Alain Cuny
Actor
85 years (Jul 12, 1908 – May 16, 1994)Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Alain Cuny has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor whose name has been turning up in credits for decades. Drama has been the most frequent territory. Very few actors keep finding work for 86 years. 'La Dolce Vita' is the most-watched work of the career, as Steiner. He also turns up in 'Emmanuelle'.
Alain Cuny
Actor
Alain Cuny has been in the trade long enough to be called a veteran actor whose name has been turning up in credits for decades. Drama has been the most frequent territory. Very few actors keep finding work for 86 years. 'La Dolce Vita' is the most-watched work of the career, as Steiner. He also turns up in 'Emmanuelle'.
48 Movies
Plays Mario
Emmanuelle
1974
Plays Steiner
La Dolce Vita
1960
Plays Marquis
The Return of Casanova
1992
Plays Claude Frollo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
Plays Old Mafioso
Detective
1985
Plays Lica
Satyricon
1969
Plays Xul (voice)
Time Masters
1982
Plays Gilles, a Minstrel
The Devil's Envoys
1942
Plays Sitting Bull
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
Plays Louis-Prosper Claudel
Camille Claudel
1988
Plays Man with cape
The Milky Way
1969
Plays El Viudo Xius
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1987
Plays Henri Tournier
The Lovers
1958
Plays Vecchio Crimen
Sweet War, Farewell
1991
Plays Cavarzan
Scano Boa
1961
Plays Lodi
The Lady Without Camelias
1953
Plays Mario Cantone
The Basileus Quartet
1983
Plays Profesor Woland & Satana
The Master and Margarita
1972
Plays Barone Nicola Rotunno
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979
Plays Turpin/der Mönch
The Song of Roland
1978
Plays Gen. Leone
Many Wars Ago
1970
Plays Antonio
The Forbidden Christ
1951
Plays Leonardo Mattioli
Corruption
1963
Plays Hervé Bontemps
Banana Peel
1963
Plays Baron Von Eggerth
Cross of the Living
1962
Director
Plays Anne Vercors
The Annunciation of Marie
1991
Plays Hervé
The Phantom Baron
1943
Plays Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973
Plays Il conte Davide
I prosseneti
1976
Plays teologa Belga
The Audience
1972
Plays Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)
My Crimes After Mein Kampf
1940
Plays Pascal Giroud
The Solitary Conquerors
1952
Plays La voix du pur esprit
Roberte
1979
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The Return of Casanova
Marquis
1992
The Annunciation of Marie
Anne Vercors
1991
Sweet War, Farewell
Vecchio Crimen
1991
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
Merlin
1990
Camille Claudel
Louis-Prosper Claudel
1988
Umi e, See You
Don Macine
1988
La coscienza di Zeno
Alfio Cosini sr. · 2 episodes
1988–
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
El Viudo Xius
1987
The Distant Land
Aigner
1987
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Alain Cuny still alive?
Alain Cuny passed away on May 16, 1994 at age 85.
What are the most famous roles of Alain Cuny?
Alain Cuny is best known for roles in La Dolce Vita, Emmanuelle, Satyricon.
How many movies has Alain Cuny been in?
Over a 54-year career (since 1940), Alain Cuny has appeared in 48 movies and 4 TV shows.
What was Alain Cuny's first movie?
The career of Alain Cuny began with My Crimes After Mein Kampf (1940).
What is Alain Cuny's most recent movie or series?
Alain Cuny's most recent release is La famiglia Ricordi, which premiered on January 8, 1995.
What TV shows has Alain Cuny appeared in?
On television, Alain Cuny has appeared in Histoire(s) du cinéma, Cinépanorama, Deuil en 24 heures, Le Roman de Renart.
Alain Cuny
1908-07-12 · Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor.
He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses
Later in his career he had a role in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974). Also in 1974 he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Don't Touch the White Woman!. One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel (1988) as Louis-Prosper Claudel, father of the film's heroine. Cuny worked in both France and Italy, and died in 1994 in Paris.Alain Cuny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.