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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Acting
Movie
The Day of the Jackal
as Gendarme
1973
Movie
French Connection II
as Jacques
1975
Movie
Bed and Board
as L'homme Ivre (uncredited)
1970
Movie
So Long, Stooge
as Bauer
1983
Movie
Two English Girls
as Diurka
1971
Movie
Max and the Junkmen
as Losfeld
1971
Movie
Élisa
as Gitanes Smoker
1995
Movie
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
as Clovis
1972
Movie
Les Miserables
as Thénardier 1942
1995
Movie
La Balance
as Dédé Laffont
1982
Movie
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
as Blaise
1981
Movie
The Flesh
as Nicola
1991
Movie
Jane B. by Agnès V.
as Painter / Murderer
1988
Movie
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
as Marec
1977
Movie
The Track
as Paul Danville
1975
Movie
Paradise for All
as Marc Lebel
1982
Movie
Snack Bar Budapest
as Sapo
1988
Movie
The Good and the Bad
as le vendeur de Citroën
1976
Movie
The Mouth Agape
as Philippe
1974
Movie
The Shock
as Félix
1982
Movie
Cat and Mouse
as Pierre Chemin
1975
Movie
La Pirate
as n° 5
1984
Movie
The South
as Roberto
1988
Movie
There Were Days... and Moons
as Le chanteur abandonné
1990
