Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche, was a French stand-up comedian, film actor, activist and philanthropist. He adopted Coluche as a stage name at age 26, as he began his entertainment career. He became known for his irreverent attitude towards politics and the establishment, and he incorporated this into much of his material. Coluche was one of the first major comedians to regularly use profanities as a source of humor on French television. Having become a bankable star of comedy films, he also proved himself a capable dramatic performer by winning the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in So Long, Stooge (1983). Coluche also founded in 1985 the charity "Les Restaurants du Cœur" which still provides free meals and other products to people in need. Early life Colucci was born on 28 October 1944 in a hospital in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. His mother, Simone Bouyer (called "Monette"), worked as a florist in the Boulevard du Montparnasse. His father, Honorio Colucci, an Italian immigrant from Casalvieri, Lazio, was a painter and decorator. His father died in 1947 at age 31 from poliomyelitis; his wife struggled thereafter to raise the young Michel and his sister (Danièle, 18 months older than Michel) on a meagre salary. Coluche showed little promise at school, and left after completing his primary studies (June 1958). He tried various temporary jobs, and had several run-ins with authorities. During this time his mother bought him a guitar, which he taught himself to play. In 1964 he joined the 60th Infantry Regiment de Lons-le-Saunier, but was imprisoned for insubordination. On his return to civilian life, he worked in his mother's florist shop which she had been able to open on rue d'Aligre, and later in a larger shop which she opened near la Gare de Lyon. He found this work dull, and suddenly quit, which caused a long-lasting breach with his mother. At the end of the 1960s he tried his luck as a singer in cafes, then turned to comedy. In 1969, Coluche took part with Romain Bouteille to the founding of the Café de la Gare, a Parisian café-théâtre that would become the meeting place of a group of young comedic actors practically all of whom were to become famous: Patrick Dewaere, Henri Guybet, Miou-Miou, Martin Lamotte, etc. Among the patrons of the Café de la Gare were Georges Moustaki, Raymond Devos, Jean Ferrat, Jacques Brel, Leny Escudero, Pierre Perret and Jean Yanne. Other actors who performed the Café de la Gare early in their careers include Gérard Lanvin, Renaud, Rufus, Diane Kurys, Coline Serreau, Anémone, Gérard Depardieu, Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko and Gérard Jugnot. Coluche's first sketch C'est l'histoire d'un mec (It's the story of a guy) was about the difficulties of telling a funny story. He quickly found success but his alcohol issues led to scuffles with Dewaere and Bouteille and eventually forced him to leave the Café de la Gare, though he later returned to perform there. ... Source: Article "Coluche" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Фільмографія

• 2014Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
• 1985All Mixed Up — Coyotte
• Coluche 1 faux — Self - Host, Creator
• 1985Les Rois du gag — Georges
• 1985Madman at War — Oscar Pilli
• 1984Good King Dagobert — Dagobert 1er
• 1984The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent — Loulou Dupin
• 1983Banzaï — Michel Bernardin
• 1983My Best Friend's Girl — Micky
• 1983So Long, Stooge — Lambert
• 1982Elle voit des nains partout ! — Un hallebardier
• 1982Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ — Ben-Hur Marcel / Aminemephet
• 1981Signé Furax — L'agent double 098 / 099
• 1981The School Teacher — Gérard Barbier
• 1980Inspector Blunder — L'inspecteur stagiaire Michel Clément / Le commissaire Jules Clément
• 1977Drôles de zèbres — Chef
• 1977You Won't Have Alsace-Lorraine — Le roi Gros Pif Ier, Director, Writer
• 1976The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside — L'inspecteur Charbonnier
• 1976Крильце чи ніжка — Gérard Duchemin
• La Cloche tibétaine — André Cécillon
• 1973La Ligne de démarcation — L'évadé
• 1973The Big Store — L'homme du couple visitant l'appartement
• 1973The Year 01 — The office manager
• 1973Themroc — The young neighbor / A worker / A cop
• 1971Troubleshooters — le barman
• 1970The Man with Connections — Marquand
• 1970Віслюча шкіра — Chanteur

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (52)

• 2026Coluche : La liberté de rire, 40 ans déjà — Self (archive footage)
• 2026My Coluche — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Coluche, la véritable histoire d'un mec — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Restos du Cœur, 40 ans de solidarité en France — Self (archives)
• 2023L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Drôles de familles — Self
• 2022Feet in the Mayonnaise: The Irreverent Ones of the 70s — Self - actor (archive footage)
• 2022Fous rires sur les ondes — Self - actor (archive footage)
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
• 2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)
• 202110 mai 1981 : Changer la vie ? — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Coluche, les plus grands sketchs — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Coluche, une époque formidable — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Les 60 ans du one-man-show — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Coluche : le bouffon devenu roi — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde j'écrirai — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Du Schmilblick aux Restos du Cœur, la folle histoire de Coluche — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 1 — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 1 & 2 — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Coluche - Quand je serai grand je serai con - Vol 2 — Self (archive footage)
• 2012Coluche, l'ami public numéro un — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Coluche : Un Clown ennemi d'État — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Le mieux du mieux de Coluche — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Coluche, la France a besoin de toi — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Coluche - Ses plus grands sketches — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Renaud, le Rouge et le Noir — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Coluche - Le jeu de la vérité — Self (archive footage)
• Vivement dimanche — Self (archive footage)
• Stars 90 — Self (archive footage)
• 1985Coluche - Le jeu de la vérité — self
• 1985Coluche 1 faux l'intégrale — Self
• Victoires de la musique — Self
• 1984Journal Bête Et Méchant Presente: Hara-Kiri N°2 — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self, Self (archive footage)
• 1981Droit de Réponse — Self
• 1981Reporters — self
• 1976Coluche : C'est pour rire — Self
• 1976Mosaïque — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi Première — Self
• Numéro un — Self, Self (archive footage)
• Système 2 — Self, Self - Co-Host
• Spécial cinéma — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Cadet Rousselle — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• À bout portant — Self
• Journal Bête Et Méchant Presente: Hara-Kiri N°1 — Self