Philippe Léotard

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-08-28 (61 years old)

Deathday

2001-08-25

Place of Birth

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Philippe Léotard

Biography

Philippe Léotard ( born Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi August 28, 1940 - died August 25, 2001) was a French actor, poet, and singer. He was born in Nice , one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of which he was the oldest - and was the brother of politician François Léotard. His childhood was normal except for an illness (rheumatic fever) which struck him and forced him to spend days in bed during which time he read a great many books. He was particularly fond of the poets - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Blaise Cendrars. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964 they formed the théâtre du soleil. He play...

Acting

1970

Bed and Board

as L'homme Ivre (uncredited)

1975

1974

1976

The Good and the Bad

as le vendeur de Citroën

1973

1971

Crime and Punishment

as Razoumikhine

1971

1977

Solemn Communion

as Jacques Gravet

1984

La Pirate

as n° 5

1982

Paradise for All

as Marc Lebel

1980

The Little Mermaid

as Georges Maréchal

1972

Chinese Glory

as Michel Perrat

1995

Les Miserables

as Thénardier 1942

1986

State of Grace

as Pierre-Julien

1980

A Week's Vacation

as le docteur Sabouret

1990

There Were Days... and Moons

as Le chanteur abandonné

1988

Jane B. by Agnès V.

as Painter / Murderer

1972

Rak

as Lucien

1974

The Mouth Agape

as Philippe

1992

Ville à vendre

as Jean Boulard

1975

Cat and Mouse

as Pierre Chemin

1995

Elisa

as Gitanes Smoker

1982

La Balance

as Dédé Laffont

1982

Le Choc

as Félix

1980

La Tisane de sarments

as Joë Bousquet

1983

1984

Wild Animals

as Léandro Santini

1978

1985

1991

Venins

as Phil Anzer

1984

1985

Rouge-gorge

as Louis Ducasse

1982

Short Memory

as Frank Barila

1986

The Nonentity

as Kaufmann

1975

The Track

as Paul Danville

1989

Plato's Banquet

as Socrates

1988

The Abyss

as Henri-Maximilien

1993

Im Kreis der Iris

as Dr. Ionescu

1973

Kamouraska

as Antoine

1978

Judith Therpauve

as Jean-Pierre Maurier

1991

The Flesh

as Nicola

1980

The Imprint of Giants

as Lucien Chabaud

1988

The South

as Roberto

1971

1996

Pandora

as Raúl

1990

1972

To Be Twenty in the Aures

as Lieutenant Perrin

1986

Exit-exil

as Duke

1986

The Dawn

as Gad

1997

Black Dju

as Inspecteur Plettschette

1982

Mora

as Mora

1983

Hiver 60

as André

1990

The Day of Reckoning

as André Arnaud

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