Philippe Léotard

Philippe Léotard

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Léotard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1940-08-28
Place of Birth: Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Movies List of Philippe Léotard

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Bed and Board

1970 Movie
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French Connection II

1975 Movie
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The Wonderful Crook

1974 Movie
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The Good and the Bad

1976 Movie
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The Day of the Jackal

1973 Movie
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Crime and Punishment

1971 Movie
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Two English Girls

1971 Movie
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Solemn Communion

1977 Movie
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La Pirate

1984 Movie
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Paradise for All

1982 Movie
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The Little Mermaid

1980 Movie
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Chinese Glory

1972 Movie
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Ada in the Jungle

1988 Movie
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The Color of the Wind

1988 Movie
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Les Miserables

1995 Movie
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State of Grace

1986 Movie
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A Week's Vacation

1980 Movie
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Jane B. for Agnès V.

1988 Movie
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Rak

1972 Movie
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The Mouth Agape

1974 Movie
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Ville à vendre

1992 Movie
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Cat and Mouse

1975 Movie
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Elisa

1995 Movie
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La Balance

1982 Movie
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Le Choc

1982 Movie
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La Tisane de sarments

1980 Movie
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Tchao Pantin

1983 Movie
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Wild Animals

1984 Movie
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Your Turn, My Turn

1978 Movie
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Farewell Fred

1985 Movie
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Venins

1991 Movie
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Femmes de personne

1984 Movie
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Rouge-gorge

1985 Movie
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The Conquistadores

1976 Movie
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Short Memory

1982 Movie
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The Nonentity

1986 Movie
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The Track

1975 Movie
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Plato's Banquet

1989 Movie
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The Abyss

1988 Movie
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Im Kreis der Iris

1993 Movie
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Kamouraska

1973 Movie
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Judith Therpauve

1978 Movie
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The Flesh

1991 Movie
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The Imprint of Giants

1980 Movie
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The South

1988 Movie
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Max and the Junkmen

1971 Movie
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Pandora

1996 Movie
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No Time for Justice

1990 Movie
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Snack Bar Budapest

1988 Movie
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Exit-exil

1986 Movie
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Death of a Schoolboy

1990 Movie
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The Dawn

1986 Movie
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Black Dju

1997 Movie
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Mora

1982 Movie
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Hiver 60

1983 Movie
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Shadow of the Castles

1977 Movie
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The Day of Reckoning

1990 Movie