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

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

  • Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

    Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff

  • 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)

  • The Flesh

    The Flesh

  • If the Sun Never Returns

    If the Sun Never Returns

  • The Day of the Jackal

    The Day of the Jackal

  • Mora

    Mora

  • Elisa

    Elisa

  • The Track

    The Track

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • Kamouraska

    Kamouraska

  • Nulle part ailleurs

    Nulle part ailleurs

  • The South

    The South

  • Black Dju

    Black Dju

  • The Nonentity

    The Nonentity

  • La Balance

    La Balance

  • Venins

    Venins

  • Rouge-gorge

    Rouge-gorge

  • Le Choc

    Le Choc

  • So Long, Stooge

    So Long, Stooge

  • Exit-exil

    Exit-exil

  • Farewell Fred

    Farewell Fred

  • Two English Girls

    Two English Girls

  • Snack Bar Budapest

    Snack Bar Budapest

  • The Dawn

    The Dawn

  • Wild Animals

    Wild Animals

  • Judith Therpauve

    Judith Therpauve

  • Max and the Junkmen

    Max and the Junkmen

  • French Connection II

    French Connection II

  • The French Atlantic Affair

    The French Atlantic Affair

  • Chillers

    Chillers

  • The Imprint of Giants

    The Imprint of Giants

  • Hiver 60

    Hiver 60

  • Paradise for All

    Paradise for All

  • The Color of the Wind

    The Color of the Wind

  • There Were Days... and Moons

    There Were Days... and Moons

  • Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné

    Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné

  • Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

    Tangos, the Exile of Gardel

  • A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

    A Gorgeous Girl Like Me

  • Jane B. by Agnès V.

    Jane B. by Agnès V.

  • Ada in the Jungle

    Ada in the Jungle

  • The Abyss

    The Abyss

  • Short Memory

    Short Memory

  • The Day of Reckoning

    The Day of Reckoning

  • A Week's Vacation

    A Week's Vacation

  • The Good and the Bad

    The Good and the Bad

  • Death of a Schoolboy

    Death of a Schoolboy

  • State of Grace

    State of Grace

  • Solemn Communion

    Solemn Communion

  • Bed and Board

    Bed and Board

  • La Tisane de sarments

    La Tisane de sarments

  • Armchair Cinema

    Armchair Cinema

  • Shadow of the Castles

    Shadow of the Castles

  • Rak

    Rak

  • To Be Twenty in the Aures

    To Be Twenty in the Aures

  • La Pirate

    La Pirate

  • Plato's Banquet

    Plato's Banquet

  • La Cloche tibétaine

    La Cloche tibétaine

  • Le Voleur et la menteuse

    Le Voleur et la menteuse

  • Your Turn, My Turn

    Your Turn, My Turn

  • The Mouth Agape

    The Mouth Agape

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

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

  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

  • La Porteuse de pain

    La Porteuse de pain

  • Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy

    Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy

  • Ville à vendre

    Ville à vendre

  • Le Journal

    Le Journal

  • Femmes de personne

    Femmes de personne

  • The Middle of the World

    The Middle of the World

  • Cat and Mouse

    Cat and Mouse

  • The Wonderful Crook

    The Wonderful Crook

  • Ni avec toi, ni sans toi

    Ni avec toi, ni sans toi

  • The Conquistadores

    The Conquistadores

  • No Time for Justice

    No Time for Justice

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

  • Chinese Glory

    Chinese Glory

  • Pandora

    Pandora

  • Le Grand Ruban (Truck)

    Le Grand Ruban (Truck)

  • Im Kreis der Iris

    Im Kreis der Iris

  • The Oil War Will Not Happen

    The Oil War Will Not Happen

  • La comédie du train des pignes

    La comédie du train des pignes