Philippe Léotard
Known for Acting · 84 credits
- Born
- 1940-08-28
- Died
- 2001-08-25
- 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.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self
Chillers
1990
as André Arnaud
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
as Blondin
Armchair Cinema
1974
as Jean Cacques Brialy
La Porteuse de pain
1973
as Jacques Garaud jeune
La Cloche tibétaine
1974
as Vladimir Petropavlovsky
Le Journal
1979
as Clébert
Movies (73)
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Gendarme
The Flesh
1991
as Nicola
French Connection II
1975
as Jacques
Max and the Junkmen
1971
as Losfeld
La Pirate
1984
as n° 5
So Long, Stooge
1983
as Bauer
Judith Therpauve
1978
as Jean-Pierre Maurier
Snack Bar Budapest
1988
as Sapo
The Shock
1982
as Félix
Bed and Board
1970
as L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
Les Miserables
1995
as Thénardier 1942
A Week's Vacation
1980
as le docteur Sabouret
Ville à vendre
1992
as Jean Boulard
Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988
as Painter / Murderer
The Track
1975
as Paul Danville
Two English Girls
1971
as Diurka
La Balance
1982
as Dédé Laffont
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981
as Blaise
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
1977
as Marec
Mora
1982
as Mora
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
1972
as Clovis
Your Turn, My Turn
1978
as Vincent
The Abyss
1988
as Henri-Maximilien
Élisa
1995
as Gitanes Smoker
The South
1988
as Roberto
Rak
1972
as Lucien
State of Grace
1986
as Pierre-Julien
There Were Days... and Moons
1990
as Le chanteur abandonné
The Dawn
1986
as Gad
The Good and the Bad
1976
as le vendeur de Citroën
To Be Twenty in the Aures
1972
as Lieutenant Perrin
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
1988
as Bernard Hauptmann
Paradise for All
1982
as Marc Lebel
Pandora
1996
as Raúl
Wild Animals
1984
as Léandro Santini
Shadow of the Castles
1977
as Luigi
The Middle of the World
1974
as Paul
Farewell Fred
1985
as Fred
The Mouth Agape
1974
as Philippe
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
1971
as Honoré
Robin
1985
as Louis Ducasse
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
1985
as Pierre
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi
1985
as Pierre
No Time for Justice
1990
as Auclair
Exit-exil
1986
as Duke
The Imprint of Giants
1980
as Lucien Chabaud
Solemn Communion
1977
as Jacques Gravet
Kamouraska
1973
as Antoine
The Oil War Will Not Happen
1974
as Padovani
The Nonentity
1986
as Kaufmann
Le Voleur et la menteuse
1993
as Jeff
If the Sun Never Returns
1987
as Arlettaz
Plato's Banquet
1989
as Socrates
Femmes de personne
1984
as Antoine
Chinese Glory
1972
as Michel Perrat
Venins
1991
as Phil Anzer
Cat and Mouse
1975
as Pierre Chemin
The Conquistadores
1976
Ada in the Jungle
1988
as Rudi
Short Memory
1982
as Frank Barila
The Color of the Wind
1988
as Pierre
Death of a Schoolboy
1990
as Dr. Levin
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
1976
as (uncredited)
Black Dju
1997
as Inspecteur Plettschette
La Tisane de sarments
1980
as Joë Bousquet
The Little Mermaid
1980
as Georges Maréchal
The Wonderful Crook
1975
as Julien
Crime and Punishment
1971
as Razoumikhine
Im Kreis der Iris
1993
as Dr. Ionescu
The Day of Reckoning
1990
as André Arnaud
Hiver 60
1983
as André
Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
1991
as Jeff
La Comédie du train des pignes
1977
as Self
About Philippe Léotard
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 Ce… With 84 credits spanning from 1970 to 1997, Philippe Léotard has appeared in 73 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Philippe Léotard Movies
- The Day of the Jackal (1973) — as Gendarme
- The Flesh (1991) — as Nicola
- French Connection II (1975) — as Jacques
- Max and the Junkmen (1971) — as Losfeld
- La Pirate (1984) — as n° 5
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