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

Igor and After
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

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

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

1993

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

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

Going and Coming Back as Roland Rivière
Rendez-vous as Scrutzler
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
Cover Up as Christian Lacassagne
Confidentially Yours as Julien Vercel
Credo as Prof. Lenski

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
An Assassin Passes By as Ravic
Malevil as Fulbert
A Business of Men as Louis Faguet

1980

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

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
Act of Aggression as Paul Varlin
Playing with Fire as Franz
The Sunday Woman as Massimo Campi
Rain over Santiago as Le Sénateur

1974

Spécial cinéma as Self
Love at the Top as Nicolas Mallet
Successive Slidings of Pleasure as The Police Commissioner
The Secret as David Daguerre
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

Midi trente as Self
Last Tango in Paris ... (Dialogue)
The Outside Man as Lucien Bellon
The Assassination as François Darien
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
Ramparts of Clay as L'entrepreneur
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
The American as Bruno
Crime Thief as Jean Girod
Love Circle as Michele

1968

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

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
Fragilité, ton nom est femme
I Kill, You Kill as Gianni Santi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
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
Avatar as Octave
Les Siffleurs as Jean-Louis Trintignant
The Last Steps as Georges Guichard

1963

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

1962

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

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