Philippe Léotard
Actor
- Born
- August 28, 1940 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Died
- August 25, 2001 (age 60)
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
The Day of the Jackal
May 16, 1973
French Connection II
May 18, 1975
Bed and Board
September 9, 1970
So Long, Stooge
December 20, 1983
Two English Girls
November 18, 1971
Max and the Junkmen
February 17, 1971
Élisa
February 1, 1995
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
September 13, 1972
Les Miserables
March 22, 1995
La Balance
November 10, 1982
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
December 16, 1981
Jane B. by Agnès V.
March 2, 1988
Acting73
- 1997Black Dju as Inspecteur Plettschette
- 1996Pandora as Raúl
- 1995Les Miserables as Thénardier 1942
- 1995Élisa as Gitanes Smoker
- 1993Le Voleur et la menteuse as Jeff
- 1993Im Kreis der Iris as Dr. Ionescu
- 1992Ville à vendre as Jean Boulard
- 1991Le Grand Ruban (Truck) as Jeff
- 1991The Flesh as Nicola
- 1991Venins as Phil Anzer