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 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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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024) | Narrateur (voice) | 7 |
| 2 | Happy End (2017) | Georges Laurent | 8 |
| 3 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) | (archive footage) | 8 |
| 4 | Amour (2012) Oscars 2013 | Georges | 7.2 |
| 5 | Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998) | Lucien Emmerich / Jean-Baptiste Emmerich | 2 |
| 6 | A Self-Made Hero (1996) | Albert Dehousse (old) | 5.5 |
| 7 | The City of Lost Children (1995) | L'oncle Irvin (voice) | 7.3 |
| 8 | Three Colors: Red (1994) | The Judge | 7.7 |
| 9 | The Big Pardon 2 (1992) | Le Commissaire Duché (archive footage) | 5 |
| 10 | Thank You, Life (1991) | le colonel SS | 5 |
| 11 | Le Moustachu (1987) | le général Gougeard | - |
| 12 | Rendez-vous (1985) | Scrutzler | 3 |
| 13 | Confidentially Yours (1983) | Julien Vercel | 7 |
| 14 | Under Fire (1983) | Marcel Jazy | - |
| 15 | That Night of Varennes (1982) | Monsieur Sauce | 3 |
| 16 | Blow to the Heart (1982) | Dario | 2 |
| 17 | Passion of Love (1981) | Le médecin major | 3 |
| 18 | Malevil (1981) | Fulbert | 6 |
| 19 | Other People's Money (1978) | Henri Rainier | 4 |
| 20 | The Desert of the Tartars (1976) | Magg. Med. Rovine | 1 |
| 21 | Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) | The Police Commissioner | - |
| 22 | Last Tango in Paris (1972) | Director / Writer | 6.9 |
| 23 | The Conformist (1971) | Marcello Clerici | 6.8 |
| 24 | Ramparts of Clay (1970) | the entrepreneur | 4 |
| 25 | My Night at Maud's (1969) | Jean-Louis | 1 |
| 26 | Z (1969) | Examining Magistrate | 6.2 |
| 27 | The Great Silence (1968) | Silence | 9 |
| 28 | Les Biches (1968) | Paul Thomas | 3 |
| 29 | The Man Who Lies (1968) | Jan Robin / Boris Varissa | 4 |
| 30 | Death Laid an Egg (1968) | Marco | 3 |
| 31 | Deadly Sweet (1967) | Bernard | - |
| 32 | A Man and a Woman (1966) | Jean-Louis Duroc | 5 |
| 33 | Is Paris Burning? (1966) | Captain Serge | 5.7 |
| 34 | Angelique: The Road to Versailles (1965) | Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté | 1 |
| 35 | Il Sorpasso (1962) | Roberto Mariani | 8 |
| 36 | Lust (1962) | Bernard Duparc | 5 |
| 37 | Violent Summer (1959) | Carlo Caremoli | 5 |
| 38 | Dangerous Love Affairs (1959) | Danceny | 7 |

