entertainment">Lonsdale was born in Paris to a French mother and British father and raised bilingually. From 1956 he played in more than 180 films and was also active in theater.
entertainment">Most people probably know Lonsdale for his role as the villain Sir Hugo Drax in the Bond film Moonraker from 1979, with Roger Moore as James Bond. In this film, he plays a megalomaniacal madman who wants to establish a superior race in space.
entertainment">In later life he became very appreciative of the drama men and gods (2010) about monks in Algeria who live peacefully with Muslim villagers but are confronted with terrorism.
entertainment">Lonsdale was also featured in the Day of the Jackal (1973) in The Name of the Rose (1986) after the book of Umberto Eco.
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