Michel Constantin
Actor
Born July 13, 1924 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Michel Constantin (born Constantin Hokhloff; 13 July 1924 – 28 August 2003) was a French actor and professional volleyball player. He was the men’s national volleyball champion from 1954 to 1956, before making his film debut as a convict in the 1960 prison thriller The Hole. Thanks to his stature and striking features, he became a popular character actor in crime films, often playing thugs and gangsters. He appeared in several films alongside his friend Charles Bronson during the 1970's. Born Constantin Hokhloff in Billancourt (near Paris), he was the son of a White Russian emigre father and his Polish wife. Hokhloff's father was a former officer in the Russian Army, of Kalmyk descent. He had met Hokhloff's mother while he was stationed in Warsaw, Congress Poland. After the Russian Civil War, the coupled moved to Paris, along with many other White emigres. During World War II, he worked at the Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt, where his family lived.
Filmography
Ville à vendre
Docteur Bernier
Big Man
Xavier Baudin
Paparoff
Cyril Paparoff dit Papa
La loi sauvage
Victor Molini
The Compromise
La Baston
Raoul
Le Deuxième Couteau
Commissaire Bartillot
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Le directeur du cinéma
The Vultures
Adjutant Edouard Mahuzard
Amok
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Secutor Flavien Magister
Shot Pattern
Alexandre Gagnon
Fear in the City
Don Vincenzo Talascio
Signé Furax
Grougnache
Plein les poches pour pas un rond...
Steff
The Inglorious Bastards
Veronique
Les Diamants du Président
Georges Lancier
Sahara Cross
Carl Mank
Beyond Fear
Guilloux
The Track
Le capitaine Nimier
No Pockets in a Shroud
Culli
The Beast
Sandro Colautti
OK Patron
Mario (uncredited)
Man in the Trunk
Capt. Augier
Special Killers
Inspector Palma
The Seaman
Bernard Solville
Killing in the Sun
Marius Fantoni, aka 'Fanto'
The Outside Man
Antoine
The Pariah
Xavier Saratov, Georgia's brother and Roberto's friend
The Big Shots
Weiss
Midi trente
Self
There Once Was a Cop
Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
The Lion's Share
Inspector Michel Grazzi
Troubleshooters
Michel
Cold Sweat
Whitey
The Cop
Viletti
Violent City
Killain
Vertigo for a Killer
René
Only the Cool
Coster
Last Known Address
Greg, the henchman
The Comeuppance
Gilani
A Very Curious Girl
André
The Strangers
Chamoun
The Southern Star
Jose
Pillaged
Georges
Dirty Heroes
Sgt Rudolph Petrowsky
Jerk in Istanbul
Vincent
Law of Survival
Stan
Le Deuxième Souffle
Alban
Let's Not Get Angry
Jeff, boss of the "Homard Américain"
The Wise Guys
Skida
Les Gorilles
Otto, the legionnaire (uncredited)
Maigret Sees Red
Cicero
Law of Men
Paulo, friend of Sophie
A Man Named Rocca
Head of the American Racketeers
Le Trou
Geo Cassine
Cinépanorama
Self