French actor, born 11 December 1930 in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France. He was married to Stéphane Audran , father of Marie Trintignant with his second wife Nadine Trintignant.
Father of Marie Trintignant , Pauline Trintignant and Vincent Trintignant.
Said he didnt accept the leading role in Ultimo tango a Parigi , because he didnt like the numerous nude scenes.
Was chosen to play opposite Vittorio Gassman in Il sorpasso because he looked like Jacques Perrin , who started the picture but left to do Cronaca familiare under Valerio Zurlini s direction.
Grandfather of Roman Kolinka , Paul Cluzet and Jules Benchetrit.
Graduated from LIDHEC ("La Fmis", 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 Dsir. 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 Maries family, who wished for a heavier sentence. They later canceled their appeal and the judgment was final.
His acting career was interrupted for a couple of years by military service in Germany.
Lent his voice to the widely acclaimed La cit des enfants perdus .
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 .
Michael Haneke named Jean-Louis and Marlon Brando as his favorite actors.
In 1969, he appeared in two of the Oscar nominees for Best Foreign-Language Film: Z and Ma nuit chez Maud .
Both Jean-Louis and his Amour co-star, Emmanuelle Riva , were part of Krzysztof Kieslowski s Three Colors Trilogy. She appeared in Trois couleurs: Bleu while he played the leading male role in Trois couleurs: Rouge .
He appeared in two movies that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar in addition to win the Foreign-Language Film category : Z and Amour .
Both Anouk Aime and Emmanuelle Riva received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for playing opposite Jean-Louis. Coincidentally, both actresses were playing a character named Anne.
He stated that he was a bit embarrassed when he had to film his erotic scenes with ex-wife Stphane Audran in Les biches right under the eyes of her new husband, director Claude Chabrol.
He appeared in 3 movies with ex-wife Stphane Audran : Les biches , Sans mobile apparent and Boulevard des assassins . They never worked together while they were married.
He was the one to suggest the title for Michael Haneke s Amour .
He called Il conformista and Amour the best movies hes ever done.
He called Michael Haneke the greatest director in the world.
He provided the voice of the Narrator (The School Teacher as an Old Man) in the French edition of Das weie Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte . This marked his first collaboration with Michael Haneke.
The year he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin film festival for his performance in Lhomme qui ment , the Silver Bear for Best Actress went to his ex-wife Stphane Audran for her performance in Les biches (where he also appeared).
He stated that, in his entire resume, one hundred titles are better to forget.
He studied acting with Tania Balachova : some of his fellow students were Delphine Seyrig , Michael Lonsdale , Laurent Terzieff , Bernard Fresson , Antoine Vitez and his future wife, Stphane Audran.
He became friends with Valerio Zurlini on the set of Estate violenta . He stayed at his place during the entire shooting of the movie.
Humphrey Bogart and Robert De Niro are two of his favourite Hollywood Actors.
He named Robert Hirsch and Michel Bouquet as the actors who touch him the most.
While shooting Il sorpasso , he used to spend much time discussing with his co-star Vittorio Gassman how to play Hamlet on the stage (Gassman had already done it). Trintignants portrayal of the Danish Prince was knocked by critics.
He didnt feel much at ease working with Anouk Aime on the set of Un homme et une femme , stating that he found her behaviour aloof and that he vastly preferred spending some time with the child actors.
In his autobiography "Du ct dUzs", he recounts that, during the shooting of La donna della domenica , both he and his friend Marcello Mastroianni had set their mind on winning the heart of their co-star, Jacqueline Bisset. They were both unsuccessful.
He was nominated for the 2006 Molire Award for Best Actor for his stage performance in "Moins 2".
For his graves epitaph, he jokingly suggested the one inscribed on Spike Milligan s tomb: I told you I was ill.
He retired from movies in 2003, but kept working on the stage. He made one exception when he returned to the screen with Amour and stated that director Michael Haneke is the only person for whom hed do it again, in either a big or small role. In September 2013, he announced that he wouldve extended his retirement to stage work as well. His last theatrical appearance was a poetry recital in Antibes on the 2nd October 2013. His promise to do more film work with Haneke is still valid.
Was hired in the leading role of Sergio Corbucci s Il grande silenzio as a replacement for Franco Nero. Corbucci rewrote his character as a mute when he learned that Trintignant could not speak English; Trintignant later called Silence his favourite part.
Appeared in 10 films that were lined-up for the Palme Dor at Cannes : Un homme et une femme , Ma nuit chez Maud , Z , La terrazza , La nuit de Varennes , Rendez-vous , Trois couleurs: Rouge , La cit des enfants perdus , Un hros trs discret , Amour . Of those, Un homme et une femme and Amour are winners of the Palme while Z earned him a Best Actor prize.
The best actors in the world are those who feel the most and show the,least.
