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Michel Constantin


1924 - 2003

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The actor Michel Constantin was born as Constantin Hokloff in Billancourt. Because of his stature the tall actor impressed the audience.

At the beginning of the 50's he worked as a journalist for "L'Equipe" and was captain of the French volleyball team. There he met his wife Maurine who played for the Algerian team.

Michel Constantin made his film debut in 1956 with "En effeuillant la marguerite" (56), but his breakthrough followed four years later when he was engaged by Jacques Becker for the movie "Le trou" (60).
In the next years he was often engaged at French warhorses like Lino Ventura and Jean-Paul Belmondo, so in "Les grandes gueules" (66), "Ne nous fâchons pas" (66), "Le deuxième souffle" (66), "Dernier domicile connu" (70) and "La scoumoune" (72).

Other well-known movies of those years were "Mise à sac" (67), "La loi du survivant" (67), "La peau de torpedo" (70), "La part des lions" (71), "Il était une fois un flic" (71), "Les caïds" (72), "OK patron" (74), "La traque" (75) and "Ca fait tilt" (78).

His appearances in front of the camera became rarer from the 80's still he acted in other popular movies like "Signé Furax" (81), "Tir groupé" (82), "La baston" (85), "La loi sauvage" (88), "Femme de voyou" (91) and "Paris Melody" (94). 
 

Other movies with Michel Constantin: 
Un nommé La Rocca (61) La loi des hommes (62) Maigret voit rouge (63) Les gorilles (64) Jerk à Istambul (67) Dalle Ardenne all'inferno (67) The Southern Star (69) Les étrangers (69) La fiancée du pirate (69) L'ardoise (69) Citta violenta (70) De la part des copains (70) Vertige pour un tueur (70) Un condé (70) Laisse aller c'est une valse (71) Avec le coeur (72) Un homme est mort (72) Les hommes (73) Le mataf (73) La valise (73) La chica de Via Condotti (74) Un linceul n'a pas de poches (74) La vitesse du vent (74) Il bestione (74) Au-delà de la peur (75) Serie "Les diamants du président" (77) Sahara Cross (77) Quel maledetto treno blindato (77) Plein les poches pour pas un rond... (78) Il cappotto di legno (81) Mettez du sel sur la queue de l'oiseau pour l'attraper (82) Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (82) Les morfalous (84) Le téléphone sonne toujours deux fois (85) Le deuxième couteau (85) Serie "Marc et Sophie: Nicotine ni coquille" (88) Il professore - 395'000 dollar l'oncia (88) Paparoff se dédouble (90) Ville à vendre (92)


 
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