Pierre Clémenti

Acting

Born Sep 28, 1942

From Paris, France

Died Dec 27, 1999

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.

Pierre Clémenti

Known For

Little Lips

Belle de Jour

The Leopard

The Conformist

Wheel of Ashes

Hideous Kinky

The Milky Way

Exposed

Quartet

Sweet Movie

Filmography — Acting

Little Lips

Belle de Jour

The Leopard

The Conformist

Wheel of Ashes

Hideous Kinky

The Milky Way

Exposed

Quartet

Sweet Movie

Pigsty

Steppenwolf

The Year of the Cannibals

The Austrian

Lamiel

Hard to Be a God

The Song of Roland

Partner

Shock Troops

Listen, Let's Make Love

The Pacifist

The Designated Victim

Clash

The Man Who Laughs

Zoo zéro

The Diary of an Innocent Boy

Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move

Dog Day

La deuxième femme

Brigade Anti Gangs

Les Jours et les Nuits

Cutting Heads

Adorable Liar

Necropolis

The Inner Scar

Pop Age

The Idols

Le Pont du Nord

Visa de censure n° X

The Sorceror's Apprentice

Massacres

Chassé-croisé

Edith's Diary

The Virgin's Bed

Positano

Antenna

The Irony of Chance

A Christmas Carol

Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"

The Hips of J.W.

Doctor Lerne, Subgod

The Fall of the House of Usher

L'amour des femmes

Pop' game

New Old

Crush Proof

Jupiter

In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal

How Not to Rob a Department Store

Les Frangines

Forty-four, or Bedtime Stories

Nightmare

Manon Roland

Paris s'en va

Homeo

Attendre le navire

Souvenirs souvenirs