Among other things, Lonsdale played the villain as the wealthy megaloman Hugo Drax in the James Bond film "Moonraker", in which he utters the winged words "Mr. Bond, allow me to introduce you to the airlock", before he himself is pushed out of his space station in space. cold emptiness of Roger Moore's Bond.

Michael Lonsdale has appeared in over 200 film and television productions, including the films "The Jackal", "Ronin" and "Munich" as well as a large number of theater roles.