Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (11 December 1930 – 17 June 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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Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Known For
The Conformist
(1970)
Marcello Clerici
Three Colors: Red
(1994)
Richter Joseph Kern
The City of Lost Children
(1995)
L'oncle Irvin (voice)
Confidentially Yours
(1983)
Julien Vercel
Il Sorpasso
(1962)
Roberto Mariani
Amour
(2012)
Georges Laurent
...And God Created Woman
(1956)
Michel Tardieu
My Night at Maud's
(1969)
Jean-Louis
Under Fire
(1983)
Marcel Jazy
The Great Silence
(1968)
Silence
Z
(1969)
Examining Magistrate
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Éric Grandin, étudiant vétérinaire
Angelique: The Road To Versailles
(1965)
Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté
Happy End
(2017)
Georges Laurent
Violent Summer
(1959)
Carlo Caremoli
Rendez-vous
(1985)
Scrutzler
Full Filmography
Acting
Club of Women
(1956)
Michel
If All the Guys in the World...
(1956)
Jean-Louis
Law of the Streets
(1956)
Yves Tréguier "Le Breton"
...And God Created Woman
(1956)
Michel Tardieu
Dangerous Liaisons
(1959)
Danceny
Violent Summer
(1959)
Carlo Caremoli
The French Game
(1960)
François
The Thousandth Window
(1960)
Georges Desvignes
The Battle of Austerlitz
(1960)
Ségur fils
Journey Beneath the Desert
(1961)
Pierre
The Game of Truth
(1961)
Guy de Fleury
Three Faces of Sin
(1961)
Un invité au vernissage
Spotlight on a Murderer
(1961)
Jean-Marie de Keraudren
Il Sorpasso
(1962)
Roberto Mariani
Le Combat dans l’île
(1962)
Clément Lesser
Parisienne... Parisiennes
(1962)
Récitant (voice)
La luxure
(1962)
Bernard Duparc
Un jour à Paris
(1962)
The Fabiani Affair
(1962)
Joseph Fabiani
The Seven Deadly Sins
(1962)
Bernard Duparc (segment "La luxure")
Il successo
(1963)
Sergio
Way of the Wrong Road
(1963)
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
(1963)
Frédéric
Les Siffleurs
(1964)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
The Last Steps
(1964)
Georges Guichard
Mata Hari, Agent H21
(1964)
Captain François Lasalle
Fragilité, ton nom est femme
(1965)
I Kill, You Kill
(1965)
Gianni Santi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
The Sleeping Car Murder
(1965)
Éric Grandin, étudiant vétérinaire
Angelique: The Road To Versailles
(1965)
Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté
The Real Bargain
(1965)
A Man and a Woman
(1966)
Jean-Louis Duroc
Diamond Safari
(1966)
Raphaël Vincente
Trans-Europ-Express
(1966)
Elias
Long March
(1966)
Philippe
Seventeenth Heaven
(1966)
François
Is Paris Burning?
(1966)
Capitaine Serge
Deadly Sweet
(1967)
Bernard
My Love, My Love
(1967)
Vincent Falaise
A Man to Kill
(1967)
Raphaël
The Man Who Lies
(1968)
Jan Robin / Boris Varissa
Western, Italian Style
(1968)
Self
The Libertine
(1968)
Dr. Carlo De Marchi
Death Laid an Egg
(1968)
Marco
The Great Silence
(1968)
Silence
La société est une fleur carnivore
(1968)
Narrator
Les Biches
(1968)
Paul Thomas
My Night at Maud's
(1969)
Jean-Louis
The American
(1969)
Bruno
Love Circle
(1969)
Michele
So Sweet... So Perverse
(1969)
Jean Reynaud
Z
(1969)
Examining Magistrate
Crime Thief
(1969)
Jean Girod
Opium and the Stick
(1970)
Chaudier
The Conformist
(1970)
Marcello Clerici
Las secretas intenciones
(1970)
Miguel
The Crook
(1970)
Simon the Swiss
Without Apparent Motive
(1971)
Stéphane Carella
The Outside Man
(1972)
Lucien Bellon
The Assassination
(1972)
François Darien
And Hope to Die
(1972)
Tony
Défense de savoir
(1973)
Jean-Pierre Laubray
A Full Day's Work
(1973)
Le Metteur en scène de la troupe des 'Enfants du Gard'
The Last Train
(1973)
Julien Maroyeur
Violins at the Ball
(1974)
Him (Michel)
Escapade
(1974)
Ferdinand
Love at the Top
(1974)
Nicolas Mallet
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
(1974)
The Police Commissioner
The Secret
(1974)
David Daguerre
The Sunday Woman
(1975)
Massimo Campi
Rain over Santiago
(1975)
Le Sénateur
Act of Aggression
(1975)
Paul Varlin
Playing with Fire
(1975)
Franz
Flic Story
(1975)
Émile Buisson
The Undertaker Parlor Computer
(1976)
Fred Malone
The Desert of the Tartars
(1976)
Magg. Med. Rovine
The Honeymoon Trip
(1976)
Paul Carter
Location Hunting
(1977)
Victor
The Passengers
(1977)
Alex Moineau
Other People's Money
(1978)
Henri Rainier
Melancoly Baby
(1979)
Pierre
Swimming Instructor
(1979)
le jardinier
The Terrace
(1980)
Enrico
I Love All of You
(1980)
Julien Tellier
The Lady Banker
(1980)
Horace Vannister
Deep Water
(1981)
Vic
Malevil
(1981)
Fulbert
A Business of Men
(1981)
Louis Faguet
An Assassin Passes By
(1981)
Ravic
Passion of Love
(1981)
Le médecin major
The Night of Varennes
(1982)
Monsieur Sauce
Blow to the Heart
(1982)
Dario
The Big Pardon
(1982)
Le commissaire Duché
Boulevard des assassins
(1982)
Daniel Salmon
Confidentially Yours
(1983)
Julien Vercel
Under Fire
(1983)
Marcel Jazy
Credo
(1983)
Prof. Lenski
Cover Up
(1983)
Christian Lacassagne
Long Live Life
(1984)
François Gaucher
Le Bon Plaisir
(1984)
Le Président de la République
Femmes de personne
(1984)
Michel Gilquin
Going and Coming Back
(1985)
Roland Rivière
Next Summer
(1985)
Paul
Rendez-vous
(1985)
Scrutzler
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent
(1985)
Mayene
Volley for a Black Buffalo
(1985)
Mr. Fodó, teacher
The Woman of My Life
(1986)
Pierre
August 15th
(1986)
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
(1986)
Jean-Louis Duroc
The Ghost Valley
(1987)
Paul
Le Moustachu
(1987)
le général Gougeard
Bunker Palace Hotel
(1989)
Holm
Julie de Carneilhan
(1990)
Herbert d'Espivant
Pour un oui ou pour un non
(1990)
H1
Thank You, Life
(1991)
le colonel SS
Dispute in Valladolid
(1992)
Ginèse de Sepúlveda
The Big Pardon 2
(1992)
Le Commissaire Duché (archive footage)
Angel's Wing
(1993)
Colonel Édouard
L'Interdiction
(1993)
L'Œil écarlate
(1993)
René Montijoux
Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary
(1994)
Narrator (French version)
Shattered Lives
(1994)
Récitant (texte de Paul Éluard) (voice)
See How They Fall
(1994)
Marx
Three Colors: Red
(1994)
Richter Joseph Kern
Kieślowski Cannes 94
(1994)
Self
The City of Lost Children
(1995)
L'oncle Irvin (voice)
Fiesta
(1995)
Colonel Masagual
Tykho Moon
(1996)
Le chirurgien
C'est jamais loin
(1996)
Elliot Spencer
A Self-Made Hero
(1996)
Albert Dehousse (old)
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
(1998)
Lucien Emmerich / Jean-Baptiste Emmerich
Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur
(1999)
Narration (Voice)
Zinédine Zidane - Comme dans un rêve
(2002)
Narator
Janis and John
(2003)
Monsieur Cannon
The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
(2005)
Self
Jean-Louis Trintignant, "an honest man"
(2009)
Self
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
(2010)
Self
Le Miracle du silence
(2010)
Self
Agnès Varda: From Here to There
(2011)
Self
Close Up
(2012)
Self (archive footage)
Amour
(2012)
Georges Laurent
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis
(2012)
Self
Michael H. – Profession: Director
(2013)
Self
Michel
(2013)
Narrator
Cinéma Jacques Perrin
(2014)
Self
Happy End
(2017)
Georges Laurent
Filming Silenzio
(2017)
Self (archive footage)
Making of Happy End
(2018)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jacques Deray, j'ai connu une belle époque
(2018)
Self
The Best Years of a Life
(2019)
Jean-Louis Duroc
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
(2019)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
(2021)
Lui-même
Trintignant by Trintignant
(2021)
Self
Marie Trintignant : Le Choix du jeu
(2021)
Self
Shoot to Live
(2022)
Self
The Most Precious of Cargoes
(2024)
Narrateur (voice)
Writing
Last Tango in Paris
(1972)
Dialogue
A Full Day's Work
(1973)
Screenplay
L'Œil écarlate
(1993)
Adaptation
Directing