Philippe Léotard
73 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 28, 1940
- Died
- Aug 25, 2001 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Biography
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.
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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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Known for
Philippe Léotard: movies and TV shows
Acting (78)
- 1997 Black Dju
as Inspecteur Plettschette
- 1996 Pandora
as Raúl
- 1995 Les Miserables
as Thénardier 1942
- 1995 Élisa
as Gitanes Smoker
- 1993 Le Voleur et la menteuse
as Jeff
- 1993 Im Kreis der Iris
as Dr. Ionescu
- 1992 Ville à vendre
as Jean Boulard
- 1991 Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
as Jeff
- 1991 The Flesh
as Nicola
- 1991 Venins
as Phil Anzer
- 1990 Death of a Schoolboy
as Dr. Levin
- 1990 No Time for Justice
as Auclair
- 1990 The Day of Reckoning
as André Arnaud
- 1990 There Were Days... and Moons
as Le chanteur abandonné
- 1990
- 1989 Plato's Banquet
as Socrates
- 1988 The Color of the Wind
as Pierre
- 1988 Ada in the Jungle
as Rudi
- 1988 Snack Bar Budapest
as Sapo
- 1988 The Abyss
as Henri-Maximilien
- 1988 The South
as Roberto
- 1988 Jane B. by Agnès V.
as Painter / Murderer
- 1988 Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
as Bernard Hauptmann
- 1987 If the Sun Never Returns
as Arlettaz
- 1986 State of Grace
as Pierre-Julien
- 1986 The Dawn
as Gad
- 1986 The Nonentity
as Kaufmann
- 1986 Exit-exil
as Duke
- 1985 Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
as Pierre
- 1985 Ni avec toi, ni sans toi
as Pierre
- 1985 Robin
as Louis Ducasse
- 1985 Farewell Fred
as Fred
- 1984 La Pirate
as n° 5
- 1984 Wild Animals
as Léandro Santini
- 1984 Femmes de personne
as Antoine
- 1983 So Long, Stooge
as Bauer
- 1983 Hiver 60
as André
- 1982 Mora
as Mora
- 1982 La Balance
as Dédé Laffont
- 1982 Paradise for All
as Marc Lebel
- 1982 The Shock
as Félix
- 1982 Short Memory
as Frank Barila
- 1981
- 1980 The Little Mermaid
as Georges Maréchal
- 1980 A Week's Vacation
as le docteur Sabouret
- 1980 La Tisane de sarments
as Joë Bousquet
- 1980 The Imprint of Giants
as Lucien Chabaud
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978 Judith Therpauve
as Jean-Pierre Maurier
- 1978 Your Turn, My Turn
as Vincent
- 1977 Solemn Communion
as Jacques Gravet
- 1977 Shadow of the Castles
as Luigi
- 1977 Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
as Marec
- 1976 Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
as (uncredited)
- 1976
- 1976 The Good and the Bad
as le vendeur de Citroën
- 1975 Cat and Mouse
as Pierre Chemin
- 1975 French Connection II
as Jacques
- 1975 The Track
as Paul Danville
- 1975 The Wonderful Crook
as Julien
- 1974
- 1974 The Middle of the World
as Paul
- 1974
- 1974 The Mouth Agape
as Philippe
- 1974 The Oil War Will Not Happen
as Padovani
- 1973 Kamouraska
as Antoine
- 1973 The Day of the Jackal
as Gendarme
- 1973
- 1972 Chinese Glory
as Michel Perrat
- 1972 A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
as Clovis
- 1972 To Be Twenty in the Aures
as Lieutenant Perrin
- 1972 Rak
as Lucien
- 1971 Two English Girls
as Diurka
- 1971 Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
as Honoré
- 1971 Max and the Junkmen
as Losfeld
- 1971 Crime and Punishment
as Razoumikhine
- 1970 Bed and Board
as L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
Behind the camera (1)
- 1994 Tödliche Besessenheit
Original Music Composer
Talk shows and appearances (6)
- 1987 Le monde est à vous
2 episodes
- 1987 Sacrée soirée
2 episodes
- 1987 Nulle part ailleurs
1 episode
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
1 episode
- 1977
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
3 episodes