Acting
Philippe Léotard
Born Aug 28, 1940 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France · Died Aug 25, 2001
Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 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. Together with students of the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, they formed the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble, Théâtre du Soleil.
He played Philippe, the tormented son of a woman 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 of respiratory failure in Paris on 25 August 2001, three days before his 61st birthday. He was buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.
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Black Dju
1997
Comedy
Pandora
1996
Drama
Les Miserables
1995
Drama · History
Élisa
1995
Drama
Le Voleur et la menteuse
1993
Drama · Romance
Ville à vendre
1992
Crime · Comedy
Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
1991
The Flesh
1991
Drama · Romance
Venins
1991
Thriller
Death of a Schoolboy
1990
History · Drama · War
No Time for Justice
1990
The Day of Reckoning
1990
Horror · Thriller · Drama
There Were Days... and Moons
1990
Drama · Comedy
Chillers
1990
Mystery · Drama
Plato's Banquet
1989
Drama · TV Movie
The Color of the Wind
1988
Drama · Comedy
Ada in the Jungle
1988
Action · Comedy
Snack Bar Budapest
1988
Drama
The Abyss
1988
Drama
The South
1988
Drama · Music
Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988
Fantasy
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
1988
Drama
If the Sun Never Returns
1987
Drama · Mystery · Thriller
State of Grace
1986
Drama · Romance
The Dawn
1986
Drama
The Nonentity
1986
Crime · Drama
Exit-exil
1986
Drama
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
1985
Music · Drama
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi
1985
Comedy · Drama
Robin
1985
Drama
Farewell Fred
1985
Crime
La Pirate
1984
Drama
Wild Animals
1984
Thriller
Femmes de personne
1984
Romance · Drama
So Long, Stooge
1983
Drama · Crime
Hiver 60
1983
Drama · History
Mora
1982
Crime · Drama
La Balance
1982
Thriller · Crime · Drama
Paradise for All
1982
Drama · Comedy · Science Fiction
The Shock
1982
Crime · Action · Romance
Short Memory
1982
Thriller · Drama
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981
Comedy
The Little Mermaid
1980
Drama
A Week's Vacation
1980
Drama
La Tisane de sarments
1980
Drama
The Imprint of Giants
1980
Action · Drama · Romance
Le Journal
1979
Crime
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
Crime · Drama
Judith Therpauve
1978
Drama
Your Turn, My Turn
1978
Romance · Comedy
Solemn Communion
1977
Comedy · Drama
Shadow of the Castles
1977
Comedy · Drama
La Comédie du train des pignes
1977
Documentary · History
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
1977
Drama · Crime
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
1976
Comedy · Drama
The Conquistadores
1976
The Good and the Bad
1976
Drama · Crime · Comedy
Cat and Mouse
1975
Comedy · Crime · Drama
French Connection II
1975
Action · Crime · Thriller
The Track
1975
Drama · Thriller
The Wonderful Crook
1975
Comedy · Drama
La Cloche tibétaine
1974
Drama · Action & Adventure
The Middle of the World
1974
Drama · Romance
Armchair Cinema
1974
Drama
The Mouth Agape
1974
Drama
The Oil War Will Not Happen
1974
Kamouraska
1973
Drama · History
The Day of the Jackal
1973
Action · Thriller
La Porteuse de pain
1973
Drama
Chinese Glory
1972
Drama · War
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
1972
Comedy · Crime
To Be Twenty in the Aures
1972
Drama · War
Rak
1972
Drama
Two English Girls
1971
Drama · Romance
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
1971
Comedy
Max and the Junkmen
1971
Crime · Romance
Bed and Board
1970
Comedy · Drama · Romance