Lino Ventura

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

102

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-07-13

Day of death

1987-10-22 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Lino Ventura

Biography

Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Numéro un

    Numéro un

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • Army of Shadows

    Army of Shadows

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Money Money Money

    Money Money Money

  • Auf los geht's los

    Auf los geht's los

  • Black City

    Black City

  • Sword of Gideon

    Sword of Gideon

  • One Hundred Days in Palermo

    One Hundred Days in Palermo

  • The Medusa Touch

    The Medusa Touch

  • The Sicilian Clan

    The Sicilian Clan

  • A Pain in the Ass

    A Pain in the Ass

  • Fantasia Among the Squares

    Fantasia Among the Squares

  • Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

    Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

  • Crooks in Clover

    Crooks in Clover

  • Aznavour by Charles

    Aznavour by Charles

  • Burning Fuse

    Burning Fuse

  • Weeping for a Bandit

    Weeping for a Bandit

  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

  • The Last Adventure

    The Last Adventure

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • To Catch a Spy

    To Catch a Spy

  • The Right of the Maddest

    The Right of the Maddest

  • Butterfly on the Shoulder

    Butterfly on the Shoulder

  • Three Tough Guys

    Three Tough Guys

  • The Dictator's Guns

    The Dictator's Guns

  • De Gaulle, the Last King of France

    De Gaulle, the Last King of France

  • The Silent One

    The Silent One

  • Far West

    Far West

  • Law of the Streets

    Law of the Streets

  • Touchez Pas au Grisbi

    Touchez Pas au Grisbi

  • Rum Runners

    Rum Runners

  • Code Name: Melville

    Code Name: Melville

  • Pensione Edelweiss

    Pensione Edelweiss

  • L'Homme en colère

    L'Homme en colère

  • The Wise Guys

    The Wise Guys

  • Way of Youth

    Way of Youth

  • The French Detective

    The French Detective

  • Elevator to the Gallows

    Elevator to the Gallows

  • Let's Not Get Angry

    Let's Not Get Angry

  • Maigret Sets a Trap

    Maigret Sets a Trap

  • The Ruffian

    The Ruffian

  • Hitch-Hike

    Hitch-Hike

  • Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

    Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres

  • The Valachi Papers

    The Valachi Papers

  • Illustrious Corpses

    Illustrious Corpses

  • Sunday Lovers

    Sunday Lovers

  • The Mask of the Gorilla

    The Mask of the Gorilla

  • The Monocle's Sour Laugh

    The Monocle's Sour Laugh

  • The Slap

    The Slap

  • The Strange Mr. Steve

    The Strange Mr. Steve

  • Le Deuxième Souffle

    Le Deuxième Souffle

  • Carmen di Trastevere

    Carmen di Trastevere

  • To Skin a Spy

    To Skin a Spy

  • Witness in the City

    Witness in the City

  • Emile's Boat

    Emile's Boat

  • Birds of Prey

    Birds of Prey

  • La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

    La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

  • The Lions Are Loose

    The Lions Are Loose

  • Last Known Address

    Last Known Address

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

  • The Seventh Target

    The Seventh Target

  • The Threepenny Opera

    The Threepenny Opera

  • Spy, Stand Up

    Spy, Stand Up

  • The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

  • Speaking of Murder

    Speaking of Murder

  • The Inquisitor

    The Inquisitor

  • Bacri, comme un air de famille

    Bacri, comme un air de famille

  • Lino Ventura, la part intime

    Lino Ventura, la part intime

  • At the End of the Day

    At the End of the Day

  • Mistress of the World - Part II

    Mistress of the World - Part II

  • The Lovers of Montparnasse

    The Lovers of Montparnasse

  • The Devil and the Ten Commandments

    The Devil and the Ten Commandments

  • Razzia

    Razzia

  • Dishonorable Discharge

    Dishonorable Discharge

  • Deux Romains en Gaule

    Deux Romains en Gaule

  • The Great Spy Chase

    The Great Spy Chase

  • Cloportes

    Cloportes

  • Taxi for Tobruk

    Taxi for Tobruk

  • Mistress of the World - Part I

    Mistress of the World - Part I

  • Three Days to Live

    Three Days to Live

  • Greed in the Sun

    Greed in the Sun

  • The Tiger Attacks

    The Tiger Attacks

  • 125 rue Montmartre

    125 rue Montmartre

  • Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

    Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

  • Marie-Octobre

    Marie-Octobre

  • Twelve Hours by the Clock

    Twelve Hours by the Clock

  • The Big Risk

    The Big Risk

  • Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs

    Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs

  • The Cage

    The Cage

  • Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

    Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

  • Girl in the Window

    Girl in the Window

  • Lino, il n'était que lui-même

    Lino, il n'était que lui-même

  • La Rumba

    La Rumba

  • Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme

    Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme