Victor Lanoux

Victor Lanoux (actually Victor Nataf Rubert, born June 18, 1936 in Paris) is a French actor.

Life

Victor Lanoux, who participated in the Algerian War, worked from 1959 at the theater and at a Paris film studio as a stage technician. He took acting lessons and stepped 1960-1964 along with Pierre Richard as a duo in vaudeville and nightclubs. It was followed by engagements in the theater, from 1964 to 1970 at the Théâtre National Populaire and 1972 in Villeurbanne Roger Planchon. In addition, Lanoux operated as a writer of plays.

From 1962 he worked for television. He made his feature film debut in 1964 in the film adaptation of Bertolt Brecht The unworthy old woman. However, it took until the early 1970s that he took on film roles regularly. He showed great versatility in both dramatic and comedic in the tray. He played a philistine in Yves Boissets Monsieur Dupont (1974 ) or an unconventional husband Jean -Charles Tacchellas comedy Cousin, Cousine (1975 ) that made him internationally known. His acting range he demonstrated exemplary as tearful macho in Yves Robert's Monsieur Gone Wrong (1976 ), as a failed politician Jean -Pierre Mocky Y at- il un français dans la salle? (1982 ) and as an over-zealous policeman in Samuel Fuller's Les Voleurs de la nuit ( 1984).

Lanoux " Les Films de la Drouette " and " Régie Enterprise Vidéo " was involved in the production companies. He was a long time with the actress Marie -José Nat romantically involved. In 1976 he was nominated both for Best Actor ( for Cousin, Cousine ) as well as Best Supporting Actor ( for Adieu, Bull ) for a César, but he did not receive the awards.

Filmography (selection)

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