- Was good friends with Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. They all supported the communist movement, but Piccoli disapproved of the totalitarian regimes in former Eastern Europe.
- Was the favorite co-star of his best friend, actress Romy Schneider.
- Very good friends with late Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni and French actress Catherine Deneuve.
- Supported young directors by producing their movies.
- Despite an extraordinary career with more than 200 projects in 60 years of activity, Piccoli never won a César award (the French equivalent for the Oscars) and only received four nominations as Best Actor.
- The son of Marcelle Zoë (Expert-Bezançon), a pianist, and Henri Piccoli (born Constantin Charles-Henri Piccoli), a violinist. His mother was the youngest of twelve children of French industrialist and senator Charles Frédéric Expert-Bezançon, and the only artist among the twelve siblings.
- In 2012, won the Italian movie prize the 'David di Donatello' for his role in the movie 'Habemus Papam'.
- Supported Lionel Jospin's 2002 presidential campaign.
- His great-grandfather, Victor Constantin Piccoli, was of Swiss-Italian descent, from Quinto, Leventina, Canton Ticino, Switzerland. His other ancestry was French, with some German.
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
- Has one daughter, Cordelia Piccoli, with Eléonore Hirt.
- Shares his birthday with another esteemed French actor, Gerard Depardieu.
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