Michel Blanc
Acting1952Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Biography
Michel Blanc (16 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. He also appeared in more serious roles, such as the title role in the Patrice Leconte film Monsieur Hire.
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Known For
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Mayor
French Fried Vacation 2
Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse
The Tenant
Scope's Neighbor
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
L'obsédé sexuel au téléphone (voice)
R.A.I.D. Special Unit
Jacques Pasquali
French Fried Vacation
Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse
The New Adventures of Aladdin
Sultan
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse
Acting History
2025
The Rookie Guide
as Docteur Charoux
The Safe House
as Père-Grand
Michel Blanc, sur un malentendu
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Small Victories
as Emile Menoux
Top Dogs
as Jean-Pierre Deloup
Take a Chance on Me
as Judge Gilles d'Outremont
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Têtàtête(s)
TVas Self - Guest
2021
Christmas with the Tuches
as Jean-Yves Marteau
2019
A Good Doctor
as Serge Mamou Mani, the doctor
2018
Kiss & Tell
as Jean-Pierre
Salut les Terriens !
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Kiss & Tell
Writer
Kiss & Tell
Director
2017
R.A.I.D. Special Unit
as Jacques Pasquali
2015
The New Adventures of Aladdin
as Sultan
2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey
as Mayor
Les Souvenirs
as Le père de Romain
Des Bronzés au Père Noël, la folle histoire du Splendid
as Self / Various characters
2013
Half-Sister
as Paul
2011
The Day I Saw Your Heart
as Eli Dhrey
The Minister
as Gilles, director of staff
2010
A Spot of Bother
as Jean-Paul Muret
A Spot of Bother
Writer
2009
The Girl on the Train
as Samuel Bleistein
C à vous
TVas Self• 1 eps
2008
A Day at the Museum
as Mosk
School's Out
as Professor Martineau
2007
The Witnesses
as Adrien
The Second Wind
as le commissaire Blot
2006
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
as Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse
2005
You Are So Beautiful
as Aymé Pigrenet
2004
Madame Edouard
as le commissaire Léon
93, rue Lauriston
as Inspecteur Blot
2003
L'Affaire Dominici
as Commissaire Sébeille
2002
2001
Vivement dimanche
TVas Self• 2 eps
Espèces menacées
Adaptation
1999
The Escort
Director
The Escort
Screenplay
1996
The Grand Dukes
as Shapiron
1994
Dead Tired
as Michel Blanc / Patrick Olivier
Prêt-à-Porter
as Inspector Forget
The Monster
as Paride Taccone, le psychiatre
The Monster
Adaptation
Dead Tired
Director
Dead Tired
Dialogue
Dead Tired
Screenplay
1993
1992
Coucou c'est nous !
TVas Self• 2 eps
1991
The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
as L'hindou
Thank You, Life
as Raymond Pelleveau, le père jeune
Prospero's Books
as Alonso
1990
Uranus
as Gaigneux
Les Nuls, l'émission
TVas Self - Guest
1989
Monsieur Hire
as Monsieur Hire
Separate Bedrooms
as Martin
1988
Sans peur et sans reproche
as Verdiglione, surgeon
Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
as Walter Arbeit
Palace
TVas Service des fraudes
L'Excès contraire
Director
1987
Sacrée Soirée
TVas Self• 1 eps
1986
Ménage
as Antoine
The Fugitives
as Doctor Bourdarias (uncredited)
I Hate Actors
as Monsieur Albert
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self• 1 eps
1985
Drôle de samedi
as Driving school student
Nuit d'ivresse
as Jacques Belin
Bunny's Bar
as Jacques, portier
Nuit d'ivresse
Stage Director
1984
Marche à l'ombre
as Denis
Dream One
as Boris / Nemo's Father
The Defective Detective
as Laurent Martin
Marche à l'ombre
Director
Marche à l'ombre
Writer
1983
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Le père Lebœuf, résistant
Move Along, There Is Nothing to See!
as Leroux
Après tout ce qu'on a fait pour toi
as Pierre
1982
Singles
as Bernard
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
as L'obsédé sexuel au téléphone (voice)
Champs-Elysées
TVas Self• 5 eps
Merci Bernard
TVas Jean Bortansis
Singles
Screenplay
1980
The Horse of Pride
as Corentin Calvez
1979
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
as Construction site police officer
French Fried Vacation 2
as Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse
Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
as Passerby who provides information
The Other One's Mug
as Taboureau
The Adolescent
as M. Bertin
Out of Whack
as Marcel Dupin / Passager métro effrayé
Les 400 Coups de Virginie
TVas l'antiquaire
French Fried Vacation 2
Writer
1978
French Fried Vacation
as Jean-Claude "Jessy" Dusse
Surprise Sock
as L'interne
Like a Turtle on Its Back
as le fêtard qui lit
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived
as Le fils du capitaine
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 1 eps
Madame le Juge
TVas un vigile
Rire et sourire : Le Splendid
TVas Différents rôles (Jean Marchand, M. Cinoche)
French Fried Vacation
Writer
1977
Focal Point
as Policeman
Spoiled Children
as Agent immobilier véreux
You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine
as Antremont
Les Héritiers
TVas Ivan
1976
I Love You, I Don't
as A worker
The Tenant
as Scope's Neighbor
The Best Way to Walk
as Deloux
The Probability Factor
as Choukroun
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
as Un flic
The Bottom Line
as Friend from the café-theater
1975
1974
Bonne présentation exigée
as L'homme qui arrive