Elevator to the Gallows1958
As Le Commissaire Cherrier
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Lino Ventura
Born
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.
Filmography (93)
The Cage1975
As Julien
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Les Misérables1982
As Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Army of Shadows1969
As Philippe Gerbier
TMDb 7.9 / 10
The Sicilian Clan1969
As Commissaire Le Goff
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Medusa Touch1978
As Brunel
TMDb 6.8 / 10
At the End of the Day2024
As Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Great Spy Chase1964
As Francis Lagneau
TMDb 6.8 / 10
A Pain in the Ass1973
As Ralf Milan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Valachi Papers1972
As Vito Genovese
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The French Detective1975
As Commissioner Verjeat
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Last Known Address1970
As Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Crooks in Clover1963
As Fernand Naudin
TMDb 7.7 / 10
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Marie-Octobre1959
As Carlo Bernardi
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Threepenny Opera1963
As Brown, Polizeichef von London
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Devil and the Ten Commandments1962
As Garigny
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Razzia1955
As Roger le Catalan
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Last Adventure1967
As Roland
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Happy New Year1973
As Simon
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Touchez Pas au Grisbi1954
As Angelo Fraiser
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The French1982
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Inquisitor1981
As Inspector Antoine Gallien
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Money Money Money1972
As Lino Massaro
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Dictator's Guns1965
As Jacques Cournot
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Wise Guys1965
As Laurent Dannecker
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Greed in the Sun1964
As Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Big Risk1960
As Abel Davos
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Illustrious Corpses1976
As Inspector Amerigo Rogas
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle1966
As Self - Interviewee
The Seventh Target1984
As Bastien Grimaldi
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Crime and Punishment1956
As Gustave Messonnier
TMDb 7.0 / 10
L'Homme en colère1979
As Romain Dupre
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Sword of Gideon1986
As Papa
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Lovers of Montparnasse1958
As Morel
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Slap1974
As Jean Douléan
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Spy, Stand Up1982
As Sébastien Grenier
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Way of Youth1959
As M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Taxi for Tobruk1961
As le brigadier Théo Dumas
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Butterfly on the Shoulder1978
As Roland Fériaud
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Maigret Sets a Trap1958
As Inspecteur Torrence
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Beast Is Loose1959
As Paul Lamiani
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Le Deuxième Souffle1966
As Gustave "Gu" Minda
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Mask of the Gorilla1958
As Géo Paquet, Le Gorille
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sunday Lovers1980
As François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')
TMDb 5.8 / 10
To Skin a Spy1966
As Pascal Fabre
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Silent One1973
As Clément Tibère
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Three Days to Live1958
As Lino Ferrari
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Twelve Hours by the Clock1959
As Fourbieux
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Aznavour by Charles2019
As Self - Actor (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
One Hundred Days in Palermo1984
As General Carlo Dalla Chiesa
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Rum Runners1971
As Cornelius von Zeelinga
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Three Tough Guys1974
As Father Charlie
TMDb 5.1 / 10
To Catch a Spy1957
As Bérès
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Far West1973
As Prisoner
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Speaking of Murder1957
As Pepito
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Cloportes1965
As Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Fantasia Among the Squares1971
As Sagamore Noonan
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Ruffian1983
As Aldo
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Witness in the City1959
As Ancelin
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Deux Romains en Gaule1967
As Un client du bar
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Last Judgment1961
As Giovanna's father
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres2011
As Self (archive footage)
Emile's Boat1962
As Émile Bouet
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Let's Not Get Angry1966
As Antoine Beretto
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Black City1961
As Il bandito
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress2019
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
125 rue Montmartre1959
As Pascal
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero2022
As Self (archive footage) - actor
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Burning Fuse1957
As Legentil
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Hitch-Hike1962
As Paul, le chauffeur de car
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Monocle's Sour Laugh1964
As Elie's Client (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Bacri, comme un air de famille2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Code Name: Melville2010
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Law of the Streets1956
As Mario
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Weeping for a Bandit1964
As "El lutos"
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Lino Ventura, la part intime2018
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.9 / 10
De Gaulle, the Last King of France2017
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Right of the Maddest1973
As Le gendarme motorisé instructeur
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Mistress of the World - Part II1960
As Biamonte
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Girl in the Window1961
As Federico
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Pensione Edelweiss1959
As Borcher
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Birds of Prey1968
As Le rapace / Le rital
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mistress of the World - Part I1960
As Biamonte
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Carmen di Trastevere1962
As Vincenzo, le caïd
TMDb 8.0 / 10
La Rumba1987
As un caïd
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Strange Mr. Steve1957
As Denis
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Dishonorable Discharge1957
As Paulo, Claire's lover
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Lions Are Loose1961
As le docteur André Challenberg
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes2002
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Il était une fois... Les Tontons flingueurs2010
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Lino, il n'était que lui-même
Lino, il n'était que lui-même2012
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lino Ventura, une histoire d'homme2017
As Self (archive footage)
Filmography and biography: TMDb