Jean-Louis Trintignant

Born

December 11, 1930

Died

June 17, 2022 (aged 91)

Known as

film director, screenwriter, audiobook narrator, character actor, racing automobile driver, stage actor

Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant 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, Dino Risi, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Michael Haneke.

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