Philippe Léotard
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 28, 1940
- Died
- Aug 25, 2001 (aged 60)
- Place of birth
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Credits
- 84
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.
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Known for
The Day of the Jackal
1973Movie
Gendarme
French Connection II
1975Movie
Jacques
Bed and Board
1970Movie
L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
So Long, Stooge
1983Movie
Bauer
Two English Girls
1971Movie
Diurka
Max and the Junkmen
1971Movie
Losfeld
Filmography
Black Dju
1997Movie
Inspecteur Plettschette
Pandora
1996Movie
Raúl
Les Miserables
1995Movie
Thénardier 1942
Élisa
1995Movie
Gitanes Smoker
Le Voleur et la menteuse
1993Movie
Jeff
Im Kreis der Iris
1993Movie
Dr. Ionescu
Ville à vendre
1992Movie
Jean Boulard
Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
1991Movie
Jeff
The Flesh
1991Movie
Nicola
Venins
1991Movie
Phil Anzer
Death of a Schoolboy
1990Movie
Dr. Levin
No Time for Justice
1990Movie
Auclair
The Day of Reckoning
1990Movie
André Arnaud
There Were Days... and Moons
1990Movie
Le chanteur abandonné
Chillers
1990TV
André Arnaud
Plato's Banquet
1989Movie
Socrates
The Color of the Wind
1988Movie
Pierre
Ada in the Jungle
1988Movie
Rudi
Snack Bar Budapest
1988Movie
Sapo
The Abyss
1988Movie
Henri-Maximilien
The South
1988Movie
Roberto
Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988Movie
Painter / Murderer
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
1988Movie
Bernard Hauptmann
Le monde est à vous
1987TV
Self
If the Sun Never Returns
1987Movie
Arlettaz
Sacrée soirée
1987TV
Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987TV
Self
State of Grace
1986Movie
Pierre-Julien
The Dawn
1986Movie
Gad
The Nonentity
1986Movie
Kaufmann
Exit-exil
1986Movie
Duke
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
1985Movie
Pierre
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi
1985Movie
Pierre
Robin
1985Movie
Louis Ducasse
Farewell Fred
1985Movie
Fred
La Pirate
1984Movie
n° 5
Wild Animals
1984Movie
Léandro Santini
Femmes de personne
1984Movie
Antoine
So Long, Stooge
1983Movie
Bauer
Hiver 60
1983Movie
André
Mora
1982Movie
Mora
La Balance
1982Movie
Dédé Laffont
Paradise for All
1982Movie
Marc Lebel
The Shock
1982Movie
Félix
Short Memory
1982Movie
Frank Barila
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
1981Movie
Blaise
The Little Mermaid
1980Movie
Georges Maréchal
A Week's Vacation
1980Movie
le docteur Sabouret
La Tisane de sarments
1980Movie
Joë Bousquet
The Imprint of Giants
1980Movie
Lucien Chabaud
Le Journal
1979TV
Clébert
The French Atlantic Affair
1979TV
Blondin
Judith Therpauve
1978Movie
Jean-Pierre Maurier
Your Turn, My Turn
1978Movie
Vincent
Solemn Communion
1977Movie
Jacques Gravet
Shadow of the Castles
1977Movie
Luigi
La Comédie du train des pignes
1977Movie
Self
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
1977Movie
Marec
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
1976Movie
(uncredited)
The Conquistadores
1976Movie
The Good and the Bad
1976Movie
le vendeur de Citroën
Cat and Mouse
1975Movie
Pierre Chemin
French Connection II
1975Movie
Jacques
The Track
1975Movie
Paul Danville
The Wonderful Crook
1975Movie
Julien
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
La Cloche tibétaine
1974TV
Vladimir Petropavlovsky
The Middle of the World
1974Movie
Paul
Armchair Cinema
1974TV
Jean Cacques Brialy
The Mouth Agape
1974Movie
Philippe
The Oil War Will Not Happen
1974Movie
Padovani
Kamouraska
1973Movie
Antoine
The Day of the Jackal
1973Movie
Gendarme
La Porteuse de pain
1973TV
Jacques Garaud jeune
Chinese Glory
1972Movie
Michel Perrat
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
1972Movie
Clovis
To Be Twenty in the Aures
1972Movie
Lieutenant Perrin
Rak
1972Movie
Lucien
Two English Girls
1971Movie
Diurka
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
1971Movie
Honoré
Max and the Junkmen
1971Movie
Losfeld
Crime and Punishment
1971Movie
Razoumikhine
Bed and Board
1970Movie
L'homme Ivre (uncredited)