Jean-Louis Trintignant

Born: 1930-12-11 in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France

Died: 2022-06-17

Known For: Acting

Biography

Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (December 11, 1930 – June 17, 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 And God Created Woman (1956), followed by a starmaking romantic turn in A Man and a Woman (1966), and The Great Silence (1968). He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 1968 Berlin International Film Festival for his performance in The Man Who Lies and the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival for Costa-Gavras's Z. Trintignant's other notable films include, My Night at Maud's (1969), The Conformist (1970), Three Colours: Red (1994), and The City of Lost Children (1995). He won the 2013 César Award for Best Actor for his role in Michael Haneke's Amour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Louis Trintignant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026

One Hero, The People as Excerpt from the film Z (archive footage)
Igor and After

2025

From Rock Star to Killer as Self (archive footage)

2024

The Most Precious of Cargoes as Narrateur (voice)

2022

Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable as Self (archive footage)
Romy, A Free Woman as Self - Julien Maroyeur (archive footage)
Shoot to Live as Self

2017

Happy End as Georges Laurent
Filming Silenzio as Self (archive footage)

2014

Cinéma Jacques Perrin as Self

2013

Michael H. – Profession: Director as Self
Bardot, The Misunderstanding
Making of Amour as Self
Michel as Narrator

2012

Square as Self
Amour as Georges
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
Close Up as Self (archive footage)
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis as Self

2011

Agnès Varda: From Here to There
Agnès Varda: From Here to There as Self

2010

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore as Self
Le Miracle du silence as Self

2009

2005

Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens as Self
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi as Self (archive footage)

2003

Janis and John as Monsieur Cannon

2002

Zinédine Zidane - Comme dans un rêve as Narator

1999

Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur as Narration (Voice)

1998

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train as Lucien Emmerich / Jean-Baptiste Emmerich

1996

A Self-Made Hero as Albert Dehousse (old)
C'est jamais loin as Elliot Spencer
Tykho Moon as Le chirurgien
L'insoumise as Roquepenne

1995

The City of Lost Children as L'oncle Irvin (voice)
Fiesta as Colonel Masagual

1994

Three Colors: Red as The Judge
See How They Fall as Marx
Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary as Narrator (French version)
Kieślowski Cannes 94 as Self
Shattered Lives as Récitant (texte de Paul Éluard) (voice)

1993

Angel's Wing as Colonel Édouard
L'Interdiction as Marquis d'Espard
L'Œil écarlate as René Montijoux

1992

The Big Pardon 2 as Le Commissaire Duché (archive footage)
Dispute in Valladolid as Ginèse de Sepúlveda

1991

Thank You, Life as le colonel SS

1990

Julie de Carneilhan as Herbert d'Espivant

1989

Bunker Palace Hotel as Holm
Pour un oui ou pour un non as H1

1987

Nulle part ailleurs as Self
The Ghost Valley as Paul
Le Moustachu as le général Gougeard

1986

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later as Jean-Louis Duroc
The Woman of My Life as Pierre
August 15th

1985

Rendez-vous as Scrutzler
Going and Coming Back as Roland Rivière
Next Summer as Paul
Volley for a Black Buffalo as Mr. Fodó, teacher
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent as Mayene

1984

Le Bon Plaisir as Le Président de la République
Long Live Life as François Gaucher
Femmes de personne as Michel Gilquin

1983

Under Fire as Marcel Jazy
Confidentially Yours as Julien Vercel
Cover Up as Christian Lacassagne
Credo as Prof. Lenski

1982

That Night of Varennes as Monsieur Sauce
The Big Pardon as Le commissaire Duché
Boulevard des assassins as Daniel Salmon
Blow to the Heart as Dario

1981

Passion of Love as Le médecin major
An Assassin Passes By as Ravic
Deep Water as Vic
A Business of Men as Louis Faguet
Malevil as Fulbert

1980

The Lady Banker as Horace Vannister
The Terrace as Enrico D'Orsi
I Love You All as Julien Tellier

1979

Melancoly Baby as Pierre
Swimming Instructor as le jardinier

1978

Ciné regards as Self
Other People's Money as Henri Rainier

1977

Faces of Love as Victor
The Passengers as Alex Moineau

1976

The Desert of the Tartars as Magg. Med. Rovine
The Probability Factor as Fred Malone
The Honeymoon Trip as Paul Carter

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
Numéro un as Self
Flic Story as Émile Buisson
Playing with Fire as Franz
Act of Aggression as Paul Varlin
The Sunday Woman as Massimo Campi
Rain over Santiago as Le Sénateur

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self
Successive Slidings of Pleasure as The Police Commissioner
Love at the Top as Nicolas Mallet
Escapade as Ferdinand
Violins at the Ball as Him (Michel)
The Secret as David Daguerre

1973

The Last Train as Julien Maroyeur
A Full Day's Work as Le Metteur en scène de la troupe des 'Enfants du Gard'
Défense de savoir as Jean-Pierre Laubray

1972

Midi trente as Self
The Outside Man as Lucien Bellon
And Hope to Die as Tony
The Assassination as François Darien

1971

Samedi soir as Self
The Conformist as Marcello Clerici
Without Apparent Motive as Stéphane Carella

1970

The Crook as Simon the Swiss
Opium and the Stick as Chaudier
Ramparts of Clay as L'entrepreneur
Las secretas intenciones as Miguel

1969

My Night at Maud's as Jean-Louis
So Sweet... So Perverse as Jean Reynaud
Z as Examining Magistrate
Crime Thief as Jean Girod
Love Circle as Michele
The American as Bruno

1968

The Great Silence as Silence
The Libertine as Dr. Carlo De Marchi
Death Laid an Egg as Marco
Les Biches as Paul Thomas
The Man Who Lies as Jan Robin / Boris Varissa
Western, Italian Style as Self
La société est une fleur carnivore as Narrator

1967

Deadly Sweet as Bernard
My Love, My Love as Vincent Falaise
A Man to Kill as Raphaël

1966

Is Paris Burning? as Captain Serge
A Man and a Woman as Jean-Louis Duroc
Long March as Philippe
Trans-Europ-Express as Elias
Diamond Safari as Raphaël Vincente
Seventeenth Heaven as François

1965

Angelique: The Road to Versailles as Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté
Le Train Bleu s'arrête 13 fois as Mezure
The Sleeping Car Murders as Éric Grandin, étudiant vétérinaire
I Kill, You Kill as Gianni Santi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
Fragilité, ton nom est femme
The Real Bargain as Jacques Danzac

1964

Pour le plaisir as Self
Seize millions de jeunes as Self
Mata Hari, Agent H21 as Captain François Lasalle
Les Siffleurs as Jean-Louis Trintignant
Avatar as Octave
The Last Steps as Georges Guichard

1963

Nutty, Naughty Chateau as Frédéric
Il successo as Sergio
L'un d'entre vous as René Dézange
Way of the Wrong Road

1962

Il Sorpasso as Roberto Mariani
The Seven Deadly Sins as Bernard Duparc (segment "La luxure")
Lust as Bernard Duparc
Le Combat dans l'île as Clément Lesser
Parisienne... Parisiennes as Récitant (voice)
Un jour à Paris
The Fabiani Affair as Joseph Fabiani

1961

Journey Beneath the Desert as Pierre
Three Faces of Sin as Guest at the opening
The Game of Truth as Guy de Fleury
Spotlight on a Murderer as Jean-Marie de Kerloquen

1960

Austerlitz as Ségur fils
The French Game as François
The Thousandth Window as Georges Desvignes

1959

Dangerous Love Affairs as Danceny
Violent Summer as Carlo Caremoli

1956

...And God Created Woman as Michel Tardieu
Law of the Streets as Yves Tréguier aka 'Le Breton'
If All the Guys in the World... as Jean-Louis
Club of Women as Michel