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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Clémenti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Filmography

• 2008La deuxième femme — Self, Editor, Cinematography, Director
• 2008Positano — Self, Director
• 2008Souvenirs souvenirs — Self, Director
• 1999Hideous Kinky — Santoni
• 1997The Hips of J.W. — Paul
• 1992Attendre le navire
• 1991Massacres — Verdier
• 1990Hard to Be a God — King
• 1990The Austrian — Hébert
• 1989Manon Roland — Marat
• 1989The Silent Woman — Bel-il
• 1988The Sun — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 1985Forty-four, or Bedtime Stories
• 1985In the Shadow of the Blue Rascal — General Korzacouille / Flash, Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
• 1984A Christmas Carol — Ghost of Christmas Past
• 1984Clash — Le jeune homme
• 1984Dog Day — Snake
• Patrik Pacard — Prinz Ali
• 1984Rapt ou la Séparation des races — Firmin
• 1983Brückenschläge
• 1983Doctor Lerne, Subgod — Nicolas
• 1983Edith's Diary
• 1983Exposed — Vic
• 1982Chassé-croisé — Doctor Moreau
• Deuil en 24 heures — Moustiers
• 1982L'amour des femmes — Philippe
• 1982La vraie histoire de Gérard Lechômeur — Gérard Lechômeur, Music
• 1982Le Pont du Nord — Julien
• 1981Check point Charlie — Director
• 1981Paris s'en va
• 1981Quartet — Theo, Pornographer
• 1981The Brunette and Me — Xavier de Royan
• 1981The Fall of the House of Usher — Allan
• 1980Nightmare — Victor
• 1980Stridura
• 1979Madame Sourdis — Ferdinand Sourdis
• 1979New Old — Director, Writer, Producer
• 1979Zoo zéro — Ivo, le bégue
• 1978Bobine 10 — Director
• 1978Little Lips — Paul
• 1978The Song of Roland — Olivier / Le clerc
• 1977Autoportrait d’un schizophrène
• 1977The Sorceror's Apprentice — Saint-Just
• 1976The Red Poster — Marcel Rayman
• 1976Visa de censure n° X — Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
• 1975The Son of Amir Is Dead — Pierre
• 1974De quoi s'agit-il?
• 1974Steppenwolf — Pablo
• 1974Sweet Movie — Potemkin Sailor
• 1974The Irony of Chance — Antoine Desvrières
• 1972Crush Proof
• 1972The Inner Scar — Horseman / Archer
• 1971Jupiter
• 1971La famille
• 1971The Conformist — Pasqualino 'Lino' Semirama
• 1971The Designated Victim — Count Mateo Tiepolo
• 1970Antenna
• 1970Cutting Heads — Shepherd
• 1970Necropolis — Attila
• 1970Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move — Il poeta futuristico
• 1970Renaissance
• 1970The Pacifist — Michele
• 1969His Day of Glory — Co-Director
• 1969Pigsty — Cannibale
• 1969The Milky Way — Angel of Death
• 1969The Virgin's Bed — Jesus
• 1969The Year of the Cannibals — Tiresia
• 1968Book of Saints of Eternal Rome
• 1968Carte de voeux — Director
• 1968Chromo sud
• 1968Listen, Let's Make Love — Lallo
• 1968Partner — Giacobbe I and II
• 1968Pop' game — Un acteur du cabaret (uncredited)
• 1968The Diary of an Innocent Boy — Benjamin
• 1968The Idols — 'Charly le Surineur'
• 1968The Revolution Is Only a Beginning. Let's Continue Fighting. — Director, Cinematography, Editor
• 1968Un film porno
• 1968Wheel of Ashes — Pierre
• 1967Belle de Jour — Marcel
• 1967Bobine 35-02 — Director
• 1967Heads and Tales
• 1967Homeo — Self, Cinematography
• 1967Lamiel — Fedor de Miossens
• 1967Shock Troops — Militiaman
• 1967Visa de Censure [Version 1967] — Director
• 1966Brigade Anti Gangs — 'Trois-Pommes'
• 1966La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
• 1966The Man Who Laughs — Orsini's Partisan
• 1965Enchanted Isles — Pierre
• 1965How Not to Rob a Department Store — Raf, boyfriend
• 1965Les Bargasses
• 1963The Infernal Machine — Young Soldier
• 1963The Leopard — Francesco Paolo
• 1962Adorable Liar — Pierrot (uncredited)
• 1961Flore et Blancheflore — Flore à 16 ans
• 1960Jack of Spades — Paco
• 1960Les Frangines

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2021Les Jours et les Nuits — Self
• 2013Pierre Clémenti, l'absolue liberté — Self (archive footage)
• 1990Russian Adventure. Peter Fleischmann is Filming "Hard to Be a God" — Self
• 198311 testaments — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• 1968Home Movie: On the Set of Philippe Garrel's 'Le lit de la vierge' — Self
• 1966Pop Age — Self
• Pour le plaisir — Self