Michel Blanc, the legendary French actor greatest identified for his roles within the Les Bronzés movies and Monsieur Rent , has died. He was 72. He died early Friday morning at a Parisian hospital after struggling a coronary heart assault the earlier evening, in response to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
France’s President Emmanuel Macron additionally paid tribute to Blanc on X (previously Twitter), writing, “He made us cry with laughter and moved us to tears. A monument of French cinema, Michel Blanc has gone. Our ideas exit to his family members and his performing accomplices.
” Born on April 16, 1952, in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine), France, Blanc had a ardour for classical music from a younger age. However he later modified course and co-founded the Le Splendid troupe, a café-théâtre firm, within the Seventies together with his buddies, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Claire Magnin. As for his movie tasks, Blanc was identified for his position as Jean-Claude Dusse within the 1978 Patrice Leconte-directed French comedy Les Bronzés ( French Fried Trip ).
He later reprised his roles within the 1979 and 2006 follow-up movies. He was additionally praised for his position because the titular character in Leconte’s 1989 crime thriller Monsieur Rent . His efficiency earned him a greatest actor César Award nomination.
He later gained the César for greatest supporting actor for L’Exercic.