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