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Jean-Louis Trintignant
11 December 1930
Jean-Louis Trintignant played in 6 movies in the Adventure, History, Romance, Drama, Mystery, Music, Western, War genres.
Jean-Louis Trintignant got succeed with average imdb rating 7.1.
Father of Marie Trintignant.
Said he didn't accept the leading role in Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972), because he didn't like the numerous nude scenes.
Was chosen to play opposite Vittorio Gassman in Il sorpasso (1962) because he looked like Jacques Perrin, who started the picture but left to do Cronaca familiare (1962) under Valerio Zurlini 's direction.
Father of Vincent Trintignant
Graduated from L'IDHEC ("La F?mis", at present)
Nephew of sport car driver Maurice Trintignant (1917-2005).
... His daughter Pauline died as a baby while he and his family were on location in Rome in 1969.
His actress/daughter Marie Trintignant, who was married at the time to director/actor Samuel Benchetrit, was fatally beaten in a Lithuanian hotel in 2003 by her jealous boyfriend, Bertrand Cantat, the lead rock singer and guitarist of the group Noir D?sir. Apparently he became outraged when she received a telephone call from her husband. She suffered a cerebral edema as a result of her skull fractures and died four days after the incident. In 2004, Cantat was sentenced to eight years in prison for manslaughter, which was initially appealed by Marie's family, who wished for a heavier sentence. They later canceled their appeal and the judgment was final.
His acting career was interrupted for several years by military service in Algiers.
Lent his voice to the widely acclaimed La cité des enfants perdus (1995).
Raised in and around automobile racing, he was the natural choice of director Claude Lelouch for the role of a race car driver in Un homme et une femme (1966).
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