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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 24, 1928
Died
July 29, 2007
Place of Birth
Brunoy, Essonne, France
Also Known As
- Michel Lucien Serrault
- Мишель Серро
Michel Serrault
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in Les Branquignols. His first film was Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller Les diaboliques, starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play La cage aux folles, written by Poiret. He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. In 1977-1978 he played the composer Jacques Offenbach in a six-part series of one-hour episodes about the musician's life, each one focusing on a specific aspect or work. Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79. He was buried in Sainte-Catherine's cemetery in Honfleur and was transferred in 2009 to the cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine near his wife Juanita Saint-Peyron and daughter Caroline, who died in 1977. He had another daughter, actress Nathalie Serrault. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
9.5
Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
2023
6.6
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
5.2
L'archevêque de Venise
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
2007
2.0
Max Birgos
Le Bénévole
2007
5.9
Hervé Decambrais
Have Mercy on Us All
2007
7.0
Harpagon
L'Avare
2007
5.8
Gustave
Les enfants du pays
2006
6.6
Docteur Léon Chapuis
Monsieur Léon
2005
7.4
The Castle Keeper
Joyeux Noel
2005
Credits
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
2023
9.5
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.6
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2009
6.0
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
as L'archevêque de Venise
2007
5.2
Le Bénévole
as Max Birgos
2007
2.0
Have Mercy on Us All
as Hervé Decambrais
2007
5.9
L'Avare
as Harpagon
2007
7.0
Les enfants du pays
as Gustave
2006
5.8
Monsieur Léon
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
2005
6.6
Joyeux Noel
as The Castle Keeper
2005
7.4
Grabuge!
as Commissaire Lancret
2005
4.5
Albert est méchant
as Albert Moulinot
2004
4.6
Le Furet
as Anzio
2003
3.6
L'Affaire Dominici
as Gaston Dominici
2003
7.0
The Butterfly
as Julien
2002
6.8
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
as Louis
2002
5.2
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
2002
7.5
Vajont
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
2001
6.6
The Girl from Paris
as Adrien Rochas
2001
6.4
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
as Verlac
2001
4.6
Un cœur oublié
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
2001
5.0
Actors
as Michel Serrault
2000
5.7
The Libertine
as Le Cardinal
2000
5.5
The Children of the Marshland
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
1999
7.1
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
🎬
The Comedian
as Le comédien
1997
0.0
The Swindle
as Victor
1997
6.5
Artemisia
as Orazio Gentileschi
1997
5.9
Assassin(s)
as Mr. Wagner
1997
6.2
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Louis XV
1996
6.6
Happiness Is in the Field
as Francis Bergeade
1995
6.8
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
1995
6.9
🎬
Tel est Serrault
as Self
1995
0.0
Bonsoir
as Alex Ponttin
1994
3.2
Old Rascal
as Darius Caunes
1992
6.7
Room Service
as M. Luc
1992
3.3
Ville à vendre
as Rousselot, le maire
1992
4.5
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Pompilius
1991
5.3
Héloïse
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
1991
4.0
L'Huissier
as Maître Malicorne
1991
0.0
🎬
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
as Martin / Héloïse
1990
0.0
🎬
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
as Maître Malicorne
1990
0.0
Dr. Petiot
as Docteur Petiot
1990
6.3
Stars 90
as Self
1990
6.2
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
as Gino
1989
6.6
Love Comedy
as Paul Léautaud
1989
5.0
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as Roger Scatti
1988
5.5
Bonjour l'angoisse
as Michaud
1988
5.6
No Harm Intended
as Paul Duchêne
1988
5.3
Ennemis intimes
as Baudin
1987
0.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage)
1987
5.1
🎬
Matin Bonheur
as Self
1987
0.0
Miracle Healing
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
1987
5.3
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Octave Clapoteau
1986
4.2
La Cage aux Folles 3
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
1985
5.1
He Died with His Eyes Open
as Robert Staniland
1985
5.6
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Louis XVI
1985
6.0
Les Rois du gag
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
1985
5.7
Good King Dagobert
as Otarius
1984
4.1
Kill the Referee
as Rico, aggressive supporter
1984
5.5
Le Bon Plaisir
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
1984
5.7
Deadly Circuit
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
1983
6.1
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
as Jules César
1982
6.1
The Roaring Forties
as Sébastien Barral
1982
5.9
The Hatter's Ghost
as Léon Labbé
1982
6.3
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Nestor Burma
1982
4.2
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.3
The Inquisitor
as Jérôme Martinaud
1981
7.5
Malevil
as Emmanuel Comte
1981
6.6
La Cage aux Folles II
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
1980
6.0
Heads or Tails
as Édouard Morlaix
1980
6.6
Il lupo e l'agnello
as Léon
1980
5.6
Buffet Froid
as Le comptable
1979
7.1
The Other One's Mug
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
1979
5.6
The Associate
as Julien Pardot
1979
6.4
La Grâce
as Henri Dupérier
1979
8.0
L'Esprit de famille
as le docteur Charles Moreau
1979
5.0
La Cage aux Folles
as Zaza
1978
6.8
Other People's Money
as Miremant
1978
5.8
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
as le voisin
1978
6.6
Le Passe-muraille
as Dutilleul
1977
3.5
Les Folies Offenbach
as Jacques Offenbach
1977
0.0
Le Roi des bricoleurs
as Bordin
1977
2.0
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
1976
5.5
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
5.8
The Red Ibis
as Jérémie
1975
5.4
The Restroom Robbery
as Max
1975
6.4
🎬
Système 2
as Self
1975
0.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Apostrophes
as Self
1975
9.0
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Justin Blesh
1974
5.2
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Operation Lady Marlene
as Paulo
1974
4.8
La Gueule de l’emploi
as L'inspecteur de police
1974
2.6
Bloody Murder
as Edouard Henricot
1974
4.8
Chinese In Paris
as Grégoire Montclair
1974
6.1
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Jean-Paul Rondin
1974
6.4
The Big Store
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
1973
6.2
Big Deal
as Paul
1973
2.7
La Cage aux folles
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
1973
10.0
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
as Le curé Léon
1973
6.3
A Murder Is a Murder
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
1972
5.2
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
as Marcel Jolin
1972
6.5
🎬
Midi trente
as Self
1972
6.0
The Annuity
as Louis Martinet
1972
6.6
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
as Achille
1971
7.0
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Alfred Mullanet
1971
5.9
🎬
Samedi soir
as Self
1971
6.0
La Liberté en croupe
as Paul Cérès
1970
4.3
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Gabriel Pelletier
1970
3.3
Call Me Mathilde
as François
1969
7.3
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Commissaire Le Gac
1969
3.0
Would-Be Gentleman
as M. Jourdain
1968
0.0
À bout portant
as Self
1968
8.0
The Great Chase
as Aldo Moreni
1968
3.0
The Men in the Family
as Gabriel Pelletier
1968
5.0
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967
0.0
The Madman of Lab Four
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
1967
5.9
Du mou dans la gâchette
as The armorer
1967
5.6
The Great Gadget
as Pounet
1967
3.6
Pour avoir Adrienne
as Thomeret
1967
4.5
Order of the Daisy
as L'inspecteur Papin
1967
6.3
King of Hearts
as Monsieur Marcel
1966
6.9
Les enquiquineurs
as Martin - instituteur
1966
3.0
At Theatre Tonight
as Thomeret
1966
6.7
The Boss of Champignol
as Hector
1966
0.0
Les Combinards
as La père de Lucile
1966
4.7
When the Pheasants Pass
as Rimero
1965
6.4
Under Your Hat
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
1965
3.3
The Double Bed
as Albert
1965
2.5
Le petit monstre
as Valet
1965
0.0
How Not to Rob a Department Store
as Méloune
1965
1.0
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Bénéchol
1965
5.0
The Real Bargain
as Hutin
1965
1.0
Les baratineurs
as Henri
1965
4.0
Male Hunt
as Gaston Lartois
1964
6.5
Clémentine chérie
as Maître Brunet
1964
6.0
Jaloux comme un tigre
as Mr. Lurot
1964
2.0
Hard Boiled Ones
as Rossignol, private detective
1964
3.5
Dandelions by the Roots
as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
1964
5.4
How Do You Like My Sister?
as Varangeot
1964
0.0
Bebert and the Train
as Barthoin
1963
6.3
Carom Shots
as Le commissaire Baudu
1963
6.1
We Will Go to Deauville
as Lucien Moreau
1962
5.6
The Four Truths
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
1962
3.9
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Charpentier, le conférencier
1962
5.0
How to Succeed in Love
as Commissioner
1962
2.5
Love on a Pillow
as Varange
1962
5.7
The Dance
as Pétrarque
1962
1.0
The American Beauty
as Tramp
1961
6.0
My Wife Is a Panther
as Butcher
1961
1.0
On purge bébé
as Guillaume Chouilloux
1961
8.0
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le second policier / Policeman
1960
6.2
Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
1960
4.5
🎬
La Malle volante
as M. Loiseau
1959
0.0
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Dr. Emile Couzan
1959
5.8
The Bureaucrats
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
1959
5.5
Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
1959
5.5
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
Nina
as Adolphe Tessier
1959
3.0
🎬
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
as Eugène, l'interprète
1959
0.0
Clara and the Villains
as 'La Parole'
1958
5.0
Musée Grévin
as The visitor
1958
0.0
The Innocent with Forty Children
as Jean-François Robignac
1957
5.0
🎬
Adorables démons
as Jacques Willis Senior
1957
2.0
L'Habit vert
as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
1957
0.0
The Terror with Women
as Gendarme
1956
0.0
Murderers and Thieves
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
1956
5.8
Life is beautiful
as le démarcheur
1956
4.5
🎬
Mon bébé
as Jimmy Scott
1956
6.5
That Naughty Girl
as Inspector Leduc
1956
5.8
Diabolique
as Mr. Raymond
1955
7.9
Peek-a-boo
as Serrault, le trompettiste
1954
4.9
What the East Wind Saw
as Zamore
1954
2.7