Piéral was born on November 22, 1923 in Levallois-Perret, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France as Pierre Germain Bernard Aleyrangues. He was an actor, known for Les visiteurs (1980), Cet obscur objet du désir (1977) and Lucrèce Borgia (1953). He died on August 22, 2003 in Paris, France.