
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Actor · Died June 17, 2022, aged 91 · Piolenc, Vaucluse, France
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Louis Trintignant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 11, 1930
- June 17, 2022 (aged 91)
- Piolenc, Vaucluse, France
- Actor
- 59 on MovieCove · 148 credits in all
What are Jean-Louis Trintignant's films like?
Across their 56 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 8 · Wry 7 · Earnest 38
A split, not a type: Light 18 · Serious 11 · Dark 27
Grounded 20 · Stylized 22 · Heightened 14
Gentle 13 · Charged 25 · Intense 18
Steady 24 · Shifting 27 · Whiplash 5
Straight-faced 35 · Some laughs 17 · Funny 4
Slow burn 29 · Even-paced 23 · Relentless 4
Casual 12 · Engaged 34 · Full focus 10
Easy watch 19 · Affecting 20 · Heavy 17
A split, not a type: Resolved 23 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 23
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 22 of 40 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Michel Tardieu in ...And God Created Woman (1956)
- Heroas Carlo Caremoli in Violent Summer (1959)
- Heroas Roberto Mariani in Il sorpasso (1962)
- Tricksteras Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté in Merveilleuse Angélique (1965)
- Heroas Gianni Santi in Io uccido, tu uccidi (1965)
- Heroas Elias in Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
- Heroas Jean-Louis Duroc in A Man and a Woman (1966)
- Heroas Silence in The Great Silence (1968)
- Shadowas Marco in Death Laid an Egg (1968)
- Threshold guardianas Paul Thomas in Les Biches (1968)
- Allyas Dr. Carlo De Marchi in The Libertine (1968)
- Heroas Jean Reynaud in So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)
- Heroas Jean Girod in Crime Thief (1969)
- Heroas Jean-Louis in My Night at Maud's (1969)
- Shadowas Jean Girod in Crime Thief (1969)
- Heroas Le juge d'instruction in Z (1969)
- Heroas Simon Duroc dit 'le Suisse' in The Crook (1970)
- Heroas Marcello in The Conformist (1970)
- Heroas Stéphane Carella in Without Apparent Motive (1971)
- Heroas Antoine Cardot (Froggy) in ...And Hope to Die (1972)
- Heroas François Darien in The French Conspiracy (1972)
- Heroas Lucien Bellon in The Outside Man (1972)
- Heroas Julien Maroyeur in The Last Train (1973)
- Heroas Nicolas Mallet in Love at the Top (1974)
- Heroas Paul Varlin in Act of Aggression (1975)
- Shadowas Emile Buisson in Flic Story (1975)
- Shapeshifteras Franz in Playing with Fire (1975)
- Allyas Massimo Campi in The Sunday Woman (1975)
- Heroas Henri Rainier in L'argent des autres (1978)
- Shadowas Horace Vannister in La banquière (1980)
- Mentoras Doctor in Passion of Love (1981)
- Shapeshifteras Julien Vercel in Confidentially Yours (1983)
- Mentoras Scrutzler in Rendez-vous (1985)
- Shadowas Marx in See How They Fall (1994)
- Shadowas Le juge in Three Colors: Red (1994)
- Heraldas Lucien Emmerich in Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
- Mentoras Georges in Amour (2012)
- Heroas Georges in Amour (2012)
- Mentoras Georges Laurent in Happy End (2017)
- Heroas Jean-Louis Duroc in The Best Years of a Life (2019)
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet22
- Tragic11
- Ambiguous14
- Other1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jean-Louis Trintignant's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 59 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- Violent Summer (1959) · actor · free
- Under Fire (1983) · actor · free
- Flic Story (1975) · actor · free
- The Sunday Woman (1975) · actor · free
- The Outside Man (1972) · actor · free
- So Sweet... So Perverse (1969) · actor · free
- Death Laid an Egg (1968) · actor · free
- Playing with Fire (1975) · actor · free
- I Am What I Am (1967) · actor · free
- Kino Film Collection, show their 5 titles on Kino Film Collection
- IndiePix Unlimited, show their 3 titles on IndiePix Unlimited
- Midnight Pulp, show their 3 titles on Midnight Pulp
- France Channel, show their 2 titles on France Channel
- BFI Player, show their title on BFI Player
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
Subscription and free streaming for Jean-Louis Trintignant's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
148 credits, 59 with a MovieCove page; 36 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Igor and After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

One Hero, The People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Morceaux de Cannes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

The Best Years of a Life(2019)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Happy End(2017)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Bardot, The Misunderstanding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Michel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Amour(2012)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Janis and John (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Zinédine Zidane - Comme dans un rêve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Tykho Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

L'insoumise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

A Self-Made Hero(1996)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
C'est jamais loin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Fiesta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
See How They Fall(1994)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Three Colors: Red(1994)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Shattered Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Ernesto Che Guevara, the Bolivian Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

L'Interdiction (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

L'Œil écarlate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Angel's Wing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Le grand pardon II(1992)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Dispute in Valladolid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Merci La Vie(1991)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Julie de Carneilhan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Pour un oui ou pour un non (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Bunker Palace Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

The Ghost Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Le Moustachu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

The Woman of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
August 15th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
L'Homme aux yeux d'argent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Volley for a Black Buffalo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Rendez-vous(1985)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Partir revenir(1985)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Next Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Long Live Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Femmes de personne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Le Bon Plaisir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Under Fire(1983)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
La crime(1983)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Confidentially Yours(1983)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Credo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Blow to the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

That Night in Varennes(1982)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Boulevard des assassins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

The Big Pardon(1982)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Deep Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

A Business of Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Passion of Love(1981)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Malevil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

An Assassin Passes By (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

I Love You All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

La banquière(1980)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Terrace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Melancoly Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Swimming Instructor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

L'argent des autres(1978)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Faces of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

The Passengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Honeymoon Trip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

The Probability Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

The Sunday Woman(1975)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Rain over Santiago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Flic Story(1975)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Act of Aggression(1975)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Playing with Fire(1975)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Violins at the Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Escapade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Love at the Top(1974)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Last Train(1973)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Défense de savoir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

A Full Day's Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Outside Man(1972)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The French Conspiracy(1972)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
...And Hope to Die(1972)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Without Apparent Motive(1971)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Conformist(1970)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Crook(1970)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Ramparts of Clay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Opium and the Stick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Las secretas intenciones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

So Sweet... So Perverse(1969)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The American (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

My Night at Maud's(1969)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Crime Thief(1969)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Love Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

Z(1969)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Libertine(1968)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Great Silence(1968)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
La société est une fleur carnivore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The Man Who Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Les Biches(1968)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Death Laid an Egg(1968)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
I Am What I Am(1967)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
A Man to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

My Love, My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Trans-Europ-Express(1966)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Is Paris Burning?(1966)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Diamond Safari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

La longue marche(1966)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
A Man and a Woman(1966)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Seventeenth Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Sleeping Car Murders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Le Train Bleu s'arrête 13 fois (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Merveilleuse Angélique(1965)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Io uccido, tu uccidi(1965)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Real Bargain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Fragilité, ton nom est femme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Viheltäjät(1964)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Avatar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Last Steps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Mata Hari, Agent H21 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

L'un d'entre vous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Nutty, Naughty Chateau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Il successo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Way of the Wrong Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Il sorpasso(1962)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Le Combat dans l'île (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Lust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Seven Deadly Sins(1962)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Fabiani Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Parisienne... Parisiennes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Un jour à Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

The Game of Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Three Faces of Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Journey Beneath the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Spotlight on a Murderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The French Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Battle of Austerlitz(1960)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Thousandth Window (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Violent Summer(1959)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Dangerous Liaisons(1959)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
...And God Created Woman(1956)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Club of Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Law of the Streets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

If All the Guys in the World... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 149 titles from 1956 to 2026; peak year 1995.
Film career
Peak 1995 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 20 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1956Screen debut· ...And God Created Woman
- 1966First top-billed film· Trans-Europ-Express
- 2012Career best· Amour
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Jean-Louis Trintignant's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 59; across their 56 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up23
- 50th to 74th20
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
29 of their 59 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved11
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser29
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 49 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jean-Louis Trintignant's work okay for kids?
Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jean-Louis Trintignant work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jean-Louis Trintignant's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Claude Lelouch shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Claude LelouchShared titles: Trintignant par Trintignant (2021), The Best Years of a Life (2019), A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986), Partir revenir (1985), The Crook (1970), A Man and a Woman (1966)See all 6 shared titles with Claude Lelouch

- Alain Robbe-GrilletShared titles: Playing with Fire (1975), Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974), Trans-Europ-Express (1966)See all 3 shared titles with Alain Robbe-Grillet

- Michael HanekeShared titles: Trintignant par Trintignant (2021), Happy End (2017), Michael H. Profession: Director (2013), Amour (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Haneke

- Jacques AudiardShared titles: Trintignant par Trintignant (2021), A Self-Made Hero (1996), See How They Fall (1994)See all 3 shared titles with Jacques Audiard

Writers
- Pierre UytterhoevenShared titles: The Best Years of a Life (2019), A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986), The Crook (1970), A Man and a Woman (1966)See all 4 shared titles with Pierre Uytterhoeven

- Alain Le HenryShared titles: A Self-Made Hero (1996), See How They Fall (1994), The Big Pardon (1982)See all 3 shared titles with Alain Le Henry
- Daniel Saint-HamontShared titles: Le grand pardon II (1992), The Big Pardon (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Saint-Hamont
- Jérôme TonnerreShared titles: A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986), Partir revenir (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Jérôme Tonnerre

Actors
- Isabelle HuppertShared titles: Happy End (2017), Michael H. Profession: Director (2013), Amour (2012), Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974)See all 4 shared titles with Isabelle Huppert

- Claude BrasseurShared titles: La crime (1983), La banquière (1980), L'argent des autres (1978), Act of Aggression (1975)See all 4 shared titles with Claude Brasseur

- Jean-Claude BrialyShared titles: La crime (1983), That Night in Varennes (1982), La banquière (1980), Viheltäjät (1964)See all 4 shared titles with Jean-Claude Brialy

- Françoise FabianShared titles: Trintignant par Trintignant (2021), Partir revenir (1985), My Night at Maud's (1969)See all 3 shared titles with Françoise Fabian

Composers and cinematographers
- Ennio MorriconeShared titles: La banquière (1980), The Desert of the Tartars (1976), The Sunday Woman (1975), The French Conspiracy (1972), Without Apparent Motive (1971), The Great Silence (1968)See all 6 shared titles with Ennio Morricone

- Francis LaiShared titles: The Best Years of a Life (2019), A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986), ...And Hope to Die (1972), The Crook (1970), A Man and a Woman (1966)See all 5 shared titles with Francis Lai

- Armando TrovajoliShared titles: That Night in Varennes (1982), Passion of Love (1981), The Libertine (1968), I Am What I Am (1967)See all 4 shared titles with Armando Trovajoli

- Silvano IppolitiShared titles: Act of Aggression (1975), The Outside Man (1972), The Great Silence (1968), I Am What I Am (1967)See all 4 shared titles with Silvano Ippoliti
Producers
- Margaret MénégozShared titles: Happy End (2017), Amour (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Margaret Ménégoz

- Michael KatzShared titles: Happy End (2017), Amour (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Katz

- Stefan ArndtShared titles: Happy End (2017), Amour (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Stefan Arndt

- Veit HeiduschkaShared titles: Happy End (2017), Amour (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Veit Heiduschka

Mixed roles
- Francis GirodShared titles: La banquière (1980), Crime Thief (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Francis Girod




