Pierre Clémenti
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 28, 1942
- Died
- Dec 27, 1999 (aged 57)
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Credits
- 100
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
Filmography
Les Jours et les Nuits
2021Movie
Self
Pierre Clémenti, l'absolue liberté
2013Movie
Self (archive footage)
La deuxième femme
2008Movie
Self
Souvenirs souvenirs
2008Movie
Self
Hideous Kinky
1999Movie
Santoni
The Hips of J.W.
1997Movie
Paul
Attendre le navire
1992Movie
Massacres
1991Movie
Verdier
The Austrian
1990Movie
Hébert
Hard to Be a God
1990Movie
King
Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God"
1990Movie
Self
Manon Roland
1989Movie
Marat
The Silent Woman
1989Movie
Bel-il
The Sun
1988Movie
Forty-four, or Bedtime Stories
1985Movie
In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal
1985Movie
General Korzacouille / Flash
A Christmas Carol
1984Movie
Ghost of Christmas Past
Patrik Pacard
1984TV
Prinz Ali
Clash
1984Movie
Le jeune homme
Dog Day
1984Movie
Snake
Rapt ou la Séparation des races
1984Movie
Firmin
Doctor Lerne, Subgod
1983Movie
Nicolas
Edith's Diary
1983Movie
Exposed
1983Movie
Vic
Brückenschläge
1983Movie
11 testaments
1983Movie
Self
Deuil en 24 heures
1982TV
Moustiers
La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur
1982Movie
Gérard Lechômeur
Le Pont du Nord
1982Movie
Julien
Chassé-croisé
1982Movie
Doctor Moreau
L'amour des femmes
1982Movie
Philippe
Quartet
1981Movie
Theo, Pornographer
The Brunette and Me
1981Movie
Xavier de Royan
The Fall of the House of Usher
1981Movie
Allan
Paris s'en va
1981Movie
Nightmare
1980Movie
Victor
Stridura
1980Movie
Madame Sourdis
1979Movie
Ferdinand Sourdis
New Old
1979Movie
Zoo zéro
1979Movie
Ivo, le bégue
The Song of Roland
1978Movie
Olivier / Le clerc
Little Lips
1978Movie
Paul
The Sorceror's Apprentice
1977Movie
Saint-Just
Autoportrait d’un schizophrène
1977Movie
The Red Poster
1976Movie
Marcel Rayman
Visa de censure n° X
1976Movie
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
The Son of Amir Is Dead
1975Movie
Pierre
Steppenwolf
1974Movie
Pablo
Sweet Movie
1974Movie
Potemkin Sailor
The Irony of Chance
1974Movie
Antoine Desvrières
De quoi s'agit-il?
1974Movie
Crush Proof
1972Movie
Midi trente
1972TV
Self
The Inner Scar
1972Movie
Horseman / Archer
The Designated Victim
1971Movie
Count Mateo Tiepolo
La famille
1971Movie
Jupiter
1971Movie
The Conformist
1971Movie
Pasqualino 'Lino' Semirama
The Pacifist
1970Movie
Michele
Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move
1970Movie
Il poeta futuristico
Antenna
1970Movie
Necropolis
1970Movie
Attila
Cutting Heads
1970Movie
Shepherd
Renaissance
1970Movie
Pigsty
1969Movie
Cannibale
The Year of the Cannibals
1969Movie
Tiresia
The Virgin's Bed
1969Movie
Jesus
The Milky Way
1969Movie
Angel of Death
His Day of Glory
1969Movie
Positano
1969Movie
Self
Home Movie: On the Set of Philippe Garrel's 'Le lit de la vierge'
1968Movie
Self
Book of Saints of Eternal Rome
1968Movie
Partner
1968Movie
Giacobbe I and II
Listen, Let's Make Love
1968Movie
Lallo
Wheel of Ashes
1968Movie
Pierre
The Idols
1968Movie
'Charly le Surineur'
Pop' game
1968Movie
Un acteur du cabaret (uncredited)
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
1968Movie
Benjamin
Un film porno
1968Movie
Chromo sud
1968Movie
Homeo
1967Movie
Self
Heads and Tales
1967Movie
Lamiel
1967Movie
Fedor de Miossens
Belle de Jour
1967Movie
Marcel
Shock Troops
1967Movie
Militiaman
The Man Who Laughs
1966Movie
Orsini's Partisan
Brigade Anti Gangs
1966Movie
'Trois-Pommes'
Pop Age
1966Movie
Self
La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
1966Movie
Les Bargasses
1965Movie
How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965Movie
Raf, boyfriend
Enchanted Isles
1965Movie
Pierre
Pour le plaisir
1964TV
Self
The Infernal Machine
1963Movie
Young Soldier
The Leopard
1963Movie
Francesco Paolo
Adorable Liar
1962Movie
Pierrot (uncredited)
Flore et Blancheflore
1961Movie
Flore à 16 ans
Jack of Spades
1960Movie
Paco
Les Frangines
1960Movie