ACTOR

Philippe Leroy

1930 - 2024

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Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu (15 October 1930 – 1 June 2024) was a French actor. He appeared in over 150 films from 1960, and worked extensively in Italian cinema, as well as in his native country. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for his debut performance in Jacques Becker’s The Hole (1960), and for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing the title role in the Italian miniseries The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Leroy has received more than 94,732 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Philippe Leroy is the 1,514th most popular actor (down from 1,083rd in 2019), the 2,282nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,740th in 2019) and the 119th most popular French Actor.

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  • 56.11

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  • 20

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  • 3.33

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  • 2.85

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Philippe Leroy ranks 1,514 out of 13,578. Before him are Sean Young, Rick Moranis, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Gloria Grahame, Edward Herrmann, and James Remar. After him are Kaspar Capparoni, Alisa Freindlich, Robert Downey Sr., Donna Murphy, Joan Chen, and François Berléand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Philippe Leroy ranks 146. Before him are Guy Ligier, James Baker, Eugenio Castellotti, Bernard Collomb, Tanya Savicheva, and Stephen Sondheim. After him are Stephen Smale, Tony Lip, Tom Wolfe, Choe Thae-bok, Manuel Marulanda, and Viktor Tikhonov. Among people deceased in 2024, Philippe Leroy ranks 83. Before him are Philippe de Gaulle, Veljko Bulajić, Bernd Hölzenbein, Frans de Waal, Bill Viola, and Vaino Väljas. After him are Choe Thae-bok, James Herbert Brennan, Jürgen Moltmann, Sergei Novikov, Rosie Reyes, and Frans Janssens.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Leroy ranks 2,282 out of 6,770. Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771), Hugo Lloris (1986), Thomas Robert Bugeaud (1784), Jean Behra (1921), Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine (1608), and Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946). After him are Jérôme Lejeune (1926), Claude Cahun (1894), François Berléand (1952), Hans von Salmuth (1888), Jean Chacornac (1823), and Georges Claude (1870).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Philippe Leroy ranks 119. Before him are Philippe Nahon (1938), Élisabeth Depardieu (1941), Dominique Pinon (1955), André Dussollier (1946), Madeleine Béjart (1615), and Guy Marchand (1937). After him are François Berléand (1952), Maïwenn (1976), Jean Carmet (1920), Léa Seydoux (1985), Juliette Mayniel (1936), and Marcel Dalio (1899).

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Television and Movie Roles

Le Trou
Manu Borelli
Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system -- yet their escape is anything but assured.
Mar 18o 19608.3 / 10
La Femme Nikita
Chief Grossman
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Feb 21o 19907.1 / 10
The Night Porter
Klaus
A concentration camp survivor discovers her former torturer and lover working as a porter at a hotel in postwar Vienna. When the couple attempt to re-create their sadomasochistic relationship, his former SS comrades begin to stalk them.
Apr 3o 19746.8 / 10