Philippe Léotard
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 28, 1940
- Died
- August 25, 2001
- Birthplace
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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.
Filmography
Black Dju 1997
as Inspecteur Plettschette
Pandora 1996
as Raúl
Les Miserables 1995
as Thénardier 1942
Élisa 1995
as Gitanes Smoker
- Tödliche Besessenheit
Tödliche Besessenheit 1994
Original Music Composer
- Im Kreis der Iris
Im Kreis der Iris 1993
as Dr. Ionescu
Le Voleur et la menteuse 1993
as Jeff
Ville à vendre 1992
as Jean Boulard
Le Grand Ruban (Truck) 1991
as Jeff
The Flesh 1991
as Nicola
Venins 1991
as Phil Anzer
Death of a Schoolboy 1990
as Dr. Levin
No Time for Justice 1990
as Auclair
The Day of Reckoning 1990
as André Arnaud
There Were Days... and Moons 1990
as Le chanteur abandonné
Plato's Banquet 1989
as Socrates
The Color of the Wind 1988
as Pierre
Ada in the Jungle 1988
as Rudi
Snack Bar Budapest 1988
as Sapo
The Abyss 1988
as Henri-Maximilien
The South 1988
as Roberto
Jane B. by Agnès V. 1988
as Painter / Murderer
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné 1988
as Bernard Hauptmann
If the Sun Never Returns 1987
as Arlettaz
State of Grace 1986
as Pierre-Julien
The Dawn 1986
as Gad
The Nonentity 1986
as Kaufmann
Exit-exil 1986
as Duke
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel 1985
as Pierre
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi 1985
as Pierre
Robin 1985
as Louis Ducasse
Farewell Fred 1985
as Fred
La Pirate 1984
as n° 5
Wild Animals 1984
as Léandro Santini
Femmes de personne 1984
as Antoine
So Long, Stooge 1983
as Bauer
Hiver 60 1983
as André
Mora 1982
as Mora
La Balance 1982
as Dédé Laffont
Paradise for All 1982
as Marc Lebel
The Shock 1982
as Félix
Short Memory 1982
as Frank Barila
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! 1981
as Blaise
The Little Mermaid 1980
as Georges Maréchal
A Week's Vacation 1980
as le docteur Sabouret
La Tisane de sarments 1980
as Joë Bousquet
The Imprint of Giants 1980
as Lucien Chabaud
Judith Therpauve 1978
as Jean-Pierre Maurier
Your Turn, My Turn 1978
as Vincent
Shadow of the Castles 1977
as Luigi
Solemn Communion 1977
as Jacques Gravet
La Comédie du train des pignes 1977
as Self
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff 1977
as Marec
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other) 1976
as (uncredited)
The Conquistadores 1976
Actor
The Good and the Bad 1976
as le vendeur de Citroën
Cat and Mouse 1975
as Pierre Chemin
French Connection II 1975
as Jacques
The Track 1975
as Paul Danville
The Wonderful Crook 1975
as Julien
The Middle of the World 1974
as Paul
The Mouth Agape 1974
as Philippe
The Oil War Will Not Happen 1974
as Padovani
Kamouraska 1973
as Antoine
The Day of the Jackal 1973
as Gendarme
Chinese Glory 1972
as Michel Perrat
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me 1972
as Clovis
To Be Twenty in the Aures 1972
as Lieutenant Perrin
Rak 1972
as Lucien
Two English Girls 1971
as Diurka
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy 1971
as Honoré
Max and the Junkmen 1971
as Losfeld
- Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 1971
as Razoumikhine
Bed and Board 1970
as L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.