Philippe Léotard
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9362 |
| Birthday | 1940-08-28 |
| Place of Birth | Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
| Also Known As |
1970
Bed and Board
7.1/316
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Bed and Board
1975
French Connection II
6.777/487
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1975
The Wonderful Crook
5.625/16
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1972
A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
6.202/94
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A Gorgeous Kid Like Me
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The Good and the Bad
5.6/37
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The Good and the Bad
1973
The Day of the Jackal
7.528/708
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The Day of the Jackal
1971
Crime and Punishment
7/1
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1971
Two English Girls
6.962/169
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1977
Solemn Communion
4.556/9
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1984
La Pirate
4.8/30
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6.033/45
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1987
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5.944/9
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5.833/6
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6.292/12
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1988
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4.333/3
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8/1
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5.8/13
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1995
Les Miserables
6.649/87
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1986
State of Grace
4/4
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A Week's Vacation
6.125/28
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1990
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6.2/30
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There Were Days... and Moons
1988
Jane B. by Agnès V.
6.8/68
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Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
5.226/73
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Rak
6.5/4
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1977
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
6.849/53
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The Mouth Agape
6.55/40
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1992
Ville à vendre
5.2/5
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Ville à vendre
1975
Cat and Mouse
5.7/31
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Cat and Mouse
1995
Élisa
6.383/103
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1982
La Balance
6.418/79
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The Shock
5.3/37
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1977
La Comédie du train des pignes
8/1
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1974
The Middle of the World
6.2/16
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1980
La Tisane de sarments
8/2
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1985
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
6.75/16
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Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
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4.667/3
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7.361/273
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Wild Animals
4.6/12
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4.455/11
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Farewell Fred
5/3
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Venins
4.188/8
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1984
Femmes de personne
4.25/10
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1985
Robin
5.063/8
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1974
The Oil War Will Not Happen
8/1
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1976
The Conquistadores
10/1
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1982
Short Memory
5.286/7
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Short Memory
1986
The Nonentity
6.074/27
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The Nonentity
1975
The Track
6.8/49
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The Track
1976
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
5.167/6
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Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
1991
Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
7/1
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Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
1989
Plato's Banquet
4.944/9
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Plato's Banquet
1988
The Abyss
5.421/20
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The Abyss
1993
Im Kreis der Iris
8/1
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Kamouraska
5.909/11
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Kamouraska
1978
Judith Therpauve
6.444/9
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Judith Therpauve
1991
The Flesh
5.664/67
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The Flesh
1980
The Imprint of Giants
10/1
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The Imprint of Giants
1988
The South
6.6/30
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1971
Max and the Junkmen
7.1/140
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Max and the Junkmen
1996
Pandora
7/3
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Pandora
1990
No Time for Justice
10/1
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No Time for Justice
1971
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
6.4/5
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Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
1988
Snack Bar Budapest
4.8/45
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1972
To Be Twenty in the Aures
7.647/17
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1986
Exit-exil
7.3/3
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Exit-exil
1990
Death of a Schoolboy
4/3
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The Dawn
9.5/2
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1997
Black Dju
6/2
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Black Dju
1982
Mora
7.25/2
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Mora
1983
Hiver 60
7/1
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1977
Shadow of the Castles
7.2/3
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1985
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi
7/1
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1990
The Day of Reckoning
7/1
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