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