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Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (December 11, 1930 – June 17, 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...
Known for
Three Colors: RedMovie • 1994
AmourMovie • 2012
The City of Lost ChildrenMovie • 1995
The ConformistMovie • 1971
Is Paris Burning?Movie • 1966
Under FireMovie • 1983
The Great SilenceMovie • 1968
...And God Created WomanMovie • 1956
Going and Coming BackMovie • 1985
Il SorpassoMovie • 1962
AusterlitzMovie • 1960
A Man and a WomanMovie • 1966
ZMovie • 1969
Happy EndMovie • 2017
The Sleeping Car MurdersMovie • 1965
Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenMovie • 2012
Spotlight on a MurdererMovie • 1961
Successive Slidings of PleasureMovie • 1974
The Most Precious of CargoesMovie • 2024
The AssassinationMovie • 1972
Flic StoryMovie • 1975
Angelique: The Road to VersaillesMovie • 1965
The Outside ManMovie • 1972
Love at the TopMovie • 1974