Jean-Louis Trintignant (born 11 December 1930) is a French actor who has enjoyed an international acclaim. He won the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. Trintignant was born in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France, the son of Claire (née Tourtin) and Raoul Trintignant, an industrialist. At the age of twenty, Trintignant moved to Paris to study drama, and made his theatrical debut in 1951 going on to be seen as one of the most gifted French actors of the post-war era. After touring in the early 1950s in several theater productions, his first motion picture appearance came in 1955 and the following year he gained stardom with his performance opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim's And God Created Woman. Trintignant’s acting was interrupted for several years by mandatory military service. After serving in Algiers, he returned to Paris and resumed his work in film. He had the leading male role in the classic A Man and a Woman, which at the time was the most successful French film ever screened in the foreign market. In Italy, he was always dubbed into Italian, and his work stretched into collaborations with renowned Italian directors, including Sergio Corbucci in The Great Silence, Valerio Zurlini in Violent Summer and The Desert of the Tartars, Ettore Scola in La terrazza, Bernardo Bertolucci in The Conformist, and Dino Risi in the cult film The Easy Life. Throughout the 1970s, Trintignant starred in numerous films and in 1983 he made his first English language feature film, Under Fire. Following this, he starred in François Truffaut's final film, Confidentially Yours, and reprised his best-known role in the sequel A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later. In 1994, he starred in Krzysztof Kieślowski's last film, Three Colors: Red. Though he takes an occasional film role, he has, as of late, been focusing essentially on his stage work. After a 14-year gap, Trintignant came back on screen for Michael Haneke's film Amour. Haneke had sent Trintignant the script, which had been written specifically for him. Trintignant said that he chooses which films he works in on the basis of the director, and said of Haneke that "he has the most complete mastery of the cinematic discipline, from technical aspects like sound and photography to the way he handles actors".
Movie | Trintignant by Trintignant | Self | 2021-10-11 |
Movie | André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019-04-03 |
Movie | The Best Years of a Life | Jean-Louis Duroc | 2019-05-22 |
Movie | Happy End | Georges Laurent | 2017-06-21 |
Movie | Cinéma Jacques Perrin | Self | 2014-12-31 |
Movie | Michael H. – Profession: Director | Self | 2013-03-15 |
Movie | Jean-Louis Trintignant, pourquoi que je vis | Self | 2012-05-21 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Amour | Georges Laurent | 2012-09-20 |
Movie | Close Up | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-30 |
Movie | Agnès Varda: From Here to There | Self | 2011-10-01 |
Series | Agnès Varda: From Here to There | Himself | 2011-12-19 |
Movie | Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore | Self | 2010-09-01 |
Movie | The Western World of Ferdinando Baldi | Self (archive footage) | 2005-03-31 |
Movie | Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens | Self | 2005-01-01 |
Movie | Janis and John | Monsieur Cannon | 2003-10-15 |
Movie | Zinédine Zidane - Comme dans un rêve | Narator | 2002-04-23 |
Movie | Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur | Narration (Voice) | 1999-03-09 |
Movie | Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train | Lucien Emmerich / Jean-Baptiste Emmerich | 1998-05-15 |
Movie | A Self-Made Hero | Albert Dehousse (old) | 1996-05-15 |
Movie | Tykho Moon | Le chirurgien | 1996-11-28 |
Movie | The City of Lost Children | L'oncle Irvin (voice) | 1995-05-17 |
Movie | Fiesta | Colonel Masagual | 1995-11-15 |
Movie | Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary | Narrator (French version) | 1994-02-24 |
Movie | Shattered Lives | Récitant (texte de Paul Éluard) (voice) | 1994-05-07 |
Movie | Three Colors: Red | Richter Joseph Kern | 1994-05-12 |
Movie | See How They Fall | Marx | 1994-08-31 |
Movie | L'Œil écarlate | René Montijoux | 1993-07-21 |
Movie | Dispute in Valladolid | Ginèse de Sepúlveda | 1992-05-02 |
Movie | The Big Pardon 2 | Le Commissaire Duché (archive footage) | 1992-12-09 |
Movie | Thank You, Life | le colonel SS | 1991-03-13 |
Movie | Pour un oui ou pour un non | H1 | 1990-01-01 |
Movie | Julie de Carneilhan | Herbert d'Espivant | 1990-02-20 |
Movie | Bunker Palace Hotel | Holm | 1989-06-06 |
Movie | The Ghost Valley | Paul | 1987-09-16 |
Movie | Le Moustachu | le général Gougeard | 1987-04-08 |
Movie | A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later | Jean-Louis Duroc | 1986-05-13 |
Movie | The Woman of My Life | Pierre | 1986-10-08 |
Movie | Going and Coming Back | Roland Rivière | 1985-03-27 |
Movie | Rendez-vous | Scrutzler | 1985-05-15 |
Movie | Next Summer | Paul | 1985-01-09 |
Movie | Volley for a Black Buffalo | Mr. Fodó, teacher | 1985-05-16 |
Movie | L'Homme aux yeux d'argent | Mayene | 1985-11-13 |
Movie | Femmes de personne | Michel Gilquin | 1984-03-14 |
Movie | Le Bon Plaisir | Le Président de la République | 1984-01-18 |
Movie | Long Live Life | François Gaucher | 1984-04-18 |
Movie | Confidentially Yours | Julien Vercel | 1983-08-10 |
Movie | Cover Up | Christian Lacassagne | 1983-08-24 |
Movie | Under Fire | Marcel Jazy | 1983-10-21 |
Movie | Boulevard des assassins | Daniel Salmon | 1982-03-29 |
Movie | The Big Pardon | Le commissaire Duché | 1982-01-27 |
Movie | The Night of Varennes | Monsieur Sauce | 1982-05-15 |
Movie | Blow to the Heart | Dario | 1982-12-24 |
Movie | Malevil | Fulbert | 1981-05-13 |
Movie | An Assassin Passes By | Ravic | 1981-04-08 |
Movie | Passion of Love | Le médecin major | 1981-09-16 |
Movie | A Business of Men | Louis Faguet | 1981-11-09 |
Movie | Deep Water | Vic | 1981-12-16 |
Movie | The Terrace | Enrico | 1980-02-08 |
Movie | The Lady Banker | Horace Vannister | 1980-08-27 |
Movie | I Love All of You | Julien Tellier | 1980-12-17 |
Movie | Swimming Instructor | le jardinier | 1979-03-28 |
Movie | Melancoly Baby | Pierre | 1979-08-29 |
Movie | Other People's Money | Henri Rainier | 1978-09-27 |
Movie | Location Hunting | Victor | 1977-11-16 |
Movie | The Passengers | Alex Moineau | 1977-03-09 |
Movie | The Undertaker Parlor Computer | Fred Malone | 1976-04-07 |
Movie | The Honeymoon Trip | Paul Carter | 1976-04-21 |
Movie | The Desert of the Tartars | Magg. Med. Rovine | 1976-10-29 |
Movie | Playing with Fire | Franz | 1975-02-19 |
Movie | Act of Aggression | Paul Varlin | 1975-04-16 |
Movie | Flic Story | Émile Buisson | 1975-10-01 |
Movie | The Sunday Woman | Massimo Campi | 1975-12-23 |
Movie | Rain over Santiago | Le Sénateur | 1975-12-10 |
Movie | Successive Slidings of Pleasure | The Police Commissioner | 1974-03-07 |
Movie | Love at the Top | Nicolas Mallet | 1974-03-13 |
Movie | Violins at the Ball | Him (Michel) | 1974-06-02 |
Movie | The Secret | David Daguerre | 1974-10-09 |
Movie | A Full Day's Work | Le Metteur en scène de la troupe des 'Enfants du Gard' | 1973-03-08 |
Movie | Happy New Year | Jean-Louis Duroc (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1973-04-13 |
Movie | Défense de savoir | Jean-Pierre Laubray | 1973-08-29 |
Movie | The Last Train | Julien Maroyeur | 1973-10-31 |
Movie | And Hope to Die | Tony | 1972-09-15 |
Movie | The Assassination | François Darien | 1972-10-04 |
Movie | The Outside Man | Lucien Bellon | 1972-12-21 |
Movie | Without Apparent Motive | Stéphane Carella | 1971-09-15 |
Movie | The Conformist | Marcello Clerici | 1970-07-01 |
Movie | Opium and the Stick | Chaudier | 1970-09-14 |
Movie | Ramparts of Clay | Entrepreneur | 1970-11-11 |
Movie | The Crook | Simon the Swiss | 1970-11-20 |
Movie | Love Circle | Michele | 1969-04-13 |
Movie | Z | Examining Magistrate | 1969-02-26 |
Movie | Crime Thief | Jean Girod | 1969-05-22 |
Movie | The American | Bruno | 1969-09-24 |
Movie | So Sweet... So Perverse | Jean Reynaud | 1969-10-31 |
Movie | My Night at Maud's | Jean-Louis | 1969-06-04 |
Movie | The Great Silence | Silence | 1968-02-21 |
Movie | Western, Italian Style | Self | 1968-01-01 |
Movie | Les Biches | Paul Thomas | 1968-03-22 |
Movie | Death Laid an Egg | Marco | 1968-01-09 |
Movie | The Man Who Lies | Jan Robin / Boris Varissa | 1968-03-27 |
Movie | The Libertine | Dr. Carlo De Marchi | 1968-12-23 |
Movie | La société est une fleur carnivore | Narrator | 1968-05-12 |
Movie | My Love, My Love | Vincent Falaise | 1967-06-08 |
Movie | A Man to Kill | Raphaël | 1967-11-10 |
Movie | Deadly Sweet | Bernard | 1967-11-16 |
Movie | A Man and a Woman | Jean-Louis Duroc | 1966-05-27 |
Movie | Seventeenth Heaven | François | 1966-04-27 |
Movie | Long March | Philippe | 1966-05-31 |
Movie | Is Paris Burning? | Capitaine Serge | 1966-10-26 |
Movie | Diamond Safari | Raphaël Vincente | 1966-06-28 |
Movie | Trans-Europ-Express | Elias | 1966-12-31 |
Movie | I Kill, You Kill | Gianni Santi (segment "La donna che viveva sola") | 1965-03-25 |
Movie | The Sleeping Car Murder | Éric Grandin, étudiant vétérinaire | 1965-11-17 |
Movie | Angelique: The Road To Versailles | Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté | 1965-07-07 |
Movie | The Last Steps | Georges Guichard | 1964-05-27 |
Movie | Mata Hari, Agent H21 | Captain François Lasalle | 1964-01-29 |
Movie | Les Siffleurs | Jean-Louis Trintignant | 1964-12-04 |
Movie | Il successo | Sergio | 1963-09-24 |
Movie | Nutty, Naughty Chateau | Frédéric | 1963-11-20 |
Movie | The Fabiani Affair | Joseph Fabiani | 1962-01-24 |
Movie | The Seven Deadly Sins | Bernard Duparc (segment "La luxure") | 1962-03-07 |
Movie | Il Sorpasso | Roberto Mariani | 1962-12-05 |
Movie | Le Combat dans l’île | Clément Lesser | 1962-08-16 |
Movie | Spotlight on a Murderer | Jean-Marie de Keraudren | 1961-03-31 |
Movie | Journey Beneath the Desert | Pierre | 1961-05-05 |
Movie | Three Faces of Sin | Un invité au vernissage | 1961-09-12 |
Movie | The Game of Truth | Guy de Fleury | 1961-11-26 |
Movie | The Battle of Austerlitz | Ségur fils | 1960-06-17 |
Movie | The French Game | François | 1960-12-26 |
Movie | Dangerous Liaisons | Danceny | 1959-09-09 |
Movie | Violent Summer | Carlo Caremoli | 1959-11-13 |
Movie | If All the Guys in the World... | Jean-Louis | 1956-02-24 |
Movie | Law of the Streets | Yves Tréguier "Le Breton" | 1956-04-25 |
Movie | Club of Women | Michel | 1956-05-18 |
Movie | ...And God Created Woman | Michel Tardieu | 1956-11-28 |