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

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

2017

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

2014

Cinéma Jacques Perrin as Self

2013

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

2012

Square as Self
Amour as Georges
Close Up as Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (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

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

1995

Kulturzeit as self
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
Kieślowski Cannes 94 as Self
Shattered Lives as Récitant (texte de Paul Éluard) (voice)
Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary as Narrator (French version)

1993

L'Interdiction as Marquis d'Espard
Angel's Wing as Colonel Édouard
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
Le Moustachu as le général Gougeard
The Ghost Valley as Paul

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

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

1983

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

1982

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

1981

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

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

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 Honeymoon Trip as Paul Carter
The Probability Factor as Fred Malone

1975

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

1974

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

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
Last Tango in Paris ... (Dialogue)
The Assassination as François Darien
The Outside Man as Lucien Bellon
And Hope to Die as Tony

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 the entrepreneur
Las secretas intenciones as Miguel

1969

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

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
A Man to Kill as Raphaël
My Love, My Love as Vincent Falaise

1966

A Man and a Woman as Jean-Louis Duroc
Is Paris Burning? as Captain Serge
Diamond Safari as Raphaël Vincente
Trans-Europ-Express as Elias
Long March as Philippe
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")
The Real Bargain as Jacques Danzac
Fragilité, ton nom est femme

1964

Les Siffleurs as Jean-Louis Trintignant
Mata Hari, Agent H21 as Captain François Lasalle
Avatar as Octave
The Last Steps as Georges Guichard

1963

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

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)
The Fabiani Affair as Joseph Fabiani
Un jour à Paris

1961

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

1960

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

1959

Violent Summer as Carlo Caremoli
Dangerous Love Affairs as Danceny

1956

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