Pierre Clémenti
Acting • Born 1942-09-28 – Died 1999-12-27
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.
Filmography
100 credits
Belle de Jour
Movie • 1967
Marcel
Sweet Movie
Movie • 1974
Potemkin Sailor
The Austrian
Movie • 1990
Hébert
The Conformist
Movie • 1971
Pasqualino 'Lino' Semirama
Little Lips
Movie • 1978
Paul
The Milky Way
Movie • 1969
Angel of Death
Partner
Movie • 1968
Giacobbe I and II
Hard to Be a God
Movie • 1990
King
Quartet
Movie • 1981
Theo
Zoo zéro
Movie • 1979
Ivo, le bégue
Pigsty
Movie • 1969
Cannibale
Steppenwolf
Movie • 1974
Pablo
The Red Poster
Movie • 1976
Marcel Rayman
Le Pont du Nord
Movie • 1982
Julien
Adorable Liar
Movie • 1962
Pierrot (uncredited)
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Movie • 1968
Benjamin
The Virgin's Bed
Movie • 1969
Jesus
Stridura
Movie • 1980
Necropolis
Movie • 1970
Attila
In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal
Movie • 1986
General Korzacouille / Flash
Enchanted Isles
Movie • 1965
Pierre
Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move
Movie • 1970
Il poeta futuristico
The Year of the Cannibals
Movie • 1969
Tiresia
Cutting Heads
Movie • 1970
Shepherd
Les Jours et les Nuits
Movie • 2021
Self
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Movie • 1965
Raf, boyfriend
Wheel of Ashes
Movie • 1968
Pierre
Un film porno
Movie • 1968
De quoi s'agit-il?
Movie • 1974
The Idols
Movie • 1968
'Charly le Surineur'
The Brunette and Me
Movie • 1981
Xavier de Royan
The Pacifist
Movie • 1970
Michele
Forty-four, or Bedtime Stories
Movie • 1985
Pop' game
Movie • 1968
Un acteur du cabaret (uncredited)
Listen, Let's Make Love
Movie • 1968
Lallo
The Inner Scar
Movie • 1972
Horseman / Archer
Home Movie: On the Set of Philippe Garrel's 'Le lit de la vierge'
Movie • 1968
Self
Hideous Kinky
Movie • 1999
Santoni
Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"
Movie • 1990
Self
Nightmare
Movie • 1980
Victor
Massacres
Movie • 1991
Verdier
Exposed
Movie • 1983
Vic
Brigade Anti Gangs
Movie • 1966
'Trois-Pommes'
Shock Troops
Movie • 1967
Militiaman
Les Bargasses
Movie • 1965
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1984
Ghost of Christmas Past
Lamiel
Movie • 1967
Fedor de Miossens
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
Movie • 1983
Nicolas
Clash
Movie • 1984
Le jeune homme
The Hips of J.W.
Movie • 1997
Paul
Quartet
Movie • 1981
Pornographer
His Day of Glory
Movie • 1969
Visa de censure n° X
Movie • 1976
The Fall of the House of Usher
Movie • 1981
Allan
La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur
Movie • 1982
Gérard Lechômeur
Chassé-croisé
Movie • 1982
Doctor Moreau
The Leopard
Movie • 1963
Francesco Paolo
Chromo sud
Movie • 1968
Homeo
Movie • 1967
Self
New Old
Movie • 1979
The Sun
Movie • 1988
The Irony of Chance
Movie • 1974
Antoine Desvrières
La deuxième femme
Movie • 2008
Self
L'amour des femmes
Movie • 1982
Philippe
Paris s'en va
Movie • 1981
Renaissance
Movie • 1970
The Song of Roland
Movie • 1978
Olivier / Le clerc
Edith's Diary
Movie • 1983
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Movie • 1977
Saint-Just
Dog Day
Movie • 1984
Snake
The Son of Amir Is Dead
Movie • 1975
Pierre
Brückenschläge
Movie • 1983
La famille
Movie • 1971
Les Frangines
Movie • 1960
Crush Proof
Movie • 1972
Autoportrait d’un schizophrène
Movie • 1977
Jupiter
Movie • 1971
The Silent Woman
Movie • 1989
Bel-il
Heads and Tales
Movie • 1967
The Designated Victim
Movie • 1971
Count Mateo Tiepolo
Book of Saints of Eternal Rome
Movie • 1968
The Man Who Laughs
Movie • 1966
Orsini's Partisan
Pop Age
Movie • 1966
Self
Positano
Movie • 2008
Self
Souvenirs souvenirs
Movie • 2008
Self
Jack of Spades
Movie • 1960
Paco
Attendre le navire
Movie • 1992
Rapt ou la Séparation des races
Movie • 1984
Firmin
Madame Sourdis
Movie • 1979
Ferdinand Sourdis
Antenna
Movie • 1970
Manon Roland
Movie • 1989
Marat
La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
Movie • 1966
11 testaments
Movie • 1983
Self
Flore et Blancheflore
Movie • 1961
Flore
Pierre Clémenti, l'absolue liberté
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The Infernal Machine
Movie • 1963
Young Soldier
Deuil en 24 heures
TV • 1982
Moustiers
Patrik Pacard
TV • 1984
Prinz Ali
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self