Jean-Louis Trintignant

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Louis Trintignant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Amour (2012) — Georges
2. Three Colors: Red (1994) — The Judge
3. The City of Lost Children (1995) — L'oncle Irvin (voice)
4. Il Sorpasso (1962) — Roberto Mariani
5. The Conformist (1971) — Marcello Clerici
6. Z (1969) — Examining Magistrate
7. The Great Silence (1968) — Silence
8. Happy End (2017) — Georges Laurent
9. My Night at Maud's (1969) — Jean-Louis
10. A Man and a Woman (1966) — Jean-Louis Duroc
11. ...And God Created Woman (1956) — Michel Tardieu
12. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Captain Serge
13. Confidentially Yours (1983) — Julien Vercel
14. The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024) — Narrateur (voice)
15. Under Fire (1983) — Marcel Jazy
16. The Terrace (1980) — Enrico D'Orsi
17. Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965) — Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté
18. Flic Story (1975) — Émile Buisson
19. A Self-Made Hero (1996) — Albert Dehousse (old)
20. The Best Years of a Life (2019) — Jean-Louis Duroc
21. The Sleeping Car Murders (1965) — Éric Grandin, étudiant vétérinaire
22. The Desert of the Tartars (1976) — Magg. Med. Rovine
23. Les Biches (1968) — Paul Thomas
24. Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) — (archive footage)
25. The Big Pardon (1982) — Le commissaire Duché
26. Violent Summer (1959) — Carlo Caremoli
27. Rendez-vous (1985) — Scrutzler
28. The Sunday Woman (1975) — Massimo Campi
29. Trans-Europ-Express (1966) — Elias
30. The Last Train (1973) — Julien Maroyeur
31. That Night of Varennes (1982) — Monsieur Sauce
32. Without Apparent Motive (1971) — Stéphane Carella
33. The Outside Man (1972) — Lucien Bellon
34. Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) — The Police Commissioner
35. Thank You, Life (1991) — le colonel SS
36. Love at the Top (1974) — Nicolas Mallet
37. See How They Fall (1994) — Marx
38. Death Laid an Egg (1968) — Marco
39. Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained (2021) — Self - Actor (archive footage)
40. Dangerous Love Affairs (1959) — Danceny

Directed

1. A Full Day's Work (1973) — Director
2. Swimming Instructor (1979) — Director