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Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Known for ActingBorn 1919-07-13Died 1987-10-22Parma, 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.Read more

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Spécial cinéma9.5
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Spécial cinéma

1974 · Series

Patrick Dewaere, My Hero9.0
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Patrick Dewaere, My Hero

2022 · Movie

Cinépanorama8.7
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Cinépanorama

1956 · Series

Lino Ventura, la part intime7.9
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Lino Ventura, la part intime

2018 · Movie

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress7.7
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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

2019 · Movie

Bacri, comme un air de famille7.6
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Bacri, comme un air de famille

2022 · Movie

Auf los geht's los8.0
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Auf los geht's los

1977 · Series

Le Grand Échiquier8.0
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Le Grand Échiquier

1972 · Series

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes7.7
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Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

2002 · Movie

Carmen di Trastevere8.0
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Carmen di Trastevere

1962 · Movie

Army of Shadows7.9
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Army of Shadows

1969 · Movie

The Wise Guys7.9
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The Wise Guys

1965 · Movie

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président7.2
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022 · Movie

Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs7.3
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Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs

2010 · Movie

Crooks in Clover7.7
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Crooks in Clover

1963 · Movie

Le Deuxième Souffle7.7
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Le Deuxième Souffle

1966 · Movie

The Inquisitor7.5
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The Inquisitor

1981 · Movie

Black City7.7
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Black City

1961 · Movie

The Sicilian Clan7.6
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The Sicilian Clan

1969 · Movie

Numéro un7.5
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Numéro un

1975 · Series

Elevator to the Gallows7.6
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Elevator to the Gallows

1958 · Movie

De Gaulle, the Last King of France7.0
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De Gaulle, the Last King of France

2017 · Movie

Let's Not Get Angry7.5
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Let's Not Get Angry

1966 · Movie

125 rue Montmartre7.5
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125 rue Montmartre

1959 · Movie

Aznavour by Charles6.9
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Aznavour by Charles

2019 · Movie

Law of the Streets7.5
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Law of the Streets

1956 · Movie

Spy, Stand Up7.2
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Spy, Stand Up

1982 · Movie

The French7.2
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The French

1982 · Movie

The Silent One7.3
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The Silent One

1973 · Movie

Last Known Address7.3
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Last Known Address

1970 · Movie

Happy New Year7.2
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Happy New Year

1973 · Movie

Marie-Octobre7.3
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Marie-Octobre

1959 · Movie

Les Misérables7.0
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Les Misérables

1982 · Movie

Code Name: Melville6.7
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Code Name: Melville

2010 · Movie

One Hundred Days in Palermo7.0
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One Hundred Days in Palermo

1984 · Movie

A Pain in the Ass7.0
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A Pain in the Ass

1973 · Movie

Greed in the Sun7.1
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Greed in the Sun

1964 · Movie

Taxi for Tobruk7.1
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Taxi for Tobruk

1961 · Movie

Touchez Pas au Grisbi7.2
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Touchez Pas au Grisbi

1954 · Movie

Deux Romains en Gaule7.0
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Deux Romains en Gaule

1967 · Movie

Champs-Elysées6.8
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Champs-Elysées

1982 · Series

The Last Adventure6.9
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The Last Adventure

1967 · Movie

The Big Risk7.0
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The Big Risk

1960 · Movie

Crime and Punishment7.0
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Crime and Punishment

1956 · Movie

The Medusa Touch6.8
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The Medusa Touch

1978 · Movie

Maigret Sets a Trap7.0
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Maigret Sets a Trap

1958 · Movie

Illustrious Corpses6.8
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Illustrious Corpses

1976 · Movie

The Great Spy Chase6.9
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The Great Spy Chase

1964 · Movie