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
Marcel
Belle de jour
Potemkin Sailor
Sweet Movie
Hébert
L'Autrichienne
Pasqualino 'Lino' Semirama
Il conformista
Paul
Piccole labbra
Angel of Death
La Voie lactée
Giacobbe I and II
Partner
King
Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein
Theo
Quartet
Ivo, le bégue
Zoo zéro
Cannibale
Porcile
Pablo
Steppenwolf
Marcel Rayman
L'Affiche rouge
Julien
Le Pont du Nord
Pierrot (uncredited)
Adorable menteuse
Benjamin
Benjamin ou les mémoires d'un puceau
Jesus
Le Lit de la Vierge
Stridura
Attila
Necropolis
General Korzacouille / Flash
À l'ombre de la canaille bleue
Pierre
As Ilhas Encantadas
Il poeta futuristico
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa
Tiresia
I cannibali
Shepherd
Cabezas cortadas
Self
Les Jours et les Nuits
Raf, boyfriend
Cent Briques et des tuiles
Pierre
Wheel of Ashes
Un film porno
De quoi s'agit-il?
'Charly le Surineur'
Les Idoles
Xavier de Royan
La Brune et moi
Michele
La pacifista
44 ou les récits de la nuit
Un acteur du cabaret (uncredited)
Pop' game
Lallo
Scusi, facciamo l'amore?
Horseman / Archer
La cicatrice intérieure
Self
Home Movie, autour du 'Lit de la vierge'
Santoni
Hideous Kinky
Self
Russisches Abenteuer. Peter Fleischmann dreht "Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein."
Victor
Cauchemar
Verdier
Massacres
Vic
Exposed
'Trois-Pommes'
Brigade antigangs
Militiaman
Un homme de trop
Les Bargasses
Ghost of Christmas Past
Le Chant de Noël
Fedor de Miossens
Lamiel
Nicolas
L'Étrange château du docteur Lerne
Le jeune homme
Clash
Paul, Henrique
Le Bassin de J. W.
Pornographer
Quartet
La sua giornata di gloria
Visa de censure n° X
Allan
La Chute de la maison Usher
Gérard Lechômeur
La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur
Doctor Moreau
Chassé-croisé
Francesco Paolo
Il gattopardo
Self
Homeo
Chromo sud
New Old
Soleil
Antoine Desvrières
L'Ironie du sort
Self
La deuxième femme
Paris s'en va
Philippe
L'amour des femmes
Ediths Tagebuch
Brückenschläge
Snake
Canicule
Renaissance
Pierre
Le fils d'Amr est mort
Saint-Just
Les apprentis sorciers
Olivier / Le clerc
La Chanson de Roland
La famille
Les Frangines
Crush Proof
Autoportrait d’un schizophrène
Jupiter
Bel-il
Une Femme Tranquille
Heads and Tales
Count Mateo Tiepolo
La vittima designata
Libro di Santi di Roma eterna
Orsini's Partisan
L'uomo che ride
Self
Pop Age
Self
Souvenirs souvenirs
Self
Positano
Paco
Chien de pique
Attendre le navire
Firmin
Rapt ou la Séparation des races
Ferdinand Sourdis
Madame Sourdis
Antenna
Marat
Manon Roland
La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
Self
11 testaments
Flore
Flore et Blancheflore
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Clémenti, l'absolue liberté
Young Soldier
La machine infernale
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-09-28
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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