Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi played Philippe, the tormented son of a woman with terminal illness in the 1974 drama film La Gueule ouverte. He won a César Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1982 movie La Balance. One of his few English-language roles was a cameo in the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal and he co-starred as Jacques in the 1975 movie French Connection II which starred Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey
