Pierre Clémenti

Biography

Pierre Clémenti (28 September 1942 – 27 December 1999) was a French actor. Born in Paris, Clémenti studied drama and began his acting career in the theatre. He secured his first minor screen roles in 1960 in Yves Allégret's Chien de pique performing alongside Eddie Constantine. Arguably, his most famous role was that of gangster lover of bourgeois prostitute Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour, the 1967 classic by Luis Buñuel, in whose film La voie lactée he played the Devil. He appeared in several highly regarded films of the period, working with many of Europe's best known directors, including Luchino Visconti (The Leopard), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Pigsty) and Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist and Partner). Other directors he has worked with are Liliana Cavani, Glauber Rocha, Miklós Jancsó and Philippe Garrel. In 1972, his career was derailed after he was sentenced to prison for allegedly possessing or using drugs. Due to insufficient evidence, Clémenti was released after 17 months; later he penned a book about his time in prison. After his release he played the role of ever-optimistic sailor of the Potemkin in Dusan Makavejev's scandalous movie Sweet movie, and the role of the seductive saxophone player Pablo in Fred Haines's film adaptation of Herman Hesse's novel Steppenwolf. Throughout his career, he continued to be active on-stage. He was also involved with the French underground film movement, directing several of his own films, which often featured fellow underground filmmakers and actors. Visa de censure no X was an experimental work made up of two of films. New Old was a feature length work released in 1978 in which Viva appeared. La Revolution ce ne'est qu'un debut, continuons le combat, followed by In the shadow of the blue rascal and Sun. He died of liver cancer in 1999 Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Clémenti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Little Lips

Belle de Jour

The Leopard

The Conformist

Sweet Movie

Hideous Kinky

Patrik Pacard

All Movies (96)

• Les Jours et les Nuits2021 · as Self
• Pierre Clémenti, l'absolue liberté2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• La deuxième femme2008 · as Self
• Souvenirs souvenirs2008 · as Self
• Hideous Kinky1999 · as Santoni
• The Hips of J.W.1997 · as Paul
• Attendre le navire1992
• Massacres1991 · as Verdier
• The Austrian1990 · as Hébert
• Hard to Be a God1990 · as King
• Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"1990 · as Self
• Manon Roland1989 · as Marat
• The Silent Woman1989 · as Bel-il
• The Sun1988
• In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal1986 · as General Korzacouille / Flash
• Forty-four, or Bedtime Stories1985
• A Christmas Carol1984 · as Ghost of Christmas Past
• Clash1984 · as Le jeune homme
• Dog Day1984 · as Snake
• Rapt ou la Séparation des races1984 · as Firmin
• Doctor Lerne, Subgod1983 · as Nicolas
• Edith's Diary1983
• Exposed1983 · as Vic
• Brückenschläge1983
• 11 testaments1983 · as Self
• La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur1982 · as Gérard Lechômeur
• Le Pont du Nord1982 · as Julien
• Chassé-croisé1982 · as Doctor Moreau
• L'amour des femmes1982 · as Philippe
• Quartet1981 · as Theo
• Quartet1981 · as Pornographer
• The Brunette and Me1981 · as Xavier de Royan
• The Fall of the House of Usher1981 · as Allan
• Paris s'en va1981
• Nightmare1980 · as Victor
• Stridura1980
• Madame Sourdis1979 · as Ferdinand Sourdis
• New Old1979
• Zoo zéro1979 · as Ivo, le bégue
• The Song of Roland1978 · as Olivier / Le clerc
• Little Lips1978 · as Paul
• The Sorceror's Apprentice1977 · as Saint-Just
• Autoportrait d’un schizophrène1977
• The Red Poster1976 · as Marcel Rayman
• Visa de censure n° X1976
• The Son of Amir Is Dead1975 · as Pierre
• Steppenwolf1974 · as Pablo
• Sweet Movie1974 · as Potemkin Sailor
• The Irony of Chance1974 · as Antoine Desvrières
• De quoi s'agit-il?1974
• Crush Proof1972
• The Inner Scar1972 · as Horseman / Archer
• The Designated Victim1971 · as Count Mateo Tiepolo
• La famille1971
• Jupiter1971
• The Conformist1971 · as Pasqualino 'Lino' Semirama
• The Pacifist1970 · as Michele
• Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move1970 · as Il poeta futuristico
• Antenna1970
• Necropolis1970 · as Attila
• Cutting Heads1970 · as Shepherd
• Renaissance1970
• Pigsty1969 · as Cannibale
• The Year of the Cannibals1969 · as Tiresia
• The Virgin's Bed1969 · as Jesus
• The Milky Way1969 · as Angel of Death
• His Day of Glory1969
• Positano1969 · as Self
• Home Movie: On the Set of Philippe Garrel's 'Le lit de la vierge'1968 · as Self
• Book of Saints of Eternal Rome1968
• Partner1968 · as Giacobbe I and II
• Listen, Let's Make Love1968 · as Lallo
• Wheel of Ashes1968 · as Pierre
• The Idols1968 · as 'Charly le Surineur'
• Pop' game1968 · as Un acteur du cabaret (uncredited)
• The Diary of an Innocent Boy1968 · as Benjamin
• Un film porno1968
• Chromo sud1968
• Homeo1967 · as Self
• Heads and Tales1967
• Lamiel1967 · as Fedor de Miossens
• Belle de Jour1967 · as Marcel
• Shock Troops1967 · as Militiaman
• The Man Who Laughs1966 · as Orsini's Partisan
• Brigade Anti Gangs1966 · as 'Trois-Pommes'
• Pop Age1966 · as Self
• La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie1966
• Les Bargasses1965
• How Not to Rob a Department Store1965 · as Raf, boyfriend
• Enchanted Isles1965 · as Pierre
• The Infernal Machine1963 · as Young Soldier
• The Leopard1963 · as Francesco Paolo
• Adorable Liar1962 · as Pierrot (uncredited)
• Flore et Blancheflore1961 · as Flore
• Jack of Spades1960 · as Paco
• Les Frangines1960

All TV Shows (4)

• Patrik Pacard1984 · as Prinz Ali
• Deuil en 24 heures1982 · as Moustiers
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Midi trente1972 · as Self