About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1944-08-15
Place of birth:
Algiers, Algeria
Website:
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Michel Such

Overview

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

Acting
2004 Mon fils d'ailleurs Actor The controller N/A
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2001 Felix and Lola Actor Frantz 59
Average
2001 Les p'tits gars Ladouceur Actor Le chef de gare 59
Average
1993 The Thirst for Gold Actor Le gendarme 58
Average
1989 Elli Fat Mat Actor 59
Average
1987 Le Gerfaut Actor Monsieur 70
Good
1987 L'été en pente douce Actor Paul le vigile 59
Average
1987 Levy & Goliath Actor Le cafetier 58
Average
1986 Trop tard Balthazar Actor Lino N/A
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1986 L'Objectif Actor N/A
N/A
1986 Ménage Actor 60
Fair
1986 Triple sec Actor N/A
N/A
1984 New Year's Eve At Bob's Actor 59
Average
1984 Manipulations Actor N/A
N/A
1984 Stress Actor 58
Average
1983 Deadly Circuit Actor l'homme à l'attaché-case 59
Average
1982 Lucie sur Seine Actor L'inspecteur au bonnet N/A
N/A
1981 The Inquisitor Actor Jean-Marie Jabelain, Stolen Car Owner 64
Fair
1981 Pourquoi pas nous ? Actor Un client de la librairie 59
Average
1981 Heat of Desire Actor L'employé des wagons-lits 59
Average
1979 French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzés go Skiing Actor Le co-propriétaire de l'appartement parti en retard 68
Fair
1979 Dog's Dialogue Actor 59
Average
1979 These Kids Are Grown-Ups Actor Le caissier 58
Average
1978 French Fried Vacation Actor Le gras du bide qui veut faire du ski nautique 63
Fair
1977 Spoiled Children Actor Un locataire 59
Average
1976 The Best Way to Walk Actor Léni 59
Average
1975 Thomas Actor Antoine N/A
N/A
1975 That Most Important Thing: Love Actor The Electrician 61
Fair
1973 The Inheritor Actor (uncredited) 59
Average
1971 The Laboratory of Fear Actor Antoine 58
Average

Directing
1997 Oranges Amères Directing Director 59
Average
1989 Elli Fat Mat Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
1997 Oranges Amères Writing Writer 59
Average
1989 Elli Fat Mat Writing Writer 59
Average
1989 Elli Fat Mat Writing Scenario Writer 59
Average