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Philippe Léotard

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Born August 28, 1940Died August 25, 2001 (60 years)
Philippe Léotard ( born Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi August 28, 1940 - died August 25, 2001) was a French actor, poet, and singer.

He was born in Nice , one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of which he was the oldest - and was the brother of politician François Léotard. His childhood was normal except for an illness (rheumatic fever) which struck him and forced him to spend days in bed during which time he read a great many books. He was particularly fond of the poets - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Blaise Cendrars. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964 they formed the théâtre du soleil.

He played Philippe, the tormented son of a women with terminal illness, in the 1974 drama film La Gueule ouverte, by the controversial director Maurice Pialat. He won a César Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1982 movie La Balance.

One of his few English-language roles was a cameo in the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal and he co-starred as "Jacques" in the 1975 John Frankenheimer movie French Connection II which starred Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey, (sequel to The French Connection).

Léotard died in 2001 of respiratory failure in Paris at the age of 60. He was interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Chillers
Known For
  • French Connection II
  • Two English Girls
  • Les Misérables
  • La balance
  • So Long, Stooge
  • The South
  • Jane B. for Agnes V.
  • Max and the Junkmen
  • The Mouth Agape
  • Snack Bar Budapest
  • A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
  • Le choc
  • Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
  • The Flesh
  • Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
  • Élisa
  • The Middle of the World
  • The Hippies
  • La petite sirène
  • Cat and Mouse
  • A Week's Vacation
  • The Track
  • L'oeuvre au noir
  • The Pirate

Filmography

2010
What War May Bring · as Cameo Appearance
1997
Black Dju · as Inspecteur Plettschette
1995
Les Misérables · as Thénardier 1942
1995
Élisa · as Gitanes Smoker
1994
1992
Ville à vendre · as Jean Boulard
1991
The Flesh · as Nicola
1990
In the Eye of the Snake · as Phil Anzer
1990
1990
No Time for Justice · as Auclair
1990
There Were Days... and Moons · as Le Chanteur Abandonné
1990
Chillers (TV Series) · as André Arnaud
1989
Le banquet · as Socrates
1988
La couleur du vent · as Pierre
1988
1988
L'oeuvre au noir · as Henri-Maximilien
1988
The South · as Roberto
1988
Jane B. for Agnes V. · as Painter / Murderer
1987
1986
L'état de grâce · as Pierre-Julien
1986
L'aube · as Gad
1986
Le paltoquet · as Kaufmann
1985
1985
Farewell to Fred · as Fred
1985
Rouge-gorge · as Louis Ducasse
1985
1984
The Pirate · as N° 5
1984
Les fauves · as Léandro Santini
1984
Femmes de personne · as Antoine
1983
So Long, Stooge · as Bauer
1982
Mora · as Mora
1982
La balance · as Dédé Laffont
1982
Paradis pour tous · as Marc Lebel
1982
Le choc · as Félix
1981
The Hippies · as Blaise
1980
Caleb Williams (TV Series) · as Raymond
1980
1980
La petite sirène · as Georges Maréchal
1980
A Week's Vacation · as Le Docteur Sabouret
1980
The Imprint of Giants · as Lucien Chabaud
1979
Le Journal (TV Series) · as Clébert
1979
The French Atlantic Affair (TV Series) · as Blondin
1979
Short Memory · as Frank Barila
1978
Judith Therpauve · as Jean-Pierre Maurier
1978
1978
Her Ladyship the Judge (1978) (TV Series) · as Guérin
1977
Solemn Communion · as Jacques Gravet
1977
1976
1976
The Good and the Bad · as Le Vendeur De Citroën
1975
1975
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Joë Bousquet
1975
Cat and Mouse · as Pierre Chemin
1975
French Connection II · as Jacques
1975
The Track · as Paul Danville
1975
The Wonderful Crook · as Julien
1974
The yellow caravan (TV Series) · as Vladimir Petropavlovsky
1974
1974
The Mouth Agape · as Philippe
1974
Juliette and Juliette · as Le Dragueur De Juliette Vidal
1973
The Day of the Jackal · as Gendarme
1973
Kamouraska · as Antoine
1973
La porteuse de pain (TV Series) · as Jacques Garaud Jeune
1972
Chinese Glory · as Michel Perrat
1972
1972
To Be Twenty in the Aures · as Lieutenant Perrin
1972
La cerisaie · as Lacha
1971
Two English Girls · as Diurka
1971
1971
Max and the Junkmen · as Losfeld
1970
Bed & Board · as L'homme Ivre (uncredited)

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