Alain Cuny
René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1908-07-12
Place of birth:Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death1994-05-16
85Biography
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
Filmography
Rating by year
- Emmanuelle in OntarioMario (archival footage)2025-09-250.00
- Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the AbsoluteSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)2006-02-126.518
- Fellini: I'm a Born LiarSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)2003-04-026.127
- La famiglia Ricordi1995-01-089.01
- Dear AntonioniSelf1995-01-010.00
- The Return of CasanovaMarquis1992-05-126.037
- The Annunciation of MarieAnne Vercors1991-12-186.17
- Sweet War, FarewellVecchio Crimen1991-09-117.210
- Les chevaliers de la table rondeMerlin1990-11-079.01
- Film sur Georges PerecSelf1990-01-017.01
- Histoire(s) du cinémaSelf1989-05-074.97
- Camille ClaudelLouis-Prosper Claudel1988-12-076.8150
- Umi e, See YouDon Macine1988-05-1810.01
- La coscienza di ZenoAlfio Cosini sr.1988-04-147.01
- Van Gogh à Paris, repéragesLecteur des textes d'Artaud1988-01-010.00
- Lucky RaviPlantation Owner1987-05-1610.01
- Chronicle of a Death ForetoldEl Viudo Xius1987-05-087.386
- The Distant LandAigner1987-01-017.02
- DetectiveOld Mafioso1985-08-235.367
- Buio nella ValleLuigi1984-09-209.01
- The Basileus QuartetMario Cantone1983-01-304.03
- Fellini nel cestinoSelf1983-01-017.51
- Deuil en 24 heuresLe colonel Carvin1982-10-097.52
- Time MastersXul (voice)1982-03-247.2186
- Colomba1982-03-110.00
- The Games of Countess Dolingen1981-09-013.310
- Le JournalWilchaint1979-11-237.01
- RoberteLa voix du pur esprit1979-03-144.37
- Christ Stopped at EboliBarone Nicola Rotunno1979-02-237.296
- The Song of RolandTurpin/der Mönch1978-10-045.58
- I prossenetiIl conte Davide1976-04-284.07
- Illustrious CorpsesJudge Rasto1976-02-126.8102
- Irene, IreneGuido1975-06-028.01
- E il Casanova di Fellini?Self1975-05-0610.01
- Two in the Amsterdam Rain1975-03-208.03
- AntigoneLe Coryphée1974-12-219.01
- EmmanuelleMario1974-06-256.0820
- Le Roman de RenartYsengrin (voice)1974-05-257.01
- Don't Touch the White Woman!Sitting Bull1974-01-235.545
- Valparaiso, ValparaisoBalthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt1973-03-314.67
- The Master and MargaritaProfesor Woland & Satana1972-07-155.333
- The Audienceteologa Belga1972-03-316.538
- The Big Black SowIl Padre di Enrico1971-04-137.01
- Ciao, Federico!Self (uncredited)1970-10-287.29
- Many Wars AgoGen. Leone1970-09-177.3142
- SatyriconLica1969-09-186.7362
- Safari 50001969-07-197.34
- The Milky WayMan with cape1969-02-287.1184
- Mission of FearJean de Brébeuf1965-05-206.52
- CorruptionLeonardo Mattioli1963-11-227.626
- Banana PeelHervé Bontemps1963-01-185.925
- Cross of the LivingBaron Von Eggerth1962-07-256.03
- La Dolce VitaSteiner1960-02-058.02,036
- The LoversHenri Tournier1958-11-056.6136
- The Hunchback of Notre DameClaude Frollo1956-12-196.7119
- Mina de VanghelMr. de Larçay1953-03-069.01
- The Lady Without CameliasLodi1953-02-276.467
- Les Crimes de l'amourMr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')1953-01-026.52
- The Solitary ConquerorsPascal Giroud1952-10-0810.01
- Red Shirts - Anita GaribaldiBueno1952-08-157.52
- The Forbidden ChristAntonio1951-06-086.614
- Solita de CordouePierre Desluc1946-04-249.01
- The Phantom BaronHervé1943-06-166.312
- The Devil's EnvoysGilles, a Minstrel1942-12-056.875
- Stormy WatersUn matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)1941-11-276.870
- Madame Sans-GêneRoustan1941-10-074.02
- My Crimes After Mein KampfMarinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)1940-03-096.02