Pierre Clémenti

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-09-28

Deathday 1999-12-27 (57 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

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

Actor

2008
1998
Hideous Kinky

as Santoni

1997
The Hips of J.W.

as Paul, Henrique

1991
Massacres

as Verdier

1990
The Austrian

as Hébert

1990
1989
1984
Clash

as Le jeune homme

1984
Dog Day

as Snake

1984
Patrik Pacard

as Prinz Ali

1983
1983
Exposed

as Vic

1982
1982
Le Pont du Nord

as Julien

1982
Chassé-croisé

as Docteur Moreau

1982
L'amour des femmes

as Philippe

1982
Deuil en 24 heures

as Moustiers

1981
Quartet

as Theo

1981
Quartet

as Pornographer

1981
The Brunette and Me

as Xavier de Royan

1980
Nightmare

as Victor

1979
Zoo zéro

as Ivo, le bégue

1978
The Song of Roland

as Olivier / Le clerc

1978
Little Lips

as Paul

1977
1976
L'Affiche rouge

as Marcel Rayman

1974
Steppenwolf

as Pablo

1974
Sweet Movie

as Potemkin Sailor

1974
The Irony of Chance

as Antoine Desvrières

1972
The Inner Scar

as Horseman / Archer

1972
Midi trente

as Self

1971
The Designated Victim

as Count Mateo Tiepolo

1970
The Pacifist

as Michele

1970
Necropolis

as Attila

1970
Cutting Heads

as Shepherd

1970
The Conformist

as Pasqualino 'Lino' Semirama

1969
Pigsty

as Cannibale

1969
1969
The Milky Way

as Angel of Death

1968
Partner

as Giacobbe I and II

1968
Wheel of Ashes

as Pierre

1968
The Idols

as Charly le Surineur

1968
Pop' game

as Un acteur du cabaret (uncredited)

1967
Homeo

as Self

1967
Lamiel

as Fedor de Miossens

1967
Belle de Jour

as Marcel

1967
Shock Troops

as Militiaman

1966
The Man Who Laughs

as Orsini's Partisan

1966
Brigade Anti Gangs

as Trois-Pommes

1966
Pop Age

as Self

1965
Enchanted Isles

as Pierre

1963
The Leopard

as Francesco Paolo

1962
Adorable Liar

as Pierrot (uncredited)

1960

Director

2008
La deuxième femme

as Director

2008
2008
Positano

as Director

1988
The Sun

as Director

1981
1979
New Old

as Director

1978
Bobine 10

as Director

1976
1969
His Day of Glory

as Co-Director

1968
Carte de voeux

as Director

1967
Bobine 35-02

as Director

Producer

1988
The Sun

as Producer

1979
New Old

as Producer

1976

Crew

2008
La deuxième femme

as Cinematography

1986
1967
Homeo

as Cinematography

Writer

1988
The Sun

as Writer

1979
New Old

as Writer

1976