Lino Ventura
Acting
Born July 13, 1919 · Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura (14 July 1919 – 22 October 1987), known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas. Born in Parma and raised in Paris, Ventura worked as a professional wrestler before an injury ended his career. He made his film debut as a gangster in the 1954 Jacques Becker film Touchez pas au grisbi and rapidly became one of France's favourite film actors, playing opposite many other great stars and working with such leading directors as Louis Malle, Claude Sautet, and Claude Miller. Usually portraying a tough man, either a criminal or a cop, he also featured as a leader of the Resistance in the Jean-Pierre Melville-directed Army of Shadows (1969). He was nominated for a Cesar Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the 1982 film adaptation of Les Misérables. After one of his four children, a daughter, was born handicapped, he and his wife founded a charity Perce-Neige (Snowdrop) which aids disabled children and their parents. Though a lifelong resident and pop cultural icon in France, Ventura always considered himself an Italian first and foremost, and never took French citizenship. He was nonetheless voted 23rd in a 2005 poll of the 100 greatest Frenchmen. ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Lino Ventura, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Films (92)
At the End of the Day
2024
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero
2022
Bacri, comme un air de famille
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Aznavour by Charles
2019
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme
2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
2012
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
2011
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs
2010
Code Name: Melville
2010
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
La Rumba
1987
Sword of Gideon
1986
The Seventh Target
1984
One Hundred Days in Palermo
1984
The Ruffian
1983
Les Misérables
1982
Spy, Stand Up
1982
The Inquisitor
1981
Sunday Lovers
1980
L'Homme en colère
1979
Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978
The Medusa Touch
1978
Illustrious Corpses
1976
The French Detective
1975
The Cage
1975
The Slap
1974
Three Tough Guys
1974
A Pain in the Ass
1973
Far West
1973
Happy New Year
1973
The Right of the Maddest
1973
The Silent One
1973
Money Money Money
1972
The Valachi Papers
1972
Rum Runners
1971
Fantasia Among the Squares
1971
Last Known Address
1970
The Sicilian Clan
1969
Army of Shadows
1969
Birds of Prey
1968
The Last Adventure
1967
Deux Romains en Gaule
1967
Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
To Skin a Spy
1966
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
Let's Not Get Angry
1966
The Wise Guys
1965
Cloportes
1965
The Dictator's Guns
1965
The Great Spy Chase
1964
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
Weeping for a Bandit
1964
Greed in the Sun
1964
Crooks in Clover
1963
The Threepenny Opera
1963
Carmen di Trastevere
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
Hitch-Hike
1962
Emile's Boat
1962
The Last Judgment
1961
The Lions Are Loose
1961
Black City
1961
Taxi for Tobruk
1961
Girl in the Window
1961
Mistress of the World - Part II
1960
Mistress of the World - Part I
1960
The Big Risk
1960
Way of Youth
1959
125 rue Montmartre
1959
Witness in the City
1959
Marie-Octobre
1959
Twelve Hours by the Clock
1959
Pensione Edelweiss
1959
The Beast Is Loose
1959
The Mask of the Gorilla
1958
The Lovers of Montparnasse
1958
Three Days to Live
1958
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
Maigret Sets a Trap
1958
Dishonorable Discharge
1957
The Strange Mr. Steve
1957
Speaking of Murder
1957
To Catch a Spy
1957
Burning Fuse
1957
Crime and Punishment
1956
Law of the Streets
1956
Razzia
1955
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
1954