Michel Jonasz (born 21 January 1947 in Drancy, France) is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor. His compositions include: La boîte de jazz, Joueurs de blues and Les vacances au bord de la mer. Born of Hungarian immigrant parents, Michel Jonasz left school at the age of 15 to find his way in the arts. Painting, theatre and music interested him, but he began his artistic career as a pianist. After working with both Vigon and The Lemons, in 1966 he created the band King Set with his friend, the guitarist Alain Goldstein. Two radio successes made his voice and his talent for rhythm known: an original composition, Apesanteur (Weightlessness), in 1967, and Jezebel in 1968. His solo career began slowly with a single ("45t") at the end of 1968 under the name of Michel Kingset, the next in 1970 under his own name. He had to wait until 1974 to find a large audience with two simultaneous hits ("tubes"): Dites-Moi and Super Nana. Source: Article "Michel Jonasz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 2026La Maison de nos rêves
• The Nursing Home, the TV series — Albert
• 2025Hyacinthe — Monsieur Escudero
• 2024Double foyer — Jacques
• Le Négociateur — Papy Cathou
• 2024Oldies But Goodies — Albert
• 2023Meurtres dans les Gorges du Verdon — Constantin Ravel
• Seeds of Change — Maire de Buis
• 2022À mon tour — Ferdinand Moreno
• 2021Bad Seeds — Gaidz Bogossian
• Un monde, un regard
• He Even Has Your Eyes — M. Vidal
• 2019Roxane — Kerborgne father
• 2019The Swallows of Kabul — Professeur Arash Bayazid (voice)
• 2019The Vets — Michel
• 2019Vagabondes
• 2018In Her Hands — Monsieur Jacques
• 2018Murder on Omaha Beach — Robert Gentil
• 2017Baby Phone — Hubert
• 2017He Even Has Your Eyes — Charles Vidal
• 2017Let It Snow — M. Morgeot
• 2016Dieumerci ! — Daniel
• Lebowitz vs Lebowitz — Georges Warnier
• 2015The Eiffel Tower Mystery — Gustave Eiffel
• 2014ADN, l'âme de la terre — Yacim
• 2014Family Business — René Perez
• 2014The Law — Gaston Defferre
• Murders in... — Constantin Ravel
• Clash — Yvan Sebag, père d'Olivia
• 2012Les pieds dans le plat — Maurice Benhaim
• 2011J'étais à Nüremberg — François Bloch
• L'Homme de la situation — Charles Beaumont
• 2011La Résidence — Martial Node
• Mystery in Paris — Gustave Eiffel
• 2010Fais danser la poussière — Camille
• 2010Un excellent dossier !
• 2009Michel Jonasz : Trio
• 2009The First Star — Monsieur Morgeot
• 2008Behind the Walls — Director - Institution of Supervised Education
• 2007Agathe contre Agathe — Alexis
• Agathe contre Agathe — Alexis
• 2007Two Lives Plus One — Guidalé
• 2006The Valet — André Pignon
• 2005A Love to Hide — Armand Lavandier
• Dalida — Bruno Coquatrix
• 2005Le Triporteur de Belleville — Elie Leïzer
• Le Triporteur de Belleville — Elie Leïzer
• 2005Nina's House — The generous donor
• 2003The Rashevski Tango — Simon Rashevski
• 2001Lisa — Benjamin
• 2000Fugues — Tremblay
• 1999Babel — Patrick Carat
• 1999One 4 All — Le passager sympathique
• 1993Michel Jonasz au Zénith
• Zone interdite — Self, Music
• 1990Miss Missouri — Music
• 1988Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné — Paltiel Kossover
• 1985Le maître-chanteur
• 1984Fire on Sight — Inspector Daniel Galo
• 1982Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ? — Simon
• 1981Clara and the Why Notes — Original Music Composer
• A bras le coeur — Victor Berger

Appearances as themselves (18)

• 2023Tous les chanteurs s'appellent Michel — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Alain Souchon - One Day, One Fate — Self
• 2022Ces chansons de nos vacances — Self
• 2021Chroniques de l'âge tendre — Self
• Basique, le concert — Self
• C à vous — Self - Guest
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Taratata — Self (performer)
• 1989Mister Swing — himself
• Victoires de la musique — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Collaro Show — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi Première — Self
• Numéro un — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self, Self - Main Guest
• Midi trente — Self
• Michel Jonasz - La Fabuleuse Histoire de Mister Swing — himself