Philippe Léotard
Acting
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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Filmography of
Philippe Léotard
Inspecteur Plettschette
... 1997
Raúl
... 1996
Thénardier 1942
... 1995
Gitanes Smoker
... 1995
... 1993
Dr. Ionescu
... 1993
Jean Boulard
... 1992
... 1991
Nicola
... 1991
Phil Anzer
... 1991
... 1990
Auclair
... 1990
André Arnaud
... 1990
le chanteur abandonné
... 1990
Socrates
... 1989
Pierre
... 1988
Rudi
... 1988
Sapo
... 1988
Henri-Maximilien
... 1988
Roberto
... 1988
Painter / Murderer
... 1988
Bernard Hauptmann
... 1988
Arlettaz
... 1987
Pierre-Julien
... 1986
Gad
... 1986
Kaufmann
... 1986
Duke
... 1986
Pierre
... 1985
Pierre
... 1985
Louis Ducasse
... 1985
Fred
... 1985
n° 5
... 1984
Léandro Santini
... 1984
Antoine
... 1984
Bauer
... 1983
André
... 1983
Mora
... 1982
Dédé Laffont
... 1982
Marc Lebel
... 1982
Félix
... 1982
Frank Barila
... 1982
... 1981
... 1980
Georges Maréchal
... 1980
le docteur Sabouret
... 1980
Lucien Chabaud
... 1980
Jean-Pierre Maurier
... 1978
Vincent
... 1978
Jacques Gravet
... 1977
Luigi
... 1977
... 1977
... 1977
... 1976
le vendeur de Citroën
... 1976
Pierre Chemin
... 1975
Jacques
... 1975
Paul Danville
... 1975
... 1974
Philippe
... 1974
Padovani
... 1974
Julien
... 1974
Antoine
... 1973
Gendarme
... 1973
Michel Perrat
... 1972
Clovis
... 1972
Lieutenant Perrin
... 1972
Lucien
... 1972
Diurka
... 1971
... 1971
Losfeld
... 1971
Razoumikhine
... 1971
L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
... 1970