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At age 20, Trintignant moved to Paris to study drama, and made his theatrical debut in 1951 going on to be seen as one of the most gifted French actors of the post- war era. After touring in the early 1950s in several theater productions, his first motion picture appearance came in 1955 and the following year he gained stardom with his performance opposite Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadims And God Created Woman.

From a wealthy family, he is the nephew of race car driver Louis Trintignant who was killed in 1933 while practicing on the Péronne racetrack in Picardie. His other uncle, Maurice TrintignantMaurice Trintignant born October 30, 1917 in Sainte-Cecile-les-Vignes in the Vaucluse departement of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region of France, is a race car driver. He is the brother of Bugatti race car driver, Louis Trintignant, who was killed in (born 1917), was a Formula OneFormula One abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing is the highest class of single-seater (open-wheel) auto racing; it is a worldwide sport, and involves an annual World Drivers Championship and World Constructors Championship. Many regard i driver who twice won the Monaco Grand PrixThe principality of Monaco holds one of the oldest races on the Formula One automobile racing circuit. The Monaco Grand Prix held there annually, was first organized by Antony Noghes, a well-to-do cigarette manufacturer and a resident of Monte Carlo, unde as well as the 24 hours of Le Mans24 hours of Le Mans 24 heures du Mans is a famous sports car endurance race held at a course near Le Mans, France, near river La Sarthe''. It is organised by the Automobile Club de L'Ouest (A. The first race was held on May 26 and 27, 1923 and has since b. Raised in and around automobile racing, Jean-Louis Trintignant was the natural choice of film director Claude LelouchClaude Lelouch (born October 30, 1933) is a French film director, writer and producer. Lelouch won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966 for Un homme et une femme A Man and a Woman . Lelouch is knwon for making movies based heavily on improvi for the starring role of race car driver in the 1966Events January January 1 In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 Strike of public transportation workers in New York City ends January 13 January 3 First Acid Test at the Fil film, Un homme et une femme, a global success that made him an international star.

Trintignant’s acting was interrupted for several years by mandatory military service. After serving in Algiers, he returned to Paris and a very successful career. Subsequent leading roles in art-house classics such as Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) (at the time the most successful French film ever screened in the foreign market), Bertolucci's The Conformist , and the 1969 political thriller Z, in which he portrayed an idealistic young attorney, garnered him an international following as well as the Best Actor award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.

He married Nadine Marquand , herself an actress as well as a screenwriter and director. Since divorced, they have had a daughter, Marie ( January 21, 1962 - August 1, 2003), who at the age of 17 years of age performed in La Terrasse alongside her father and had become a very successful actress in her own right.

Throughout the 1970s Trintignant starred in numerous films and in 1983 he made his first English language feature film, Under Fire. Following this, he starred in Francois Truffaut's final film, Vivement Dimanche!

In the late 1980s and early 90s, Trintignant worked infrequently because of health problems. His 1994 role in Krzysztof Kieslowski's last film, marked a rare appearance for him but still earned him a Cesar Award nomination for Best Actor. The following year he lent his voice to the widely acclaimed La Cité des Enfants Perdus and has made films only occasionally since.