Movie Buffs will remember this guy as a great actor
Jean-Louis Trintignant, an award-winning French actor, has died. He was 91.
French News agency AFP announced Trintignant's death on Friday, attributing the sad news to his wife of over 20 years, Marianne Hoepfner Trintignant, and the actor's agent.
PEOPLE confirms Trintignant, who starred in 2012's Academy Award-winning film Amour, died in his sleep in Uzès, France, where he had lived for the past 30 years.
A cause of death has not been revealed, though Trintignant previously announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Trintignant was born in 1930 in Piolenc, France, and initially studied law in Aix-en-Provence before beginning to pursue an acting career, according to his IMDb biography.
After starting out in theater, Trintignant made his move to film in the mid-1950s and got his first big break in 1956's And God Created Woman, alongside Brigitte Bardot.
Trintignant went on to star in films like 1966's romance A Man and a Woman, 1970's The Conformist and 1973's Under Fire. He also won best actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Z (1969), among numerous accolades.
With nearly 150 acting credits to his name, Trintignant had a career that spanned nearly seven decades and several mediums and genres. In more recent years, he was known for his starring role in 2012's Amour, opposite Emmanuelle Riva.
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Jean-Louis Trintignant, an award-winning French actor, has died. He was 91.
French News agency AFP announced Trintignant's death on Friday, attributing the sad news to his wife of over 20 years, Marianne Hoepfner Trintignant, and the actor's agent.
PEOPLE confirms Trintignant, who starred in 2012's Academy Award-winning film Amour, died in his sleep in Uzès, France, where he had lived for the past 30 years.
A cause of death has not been revealed, though Trintignant previously announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Trintignant was born in 1930 in Piolenc, France, and initially studied law in Aix-en-Provence before beginning to pursue an acting career, according to his IMDb biography.
After starting out in theater, Trintignant made his move to film in the mid-1950s and got his first big break in 1956's And God Created Woman, alongside Brigitte Bardot.
Trintignant went on to star in films like 1966's romance A Man and a Woman, 1970's The Conformist and 1973's Under Fire. He also won best actor at the Cannes Film Festival for Z (1969), among numerous accolades.
With nearly 150 acting credits to his name, Trintignant had a career that spanned nearly seven decades and several mediums and genres. In more recent years, he was known for his starring role in 2012's Amour, opposite Emmanuelle Riva.
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Legendary French Amour Actor, Dead at 91
PEOPLE confirms that Jean-Louis Trintignant, who starred in 2012's Oscar-winning film Amour, died in his sleep in Uzès, France
