Philippe Léotard
Acting • Born 1940-08-28 – Died 2001-08-25
Biography
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
84 credits
Bed and Board
Movie • 1970
L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
French Connection II
Movie • 1975
Jacques
The Wonderful Crook
Movie • 1975
Julien
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
Movie • 1972
Clovis
The Good and the Bad
Movie • 1976
le vendeur de Citroën
The Day of the Jackal
Movie • 1973
Gendarme
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 1971
Razoumikhine
Two English Girls
Movie • 1971
Diurka
Solemn Communion
Movie • 1977
Jacques Gravet
La Pirate
Movie • 1984
n° 5
Paradise for All
Movie • 1982
Marc Lebel
If the Sun Never Returns
Movie • 1987
Arlettaz
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 1980
Georges Maréchal
Chinese Glory
Movie • 1972
Michel Perrat
Ada in the Jungle
Movie • 1988
Rudi
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Movie • 1988
Bernard Hauptmann
The Color of the Wind
Movie • 1988
Pierre
Les Miserables
Movie • 1995
Thénardier 1942
State of Grace
Movie • 1986
Pierre-Julien
There Were Days... and Moons
Movie • 1990
Le chanteur abandonné
A Week's Vacation
Movie • 1980
le docteur Sabouret
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Movie • 1988
Painter / Murderer
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Movie • 1981
Blaise
Rak
Movie • 1972
Lucien
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
Movie • 1977
Marec
The Mouth Agape
Movie • 1974
Philippe
Ville à vendre
Movie • 1992
Jean Boulard
Cat and Mouse
Movie • 1975
Pierre Chemin
Elisa
Movie • 1995
Gitanes Smoker
La Balance
Movie • 1982
Dédé Laffont
Le Choc
Movie • 1982
Félix
La Comédie du train des pignes
Movie • 1977
Self
The Middle of the World
Movie • 1974
Paul
La Tisane de sarments
Movie • 1980
Joë Bousquet
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Movie • 1985
Pierre
Le Voleur et la menteuse
Movie • 1993
Jeff
So Long, Stooge
Movie • 1983
Bauer
Wild Animals
Movie • 1984
Léandro Santini
Your Turn, My Turn
Movie • 1978
Vincent
Farewell Fred
Movie • 1985
Fred
Venins
Movie • 1991
Phil Anzer
Femmes de personne
Movie • 1984
Antoine
Robin
Movie • 1985
Louis Ducasse
The Oil War Will Not Happen
Movie • 1974
Padovani
The Conquistadores
Movie • 1976
Short Memory
Movie • 1982
Frank Barila
The Nonentity
Movie • 1986
Kaufmann
The Track
Movie • 1975
Paul Danville
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
Movie • 1976
(uncredited)
Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
Movie • 1991
Jeff
Plato's Banquet
Movie • 1989
Socrates
The Abyss
Movie • 1988
Henri-Maximilien
Im Kreis der Iris
Movie • 1993
Dr. Ionescu
Kamouraska
Movie • 1973
Antoine
Judith Therpauve
Movie • 1978
Jean-Pierre Maurier
The Flesh
Movie • 1991
Nicola
The Imprint of Giants
Movie • 1980
Lucien Chabaud
The South
Movie • 1988
Roberto
Max and the Junkmen
Movie • 1971
Losfeld
Pandora
Movie • 1996
Raúl
No Time for Justice
Movie • 1990
Auclair
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
Movie • 1971
Honoré
Snack Bar Budapest
Movie • 1988
Sapo
To Be Twenty in the Aures
Movie • 1972
Lieutenant Perrin
Exit-exil
Movie • 1986
Duke
Death of a Schoolboy
Movie • 1990
Dr. Levin
The Dawn
Movie • 1986
Gad
Black Dju
Movie • 1997
Inspecteur Plettschette
Mora
Movie • 1982
Mora
Hiver 60
Movie • 1983
André
Shadow of the Castles
Movie • 1977
Luigi
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi
Movie • 1985
Pierre
The Day of Reckoning
Movie • 1990
André Arnaud
Armchair Cinema
TV • 1974
Jean Cacques Brialy
Nulle part ailleurs
TV • 1987
Self
The French Atlantic Affair
TV • 1979
Blondin
La Cloche tibétaine
TV • 1974
Vladimir Petropavlovsky
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Le Journal
TV • 1979
Clébert
Le monde est à vous
TV • 1987
Self
La Porteuse de pain
TV • 1973
Jacques Garaud jeune
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Chillers
TV • 1990
André Arnaud