Michael Lonsdale Biography

Fast Facts

• Best known for performing the character of villainous Hugo Drax in the James Bond movie “Moonraker” starring Roger Moore in 1979
• He was born in Paris, his father was British Army officer Edward Lonsdale-Crouch, his mother was Irish French Simone Béraud and he is the nephew of writer Marcel Arland
• He performed the character of hotel owner Jean Berchmans in the French romantic comedy “The First, the Last” starring Albert Dupontel, Bouli Lanners and Suzanne Clément in 2016
• Since he speaks English and French fluently, he dubbed himself in the French version of the James Bond movie “Moonraker” in 1979