Philippe Léotard

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-08-28

Day of death

2001-08-25 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Philippe Léotard

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Nulle part ailleurs

    Nulle part ailleurs

  • The Flesh

    The Flesh

  • The Day of the Jackal

    The Day of the Jackal

  • The Good and the Bad

    The Good and the Bad

  • Elisa

    Elisa

  • Snack Bar Budapest

    Snack Bar Budapest

  • Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné

    Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • Short Memory

    Short Memory

  • The Nonentity

    The Nonentity

  • Death of a Schoolboy

    Death of a Schoolboy

  • Ada in the Jungle

    Ada in the Jungle

  • Two English Girls

    Two English Girls

  • Chinese Glory

    Chinese Glory

  • The French Atlantic Affair

    The French Atlantic Affair

  • Max and the Junkmen

    Max and the Junkmen

  • Pandora

    Pandora

  • The Day of Reckoning

    The Day of Reckoning

  • Le Voleur et la menteuse

    Le Voleur et la menteuse

  • The Dawn

    The Dawn

  • Chillers

    Chillers

  • A Week's Vacation

    A Week's Vacation

  • Mora

    Mora

  • Le Choc

    Le Choc

  • Black Dju

    Black Dju

  • Farewell Fred

    Farewell Fred

  • The Imprint of Giants

    The Imprint of Giants

  • Kamouraska

    Kamouraska

  • Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

    Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

  • Exit-exil

    Exit-exil

  • The Color of the Wind

    The Color of the Wind

  • State of Grace

    State of Grace

  • La Balance

    La Balance

  • So Long, Stooge

    So Long, Stooge

  • Rouge-gorge

    Rouge-gorge

  • Hiver 60

    Hiver 60

  • The South

    The South

  • La Tisane de sarments

    La Tisane de sarments

  • Armchair Cinema

    Armchair Cinema

  • There Were Days... and Moons

    There Were Days... and Moons

  • Judith Therpauve

    Judith Therpauve

  • Shadow of the Castles

    Shadow of the Castles

  • La Cloche tibétaine

    La Cloche tibétaine

  • French Connection II

    French Connection II

  • Paradise for All

    Paradise for All

  • Bed and Board

    Bed and Board

  • A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

    A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

  • Jane B. by Agnès V.

    Jane B. by Agnès V.

  • The Abyss

    The Abyss

  • Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)

    Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)

  • La Porteuse de pain

    La Porteuse de pain

  • Venins

    Venins

  • Rak

    Rak

  • Wild Animals

    Wild Animals

  • The Track

    The Track

  • Solemn Communion

    Solemn Communion

  • Le Journal

    Le Journal

  • The Conquistadores

    The Conquistadores

  • The Wonderful Crook

    The Wonderful Crook

  • Cat and Mouse

    Cat and Mouse

  • La Pirate

    La Pirate

  • Your Turn, My Turn

    Your Turn, My Turn

  • To Be Twenty in the Aures

    To Be Twenty in the Aures

  • Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

    Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

  • No Time for Justice

    No Time for Justice

  • Plato's Banquet

    Plato's Banquet

  • Femmes de personne

    Femmes de personne

  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

  • The Middle of the World

    The Middle of the World

  • If the Sun Never Returns

    If the Sun Never Returns

  • Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !

    Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !

  • Ville à vendre

    Ville à vendre

  • The Mouth Agape

    The Mouth Agape

  • Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy

    Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy

  • Le Grand Ruban (Truck)

    Le Grand Ruban (Truck)

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

  • Ni avec toi, ni sans toi

    Ni avec toi, ni sans toi

  • The Oil War Will Not Happen

    The Oil War Will Not Happen

  • La comédie du train des pignes

    La comédie du train des pignes

  • Im Kreis der Iris

    Im Kreis der Iris