Alain Cuny
Known for Acting · 75 credits
- Born
- 1908-07-12
- Died
- 1994-05-16
- Place of birth
- Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
- Also known as
- René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny
Biography
Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor.
He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses
Later in his career he had a role in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974). Also in 1974 he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Don't Touch the White Woman!. One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel (1988) as Louis-Prosper Claudel, father of the film's heroine. Cuny worked in both France and Italy, and died in 1994 in Paris.
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Known For
TV Shows (10)
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Histoire(s) du cinéma
1989
as Self
La coscienza di Zeno
1988
as Alfio Cosini sr.
La famiglia Ricordi
1995
Le Roman de Renart
1974
as Ysengrin (voice)
Deuil en 24 heures
1982
as Le colonel Carvin
Colomba
1982
Le Journal
1979
as Wilchaint
Movies (65)
Emmanuelle
1974
as Mario
La Dolce Vita
1960
as Steiner
Detective
1985
as Old Mafioso
Stormy Waters
1941
as Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
as Claude Frollo
The Devil's Envoys
1942
as Gilles, a Minstrel
Time Masters
1982
as Xul (voice)
Banana Peel
1963
as Hervé Bontemps
Dear Antonioni
1995
as Self
The Return of Casanova
1992
as Marquis
Van Gogh à Paris, repérages
1988
as Lecteur des textes d'Artaud
Scano Boa
1961
as Cavarzan
Satyricon
1969
as Lica
Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Judge Rasto
Film sur Georges Perec
1990
as Self
Camille Claudel
1988
as Louis-Prosper Claudel
Buio nella Valle
1984
as Luigi
The Milky Way
1969
as Man with cape
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
as El Viudo Xius
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
as Sitting Bull
The Lady Without Camelias
1953
as Lodi
The Song of Roland
1978
as Turpin/der Mönch
Antigone
1974
as Le Coryphée
Many Wars Ago
1970
as Gen. Leone
The Phantom Baron
1943
as Hervé
La forêt noire
1968
as Hans Richter
The Lovers
1958
as Henri Tournier
The Audience
1972
as teologa Belga
Fellini nel cestino
1983
as Self
The Forbidden Christ
1951
as Antonio
Lucky Ravi
1987
as Plantation Owner
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
as Barone Nicola Rotunno
La rosa rossa
1973
as Count Paolo Balzeri
Emmanuelle in Ontario
2025
as Mario (archival footage)
The Master and Margarita
1972
as Profesor Woland & Satana
Cross of the Living
1962
as Baron Von Eggerth
The Solitary Conquerors
1952
as Pascal Giroud
My Crimes After Mein Kampf
1940
as Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)
The Distant Land
1987
as Aigner
Sweet War, Farewell
1991
as Vecchio Crimen
Corruption
1963
as Leonardo Mattioli
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
1952
as Bueno
The Basileus Quartet
1983
as Mario Cantone
Irene, Irene
1975
as Guido
Umi e, See You
1988
as Don Macine
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
La divine comédie
1973
as Virgile
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973
as Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt
Safari 5000
1969
The Big Black Sow
1971
as Il Padre di Enrico
I prosseneti
1976
as Il conte Davide
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975
La Légende du siècle
1972
as Self
Madame Sans-Gêne
1941
as Roustan
E il Casanova di Fellini?
1975
as Self
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
2006
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ciao, Federico!
1970
as Self (uncredited)
Roberte
1979
as La voix du pur esprit
The Annunciation of Marie
1991
as Anne Vercors
Solita de Cordoue
1946
as Pierre Desluc
Mina de Vanghel
1953
as Mr. de Larçay
Les Crimes de l'amour
1953
as Mr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
1990
as Merlin
Mission of Fear
1965
as Jean de Brébeuf
About Alain Cuny
Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor. He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses Later in… With 75 credits spanning from 1940 to 2025, Alain Cuny has appeared in 65 films and 10 TV shows.
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- Emmanuelle (1974) — as Mario
- La Dolce Vita (1960) — as Steiner
- Detective (1985) — as Old Mafioso
- Stormy Waters (1941) — as Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) — as Claude Frollo
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