Philippe Léotard
Born
August 28, 1940
Died
August 25, 2001 (60 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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.
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Known For
Black Dju
Inspecteur Plettschette
1997
Pandora
Raúl
1996
Les Miserables
Thénardier 1942
1995
Elisa
Gitanes Smoker
1995
Le Voleur et la menteuse
Jeff
1993
Im Kreis der Iris
Dr. Ionescu
1993
Ville à vendre
Jean Boulard
1992
Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
Jeff
1991
The Flesh
Nicola
1991
Venins
Phil Anzer
1991
Death of a Schoolboy
1990
No Time for Justice
Auclair
1990
The Day of Reckoning
André Arnaud
1990
Chillers
André Arnaud · (1 episode)
1990
There Were Days... and Moons
Le chanteur abandonné
1990
Plato's Banquet
Socrates
1989
The Color of the Wind
Pierre
1988
Ada in the Jungle
Rudi
1988
Snack Bar Budapest
Sapo
1988
The Abyss
Henri-Maximilien
1988
The South
Roberto
1988
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Painter / Murderer
1988
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Bernard Hauptmann
1988
Le monde est à vous
Self · (2 episodes)
1987
If the Sun Never Returns
Arlettaz
1987
Sacrée soirée
Self · (2 episodes)
1987
Nulle part ailleurs
Self · (1 episode)
1987
State of Grace
Pierre-Julien
1986
The Dawn
Gad
1986
The Nonentity
Kaufmann
1986
Exit-exil
Duke
1986
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Pierre
1985
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi
Pierre
1985
Rouge-gorge
Louis Ducasse
1985
Farewell Fred
Fred
1985
La Pirate
n° 5
1984
Wild Animals
Léandro Santini
1984
Femmes de personne
Antoine
1984
So Long, Stooge
Bauer
1983
Hiver 60
André
1983
Mora
Mora
1982
La Balance
Dédé Laffont
1982
Paradise for All
Marc Lebel
1982
Le Choc
Félix
1982
Short Memory
Frank Barila
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Blaise
1981
The Little Mermaid
Georges Maréchal
1980
A Week's Vacation
le docteur Sabouret
1980
La Tisane de sarments
Joë Bousquet
1980
The Imprint of Giants
Lucien Chabaud
1980
Le Journal
Clébert · (6 episodes)
1979
The French Atlantic Affair
Blondin · (3 episodes)
1979
Judith Therpauve
Jean-Pierre Maurier
1978
Your Turn, My Turn
Vincent
1978
Solemn Communion
Jacques Gravet
1977
Shadow of the Castles
Luigi
1977
La comédie du train des pignes
1977
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
Marec
1977
Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)
1976
The Conquistadores
1976
The Good and the Bad
le vendeur de Citroën
1976
Cat and Mouse
Pierre Chemin
1975
French Connection II
Jacques
1975
The Track
Paul Danville
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (3 episodes)
1975
La Cloche tibétaine
Vladimir Petropavlovsky · (7 episodes)
1974
The Middle of the World
Paul
1974
Armchair Cinema
Jean Cacques Brialy · (1 episode)
1974
The Mouth Agape
Philippe
1974
The Oil War Will Not Happen
Padovani
1974
The Wonderful Crook
Julien
1974
Kamouraska
Antoine
1973
The Day of the Jackal
Gendarme
1973
La Porteuse de pain
Jacques Garaud jeune · (13 episodes)
1973
Chinese Glory
Michel Perrat
1972
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Clovis
1972
To Be Twenty in the Aures
Lieutenant Perrin
1972
Rak
Lucien
1972
Two English Girls
Diurka
1971
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
Honoré
1971
Max and the Junkmen
Losfeld
1971
Crime and Punishment
Razoumikhine
1971
Bed and Board
L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
1970