Philippe Léotard
Overview
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.
The Flesh
Average rating: 5.4
The Day of the Jackal
Average rating: 7.5
Tchao Pantin
Average rating: 7.4
French Connection II
Average rating: 6.8
Two English Girls
Average rating: 6.9
Bed and Board
Average rating: 7.2
Max and the Junkmen
Average rating: 7.1
Les Miserables
Average rating: 6.7
La Balance
Average rating: 6.3
Snack Bar Budapest
Average rating: 4.8
If the Sun Never Returns
Average rating: 5.5
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Average rating: 6.3
The Good and the Bad
Average rating: 5.5
Elisa
Average rating: 6.4
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Average rating: 6.7
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Average rating: 6
Nulle part ailleurs
Average rating: 5.8
Le monde est à vous
Average rating: 0
Champs-Elysées
Average rating: 6.5
The French Atlantic Affair
Average rating: 7
La Cloche tibétaine
Average rating: 6.5
Chillers
Average rating: 6.2
Le Journal
Average rating: 0
Armchair Cinema
Average rating: 7Images See all
Acting history
| Year | Media type | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Movie | Black Dju | Inspecteur Plettschette |
| 1996 | Movie | Pandora | Raúl |
| 1995 | Movie | Les Miserables | Thénardier 1942 |
| 1995 | Movie | Elisa | Gitanes Smoker |
| 1993 | Movie | Im Kreis der Iris | Dr. Ionescu |
| 1993 | Movie | Le Voleur et la menteuse | Jeff |
| 1992 | Movie | Ville à vendre | Jean Boulard |
| 1991 | Movie | Le Grand Ruban (Truck) | Jeff |
| 1991 | Movie | The Flesh | Nicola |
| 1991 | Movie | Venins | Phil Anzer |
| 1990 | Movie | Death of a Schoolboy | - |
| 1990 | Movie | No Time for Justice | Auclair |
| 1990 | Tv Show | Chillers | André Arnaud |
| 1990 | Movie | There Were Days... and Moons | le chanteur abandonné |
| 1989 | Movie | Plato's Banquet | Socrates |
| 1988 | Movie | The Color of the Wind | Pierre |
| 1988 | Movie | Ada in the Jungle | Rudi |
| 1988 | Movie | Snack Bar Budapest | Sapo |
| 1988 | Movie | The Abyss | Henri-Maximilien |
| 1988 | Movie | The South | Roberto |
| 1988 | Movie | Jane B. for Agnès V. | Painter / Murderer |
| 1988 | Movie | Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné | Bernard Hauptmann |
| 1987 | Tv Show | Le monde est à vous | Self |
| 1987 | Movie | If the Sun Never Returns | Arlettaz |
| 1987 | Tv Show | Nulle part ailleurs | Self |
| 1986 | Movie | State of Grace | Pierre-Julien |
| 1986 | Movie | The Dawn | Gad |
| 1986 | Movie | The Nonentity | Kaufmann |
| 1986 | Movie | Exit-exil | Duke |
| 1985 | Movie | Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | Pierre |
| 1985 | Movie | Ni avec toi, ni sans toi | Pierre |
| 1985 | Movie | Rouge-gorge | Louis Ducasse |
| 1985 | Movie | Farewell Fred | Fred |
| 1984 | Movie | La Pirate | n° 5 |
| 1984 | Movie | Wild Animals | Léandro Santini |
| 1984 | Movie | Femmes de personne | Antoine |
| 1983 | Movie | Tchao Pantin | Bauer |
| 1983 | Movie | Hiver 60 | André |
| 1982 | Movie | Mora | Mora |
| 1982 | Movie | La Balance | Dédé Laffont |
| 1982 | Movie | Paradise for All | Marc Lebel |
| 1982 | Movie | Le Choc | Félix |
| 1982 | Movie | Short Memory | Frank Barila |
| 1982 | Tv Show | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1981 | Movie | Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! | Blaise |
| 1980 | Movie | La Tisane de sarments | - |
| 1980 | Movie | The Little Mermaid | Georges Maréchal |
| 1980 | Movie | A Week's Vacation | le docteur Sabouret |
| 1980 | Movie | The Imprint of Giants | Lucien Chabaud |
| 1979 | Tv Show | Le Journal | Clébert |
| 1979 | Tv Show | The French Atlantic Affair | Blondin |
| 1978 | Movie | Judith Therpauve | Jean-Pierre Maurier |
| 1978 | Movie | Your Turn, My Turn | Vincent |
| 1977 | Movie | Shadow of the Castles | Luigi |
| 1977 | Movie | Solemn Communion | Jacques Gravet |
| 1977 | Movie | La comédie du train des pignes | - |
| 1977 | Movie | Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff | Marec |
| 1976 | Movie | Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) | - |
| 1976 | Movie | The Conquistadores | - |
| 1976 | Movie | The Good and the Bad | le vendeur de Citroën |
| 1975 | Movie | Cat and Mouse | Pierre Chemin |
| 1975 | Movie | French Connection II | Jacques |
| 1975 | Movie | The Track | Paul Danville |
| 1975 | Tv Show | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1974 | Tv Show | La Cloche tibétaine | Vladimir Petropavlovsky |
| 1974 | Movie | The Middle of the World | Paul |
| 1974 | Tv Show | Armchair Cinema | Jean Cacques Brialy |
| 1974 | Movie | The Mouth Agape | Philippe |
| 1974 | Movie | The Oil War Will Not Happen | Padovani |
| 1974 | Movie | The Wonderful Crook | Julien |
| 1973 | Movie | Kamouraska | Antoine |
| 1973 | Movie | The Day of the Jackal | Gendarme |
| 1972 | Movie | Chinese Glory | Michel Perrat |
| 1972 | Movie | A Gorgeous Girl Like Me | Clovis |
| 1972 | Movie | To Be Twenty in the Aures | Lieutenant Perrin |
| 1972 | Movie | Rak | Lucien |
| 1971 | Movie | Two English Girls | Diurka |
| 1971 | Movie | Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy | Honoré |
| 1971 | Movie | Max and the Junkmen | Losfeld |
| 1971 | Movie | Crime and Punishment | Razoumikhine |
| 1970 | Movie | Bed and Board | L'homme Ivre (uncredited) |
Producing history
| Year | Media type | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Movie | Tödliche Besessenheit | Sound |