Biography
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
all 81
Movies 73
TV Shows 8
self 3
Black Dju (1997)
Pandora (1996)
Les Miserables (1995)
Elisa (1995)
Tödliche Besessenheit (1995)
Le Voleur et la menteuse (1993)
Im Kreis der Iris (1993)
Ville à vendre (1992)
Le Grand Ruban (Truck) (1991)
The Flesh (1991)
Venins (1991)
Death of a Schoolboy (1990)
No Time for Justice (1990)
Chillers (1990)
There Were Days... and Moons (1990)
The Color of the Wind (1988)
Ada in the Jungle (1988)
Snack Bar Budapest (1988)
The Abyss (1988)
The South (1988)
Jane B. for Agnès V. (1988)
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné (1988)
If the Sun Never Returns (1987)
Nulle part ailleurs (1987)
State of Grace (1986)
The Dawn (1986)
The Nonentity (1986)
Exit-exil (1986)
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi (1985)
Rouge-gorge (1985)
Farewell Fred (1985)
La Pirate (1984)
Wild Animals (1984)
Femmes de personne (1984)
So Long, Stooge (1983)
Hiver 60 (1983)
Mora (1982)
La Balance (1982)
Paradise for All (1982)
Le Choc (1982)
Short Memory (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! (1981)
La Tisane de sarments (1980)
The Little Mermaid (1980)
A Week's Vacation (1980)
The Imprint of Giants (1980)
Le Journal (1979)
The French Atlantic Affair (1979)
Judith Therpauve (1978)
Your Turn, My Turn (1978)
Shadow of the Castles (1977)
Solemn Communion (1977)
La comédie du train des pignes (1977)
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977)
Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) (1976)
The Conquistadores (1976)
The Good and the Bad (1976)
Cat and Mouse (1975)
French Connection II (1975)
The Track (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
La Cloche tibétaine (1974)
The Middle of the World (1974)
Sea Song (1974)
Armchair Cinema (1974)
The Mouth Agape (1974)
The Oil War Will Not Happen (1974)
The Wonderful Crook (1974)
Kamouraska (1973)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Chinese Glory (1972)
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
To Be Twenty in the Aures (1972)
Rak (1972)
Two English Girls (1971)
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy (1971)
Max and the Junkmen (1971)
Crime and Punishment (1971)
Bed and Board (1970)
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GenderMale
Birthday1940-08-28
Deathday2001-08-25 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceNice, France
FatherAndré Léotard
SiblingsFrançois Léotard
CitizenshipsFrance
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