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Acting

Lino Ventura

Career: Active from 1954 to 1987, busiest in 1959 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 52
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Le Deuxième Souffle
91/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

César Awards · Best Actor
1983 · Nominated
Les Misérables
Source: Wikidata

Characters

4

The characters Lino Ventura played, best-known titles first.

Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier

Lino Ventura as Angelo Fraiser

Lino Ventura as Fernand Naudin

Lino Ventura as Abel Davos

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lino Ventura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.2, average 3.0
Wholesome
1.7, average 3.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Wonder
2.0, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Ambiguity 9
Mystery 5
Character Study 5
Historical Drama 5
French Cinema 4
Intrigue 4
French Crime Thriller 4
Political Intrigue 4
Psychological Tension 4
Gritty Realism 3
Slow Burn 3
Character-Driven 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

78

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 55

At the End of the Day

55

as Lino (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

9 titles · average score 67

La Rumba

as un caïd

Sword of Gideon

70

as Papa

One Hundred Days in Palermo

69

as General Carlo Dalla Chiesa

The Seventh Target

63

as Bastien Grimaldi

The Ruffian

62

as Aldo

Les Misérables

71

as Jean Valjean / Mr. Madeleine / Champmathieu

Spy, Stand Up

68

as Sébastien Grenier

The Inquisitor

78

as Inspector Antoine Gallien

Sunday Lovers

56

as François Quérole (sketch 'La méthode française')

1970s

18 titles · average score 64

The Medusa Touch

59

as Brunel

Illustrious Corpses

75

as Inspector Amerigo Rogas

The French Detective

73

as Commissioner Verjeat

The Cage

62

as Julien

The Slap

64

as Jean Douléan

A Pain in the Ass

70

as Ralf Milan

The Silent One

70

as Clément Tibère

Happy New Year

62

as Simon

The Valachi Papers

63

as Vito Genovese

Money Money Money

76

as Lino Massaro

Rum Runners

53

as Cornelius von Zeelinga

Last Known Address

69

as Principal Inspector Marceau Leonetti

1960s

29 titles · average score 70

Army of Shadows

90

as Philippe Gerbier

The Sicilian Clan

77

as Commissaire Le Goff

The Last Adventure

73

as Roland

Le Deuxième Souffle

91

as Gustave "Gu" Minda

Let's Not Get Angry

70

as Antoine Beretto

The Dictator's Guns

64

as Jacques Cournot

The Wise Guys

73

as Laurent Dannecker

Greed in the Sun

74

as Hervé Marec, aka 'Le plouc'

The Great Spy Chase

73

as Francis Lagneau

Crooks in Clover

81

as Fernand Naudin

Taxi for Tobruk

74

as le brigadier Théo Dumas

The Big Risk

82

as Abel Davos

1950s

21 titles · average score 71

Witness in the City

69

as Ancelin

Way of Youth

64

as M. Tiercelin, restaurateur et as du marché noir

The Beast Is Loose

66

as Paul Lamiani

125 rue Montmartre

71

as Pascal

Twelve Hours by the Clock

as Fourbieux

Marie-Octobre

77

as Carlo Bernardi

The Mask of the Gorilla

62

as Géo Paquet, Le Gorille

Three Days to Live

59

as Lino Ferrari

The Lovers of Montparnasse

79

as Morel

Dishonorable Discharge

as Paulo, Claire's lover

Razzia

67

as Roger le Catalan

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

84

as Angelo Fraiser