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Philippe Léotard
Actor, Additional Credits
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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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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Known For
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 | Le voleur et la menteuse · as Jeff |
| 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 | |
| 1989 | Le banquet · as Socrates |
| 1988 | La couleur du vent · as Pierre |
| 1988 | Snack Bar Budapest · as Sapo |
| 1988 | L'oeuvre au noir · as Henri-Maximilien |
| 1988 | The South · as Roberto |
| 1988 | Jane B. for Agnes V. · as Painter / Murderer |
| 1987 | If the Sun Never Returns · as Arlettaz |
| 1986 | L'état de grâce · as Pierre-Julien |
| 1986 | L'aube · as Gad |
| 1986 | Le paltoquet · as Kaufmann |
| 1985 | Tangos, the Exile of Gardel · as Pierre |
| 1985 | Farewell to Fred · as Fred |
| 1985 | Rouge-gorge · as Louis Ducasse |
| 1985 | Ni avec toi ni sans toi · as Pierre |
| 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 | Va voir maman, papa travaille · as Vincent |
| 1978 | Her Ladyship the Judge (1978) (TV Series) · as Guérin |
| 1977 | Solemn Communion · as Jacques Gravet |
| 1977 | Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff · as Marec |
| 1976 | Shadow of the Castles · as Luigi |
| 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 | The Middle of the World · as Paul |
| 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 | A Gorgeous Girl Like Me · as Clovis |
| 1972 | To Be Twenty in the Aures · as Lieutenant Perrin |
| 1972 | La cerisaie · as Lacha |
| 1971 | Two English Girls · as Diurka |
| 1971 | Camille ou La comédie catastrophique · as Honoré |
| 1971 | Max and the Junkmen · as Losfeld |
| 1970 | Bed & Board · as L'homme Ivre (uncredited) |