Jean-Louis Trintignant
Known For
Acting
Born
1930-12-11 in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France
Died
2022-06-17
Biography
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (December 11, 1930 – June 17, 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic films of European cinema, and worked with many prominent auteur directors, including Roger Vadim, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch, Claude Chabrol, Bernardo Bertolucci, Éric Rohmer, François Truffaut, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Michael Haneke. He made a critical and commercial breakthrough in And God Created Woman (1956), followed by a starmaking romantic turn in A Man and a Woman (1966), and The Great Silence (1968). He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 1968 Berlin International Film Festival for his performance in The Man Who Lies and the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival for Costa-Gavras's Z. Trintignant's other notable films include, My Night at Maud's (1969), The Conformist (1970), Three Colours: Red (1994), and The City of Lost Children (1995). He won the 2013 César Award for Best Actor for his role in Michael Haneke's Amour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Louis Trintignant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Spécial cinéma
as Self
Kulturzeit
as self
Numéro un
as Self
Midi trente
as Self
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
Samedi soir
as Self
Square
as Self
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Ségur fils
Amour
as Georges
Filming Silenzio
as Self (archive footage)
The Assassination
as François Darien
Les Biches
as Paul Thomas
Act of Aggression
as Paul Varlin
The City of Lost Children
as L'oncle Irvin (voice)
Three Colors: Red
as The Judge
Faces of Love
as Victor
Cover Up
as Christian Lacassagne
The Last Train
as Julien Maroyeur
Club of Women
as Michel