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