Jean-Louis Trintignant

Actor / Writer / Director

Birthplace – Piolenc, Vaucluse, France

Born 1930 in Piolenc in south France as son of a wealthy industrialist. Studied law in Aix-en-Provence. Started theatrical acting in 1950, but was regarded untalented at first, until Roger Vadim discovered him for the movies. When the press stalked him 1956 because of rumors of an affair with Brigitte Bardot his partner in …And God Created Woman (1956), he fled into the army. Ten years later he had his first big success with A Man and a Woman (1966). Since then he has starred in more than 100 movies, with a special talent for the dark characters like murderers or jealous husbands. In his late career he preferred theater to movies.

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Filmography

Happy End

Georges Laurent (2017)

Deep Water

Vic Allen (2022)

Playing with Fire

Franz (2019)

Playing with Fire

Francis (2019)

The Great Silence

Gordon (1969)

The Great Silence

Silence (1969)

The Whistlers

Jean-Louis Trintignant (2019)