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)

2025

From Rock Star to Killer as Self (archive footage)

2024

The Most Precious of Cargoes as Narrateur (voice)

2022

Shoot to Live as Self
Romy, A Free Woman as Self - Julien Maroyeur (archive footage)
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
Michael H. – Profession: Director as Self
Making of Amour as Self
Michel as Narrator

2012

Amour as Georges
Square as Self
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)
Tykho Moon as Le chirurgien
C'est jamais loin as Elliot Spencer
L'insoumise as Roquepenne

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

1993

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

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

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
Confidentially Yours as Julien Vercel
Cover Up as Christian Lacassagne
Credo as Prof. Lenski

1982

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

1981

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

1980

The Terrace as Enrico D'Orsi
The Lady Banker as Horace Vannister
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
The Sunday Woman as Massimo Campi
Act of Aggression as Paul Varlin
Rain over Santiago as Le Sénateur

1974

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

1973

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

1972

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

1971

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

1970

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

1969

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

1968

The Great Silence as Silence
Les Biches as Paul Thomas
The Libertine as Dr. Carlo De Marchi
Death Laid an Egg as Marco
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
Trans-Europ-Express as Elias
Seventeenth Heaven as François
Long March as Philippe
Diamond Safari as Raphaël Vincente

1965

Angelique: The Road to Versailles as Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté
The Sleeping Car Murders as Éric Grandin, étudiant vétérinaire
Le Train Bleu s'arrête 13 fois as Mezure
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

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

1963

Il successo as Sergio
Nutty, Naughty Chateau as Frédéric
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
The Fabiani Affair as Joseph Fabiani
Un jour à Paris
Parisienne... Parisiennes as Récitant (voice)

1961

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

1960

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

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'
If All the Guys in the World... as Jean-Louis
Club of Women as Michel