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Michel Delahaye

Michel Delahaye

Actor · Died October 22, 2016, aged 87 · Vertou, Loire-Atlantique, France

Michel Delahaye was born in 1929 in Vertou close to Nantes, Bretagne, France. Raised by a very religious father who was an ex-pilot of the Great War (World War I). He attended a Jesuit private school in Saint Malo, during World War II, under the German invasion. In 1951, he did his military service in Germany.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 21, 1929
Died
October 22, 2016 (aged 87)
From
Vertou, Loire-Atlantique, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
19 on MovieCove · 71 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 18% in 30 days

What are Michel Delahaye's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Power
24%
Bonds
22%
Self
20%
Morality
17%
Society
9%
Survival
7%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
4
Melancholic
2
Contemplative
2
Cold
2
Tense
2
Other
7

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Michel Delahaye's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michel Delahaye's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

71 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Holy Motors(2012)

    as Limousine (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Renault-Seguin la fin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Narrator

  • Horezon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • À vot' bon cœur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Member of the Advance on Receipts Committee

  • Victor Schoelcher, l'abolition(1998)

    as Dupont de l'Eure

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fugue en sol mineur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Illusio

  • Out 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Un ethnologue

  • Les jurés de l'ombre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 7 episodes · as Prosecutor

  • The Comedy of Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Le chef de l'ANPE

  • À titre posthume (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Actor

  • Simone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Marcelin

  • The Telephone Always Rings Twice(1985)

    as Un journaliste

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Last Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • At the Top of the Stairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Dialogue · as Le Nantais

  • Une sale histoire de sardines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as The storyteller

  • Exposed(1983)

    as Man in the Street (Paris)

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Archipelago of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director · as Mathieu (segment "Sara")

  • Une villa aux environs de New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Mr. Green

  • Employment Offer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Le chercheur d'emploi

  • Far from Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Le colonel

  • C'est la vie ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Le flic

  • Lourdes l'hiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Michoux

  • La banquière(1980)

    as Chief accountant

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Simone Barbès or Virtue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Writer · as Le Dragueur Délicat

  • Pétain's Advent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Narrator

  • Étienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • Drugstore Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Platon

  • La petite enfance du cinéma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • Mountain Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Writer

  • Take It from the Top (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Le comptable

  • Every Revolution Is a Throw of the Dice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as (Re)citer

  • The Theatre of the Matters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Le client

  • La Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Platon

  • Le vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort(1977)

    as The Professor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Eagle and the Dove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Le psychiatre

  • Shadow of the Castles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Actor

  • Mr. Klein(1976)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Probability Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Member of the board of directors

  • Let's Make a Dirty Movie(1976)

    as Boudon

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Village Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Édouard Lalyre

  • Don't Change Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Colonel Bourgeois

  • Zig Zig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Le chauffeur

  • The Brigade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Rabbi

  • Act of Aggression(1975)

    as Gunsmith

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Serious as Pleasure(1975)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Femmes femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Docteur

  • The Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Le Médecin

  • Cry of the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Actor

  • Romanticism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Benedek Zoietta, architect

  • A Gorgeous Girl Like Me(1972)

    as Marchal

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Chut ! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Actor

  • Blanche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as The Monk

  • Les jonquilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Adolphe

  • Out 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 8 episodes · as Un ethnologue

  • The Albatross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Prison director

  • The Savior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Monnery

  • The Shiver of the Vampires(1971)

    as 1st Vampire

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Edmond, le père

  • Donkey Skin(1970)

    as The Second Minister

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Nude Vampire(1970)

    as Grandmaster

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Winter Wind(1969)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Pierre and Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Actor

  • Mad Love(1969)

    as Michel-Phoenix

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Nun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Un Vicaire

  • Brigitte and Brigitte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Le surveillant

  • Alphaville(1965)

    as von Braun's Assistant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Band of Outsiders(1964)

    as The Doorman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Ro.Go.Pa.G.(1963)

    as (segment "Il nuovo mondo") (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The New World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as (uncredited)

  • The Eighth Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Assistant Director

  • The Yellow Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Art Direction

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 71 titles from 1958 to 2012; peak year 1971.

Biggest box office

Band of Outsiders (1964)

$195K worldwide

Highest rated

Band of Outsiders (1964)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

19582012

Peak 1971 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1963Screen debut· Ro.Go.Pa.G.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting68 of 71: 65 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stDirecting1 of 71: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting3 of 71: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 71: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

71 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1950s1 · crew1960s10 · 9 acting · 1 crew1970s34 · 33 acting · 1 crew1980s19 · 19 acting · 3 crew1990s3 · acting2000s3 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 14 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Michel Delahaye's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 19; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 19 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Victor Schoelcher, l'abolition (1998)

59th percentile spread · 12% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Band of Outsiders (1964)

Midcredits 95th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Michel Delahaye work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michel Delahaye's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jean Rollin shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors