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

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

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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