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 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.
Filmography
Mon fils d'ailleurs
as The controller
Mon fils d'ailleurs
as The controller
Felix and Lola
as Frantz
Felix and Lola
as Frantz
Les p'tits gars Ladouceur
as Le chef de gare
Les p'tits gars Ladouceur
as Le chef de gare
Bab El Oued City
as Paulo Gosen
Bab El Oued City
as Paulo Gosen
The Thirst for Gold
as Le gendarme
The Thirst for Gold
as Le gendarme
Elli Fat Mat
Elli Fat Mat
My Best Pals
as Le gendarme
My Best Pals
as Le gendarme
Dog's Dialogue
Dog's Dialogue
L'été en pente douce
as Paul le vigile
L'été en pente douce
as Paul le vigile
Levy & Goliath
as Cafe owner
Levy & Goliath
as Cafe owner
Trop tard Balthazar
as Lino
Trop tard Balthazar
as Lino
L'Objectif
L'Objectif
Ménage
as The Nightclub Flirt
Ménage
as The Nightclub Flirt
Triple sec
Triple sec
New Year's Eve At Bob's
New Year's Eve At Bob's
Manipulations
as Michel
Manipulations
as Michel
Stress
Stress
Deadly Circuit
as The Man with the Briefcase
Deadly Circuit
as The Man with the Briefcase
Lucie sur Seine
as L'inspecteur au bonnet
Lucie sur Seine
as L'inspecteur au bonnet
Quartet
as Prison Guard
Quartet
as Prison Guard
The Inquisitor
as Jean-Marie Jabelain, Stolen Car Owner
The Inquisitor
as Jean-Marie Jabelain, Stolen Car Owner
Why Not Us?
as Un client de la librairie
Why Not Us?
as Un client de la librairie
Heat of Desire
as L'employé des wagon-lits
Heat of Desire
as L'employé des wagon-lits
Heat of Desire
as L'employé des wagon-lits
Heat of Desire
as L'employé des wagon-lits
Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's
as Le client au loden
Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's
as Le client au loden
French Fried Vacation 2
as Co-owner of the apartment who leaves late
French Fried Vacation 2
as Co-owner of the apartment who leaves late
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
as Le caissier
These Kids Are Grown-Ups
as Le caissier
La frisée aux lardons
as Aldo, marchand de glaces
La frisée aux lardons
as Aldo, marchand de glaces
French Fried Vacation
as Lenny
French Fried Vacation
as Lenny
This Sweet Sickness
as Raymond
This Sweet Sickness
as Raymond
Spoiled Children
Spoiled Children
Violette & Francois
Violette & Francois
Violette & Francois
Violette & Francois
The Best Way to Walk
as Léni
The Best Way to Walk
as Léni
Thomas
as Antoine
Thomas
as Antoine
That Most Important Thing: Love
as Electrician
That Most Important Thing: Love
as Electrician
The Inheritor
as (uncredited)
The Inheritor
as (uncredited)
The Laboratory of Fear
as Antoine
The Laboratory of Fear
as Antoine