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Philippe Léotard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Léotard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 28, 1940 In Nice, France
Movie/TV Credits:
75
First Appeared:
In the movie Bed and Board 1970-09-09
Latest Project:
Movie Black Dju 1997-11-28
Known For
Poster of Pandora
Poster of Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)
Poster of La Cloche tibétaine
Poster of A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Filmography
Movie Black Dju Inspecteur Plettschette 1997-11-28
Movie Pandora Raúl 1996-02-02
Movie Elisa Gitanes Smoker 1995-02-01
Movie Les Miserables Thénardier 1942 1995-03-22
Movie Le Voleur et la menteuse Jeff 1993-01-01
Movie Im Kreis der Iris Dr. Ionescu 1993-01-01
Movie Ville à vendre Jean Boulard 1992-02-26
Movie Venins Phil Anzer 1991-05-01
Movie The Flesh Nicola 1991-05-09
Movie Le Grand Ruban (Truck) Jeff 1991-12-19
Series Chillers André Arnaud 1990-04-14
Movie There Were Days... and Moons le chanteur abandonné 1990-04-11
Movie Death of a Schoolboy 1990-09-01
Movie No Time for Justice Auclair 1990-05-30
Movie Plato's Banquet Socrates 1989-07-27
Movie The South Roberto 1988-03-05
Movie Jane B. for Agnès V. Painter / Murderer 1988-03-02
Movie Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné Bernard Hauptmann 1988-02-26
Movie Snack Bar Budapest Sapo 1988-09-22
Movie The Color of the Wind Pierre 1988-11-02
Movie Ada in the Jungle Rudi 1988-09-28
Movie The Abyss Henri-Maximilien 1988-05-13
Movie If the Sun Never Returns Arlettaz 1987-09-02
Movie Exit-exil Duke 1986-04-02
Movie The Nonentity Kaufmann 1986-08-13
Movie State of Grace Pierre-Julien 1986-12-24
Movie Farewell Fred Fred 1985-01-30
Movie Rouge-gorge Louis Ducasse 1985-02-06
Movie Tangos, the Exile of Gardel Pierre 1985-11-06
Movie Wild Animals Léandro Santini 1984-04-18
Movie Femmes de personne Antoine 1984-03-14
Movie La Pirate n° 5 1984-05-23
Movie Hiver 60 André 1983-07-01
Movie Tchao Pantin Bauer 1983-12-20
Movie Short Memory Frank Barila 1982-03-03
Series Champs-Elysées Unknown 1982-01-16
Movie Le Choc Félix 1982-04-28
Movie Mora Mora 1982-12-29
Movie La Balance Dédé Laffont 1982-11-10
Movie Paradise for All Marc Lebel 1982-08-25
Movie Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! Blaise 1981-12-16
Movie The Imprint of Giants Lucien Chabaud 1980-03-05
Movie A Week's Vacation le docteur Sabouret 1980-06-02
Movie The Little Mermaid Georges Maréchal 1980-08-20
Movie La Tisane de sarments 1980-09-01
Series The French Atlantic Affair Blondin 1979-11-15
Series Le Journal Clébert 1979-11-23
Movie Your Turn, My Turn Vincent 1978-03-15
Movie Judith Therpauve Jean-Pierre Maurier 1978-10-06
Movie Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff Marec 1977-01-12
Movie Shadow of the Castles Luigi 1977-04-27
Movie Solemn Communion Jacques Gravet 1977-04-27
Movie The Good and the Bad le vendeur de Citroën 1976-01-19
Movie The Conquistadores 1976-03-10
Movie Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) 1976-05-12
Movie The Track Paul Danville 1975-05-14
Movie Cat and Mouse Pierre Chemin 1975-09-03
Movie French Connection II Jacques 1975-05-18
Movie The Wonderful Crook Julien 1974-01-01
Movie The Oil War Will Not Happen Padovani 1974-01-02
Movie The Mouth Agape Philippe 1974-05-08
Series La Cloche tibétaine Vladimir Petropavlovsky 1974-12-17
Movie The Middle of the World Paul 1974-09-11
Movie The Day of the Jackal Gendarme 1973-05-16
Series La Porteuse de pain Jacques Garaud jeune 1973-01-16
Movie Kamouraska Antoine 1973-07-18
Movie To Be Twenty in the Aures Lieutenant Perrin 1972-05-12
Movie Rak Lucien 1972-04-07
Movie A Gorgeous Girl Like Me Clovis 1972-09-13
Movie Chinese Glory Michel Perrat 1972-11-26
Movie Max and the Junkmen Losfeld 1971-02-17
Movie Crime and Punishment Razoumikhine 1971-01-20
Movie Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy Honoré 1971-04-20
Movie Two English Girls Diurka 1971-11-18
Movie Bed and Board L'homme Ivre (uncredited) 1970-09-09