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Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant (born December 11, 1930) is a French actor, born in Piolenc, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

At age 20, Trintignant moved to Paris to study drama, and made his theatrical debut in 1951 going on to be seen as one of the most gifted French actors of the post-war era. After touring in the early 1950s in several theater productions, his first motion picture appearance came in 1955 and the following year he gained stardom with his performance opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman.

From a wealthy family, he is the nephew of race car driver Louis Trintignant who was killed in 1933 while practicing on the Péronne racetrack in Picardie. His other uncle, Maurice Trintignant (born 1917), was a Formula One driver who twice won the Monaco Grand Prix as well as the 24 hours of Le Mans. Raised in and around automobile racing, Jean-Louis Trintignant was the natural choice of film director Claude Lelouch for the starring role of race car driver in the 1966 film, Un homme et une femme, a global success that made him an international star.

Trintignant’s acting was interrupted for several years by mandatory military service. After serving in Algiers, he returned to Paris and a very successful career. Subsequent leading roles in art-house classics such as Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) (at the time the most successful French film ever screened in the foreign market), Bertolucci's The Conformist, and the 1969 political thriller Z, in which he portrayed an idealistic young attorney, garnered him an international following as well as the Best Actor award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.

He married Nadine Marquand, herself an actress as well as a screenwriter and director. Since divorced, they have had a daughter, Marie (January 21, 1962 - August 1, 2003), who at the age of 17 years of age performed in La Terrasse alongside her father and had become a very successful actress in her own right.

Throughout the 1970s Trintignant starred in numerous films and in 1983 he made his first English language feature film, Under Fire. Following this, he starred in Francois Truffaut's final film, Vivement Dimanche!

In the late 1980s and early 90s, Trintignant worked infrequently because of health problems. His 1994 role in Krzysztof Kieslowski's last film, Three Colors: Red marked a rare appearance for him but still earned him a Cesar Award nomination for Best Actor. The following year he lent his voice to the widely acclaimed La Cité des Enfants Perdus and has made films only occasionally since.


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The following year he lent his voice to the widely acclaimed La Cité des Enfants Perdus and has made films only occasionally since. York's stepson is Rick McCallum. His 1994 role in Krzysztof Kieslowski's last film, Three Colors: Red marked a rare appearance for him but still earned him a Cesar Award nomination for Best Actor. He has also made many sound recordings as a reader. In the late 1980s and early 90s, Trintignant worked infrequently because of health problems. Since his auspicious early work, York has enjoyed a busy and varied career in film and TV, and on the stage. Following this, he starred in Francois Truffaut's final film, Vivement Dimanche!. Meanwhile, York had already been on British TV as Jolyon in The Forsyte Saga (1967).

Throughout the 1970s Trintignant starred in numerous films and in 1983 he made his first English language feature film, Under Fire. Zeffirelli cast York first as Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew (1967), as Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet (1968; described by Roger Ebert as "the magical high point" of Zefferelli's career), and as a fiery John the Baptist in Jesus of Nazareth (movie). Since divorced, they have had a daughter, Marie (January 21, 1962 - August 1, 2003), who at the age of 17 years of age performed in La Terrasse alongside her father and had become a very successful actress in her own right. He was with the Dundee Repertory before meeting Franco Zeffirelli during the 1965 National Theatre staging of Much Ado About Nothing. He married Nadine Marquand, herself an actress as well as a screenwriter and director. He toured with the National Youth Theatre and acted with the Oxford University Dramatic Society before he graduated from University College, Oxford in 1964. Subsequent leading roles in art-house classics such as Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) (at the time the most successful French film ever screened in the foreign market), Bertolucci's The Conformist, and the 1969 political thriller Z, in which he portrayed an idealistic young attorney, garnered him an international following as well as the Best Actor award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. Michael York (born March 27, 1942, Fulmer, England) is a prolific actor now resident in California.

After serving in Algiers, he returned to Paris and a very successful career. Travelling Player (UK) Headline ISBN 0747233063. Trintignant’s acting was interrupted for several years by mandatory military service. Accidentally on Purpose (US) Pocket Books ISBN 0671795910. Raised in and around automobile racing, Jean-Louis Trintignant was the natural choice of film director Claude Lelouch for the starring role of race car driver in the 1966 film, Un homme et une femme, a global success that made him an international star. His other uncle, Maurice Trintignant (born 1917), was a Formula One driver who twice won the Monaco Grand Prix as well as the 24 hours of Le Mans.

From a wealthy family, he is the nephew of race car driver Louis Trintignant who was killed in 1933 while practicing on the Péronne racetrack in Picardie. After touring in the early 1950s in several theater productions, his first motion picture appearance came in 1955 and the following year he gained stardom with his performance opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman. At age 20, Trintignant moved to Paris to study drama, and made his theatrical debut in 1951 going on to be seen as one of the most gifted French actors of the post-war era. Jean-Louis Trintignant (born December 11, 1930) is a French actor, born in Piolenc, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.