Michel René Jacques Duchaussoy (29 November 1938 – 13 March 2012)[1] was a French film actor, who appeared in more than 130 films between 1962 and 2012. At first a theatre actor, he worked for many years in the Comédie Française, where he started his career in 1964.[2]
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Born | (1938-11-29)29 November 1938 Valenciennes, France |
Died | 13 March 2012(2012-03-13) (aged 73) Paris, France |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1962-2012 |
Duchaussoy performed in many French classic plays including those by Molière, Marivaux, Corneille and Ionesco. He received the prestigious Molière award for best supporting actor in 2003.[2] The deep-voiced actor dubbed Marlon Brando in the French version of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.[2] In 2010 he co-starred with Sophie Marceau in Yann Samuell's L’age de raison.[2]
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