Jean-Louis Trintignant

French actor

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Born:: December 11, 1930, Piolenc, France

Died:: June 17, 2022, Uzès, France (aged 91)

Married To:: Marianne Hoepfner (2000–present); Nadine Trintignant (1961–1976); Stéphane Audran (1954–1956)

Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In):: "Les plus belles années d'une vie" (2019); "Happy End" (2017); "Amour" (2012); "Immortal" (2004); "Janis et John" (2003); "Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train" (1998); "Un homme est tombé dans la rue" (1996); "Tykho Moon" (1996); "Un héros très discret" (1996); "C'est jamais loin" (1996); "Fiesta" (1995); "La cité des enfants perdus" (1995); "Regarde les hommes tomber" (1994); "Trois couleurs: Rouge" (1994); "L'oeil écarlate" (1993); "L'instinct de l'ange" (1993); "Day of Atonement" (1992); "Merci la vie" (1991); "Bunker Palace Hôtel" (1989); "La vallée fantôme" (1987); "Le moustachu" (1987); "La femme de ma vie" (1986); "Un homme et une femme, 20 ans déjà" (1986); "L'homme aux yeux d'argent" (1985); "Sortüz egy fekete bivalyért" (1985); "Rendez-vous" (1985); "Partir, revenir" (1985); "L'été prochain" (1985); "Viva la vie" (1984); "Femmes de personne" (1984); "Le bon plaisir" (1984); "Under Fire" (1983); "La crime" (1983); "Vivement dimanche!" (1983); "Colpire al cuore" (1982); "La nuit de Varennes" (1982); "Boulevard des assassins" (1982); "Le grand pardon" (1982); "Eaux profondes" (1981); "Une affaire d'hommes" (1981); "Malevil" (1981); "Passione d'amore" (1981); "Un assassin qui passe" (1981); "Je vous aime" (1980); "La banquière" (1980); "La terrazza" (1980); "Melancoly Baby" (1979); "Le maître-nageur" (1979); "L'argent des autres" (1978); "L'affaire" (1977); "Repérages" (1977); "Les passagers" (1977); "Il deserto dei tartari" (1976); "Le voyage de noces" (1976); "L'ordinateur des pompes funèbres" (1976); "La donna della domenica" (1975); "Il pleut sur Santiago" (1975); "Flic Story" (1975); "L'agression" (1975); "Le jeu avec le feu" (1975); "Le secret" (1974); "L'escapade" (1974); "Le mouton enragé" (1974); "Glissements progressifs du plaisir" (1974); "Les violons du bal" (1974); "Le train" (1973); "Défense de savoir" (1973); "Une journée bien remplie ou Neuf meurtres insolites dans une même journée par un seul homme dont ce n'est pas le métier" (1973); "Un homme est mort" (1972); "L'attentat" (1972); "La course du lièvre à travers les champs" (1972); "Sans mobile apparent" (1971); "Le voyou" (1970); "Las secretas intenciones" (1970); "Il conformista" (1970); "Remparts d'argile" (1970); "Così dolce... così perversa" (1969); "L'américain" (1969); "L'opium et le baton" (1969); "Le voleur de crimes" (1969); "Ma nuit chez Maud" (1969); "Metti, una sera a cena" (1969); "Z" (1969); "La matriarca" (1968); "Il grande silenzio" (1968); "L'homme qui ment" (1968); "Les biches" (1968); "La morte ha fatto l'uovo" (1968); "Un homme à abattre" (1967); "Mon amour, mon amour" (1967); "Col cuore in gola" (1967); "Trans-Europ-Express" (1966); "Is Paris Burning?" (1966); "Safari diamants" (1966); "Un homme et une femme" (1966); "La longue marche" (1966); "Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel" (1966); "Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois" (1965); "Compartiment tueurs" (1965); "Merveilleuse Angélique" (1965); "Io uccido, tu uccidi" (1965); "La bonne occase" (1965); "L'enfer" (1964); "Mata Hari, agent H21" (1964); "Les siffleurs" (1964); "Les pas perdus" (1964); "Château en Suède" (1963); "Il successo" (1963); "Il sorpasso" (1962); "Le combat dans l'île" (1962); "Les sept péchés capitaux" (1962); "Horace 62" (1962); "Le jeu de la vérité" (1961); "Le puits aux trois vérités" (1961); "Antinea, l'amante della città sepolta" (1961); "Pleins feux sur l'assassin" (1961); "Le coeur battant" (1960); "Austerlitz" (1960); "La 1000eme fenêtre" (1960); "Estate violenta" (1959); "Les liaisons dangereuses" (1959); "Club de femmes" (1956); "Et Dieu... créa la femme" (1956); "La loi des rues" (1956); "Si tous les gars du monde..." (1956)

Movies/Tv Shows (Directed):: "Le maître-nageur" (1979); "Une journée bien remplie ou Neuf meurtres insolites dans une même journée par un seul homme dont ce n'est pas le métier" (1973)

Jean-Louis Trintignant (born December 11, 1930, Piolenc, France—died June 17, 2022, Uzès, France) was a French motion-picture actor who achieved a wide range of characterizations with great economy.

Trintignant initially studied law but began acting on the stage in 1951. His first film appearance was in Si tous les gars du monde (1955; If All the Guys in the World), and he achieved critical recognition as Brigitte Bardot’s deceived husband in Et Dieu créa la femme (1956; And God Created Woman). His sensitive performance as the widowed race-car driver in Claude Lelouch’s Un Homme et une femme (1966; A Man and a Woman) brought him international fame.

With his taut acting style and cryptic countenance, Trintignant could subtly convey the psychic conflicts of repressed or introverted male characters. The best known of his many portrayals of innocent or insecure leading men was in Eric Rohmer’s Ma nuit chez Maud (1969; My Night at Maud’s), while his portrayals of neurotic or depraved characters culminated in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Il conformista (1970; The Conformist). He appeared in several crime dramas and psychological thrillers as well as in films involving politics, the best known of which is Costa-Gavras’s Z (1969). Among his other better-known films were Les Biches (1968; The Does), L’Attentat (1972; The French Conspiracy), and Un Homme est morte (1973; The Outside Man). He also appeared in several films directed by his second wife, Nadine Trintignant, including L’Été prochain (1985; Next Summer) and the television movie L’Insoumise (1996; “The Unsubdued”).

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In the 21st century Trintignant starred in Janis et John (2003; Janis and John), Immortel (2004; Immortal), Michael Haneke’s Amour (2012) and Happy End (2017), and Lelouch’s Les Plus Belles Années d’une vie (2019; The Best Years of a Life), a sequel to A Man and a Woman.

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