Philippe Léotard
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-08-28 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Died
2001-08-25
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Léotard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
Le monde est à vous
as Self
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
The Day of the Jackal
as Gendarme
Venins
as Phil Anzer
Hiver 60
as André
Chillers
as André Arnaud
Elisa
as Gitanes Smoker
La Cloche tibétaine
as Vladimir Petropavlovsky
Bed and Board
as L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
Rak
as Lucien
Snack Bar Budapest
as Sapo
Wild Animals
as Léandro Santini
French Connection II
as Jacques
The French Atlantic Affair
as Blondin
The Flesh
as Nicola
La Porteuse de pain
as Jacques Garaud jeune
La Pirate
as n° 5