Michel Such
Known for Acting · 38 credits
- Born
- 1944-08-15 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Algiers, Algeria
Biography
Michel Such, born in 1944 in Algiers, is a French actor, screenwriter and director.
Michel Such entered the film industry somewhat by chance. "I was working in a bistro, the Santa Cruz, on rue Saint-André-des-Arts in Paris, near a film school. I met people behind the bar who allowed me to get a foot in the door in the profession," he explains. Michel Such went on stage and made his mark there. One day while he was working on a medium-length film by director Luc Béraud, the latter's assistant fell ill. "I gave him a helping hand and he never left me. He was the one who introduced me to Claude Miller, Patrice Leconte and the others." Claude and Annie Miller were particularly important to him. "They followed me and helped me when I moved on to directing. »
Michel Such, becomes one of the essential supporting actors of French cinema, with very popular films like The Best Way to Walk, Les Bronzés or even Come to My Place, I Live with a Copine. Subscribed to supporting roles, silhouettes and appearances, everyone has already seen him at least once. He is the one who takes the scrabble on the face in "Les Bronzés font du ski", the one who goes underwater on water skis in "Les Bronzés", the killer in "Garde à vue", a policeman in "Mes meilleurs copains", a patient in "Chouchou" with Gad Elmaleh, the man with the briefcase in "Mortal hike" or the shoe salesman in "Police Python 357" by Alain Corneau...
Michel who was assistant director to Luc Béraud, Claude Miller, Patrice Leconte, Gérard Vergez, Jean-Marie Poiré, Jean-Louis Leconte, James Cellan Jones etc, will direct three short films: Elli Fat Mat (1990), Vagues À L'Âme (1992) and Vingt-Trois Rue Des Francs Bourgeois (1995), and a feature, Oranges Amères, released in theaters in 1997. The story of Angèle, a pied-noir, who falls in love with Saïd, an Algerian, after the Second World War. The film received the SACD Beaumarchais Prize for the screenplay (1996), as well as the Audience Award at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival in 1996.
Michel Such has been directing the amateur theatre troupe Saujon Comédia, in Saujon in Charente-Maritime, since the end of the 1990s.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (36)
Deadly Circuit
1983
as The Man with the Briefcase
Ménage
1986
as The Nightclub Flirt
L'été en pente douce
1987
as Paul le vigile
French Fried Vacation
1978
as Lenny
Lucie sur Seine
1982
as L'inspecteur au bonnet
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
as Electrician
Felix and Lola
2001
as Frantz
The Inquisitor
1981
as Jean-Marie Jabelain, Stolen Car Owner
Quartet
1981
as Prison Guard
French Fried Vacation 2
1979
as Co-owner of the apartment who leaves late
Thomas
1975
as Antoine
La frisée aux lardons
1979
as Aldo, marchand de glaces
Triple sec
1986
Spoiled Children
1977
Heat of Desire
1981
as L'employé des wagons-lits / L'employé des wagon-lits
This Sweet Sickness
1977
as Raymond
Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's
1981
as Le client au loden
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
1979
as Le caissier
The Laboratory of Fear
1971
as Antoine
The Inheritor
1973
as (uncredited)
My Best Pals
1989
as Le gendarme
L'Objectif
1986
The Thirst for Gold
1993
as Le gendarme
Elli Fat Mat
1989
The Best Way to Walk
1976
as Léni
Les p'tits gars Ladouceur
2001
as Le chef de gare
Trop tard Balthazar
1986
as Lino
Violette & Francois
1977
as Le copain musicien
Dog's Dialogue
1987
Mon fils d'ailleurs
2004
as The controller
Why Not Us?
1981
as Un client de la librairie
New Year's Eve At Bob's
1984
Levy & Goliath
1987
as Cafe owner
Manipulations
1984
as Michel
Stress
1984
Bab El Oued City
1994
as Paulo Gosen
About Michel Such
Michel Such, born in 1944 in Algiers, is a French actor, screenwriter and director. Michel Such entered the film industry somewhat by chance. "I was working in a bistro, the Santa Cruz, on rue Saint-André-des-Arts in Paris, near a film school. I met people behind the bar who allowed me to get a foot in the door in the profession," he explains. Michel Such went on stage and made his mark there. One day while he was working on a medium-length film by director Luc Béraud, the latter's assistant fell ill. "I gave him a helping hand and he never le… With 38 credits spanning from 1971 to 2004, Michel Such has appeared in 36 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michel Such Movies
- Deadly Circuit (1983) — as The Man with the Briefcase
- Ménage (1986) — as The Nightclub Flirt
- L'été en pente douce (1987) — as Paul le vigile
- French Fried Vacation (1978) — as Lenny
- Lucie sur Seine (1982) — as L'inspecteur au bonnet
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