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Jean-Louis Trintignant Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1930-12-11

Birthplace:
Piolenc, Vaucluse, France

Credits:
181 Total Roles

Jean-Louis Trintignant

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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.

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Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 One Hero, The People MOVIE Excerpt from the film Z (archive footage)
2025 From Rock Star to Killer TV Self (archive footage)
2024 The Most Precious of Cargoes MOVIE Narrateur (voice)
2022 Shoot to Live MOVIE Self
2022 Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2021 Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained MOVIE Self - Actor (archive footage)
2021 Trintignant by Trintignant MOVIE Self
2021 Marie Trintignant : Le Choix du jeu MOVIE Self
2021 Morceaux de Cannes MOVIE Self
2021 Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables MOVIE Self (archive footage)

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