4.2
1984
Kill the Referee as Rico, aggressive supporter
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
Le Bon Plaisir as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
Movie ★ 5.8
1983
Deadly Circuit as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
Movie ★ 6.1
1982
Movie ★ 6.1
1982
The Hatter's Ghost as Léon Labbé
Movie ★ 6.4
1982
Movie ★ 4.7
1982
The Roaring Forties as Sébastien Barral
Movie ★ 6.6
1982
TV ★ 6.8
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)
TV ★ 6.8
1981
The Inquisitor as Jérôme Martinaud
Movie ★ 7.5
1981
Malevil as Emmanuel Comte
Movie ★ 6.7
1980
La Cage aux Folles II as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
Movie ★ 6.0
1980
Heads or Tails as Édouard Morlaix
Movie ★ 6.6
1980
Movie ★ 5.9
1970s 39 credits
1979
The Other One's Mug as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
Movie ★ 5.7
1979
The Associate as Julien Pardot
Movie ★ 6.5
1979
Buffet Froid as Le comptable
Movie ★ 7.1
1979
L'Esprit de famille as le docteur Charles Moreau
Movie ★ 6.0
1979
La Grâce as Henri Dupérier
Movie ★ 8.7
1978
Movie ★ 6.6
1978
Movie ★ 6.8
1978
Movie ★ 5.8
1977
Movie ★ 4.3
1977
Le Passe-muraille as Dutilleul
Movie ★ 4.0
1977
Les Folies Offenbach as Jacques Offenbach
TV ★ 8.0
1976
Movie ★ 5.7
1976
TV ★ 6.2
1975
The Red Ibis as Jérémie
Movie ★ 5.6
1975
Movie ★ 6.4
1975
TV ★ 6.0
1975
Système 2 as Self
TV
1975
TV ★ 8.5
1974
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang as Jean-Paul Rondin
Movie ★ 6.5
1974
No Pockets in a Shroud as Justin Blesh
Movie ★ 5.4
1974
Chinese In Paris as Grégoire Montclair
Movie ★ 6.2
1974
Movie ★ 5.1
1974
Bloody Murder as Edouard Henricot
Movie ★ 5.2
1974
La Gueule de l’emploi as L'inspecteur de police
Movie ★ 3.5
1974
TV ★ 9.5
1973
The Big Store as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
Movie ★ 6.3
1973
Big Deal as Paul
Movie ★ 4.0
1973
Movie ★ 6.5
1973
La Cage aux folles as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
Movie ★ 10.0
1972
Movie ★ 6.4
1972
The Annuity as Louis Martinet
Movie ★ 6.6
1972
A Murder Is a Murder as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
Movie ★ 5.4
1972
TV ★ 8.0
1972
TV ★ 6.0
1971
Movie ★ 5.9
1971
Movie ★ 7.3
1971
TV ★ 6.0
1970
Ces messieurs de la gâchette as Gabriel Pelletier
Movie ★ 4.1
1970
La Liberté en croupe as Paul Cérès
Movie ★ 5.5
1960s 44 credits
1969
Call Me Mathilde as François
Movie ★ 7.2
1969
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille as Commissaire Le Gac
Movie ★ 6.0
1968
The Men in the Family as Gabriel Pelletier
Movie ★ 5.1
1968
The Great Chase as Aldo Moreni
Movie ★ 4.2
1968
Would-Be Gentleman as M. Jourdain
Movie ★ 9.0
1968
TV ★ 8.0
1967
Order of the Daisy as L'inspecteur Papin
Movie ★ 6.2
1967
The Madman of Lab Four as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
Movie ★ 6.0
1967
Movie ★ 6.0
1967
Movie ★ 5.3
1967
Loose in the Trigger as The armorer
Movie ★ 5.8
1966
King of Hearts as Monsieur Marcel
Movie ★ 6.9
1966
Les Combinards as La père de Lucile
Movie ★ 6.0
1966
Movie ★ 8.0
1966
Les enquiquineurs as Martin - instituteur
Movie ★ 5.5
1966
TV ★ 7.0
1965
Movie ★ 6.6
1965
Movie ★ 6.0
1965
Movie ★ 4.5
1965
Under Your Hat as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
Movie ★ 4.0
1965
Movie ★ 4.0
1965
Movie ★ 9.0
1965
Movie ★ 5.0
1965
Movie ★ 3.4
1964
Male Hunt as Gaston Lartois
Movie ★ 6.5
1964
Dandelions by the Roots as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
Movie ★ 5.4
1964
Movie ★ 4.7
1964
Movie ★ 7.0
1964
Hard Boiled Ones as Rossignol, private detective
Movie ★ 4.7
1964
Clémentine chérie as Maître Brunet
Movie ★ 6.2
1963
Carom Shots as Le commissaire Baudu
Movie ★ 6.1
1963
Movie ★ 6.4
1962
The Dance as Pétrarque
Movie ★ 5.0
1962
Movie ★ 5.8
1962
We Will Go to Deauville as Lucien Moreau
Movie ★ 5.8
1962
The Four Truths as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
Movie ★ 4.2
1962
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge as Charpentier, le conférencier
Movie ★ 5.9
1962
How to Succeed in Love as Commissioner
Movie ★ 4.0
1961
Movie ★ 6.0
1961
On purge bébé as Guillaume Chouilloux
Movie ★ 8.5
1961
Movie ★ 5.0
1960
Love and the Frenchwoman as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
Movie ★ 4.9
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Le second policier / Policeman
Movie ★ 6.4
1950s 20 credits
1959
Oh! What a Mambo as L'inspecteur Vidalie
Movie ★ 5.5
1959
La Malle volante as M. Loiseau
Movie
1959
You Have Nothing to Declare? as Dr. Emile Couzan
Movie ★ 6.0
1959
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle as Eugène, l'interprète
Movie ★ 9.0
1959
Nina as Adolphe Tessier
Movie ★ 6.5
1959
The Bureaucrats as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
Movie ★ 5.9
1959
Discorama as Self
TV ★ 8.0
1958
Movie ★ 6.5
1958
Musée Grévin as The visitor
Movie ★ 9.0
1957
L'Habit vert as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
Movie
1957
Adorables démons as Jacques Willis Senior
Movie ★ 5.0
1957
The Innocent with Forty Children as Jean-François Robignac
Movie ★ 6.0
1956
That Naughty Girl as Inspector Leduc
Movie ★ 5.9
1956
Murderers and Thieves as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
Movie ★ 6.1
1956
Life is beautiful as le démarcheur
Movie ★ 6.3
1956
Mon bébé as Jimmy Scott
Movie ★ 6.5
1956
Movie ★ 10.0
1955
Diabolique as Mr. Raymond
Movie ★ 7.9
1954
Movie ★ 3.8
1954
Peek-a-boo as Serrault, le trompettiste
Movie ★ 5.0
Crew Credits
2020s 1 credit
1990s 1 credit
1990
Dr. Petiot Producer
Movie ★ 6.4