Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Trintignant | |
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Born | Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant 11 December 1930 Piolenc, France |
Died | 17 June 2022 Collias, France | (aged 91)
Alma mater | La Fémis |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1951–2019 |
Spouses | Marianne Hoepfner (m. 2000) |
Children | 3, including Marie |
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lwi tʁɛ̃tiɲɑ̃]; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 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
Early life
Trintignant was born on 11 December 1930[1] in Piolenc, Vaucluse.[2] he had older brother by four years, During World War II, his father joined the resistance against the Nazi regime by aiding Jews, and his mother began an affair with Nazi officer which led her Horizontal collaboration which affected Jean Louis for his entire life.
He grew up with the intention of studying law, but he soon discovered an interest in acting and moved to Paris at the age of 20 to study drama, making his theatrical debut in 1951.[2] [3]
Career
After touring in the early 1950s in several theater productions, his first motion picture appearance came in 1955, and the following year he gained stardom with his performance opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman. Trintignant's acting was interrupted for several years by mandatory military service.[4] After serving in Algiers, he returned to Paris and resumed his work in film.[4] He had the leading male role in Claude Lelouch's film A Man and a Woman (Un homme et une femme, 1966), which was the most commercially successful French film internationally for some years.
In Italy, he was always dubbed into Italian, and he worked with Italian directors including
Throughout the 1970s, Trintignant starred in many films, including the English-language films The Outside Man in 1971 and Under Fire in 1983. Following this, he starred in François Truffaut's final film, Confidentially Yours, and reprised his best-known role in the sequel A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (Un homme et une femme, 20 ans dejà, 1986).[5]
In 1994, he starred in
On 20 July 2018, Trintignant announced his retirement from cinema,[8] but, in March 2019, he accepted a role in Claude Lelouch's film The Best Years of a Life (Les plus belles annees d'une vie), a follow-up to A Man and a Woman and its sequel A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later.[9][10][11]
Personal life and death
Trintignant came from a wealthy family. He was the nephew of racecar driver Louis Trintignant, who was killed in 1933 while practising on the
His first wife was actress
In 2018, Trintignant announced that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and would not be seeking treatment.[17] In November 2021, it was reported that he was gradually losing his sight and was in declining health.[18] Trintignant died at his home on 17 June 2022, at the age of 91.[2][19]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1955 | If All the Guys in the World | Jean-Louis | Christian-Jaque | |
1956 | La Loi des rues
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Yves Tréguier | Ralph Habib | |
And God Created Woman | Michel Tardieu | Roger Vadim | ||
Women's Club | Michel | Ralph Habib | ||
1959 | Les liaisons dangereuses
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Danceny | Roger Vadim | |
Violent Summer | Carlo Caremoli | Valerio Zurlini | ||
1960 | Austerlitz | Ségur junior | Abel Gance | |
1961 | Pleins feux sur l'assassin
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Jean-Marie de Kerloguen | Georges Franju | |
Journey Beneath the Desert | Pierre | Edgar G. Ulmer | ||
1962 | Horace 62 | Joseph Fabiani | André Versini | |
Le Combat dans l'île | Clément Lesser | Alain Cavalier | ||
Il Sorpasso | Roberto Mariani | Dino Risi | ||
1963 | Château en Suède
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Éric | Roger Vadim | |
1964 | The Last Steps | Joe | Jacques Robin | |
1964 | Mata Hari, Agent H21 | François Lasalle | Jean-Louis Richard | |
1965 | The Sleeping Car Murders | Éric Grandin | Costa-Gavras | |
1966 | A Man and a Woman | Jean-Louis Duroc | Claude Lelouch | |
Diamond Safari | Raphaële Vincente | Michel Drach | ||
La Longue Marche
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Philippe | Alexandre Astruc | ||
Trans-Europ-Express | Elias | Alain Robbe-Grillet | ||
1967 | Un homme à abattre | Raphaël | Philippe Condroyer | |
Col cuore in gola | Bernard | Tinto Brass | ||
My Love, My Love | Vincent Falaise | Nadine Trintignant | ||
1968 | Death Laid an Egg
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Marco | Giulio Questi | |
Les Biches | Paul Thomas | Claude Chabrol | ||
The Man Who Lies | Jan Robin / Boris Varissa | Alain Robbe-Grillet | ||
The Great Silence | Gordon ("Silence") | Sergio Corbucci | ||
The Libertine | Carlo De Marchi | Pasquale Festa Campanile | ||
1969 | Z | Christos Sartzetakis | Costa-Gavras | |
Metti, una sera a cena | Michele | Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | ||
My Night at Maud's | Jean-Louis | Éric Rohmer | ||
L'Américain | Bruno | Marcel Bozzuffi | ||
So Sweet... So Perverse | Jean Reynaud | Umberto Lenzi | ||
1970 | The Conformist
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Marcello Clerici | Bernardo Bertolucci | |
Le Voyou | Simon Duroc | Claude Lelouch | ||
1971 | Ramparts of Clay | the entrepreneur | Jean-Louis Bertucelli
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L'Opium et le Bâton
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Chaudier | Ahmed Rachedi | ||
Without Apparent Motive | Stéphane Carella | Philippe Labro | ||
1972 | ...and Hope to Die
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Antoine Cardot | René Clément | |
The Assassination | François Darien | Yves Boisset | ||
The Outside Man | Lucien Bellon | Jacques Deray | ||
1973 | The Train | Julien Maroyeur | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
A Full Day's Work | directed | |||
1974 | Violins at the Ball | Michel | Michel Drach | |
Successive Slidings of Pleasure | the police officer | Alain Robbe-Grillet | ||
Le Mouton enragé
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Nicolas Mallet | Michel Deville | ||
The Secret | David Daguerre | Robert Enrico | ||
1975 | L'Agression
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Paul Varlin | Gérard Pirès | |
Flic Story | Émile Buisson | Jacques Deray | ||
Il pleut sur Santiago
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Senator | Helvio Soto | ||
Playing with Fire | le bel homme / l'homme de main | Alain Robbe-Grillet | ||
The Sunday Woman | Massimo Campi | Luigi Comencini | ||
1976 | The Desert of the Tartars | Rovin | Valerio Zurlini | |
L'Ordinateur des pompes funèbres | Fred Malon | Gérard Pirès | ||
1977 | The Passengers | Alex Moineau | Serge Leroy | |
Repérages
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Victor | Michel Soutter | ||
1978 | L'Argent des autres
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Henri Rainier | Christian de Chalonge | |
1980 | The Lady Banker | Horace Vannister | Francis Girod | |
La terrazza | Enrico D'Orsi | Ettore Scola | ||
Je vous aime | Julien | Claude Berri | ||
1981 | Un assassin qui passe | Ravic | Michel Vianey | |
Passion of Love | the doctor | Ettore Scola | ||
Malevil | Fulbert | Christian de Chalonge | ||
Eaux profondes | Vic Allen | Michel Deville | ||
1982 | Le Grand Pardon | Commissaire Duché | Alexandre Arcady | |
Boulevard des assassins | Daniel Salmon | Boramy Tioulong | ||
Blow to the Heart
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Dario | Gianni Amelio | ||
The Night at Varennes
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Monsieur Sauce | Ettore Scola | ||
1983 | Confidentially Yours | Julien Vercel | François Truffaut | |
La Crime | Christian Lacassagne | Philippe Labro | ||
Under Fire | Marcel Jazy | Roger Spottiswoode | ||
1984 | Viva la vie!
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François Gaucher | Claude Lelouch | |
1985 | Next Summer | Paul | Nadine Trintignant | |
Partir, revenir | Roland Rivière | Claude Lelouch | ||
Rendez-vous
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Scrutzler | André Téchiné | ||
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent | Mayene | Pierre Granier-Deferre | ||
1986 | A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later | Jean-Louis Duroc | Claude Lelouch | |
La Femme de ma vie
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Pierre | Régis Wargnier | ||
1987 | La vallée fantôme | Paul | Alain Tanner | |
1989 | Bunker Palace Hôtel | Holm | Enki Bilal | |
1991 | Merci la vie | SS officier | Bertrand Blier | |
1994 | Three Colors: Red
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Joseph Kern | Krzysztof Kieślowski | |
1995 | The City of Lost Children | L'oncle Irvin | Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro | Voice Only |
Fiesta | Colonel Masagual | Pierre Boutron | ||
1996 | A Self Made Hero
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Albert Dehousse (the matured one) | Jacques Audiard | |
1998 | Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Lucien Emmerich / Jean-Baptiste Emmerich | Patrice Chéreau | |
2003 | Janis et John | Monsieur Cannon | Samuel Benchetrit | |
2012 | Amour | Georges | Michael Haneke | |
2017 | Happy End | Georges Laurent | Michael Haneke | |
2019 | The Best Years of a Life | Jean-Louis Duroc | Claude Lelouch | |
2024 | The Most Precious of Cargos | Narrator (voice) | Michel Hazanavicius | [23] |
Awards and honours
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1968 | Berlin International Film Festival | Silver Bear for Best Actor | The Man Who Lies | Won | [24] |
1969 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor
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Z | Won | [25] |
1986 | César Award
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Best Supporting Actor | La Femme de ma vie
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Nominated | [citation needed] |
1994 | Best Actor | Three Colors: Red
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Nominated | [citation needed] | |
1995 | Best Actor | Fiesta | Nominated | [citation needed] | |
1998 | Best Supporting Actor | Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Nominated | [citation needed] | |
2012 | Best Actor | Amour | Won | [26] | |
European Film Award |
Best Actor | Won | [27] | ||
Lumières Award | Best Actor | Won | [28] | ||
Globes de Cristal Award |
Best Actor |
Nominated | [29] | ||
International Cinephile Society Award | Best Actor | Nominated | [30] | ||
London Film Critics Circle Award |
Best Actor of the Year |
Nominated | [31] |
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