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Jean-Louis Trintignant

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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Born
December 11, 1930
Died
June 17, 2022 (aged 91)
From
Piolenc, Vaucluse, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
59 on MovieCove · 148 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are Jean-Louis Trintignant's films like?

Across their 56 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 56 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

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

40 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 22 of 40 analyzed roles.

Hero
22 of 40
Shadow
7 of 40
Mentor
4 of 40
Ally
2 of 40
Shapeshifter
2 of 40
Trickster
1 of 40
Threshold guardian
1 of 40
Herald
1 of 40
Show the 40 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
35
Melancholic
25
Contemplative
15
Warm
11
Absurd
10
Other
43

How their films end · 13 with a twist

  • 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).

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)

    Actor

  • One Hero, The People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Excerpt from the film Z (archive footage)

  • The Most Precious of Cargoes(2024)

    as Narrateur (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Morceaux de Cannes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • The Best Years of a Life(2019)

    as Jean-Louis Duroc

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Happy End(2017)

    as Georges Laurent

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Bardot, The Misunderstanding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

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

    as Narrator

  • Amour(2012)

    as Georges

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(2012)

    as (archive footage)

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

    Actor

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

    as Monsieur Cannon

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

    as Narator

  • Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Narration (Voice)

  • Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train(1998)

    as Lucien Emmerich / Jean-Baptiste Emmerich

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Tykho Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Le chirurgien

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

    as Roquepenne

  • A Self-Made Hero(1996)

    as Albert Dehousse (old)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • C'est jamais loin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Elliot Spencer

  • Fiesta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Colonel Masagual

  • The City of Lost Children(1995)

    as L'oncle Irvin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • See How They Fall(1994)

    as Marx

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Three Colors: Red(1994)

    as The Judge

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Shattered Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Récitant (texte de Paul Éluard) (voice)

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

    as Narrator (French version)

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

    as Marquis d'Espard

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

    Adaptation · as René Montijoux

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

    as Colonel Édouard

  • Le grand pardon II(1992)

    as Le Commissaire Duché (archive footage)

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

    as Ginèse de Sepúlveda

  • Merci La Vie(1991)

    as le colonel SS

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

    as Herbert d'Espivant

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

    as H1

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

    as Holm

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

    as Paul

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

    as le général Gougeard

  • The Woman of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Pierre

  • August 15th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Actor

  • A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later(1986)

    as Jean-Louis Duroc

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • L'Homme aux yeux d'argent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Mayene

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

    as Mr. Fodó, teacher

  • Rendez-vous(1985)

    as Scrutzler

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Partir revenir(1985)

    as Roland Rivière

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Next Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Paul

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

    as François Gaucher

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

    as Michel Gilquin

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

    as Le Président de la République

  • Under Fire(1983)

    as Marcel Jazy

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • La crime(1983)

    as Christian Lacassagne

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Confidentially Yours(1983)

    as Julien Vercel

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Credo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Prof. Lenski

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

    as Dario

  • That Night in Varennes(1982)

    as Monsieur Sauce

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

    as Daniel Salmon

  • The Big Pardon(1982)

    as Le commissaire Duché

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

    as Vic

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

    as Louis Faguet

  • Passion of Love(1981)

    as Le médecin major

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

    as Fulbert

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

    as Ravic

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

    as Julien Tellier

  • La banquière(1980)

    as Horace Vannister

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

    as Enrico D'Orsi

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

    as Pierre

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

    Director · as le jardinier

  • L'argent des autres(1978)

    as Henri Rainier

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Faces of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Victor

  • The Passengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Alex Moineau

  • The Desert of the Tartars(1976)

    as Magg. Med. Rovine

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

    as Paul Carter

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

    as Fred Malone

  • The Sunday Woman(1975)

    as Massimo Campi

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

    as Le Sénateur

  • Flic Story(1975)

    as Émile Buisson

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Act of Aggression(1975)

    as Paul Varlin

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
  • Playing with Fire(1975)

    as Franz

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • The Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as David Daguerre

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

    as Him (Michel)

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

    as Ferdinand

  • Love at the Top(1974)

    as Nicolas Mallet

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Successive Slidings of Pleasure(1974)

    as The Police Commissioner

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • The Last Train(1973)

    as Julien Maroyeur

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Défense de savoir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Jean-Pierre Laubray

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

    Director · Screenplay · as Le Metteur en scène de la troupe des 'Enfants du Gard'

  • The Outside Man(1972)

    as Lucien Bellon

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • The French Conspiracy(1972)

    as François Darien

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • ...And Hope to Die(1972)

    as Tony

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Without Apparent Motive(1971)

    as Stéphane Carella

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • The Conformist(1970)

    as Marcello Clerici

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • The Crook(1970)

    as Simon the Swiss

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Ramparts of Clay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as L'entrepreneur

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

    as Chaudier

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

    as Miguel

  • So Sweet... So Perverse(1969)

    as Jean Reynaud

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

    as Bruno

  • My Night at Maud's(1969)

    as Jean-Louis

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Crime Thief(1969)

    as Jean Girod

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • Love Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Michele

  • Z(1969)

    as Examining Magistrate

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • The Libertine(1968)

    as Dr. Carlo De Marchi

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • The Great Silence(1968)

    as Silence

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • La société est une fleur carnivore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Narrator

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

    as Jan Robin / Boris Varissa

  • Les Biches(1968)

    as Paul Thomas

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Death Laid an Egg(1968)

    as Marco

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • I Am What I Am(1967)

    as Bernard

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • A Man to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Raphaël

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

    as Vincent Falaise

  • Trans-Europ-Express(1966)

    as Elias

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Is Paris Burning?(1966)

    as Captain Serge

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Diamond Safari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Raphaël Vincente

  • La longue marche(1966)

    as Philippe

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • A Man and a Woman(1966)

    as Jean-Louis Duroc

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Seventeenth Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as François

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

    as Éric Grandin, étudiant vétérinaire

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

    Show 13 episodes · as Mezure

  • Merveilleuse Angélique(1965)

    as Claude le Petit, dit Le poète croté

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
  • Io uccido, tu uccidi(1965)

    as Gianni Santi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • The Real Bargain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Jacques Danzac

  • Fragilité, ton nom est femme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Actor

  • Viheltäjät(1964)

    as Jean-Louis Trintignant

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

    as Octave

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

    as Georges Guichard

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

    as Captain François Lasalle

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

    as René Dézange

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

    as Frédéric

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

    as Sergio

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

    Actor

  • Il sorpasso(1962)

    as Roberto Mariani

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

    as Clément Lesser

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

    as Bernard Duparc

  • The Seven Deadly Sins(1962)

    as Bernard Duparc (segment "La luxure")

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

    as Joseph Fabiani

  • Parisienne... Parisiennes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Récitant (voice)

  • Un jour à Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

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

    as Guy de Fleury

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

    as Guest at the opening

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

    as Pierre

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

    as Jean-Marie de Kerloquen

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

    as François

  • The Battle of Austerlitz(1960)

    as Ségur fils

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

    as Georges Desvignes

  • Violent Summer(1959)

    as Carlo Caremoli

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Dangerous Liaisons(1959)

    as Danceny

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • ...And God Created Woman(1956)

    as Michel Tardieu

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Club of Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Michel

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

    as Yves Tréguier aka 'Le Breton'

  • If All the Guys in the World... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Jean-Louis

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

19562026

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.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting149 of 149: 146 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thDirecting2 of 149: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting2 of 149: 0 only writing, 2 with another role

149 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1950s6 · acting1960s49 · acting1970s30 · 30 acting · 2 crew1980s31 · acting1990s19 · 19 acting · 1 crew2000s3 · acting2010s7 · acting2020s4 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 31% of 65 roles
56667176818696

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.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Reach · how many have seen their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Midcredits score across 59 titles, by percentile

  • 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.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles23–76 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles21–74 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles1–41 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles23–45 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles11–80 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

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

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles