A French stage actor also active in cinema, Terzieff got his break in Marcel Carné’s Les Tricheurs (1958). Employed by some of Europe’s biggest directors, he appeared in Pontecorvo’s Kapo (1959), Clouzot’s La Prisonniere (1968), Bunuel’s A Via Lactea (1968), Pasolini’s Medea (1969), Godard’s Detective (1985) and Berri’s Germinal (1993).