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Jean-Louis Trintignant

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Born 1930 in Piolenc in south France as son of a wealthy industrialist. Studied law in Aix-en-Provence. Started theatrical acting in 1950, but was regarded untalented at first, until Roger Vadim discovered him for the movies. When the press stalked him 1956 because of rumors of an affair with Brigitte Bardot his partner in ...And God Created Woman... See full bio »

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2012 Amour
Georges
 
2005 Galilée ou L'amour de Dieu (TV movie)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
2004 Immortal (Ad Vitam)
Jack Turner (voice: French version) (uncredited)
 
2003 Janis and John
M. Cannon
 
1998 Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
Lucien Emmerich/Jean-Baptiste Emmerich
 
1996 Tykho Moon
Le chirurgien
 
1996 L'insoumise (TV movie)
Roquepenne
 
1996 A Self-Made Hero
Albert Dehousse (old)
 
1996 C'est jamais loin
Elliot Spencer
 
1996 Un homme est tombé dans la rue
 
1995 Fiesta
Colonel Masagual
 
1995 The City of Lost Children
L'oncle Irvin (voice)
 
1994 See How They Fall
Marx
 
1994 Three Colors: Red
Le juge
 
1994 Rêveuse jeunesse (TV movie)
Récitant (texte de Paul Éluard) (voice)
 
1993 L'interdiction (TV movie)
Le marquis d'Espard
 
1993 L'oeil écarlate
René Montijoux
 
1993 L'instinct de l'ange
Colonel Édouard
 
1992 Le Grand Pardon II
Narrator
 
1992 La controverse de Valladolid (TV movie)
Ginèse de Sepúlveda
 
1991 'Merci la vie'
SS Officer
 
1990 Julie de Carneilhan (TV movie)
Herbert d'Espivant
 
1990 Pour un oui ou pour un non (TV movie)
H1
 
1989 Bunker Palace Hôtel
Holm
 
1987 La vallée fantôme
Paul
 
1987 Le moustachu
Le général Gougeard
 
1986 The Woman of My Life
Pierre
 
1986 15 août (short)
The unfaithful husband
 
1986 A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Jean-Louis Duroc
 
1985 L'homme aux yeux d'argent
Mayene
 
1985 Sortüz egy fekete bivalyért
Fodó tanár úr
 
1985 Rendez-vous
Scrutzler
 
1985 Partir, revenir
Roland Rivière
 
1985 L'été prochain
Paul
 
1984 Long Live Life
François Gaucher
 
1984 Femmes de personne
Michel Gilquin
 
1984 Le bon plaisir
The President
 
1983 Under Fire
Marcel Jazy
 
1983 Cover Up
Christian Lacassagne
 
1983 Confidentially Yours
Julien Vercel
 
1983 Colpire al cuore
Dario
 
1983 Credo (TV movie)
Le professeur Lenski
 
1982 La nuit de Varennes
Monsieur Sauce
 
1982 Boulevard des assassins
Daniel Salmon
 
1982 Le Grand Pardon
Commissaire Duché
 
1981 Eaux profondes
Vic Allen
 
1981 Dead Certain
Louis Faguet
 
1981 Malevil
Fulbert
 
1981 Passione d'amore
Doctor
 
1981 Un assassin qui passe
Ravic
 
1980 Je vous aime
Julien Tellier
 
1980 The Lady Banker
Horace Vannister
 
1980 La terrazza
Enrico D'Orsi (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
 
1979 Melancoly Baby
Pierre
 
1979 Le maître-nageur
Le jardinier de Zopoulos
 
1978 Other People's Money
Henri Rainier
 
1977 Faces of Love
Victor
 
1977 The Passengers
Alex Moineau
 
1977 L'affaire
 
1976 Il deserto dei tartari
Le médecin-major Rovin
 
1976 The Honeymoon Trip
Paul Carter
 
1976 The Probability Factor
Fred Malone
 
1975 The Sunday Woman
Massimo Campi
 
1975 Rain over Santiago
Le sénateur
 
1975 Flic Story
Emile Buisson
 
1975 L'agression
Paul Varlin
 
1975 Playing with Fire
Franz/Francis
 
1974 The Secret
David Daguerre
 
1974 Escapade
Ferdinand
 
1974 Le mouton enragé
Nicolas Mallet
 
1974 Successive Slidings of Pleasure
The police Lieutenant
 
1974 Les violons du bal
Lui (Michel)
 
1973 The Train
Julien Maroyeur
 
1973 Défense de savoir
Jean-Pierre Laubray
 
1973 Une journée bien remplie ou Neuf meurtres insolites dans une même journée par un seul homme dont ce n'est pas le métier
Le Metteur en scène de la troupe des 'Enfants du Gard'
 
1972 The Outside Man
Lucien Bellon
 
1972 The Assassination
François Darien - un intellectuel instable
 
1972 And Hope to Die
Tony
 
1971 Sans mobile apparent
Stéphane Carella
 
1971 L'opium et le baton
Chaudier
 
1971 Ramparts of Clay
Entrepreneur
 
1970 The Crook
Simon Duroc dit 'le Suisse'
 
1970 Secret Intentions
Miguel
 
1970 The Conformist
Marcello Clerici (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
 
1969 So Sweet... So Perverse
Jean Reynaud
 
1969 Crime Thief
Jean Girod
 
1969 My Night at Maud's
Jean-Louis
 
1969 Metti, una sera a cena
Michele
 
1969 Z
Le juge d'instruction
 
1969 L'américain
Bruno
 
1968 The Libertine
Dr. Carlo De Marchi
 
1968 The Great Silence
Silence
 
1968 The Man Who Lies
Jan Robin/Boris Varissa
 
1968 Les Biches
Paul Thomas
 
1968 Death Laid an Egg
Marco
 
1968 La société est une fleur carnivore (short)
Récitant/Narrator
 
1967 I Am What I Am
Bernard
 
1967 A Man to Kill
Raphael
 
1967 Trans-Europ-Express
Elias/Himself
 
1967 My Love, My Love
Vincent Falaise
 
1966 Is Paris Burning?
Capitaine Serge
 
1966 Diamond Safari
Raphaële Vincente
 
1966 A Man and a Woman
Jean-Louis Duroc (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
 
1966 Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel
François
 
1966 Un jour à Paris (short)
 
1966 La longue marche
Philippe
 
1965 Compartiment tueurs
Éric Grandin
 
1965 Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois (TV series)
Mezure
– Lyon: marché en main (1965) … Mezure
 
1965 Merveilleuse Angélique
Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté
 
1965 I Kill, You Kill
Gianni Santi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
 
1965 The Real Bargain
Jacques Danzac
 
1965 Fragilité, ton nom est femme (short)
 
1964 Mata Hari, agent H21
Captain François Lasalle
 
1964 Les siffleurs
 
1964 Avatar (TV movie)
 
1964 The Last Steps
Georges Guichard
 
1964 Inferno
Marcel #2
 
1963 Nutty, Naughty Chateau
Eric
 
1963 Il successo
Sergio
 
1962 The Easy Life
Roberto Mariani (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
 
1962 Le combat dans l'île
Clément Lesser
 
1962 The Seven Deadly Sins
Paul (segment "Luxure, La")
 
1962 The Fabiani Affair
Joseph Fabiani
 
1961 Le jeu de la vérité
Guy de Fleury
 
1961 Le coeur battant
François
 
1961 Le puits aux trois vérités
Un invité au vernissage
 
1961 Journey Beneath the Desert
Pierre
 
1961 Spotlight on a Murderer
Jean-Marie de Kerloguen
 
1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
Ségur fils
 
1960 The Thousandth Window
Georges Desvignes
 
1959 Violent Summer
Carlo Caremoli (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
 
1959 Les liaisons dangereuses
Danceny
 
1959 Parfois le dimanche (short)
 
1956 Club of Women
Michel
 
1956 ...And God Created Woman
Michel Tardieu
 
1956 Law of the Streets
YvesTréguier
 
1956 If All the Guys in the World...
Jean-Louis (as J.L. Trintignant)
 
1955 Pechinef (short)
 
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2013 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself - César du meilleur acteur
– 38ème nuit des Césars (2013) … Himself - César du meilleur acteur (voice)
 
2013 Michael H - Profession: Director (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012-2013 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 January 2013 (2013) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Trintignant l'italien (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2012 Kulturzeit (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Boris Vian, swing à Saint-Germain des Prés (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Empreintes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jean-Louis Trintignant, « un honnête homme » (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Thé ou café (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2006 Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Les contes secrets ou les Rohmériens (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Béjart!... Vous avez dit Béjart?... (TV documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Jacques Deray: Le cinéma... ma vie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Les 13 vies du chat Lelouch (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator (french version)
– Opportunity Lost (1995) … Narrator (french version) (voice)
– The Music of Light (1995) … Narrator (french version) (voice)
– The Unchained Camera (1995) … Narrator (french version) (voice)
– Art's Promised Land (1995) … Narrator (french version) (voice)
– Where It All Began (1995) … Narrator (french version) (voice)
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1994 Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary (documentary)
Narrator (french version)/Récitant (voice)
 
1991 Bertrand Blier: Des valseuses à Merci la vie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Àngel Casas show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.23 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 7 sur 7 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 January 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1984-1986 Mardi cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 December 1986 (1986) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1985 (1985) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 March 1985 (1985) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1985 (1985) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1982 A Portrait of Jean-Louis Trintignant (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980-1981 Jeudi cinéma (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 November 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 Les nouveaux rendez-vous (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 November 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 Exclusif... Canada (TV movie)
Himself
 
1979 Ciné regards (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1978 Portrait de Jacques Dufilho (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Chili: Les arpilleras de la colère (documentary short)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
 
1976-1977 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1972 Jean Vilar, une belle vie
Himself
 
1971 Samedi soir (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 January 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1968 Western, Italian Style (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1964 Une foule enfin réunie (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1963 Le chemin de la mauvaise route (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1962 Parisienne... Parisiennes (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2013 René Clément, témoin et poète (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 What War May Bring
Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 
2010 Empreintes (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Cinémas (TV series)
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
(segment "Cinéma de Boulevard")
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Words in Progress (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Happy New Year
Un homme (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

J.L. Trintignant | Jean Louis Trintignant

Height:

5' 7¾" (1.72 m)
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[on Costa-Gavras] Costa-Gavras is more the classic director of the American cinema of John Ford and those people. His films are a little linear, didactic for a character who is so complex and ambiguous. I love him! We all do, we all call him -- Nadine, myself -- when we're cutting. He can take any film and find ten more minutes to cut. See more »

Trivia:

His daughter Pauline died as a baby while he and his family were on location in Rome in 1969. See more »

Trademark:

Thoughtful characters whose ideals and morals are harshly tested See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius