Michel Blanc

Michel Blanc

1952-04-16 Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France 104 Credits

Biography

Michel Blanc (April 1952 – 3 October 2024) was a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Christian Clavier, Marie-Anne Chazel and Gérard Jugnot. Michel Blanc has also shown his versatility by appearing in more serious roles, such as the title role in the Patrice Leconte film Monsieur Hire. Description above from the Wikipedia articl...

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The Rookie Guide

The Rookie Guide

2025

as Docteur Charoux

5.0
Acting

Yann can’t find a job he likes or can keep, and dreams of a better life. One day he learns that the famous travel guide Le Routard pays its employees ...

The Safe House

The Safe House

2025

as Père-Grand

6.0
Acting

An eccentric family portrait set during the May 1968 protests in Paris. A nine-year-old boy stays with his grandparents and uncles while his parents p...

Take a Chance on Me

Take a Chance on Me

2023

as Judge Gilles d'Outremont

6.4
Acting

Marie-Line is juggling between odd jobs to support her agoraphobic father. Despite the precariousness of their lifestyle, she remains a lively and che...

L'Âge d'or de la pub

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

55 years ago, on October 1 1968, the first brand advertising spot appeared on the French television screen. Over the next three decades, thousands of ...

The Small Victories

The Small Victories

2023

as Emile Menoux

6.7
Acting

Between her roles as mayor and teacher in the small village of Kerguen, Alice's days are very full. When an unexpected new student, 60-year-old Emile,...

Top Dogs

Top Dogs

2023

as Jean-Pierre Deloup

5.5
Acting

Antoine and Christian, two long-estranged brothers from Normandy, couldn’t be more different from each other: while the former is happily married with...

Christmas with the Tuches

Christmas with the Tuches

2021

as Jean-Yves Marteau

5.1
Acting

After having resigned from his post as President of the Republic, Jeff and his family are happy to be back in their village of Bouzolles. As the end o...

A Good Doctor

A Good Doctor

2019

as Serge Mamou Mani, the doctor

6.5
Acting

On Christmas eve, Serge is the only on-call emergency doctor available. Struck by a crippling back-ache, he gets help from a pizza delivery boy who wi...

Kiss & Tell

Kiss & Tell

2018

as Jean-Pierre

5.8
Acting

Sequel to 2002's "Summer Things" (Embrassez qui vous voudrez). This French comedy follows various people in two families. Bertrand and his wife, Eliza...

Kiss & Tell

Kiss & Tell

2018

Director, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

Sequel to 2002's "Summer Things" (Embrassez qui vous voudrez). This French comedy follows various people in two families. Bertrand and his wife, Eliza...

R.A.I.D. Special Unit

R.A.I.D. Special Unit

2017

as Jacques Pasquali

5.7
Acting

The story of a woman who dreams to join an intervention group in the police department called RAID. Unfortunately, she is rather clumsy and both her f...

Odd Job

Odd Job

2016

as Gardot

6.1
Acting

An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.

Odd Job

Odd Job

2016

Writer

6.1
Writing

An unemployed factory worker takes a job as a hit man to make ends meet.

The New Adventures of Aladdin

The New Adventures of Aladdin

2015

as Sultan

4.7
Acting

A pair of losers working at department store plan to rob the place after it closes. When a bunch of kids show up begging for a story, the men launch i...

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014

8.0
Acting
Les Souvenirs

Les Souvenirs

2014

as Le père de Romain

6.3
Acting

Twenty-three years old Romain would like to be a writer, but, for the moment, he's night watchman in a hotel. His sixty-two years old father is retire...

The Hundred-Foot Journey

The Hundred-Foot Journey

2014

as Mayor

7.3
Acting

A story centered around an Indian family who moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid

Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid

2014

as Self / Various characters

6.2
Acting
Half-Sister

Half-Sister

2013

as Paul

6.1
Acting

When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by...

The Minister

The Minister

2011

as Gilles, director of staff

6.4
Acting

Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no ...

The Day I Saw Your Heart

The Day I Saw Your Heart

2011

as Eli Dhrey

5.8
Acting

Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s private MRI machines to make “X-Ray Art” After a trail...

A Spot of Bother

A Spot of Bother

2010

as Jean-Paul Muret

5.3
Acting

Retired Englishman George Hall's hypochondria worsens and takes its toll on his family.

A Spot of Bother

A Spot of Bother

2010

Writer

5.3
Writing

Retired Englishman George Hall's hypochondria worsens and takes its toll on his family.

The Girl on the Train

The Girl on the Train

2009

as Samuel Bleistein

5.8
Acting

Jeanne is a young woman, striking but otherwise without qualities. Her mother tries to get her a job in the office of a lawyer, Bleistein, her lover y...

A Day at the Museum

A Day at the Museum

2008

as Mosk

4.5
Acting

Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin,...

School's Out

School's Out

2008

as Professor Martineau

5.8
Acting

A few days before the baccalaureate, a high school student decides to settle accounts with the most cowardly teacher in the school.

The Second Wind

The Second Wind

2007

as le commissaire Blot

6.0
Acting

Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu ne...

The Witnesses

The Witnesses

2007

as Adrien

6.4
Acting

Paris, 1984. A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

2006

as Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse

4.1
Acting

After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever

2006

Writer

4.1
Writing

After the Club Med and skiing, what happened to the Bronzés 27 years later? Early response: the same, and worse.

You Are So Beautiful

You Are So Beautiful

2005

as Aymé Pigrenet

6.4
Acting

Aymé Pigrenet, a recently widowed farmer, is eager to find a new wife to help him run his farm. Desperate, he seeks the aid of a local matchmaker who ...

93, rue Lauriston

93, rue Lauriston

2004

as Inspecteur Blot

5.6
Acting

93, rue Lauriston, in the 16th arrondissement de Paris, is an address of bleak memory. It was indeed the headquarter of the French Gestapo, which was ...

Madame Edouard

Madame Edouard

2004

as le commissaire Léon

4.4
Acting

In Brussels, one discovers the bodies of young women buried behind the tombs of famous painters… In each of them, it lacks the right forearm. Yarn nee...

L'Affaire Dominici

L'Affaire Dominici

2003

as Commissaire Sébeille

7.0
Acting

During the night of August 4-5, 1952, three Englishmen, Jack Drummond, his wife Anne and their daughter Elizabeth were murdered near their car near th...

Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres

Les Bronzés, le père Noël, papy et les autres

2003

as Self

Acting

Les Bronzés, le Père Noël, Papy et les autres....Discover or rediscover the emblematic scenes of these cult films that have crossed generations withou...

Summer Things

Summer Things

2002

as Jean-Pierre

5.9
Acting

Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it ...

Summer Things

Summer Things

2002

Screenplay, Director

5.9
Writing Directing

Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it ...

Espèces menacées

Espèces menacées

2001

Adaptation

6.7

An accountant, presumed honest, inadvertently finds 7 million francs in his bag and decides to change his life.

The Escort

The Escort

1999

Director, Screenplay

5.3
Directing Writing

Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself. He meets friendly Tom, who offers to help him make en...

The Grand Dukes

The Grand Dukes

1996

as Shapiron

6.0
Acting

Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of cour...

Prêt-à-Porter

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

as Inspector Forget

5.2
Acting

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

The Monster

The Monster

1994

as Paride Taccone, le psychiatre

7.0
Acting

A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate ha...

The Monster

The Monster

1994

Adaptation

7.0

A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate ha...

Dead Tired

Dead Tired

1994

as Michel Blanc / Patrick Olivier

6.0
Acting

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fa...

Dead Tired

Dead Tired

1994

Director, Dialogue, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fa...

Toxic Affair

Toxic Affair

1993

as The suicidal

4.4
Acting

In this erstwhile comedy, Penelope (Isabelle Adjani) is already sufficiently unsettled by the fact that she is no longer a top model, and must cast ar...

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

1993

6.5
Acting

Show recorded on February 26, 1993 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

Prospero's Books

Prospero's Books

1991

as Alonso

6.8
Acting

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this un...

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

1991

as Norbert

6.1
Acting

A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus. He does a favor for a friend and finds...

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck

1991

as L'hindou

5.3
Acting

This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems.

Thank You, Life

Thank You, Life

1991

as Raymond Pelleveau, le père jeune

6.4
Acting

Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new frien...

Uranus

Uranus

1990

as Gaigneux

6.6
Acting

After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The...

Separate Bedrooms

Separate Bedrooms

1989

as Martin

5.3
Acting

Martin and Gert lead a very quiet life, until the day when their path crosses that of Marie and Francis. Martin, the shy one, lets himself be seduced ...

Monsieur Hire

Monsieur Hire

1989

as Monsieur Hire

7.3
Acting

A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local...

Sans peur et sans reproche

Sans peur et sans reproche

1988

as Verdiglione, surgeon

5.4
Acting

Without fear and beyond reproach: the life of the brave knight de Bayard reviewed and corrected with humorous sauce.

L'Excès contraire

L'Excès contraire

1988

Director

7.0
Directing
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale

Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale

1988

as Walter Arbeit

3.6
Acting

The leader of a nudist camp enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he should receive the Legion of Honor.

The Fugitives

The Fugitives

1986

as Doctor Bourdarias (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained ro...

I Hate Actors

I Hate Actors

1986

as Monsieur Albert

5.4
Acting

A Hollywood studio is producing another spectacular when the top billed male stars suddenly show up as corpses, killed before the critics could ever p...

Ménage

Ménage

1986

as Antoine

6.6
Acting

Bickering couple Monique and Antoine are interrupted by bisexual burglar Bob while fighting in a bar. With husband and wife in need of cash, Bob teach...

Bunny's Bar

Bunny's Bar

1985

as Jacques, portier

6.0
Acting

In the cloakroom of Bunny's Bar, a shabby striptease box, Anita, a cloakroom lady, celebrates her last night of work: she has to join Paul in Metz to ...

Drôle de samedi

Drôle de samedi

1985

as Driving school student

1.0
Acting

For Véronique and Pierre, it's a strange Saturday: unusual encounters and unpredictable events follow one after another...

Nuit d'ivresse

Nuit d'ivresse

1985

as Jacques Belin

5.4
Acting

In a bar, ex-TV host Belin meets Frede, an ex-maid who just got out of prison. Between them, they manage to create panic everywhere they go. The next ...

Dream One

Dream One

1984

as Boris / Nemo's Father

3.3
Acting

Based on Winsor McCay's comic strip, a little boy embarks on a dream-like adventure. Also known as Dream One.

The Defective Detective

The Defective Detective

1984

as Laurent Martin

7.5
Acting

Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has r...

Marche à l'ombre

Marche à l'ombre

1984

as Denis

6.5
Acting

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here ...

Marche à l'ombre

Marche à l'ombre

1984

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

Two friends, one a musician the other constantly depressed wander around Greece and France till they get to Paris without a penny to their name. Here ...

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983

as Le père Lebœuf, résistant

6.9
Acting

It is 1943 in Paris. Like so many others, the Bourbelle family's home has been taken over by the Germans and they now live in their cellar. Little do ...

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!

Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!

1983

as Leroux

5.3
Acting

Inspector Leroux is investigating the owner of a contemporary art gallery Helen Duvernet who is suspected of being involved in trafficking of stolen p...

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi

Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi

1983

as Pierre

Acting

Divorced parents are concerned about the behavior of their teenage son who is rebelling against society.

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

Santa Claus Is a Stinker

1982

as L'obsédé sexuel au téléphone (voice)

7.3
Acting

Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfrien...

Singles

Singles

1982

as Bernard

5.1
Acting

Abandoned by his wife, Bernard struggles to overcome his grief and settles in a residence for singles. Employed by "SOS Doctors", he provides night gu...

Singles

Singles

1982

Screenplay

5.1
Writing

Abandoned by his wife, Bernard struggles to overcome his grief and settles in a residence for singles. Employed by "SOS Doctors", he provides night gu...

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

1981

as Guy

6.3
Acting

Guy is fired from is job, and asks to stay with his friend and his girlfriend in their apartment. The longer he stays, the more disaster he creates.

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's

1981

Screenplay, Adaptation

6.3
Writing

Guy is fired from is job, and asks to stay with his friend and his girlfriend in their apartment. The longer he stays, the more disaster he creates.

The Horse of Pride

The Horse of Pride

1980

as Corentin Calvez

6.1
Acting

In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways: three generations under one roof, a division...

The Other One's Mug

The Other One's Mug

1979

as Taboureau

5.6
Acting

Martial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a forthcoming election. When he learns that a notorious...

Out of Whack

Out of Whack

1979

as Marcel Dupin / Passager métro effrayé

6.0
Acting

Rien ne va plus is a series of comedy sketches of disparate quality, on the social, cultural, and political foibles that make the French, French. Vari...

French Fried Vacation 2

French Fried Vacation 2

1979

as Jean-Claude Dusse

7.3
Acting

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Cla...

French Fried Vacation 2

French Fried Vacation 2

1979

Writer

7.3
Writing

In this sequel to Les Bronzes (1978) summer has passed, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end for Bernard, Nathalie, Gigi, Jerome, Popeye, Jean-Cla...

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

1979

as Construction site police officer

6.3
Acting

François Perrin is a journalist who reads the news on RTL radio. Alone in life, his only "amusement" is his neighbor from Africa, who makes mildly fun...

Pierrot mon ami

Pierrot mon ami

1979

4.0
Acting

Pierrot, a short-sighted, indolent and distracted young boy gets involved in a carnival at the Palais de la Rigolade whose main attraction is to place...

The Adolescent

The Adolescent

1979

as M. Bertin

4.4
Acting

In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity ...

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears

1979

as Passerby who provides information

5.3
Acting

Two brothers are fighting for a one girl attention...

French Fried Vacation

French Fried Vacation

1978

as Jean-Claude Dusse, the frustrated

6.6
Acting

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, co...

French Fried Vacation

French Fried Vacation

1978

Writer

6.6
Writing

Holidaymakers arriving in a Club Med camp on the Ivory Coast are determined to forget their everyday problems and emotional disappointments. Games, co...

Like a Turtle on Its Back

Like a Turtle on Its Back

1978

as le fêtard qui lit

3.2
Acting

Unable to put a single word on paper, a youngish man with one novel to his credit finds that his life is crumbling to ruins around him because of his ...

Surprise Sock

Surprise Sock

1978

as L'interne

4.0
Acting

Following a car accident, four men find themselves in the hospital, where they sow discord. Meanwhile, their wives take full advantage of their newfou...

Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...

Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...

1978

as Le fils du capitaine

3.2
Acting

Camadule is in charge of buying several barrels of the Beaujolais Nouveau. The Captain and Kamel will travel with him to get the divine beverage.

Focal Point

Focal Point

1977

as Policeman

5.0
Acting

Reporter renowned photographer, Danièle Gaur is conducting an investigation into the alleged accident of her husband Michel. Her research is gradually...

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine

1977

as Antremont

4.7
Acting

Whilst King Gros Pif I amuses himself at debauched banquets, his musketeers pursue their tax-collecting duties with a malicious zeal. Goaded by the co...

Spoiled Children

Spoiled Children

1977

as Agent immobilier véreux

6.3
Acting

Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate himself from his wife in order to complete the script for...

The Devil in the Box

The Devil in the Box

1977

4.5
Acting

Alain Brissot, an executive in a major company, was made redundant following a redundancy plan, but decided to put up a fight by continuing to occupy ...

The Bottom Line

The Bottom Line

1976

as Un copain du café-théâtre

5.4
Acting

An advertising photographer, François, has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. But Christine...

The Tenant

The Tenant

1976

as Scope's Neighbor

7.6
Acting

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

The Probability Factor

The Probability Factor

1976

as Choukroun

3.6
Acting

Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial table...

I Love You, I Don't

I Love You, I Don't

1976

as A worker

5.9
Acting

The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Kr...

The Best Way to Walk

The Best Way to Walk

1976

as Deloux

6.6
Acting

In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a woman, a...

Let's Make a Dirty Movie

Let's Make a Dirty Movie

1976

as Un flic

3.9
Acting

A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.

Let Joy Reign Supreme

Let Joy Reign Supreme

1975

as Louis XV's valet

6.5
Acting

A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.

Un bol d'air

Un bol d'air

1975

as Michel

5.0
Acting
Un bol d'air

Un bol d'air

1975

Writer

5.0
Writing
Bonne présentation exigée

Bonne présentation exigée

1974

as L'homme qui arrive

6.0
Acting
The Girl's Dead, Man

The Girl's Dead, Man

1974

2.5
Acting

A young couple discover an ancient book in the attic and start reading the story of the Malemort family: a sombre household set in the nineteenth cent...