Philippe Léotard

1940-2001

Biography: life and films

Philippe Léotard was a French actor and singer whose birth name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi. He was born in Nice, France on 28th August 1940 and died in Paris, France on 25th August 2001, aged 60.

His best films as an actor include Alain Tanner's Le Milieu du monde (1974), Yves Boisset's crime-thriller Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977), Bob Swaim's La Balance (1982), Michel Deville's Le Paltoquet (1986) and Pierre Granier-Deferre's La Couleur du vent (1988).

Philippe Léotard appeared in 71 films and supplied the music for 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Claude Lelouch (4 films), Fernando E. Solanas (3), Yves Boisset (2), Pierre Zucca (2), François Truffaut (2), François Leterrier (2) and Claude Goretta (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (43 films), comedy-drama (15), Thriller (10), romance (6), crime-thriller (6), comedy (5), War (4), history (2), comedy-thriller (2), comedy-romance (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Philippe Léotard over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

Key: a = actor; m = musician

Les Deux Anglaises et le continent (1971) [a]

Max et les ferrailleurs (1971) [a]

Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès (1972) [a]

Le Franc-tireur (1972) [a]

Rak (1972) [a]

Une belle fille comme moi (1972) [a]

Kamouraska (1973) [a]

Juliette et Juliette (1974) [a]

La Gueule ouverte (1974) [a]

Le Milieu du monde (1974) [a]

Pas si méchant que ça (1974) [a]

French Connection II (1975) [a]

La Guerre de pétrole n'aura pas lieu (1975) [a]

La Traque (1975) [a]

Le Chat et la souris (1975) [a]

Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) (1975) [a]

L'Ombre des châteaux (1976) [a]

Le Bon et les méchants (1976) [a]

La Communion solennelle (1977) [a]

Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977) [a]

Judith Therpauve (1978) [a]

Va voir maman, papa travaille (1978) [a]

La Mémoire courte (1979) [a]

L'Empreinte des géants (1980) [a]

La Petite sirène (1980) [a]

Une semaine de vacances (1980) [a]

Les Babas Cool (1981) [a]

Hiver 60 (1982) [a]

La Balance (1982) [a]

Le Choc (1982) [a]

Mora (1982) [a]

Paradis pour tous (1982) [a]

Tchao pantin (1983) [a]

Femmes de personne (1984) [a]

La Pirate (1984) [a]

Les Fauves (1984) [a]

Ni avec toi ni sans toi (1984) [a,m]

Une rébellion à Romans (1984) [a]

Adieu blaireau (1985) [a]

El exilio de Gardel: Tangos (1985) [a]

L'Aube (1985) [a]

Rouge-gorge (1985) [a]

Tangos, l'exil de Gardel (1985) [a]

Exit-exil (1986) [a]

L'État de grâce (1986) [a]

Le Paltoquet (1986) [a]

Jane B. par Agnès V. (1987) [a]

Si le soleil ne revenait pas (1987) [a]

Ada dans la jungle (1988) [a]

L'Oeuvre au noir (1988) [a]

La Couleur du vent (1988) [a]

Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné (1988) [a]

Snack Bar Budapest (1988) [a]

Sur (1988) [a]

Gavre Princip - Himmel unter Steinen (1990) [a]

Il y a des jours... et des lunes (1990) [a]

In the Eye of the Snake (1990) [a]

Le Dénommé (1990) [a]

La Carne (1991) [a]

Ville à vendre (1992) [a]

Le Voleur et la menteuse (1994) [a]

Élisa (1995) [a]

Les Misérables (1995) [a]

Black Dju (1996) [a]

Pandora (1996) [a]

Gueules d'amour (1997) [a]

La Momie à mi-mots (1998) [a]



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