Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

1930-12-11 – 2022-06-17 (age 91) Piolenc, Vaucluse, France
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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.

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Known For

Melancoly Baby
Melancoly Baby

1979

as Pierre

Passion of Love
Passion of Love

1981

as Le médecin major

Three Colors: Red
Three Colors: Red

1994

as The Judge

Il Sorpasso
Il Sorpasso

1962

as Roberto Mariani

...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman

1956

as Michel Tardieu

The City of Lost Children
The City of Lost Children

1995

as L'oncle Irvin (voice)

So Sweet... So Perverse
So Sweet... So Perverse

1969

as Jean Reynaud

A Man and a Woman
A Man and a Woman

1966

as Jean-Louis Duroc

The Conformist
The Conformist

1971

as Marcello Clerici

Z
Z

1969

as Examining Magistrate

Amour
Amour

2012

as Georges

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

Angelique: The Road to Versailles
Angelique: The Road to Versailles

1965

as Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté

Credo
Credo

1983

as Prof. Lenski

The Most Precious of Cargoes
The Most Precious of Cargoes

2024

as Narrateur (voice)

The Great Silence
The Great Silence

1968

as Silence

Morceaux de Cannes
Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning?

1966

as Captain Serge

Under Fire
Under Fire

1983

as Marcel Jazy

Rendez-vous
Rendez-vous

1985

as Scrutzler