Philippe Léotard
Acting
Born August 28, 1940 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Biography
Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 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 a…
Known For · 40 titles
Champs-Elysées
Sacrée soirée
Le monde est à vous
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Nulle part ailleurs
Ville à vendre
Chillers
The Day of the Jackal
The French Atlantic Affair
French Connection II
The Flesh
Wild Animals
Bed and Board
La Pirate
Armchair Cinema
La Porteuse de pain
Élisa
Venins
Snack Bar Budapest
Max and the Junkmen
The Conquistadores
La Cloche tibétaine
The Abyss
No Time for Justice
Crime and Punishment
The Mouth Agape
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
To Be Twenty in the Aures
Two English Girls
Les Miserables
Le Journal
The Middle of the World
The Shock
Hiver 60
Rak
Plato's Banquet
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Your Turn, My Turn
There Were Days... and Moons
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff