About
Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for Toto the Hero in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars for How I Killed My Father (2001) and The Last Mitterrand (2005). He also received the Molière Award for Best Actor for Les côtelettes in 1998, then again for Exit the King in 2005. In 2014, he was awarded the Honorary Molière for the sum of his career. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 2018. Michel François Pierre Bouquet was born on 6 November 1925 in Paris. When he was seven years old, he was sent to a boarding school where he stayed until the age of 14. He aspired to become a doctor but had to quit school at the age of 15 after his father had been taken prisoner during World War II. Bouquet worked as a baker's apprentice, then a bank...
Known for
MaigretSeries • 1991
La Case du SiècleSeries • 2010
Night and FogMovie • 1956
The Last MitterrandMovie • 2005
The Unfaithful WifeMovie • 1969
Mississippi MermaidMovie • 1969
ÉlisaMovie • 1995
The Bride Wore BlackMovie • 1968
BorsalinoMovie • 1970
Two Men in TownMovie • 1973
The AssassinationMovie • 1972
Toto the HeroMovie • 1991
The ToyMovie • 1976
This Special FriendshipMovie • 1964
Les MisérablesMovie • 1982
The SerpentMovie • 1973
All the Mornings of the WorldMovie • 1991
RenoirMovie • 2012
KatiaMovie • 1959
MalpertuisMovie • 1972
ManonMovie • 1949
Monsieur VincentMovie • 1947
Just Before NightfallMovie • 1971
Cop au VinMovie • 1985