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.
Acted in 76
1990s
- 1997
Black Dju
Inspecteur Plettschette
- 1996
Pandora
Raúl
- 1995
Les Miserables
Thénardier 1942
- 1993
Le Voleur et la menteuse
Jeff
- 1992
- 1991
Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
Jeff
Venins
Phil Anzer
- 1990
Death of a Schoolboy
Dr. Levin
The Day of Reckoning
André Arnaud
There Were Days... and Moons
Le chanteur abandonné
1980s
- 1989
Plato's Banquet
Socrates
- 1988
The Color of the Wind
Pierre
Ada in the Jungle
Rudi
Snack Bar Budapest
Sapo
The Abyss
Henri-Maximilien
The South
Roberto
Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné
Bernard Hauptmann
- 1987
If the Sun Never Returns
Arlettaz
- 1986
State of Grace
Pierre-Julien
The Dawn
Gad
The Nonentity
Kaufmann
Exit-exil
Duke
- 1985
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Pierre
Ni avec toi, ni sans toi
Pierre
Robin
Louis Ducasse
Farewell Fred
Fred
- 1984
Femmes de personne
Antoine
- 1983
So Long, Stooge
Bauer
- 1982
Mora
Mora
La Balance
Dédé Laffont
Paradise for All
Marc Lebel
The Shock
Félix
Short Memory
Frank Barila
- 1981
Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe !
Blaise
- 1980
The Little Mermaid
Georges Maréchal
A Week's Vacation
le docteur Sabouret
La Tisane de sarments
Joë Bousquet
The Imprint of Giants
Lucien Chabaud
1970s
- 1979
Le Journal
Clébert · 6 episodes
The French Atlantic Affair
Blondin · 3 episodes
- 1978
Judith Therpauve
Jean-Pierre Maurier
Your Turn, My Turn
Vincent
- 1977
Solemn Communion
Jacques Gravet
Shadow of the Castles
Luigi
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
Marec
- 1976
Vincent Put the Donkey in a Meadow (And Went Into the Other)
(uncredited)
The Conquistadores
Movie
The Good and the Bad
le vendeur de Citroën
- 1975
Cat and Mouse
Pierre Chemin
The Track
Paul Danville
The Wonderful Crook
Julien
- 1974
La Cloche tibétaine
Vladimir Petropavlovsky · 7 episodes
The Middle of the World
Paul
Armchair Cinema
Jean Cacques Brialy · 1 episode
The Mouth Agape
Philippe
The Oil War Will Not Happen
Padovani
- 1973
Kamouraska
Antoine
La Porteuse de pain
Jacques Garaud jeune · 13 episodes
- 1972
Chinese Glory
Michel Perrat
To Be Twenty in the Aures
Lieutenant Perrin
Rak
Lucien
- 1971
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
Honoré
Max and the Junkmen
Losfeld
- 1970
Appearances6
1980s
- 1987
- 1982
1970s
- 1977
La Comédie du train des pignes
Self
- 1975
