Laurent Terzieff

Laurent Terzieff

Acting
Born Jun 27, 1935
From Toulouse, HauteGaronne, France
Died Jul 02, 2010

Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, in Toulouse – 2 July 2010, in Paris) was a French actor. Terzieff was the son of French ceramist Marina and her husband Jean Terzieff, a Romanian-born sculptor of Russian and Romanian descent who came to France from Bucharest during the First World War. The original surname of his family was Chemerzin. As an adolescent, he was fascinated with philosophy and poetry. He assisted with a representation of the La Sonate des spectres by Strindberg, directed by Roger Blin; while involved in the theater he decided he wanted to become an actor. Terzieff made his debut in 1953 at the Parisian Théâtre de Babylone of Jean-Marie Serreau in Tous contre tous of Adamov. After several more roles, Marcel Carné offered him a lead role in 1958's Tricheurs, a tale about existentialist youth. He then appeared in the late works of French scenario writers such as Claude Autant-Lara, with whom he appeared in three films including Tu ne tueras point in 1961. Other collaborators included Henri-Georges Clouzot with La prisonnière, in which he interprets an artist manipulator. In 1975 Terzieff played the leading role as the priest in the Irish artist Reginald Gray's production and direction of Jeu. His partner Pascale de Boysson, Dirk Kinnane and Bibi Hure were also in the cast. Other film appearances include Les Garcons by Mauro Bolognini in 1959, Vanina Vanini (1961), Two Weeks in September (1967), in which he appeared with Brigitte Bardot, The Milky Way (1969), Medea (1969), The Desert of the Tartars (1976), and the TV miniseries Moses the Lawgiver (1974), starring Burt Lancaster. In the 1980s, he primarily acted on stage. Appearances during this era include Rouge Baiser, Germinal in 1993, and The Raft of the Medusa in 1998. In 2005, he appeared in Mon petit doigt m'a dit. Terzieff died on July 2, 2010, due to lung complications. Source: Article "Laurent Terzieff" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Kapo
6.9
1960

Kapo

Sascha

Largo Winch II
5.8
2011

Largo Winch II

Alexandre Jung

Germinal
6.7
1993

Germinal

Souvarine

The Seven Deadly Sins
5.7
1962

The Seven Deadly Sins

Jacques (segment "La luxure")

The Milky Way
7.1
1969

The Milky Way

Jean

Medea
6.6
1969

Medea

Chirone

Etoile
5.7
1989

Etoile

Marius Balakin

The Desert of the Tartars
6.8
1976

The Desert of the Tartars

Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling

Moses the Lawgiver
5.9
1976

Moses the Lawgiver

Pharao Mernefta

Woman in Chains
6.9
1968

Woman in Chains

Stanislas Hassler

Don Bosco
6.0
1988

Don Bosco

Monsignor Gastaldi

Le radeau de la Méduse
6.3
1998

Le radeau de la Méduse

Théodore Géricault

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
7.3
2008

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster

Émile

Lust
7.5
1962

Lust

Jacques

Love Sins
2.3
1987

Love Sins

Michetti

Detective
5.2
1985

Detective

William Prospero

By the Pricking of My Thumbs
6.2
2005

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

Maître Anet / Monsieur Sévigné

Vanina Vanini
5.8
1961

Vanina Vanini

Pietro Missirilli

Twelve Hours by the Clock
3.9
1959

Twelve Hours by the Clock

Kopetsky

L'Apprentissage de la ville
1982

L'Apprentissage de la ville

Philosopher

The Cheaters
6.6
1958

The Cheaters

Alain

Ostia
5.5
1970

Ostia

Bandiera

Ballad for a Hoodlum
5.8
1963

Ballad for a Hoodlum

Vincent Vivant

The Big Night
5.9
1959

The Big Night

Ruggeretto

La ragazza dei lillà
3.5
1986

La ragazza dei lillà

Larth

Fiesta
4.8
1995

Fiesta

Père Armendariz

Father's Trip
6.4
1966

Father's Trip

Frédéric, teacher

The Pianist
7.8
1998

The Pianist

Doria mayor

Thou Shalt Not Kill
7.8
1961

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Jean-François Cordier

Once Upon an Angel
3.6
2002

Once Upon an Angel

Mr. Grenier

Lovers Woods
4.6
1960

Lovers Woods

Charles Parisot

Two Weeks in September
4.7
1967

Two Weeks in September

Vincent

Premier mai
5.5
1958

Premier mai

Maurice

The Immoral Moment
4.8
1962

The Immoral Moment

Narrator (voice)

Death, Where Is Your Victory?
1964

Death, Where Is Your Victory?

Thierry

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
6.0
2020

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff

Self (archive footage)

War in the Highlands
3.9
1998

War in the Highlands

Isaïe

Rain over Santiago
6.3
1975

Rain over Santiago

Calvé

Red Kiss
5.3
1985

Red Kiss

Moishe

The Prince's Manuscript
8.2
2000

The Prince's Manuscript

Marco Pace (60 anni)

Les Culottes rouges
6.5
1962

Les Culottes rouges

Antoine Rossi, le "culotte rouge"

Diesel
4.4
1985

Diesel

Finch

Araya
7.0
1959

Araya

Narrator (French Version) (voice)

La Flambeuse
1.0
1981

La Flambeuse

'Le Chevalier'

The Regattas of San Francisco
1960

The Regattas of San Francisco

Enéo

Gila and Rik
1987

Gila and Rik

Andrea

Hedda Gabler
1967

Hedda Gabler

Ejlert Lövborg

Pontormo - Un amore eretico
6.0
2004

Pontormo - Un amore eretico

Inquisitor

Blood Wedding
5.0
1977

Blood Wedding

The Purloined Letter
1974

The Purloined Letter

Auguste Dupin

Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God
5.5
2005

Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God

Self

Medea: On-Set Memories
2004

Medea: On-Set Memories

The Circular Triangle
1964

The Circular Triangle

Laurent

Bitter Fruit
1967

Bitter Fruit

Alfonso

La Vénitienne
3.7
2010

La Vénitienne

Lectoure

Flesh Color
4.7
1978

Flesh Color

Michel

Rien, voilà l'ordre
1.0
2004

Rien, voilà l'ordre

Les Hautes solitudes
7.0
1974

Les Hautes solitudes

The Horla
6.3
1966

The Horla

Le jeune homme

Utopia
1979

Utopia

Julien

Territori d'ombra
2001

Territori d'ombra

Le Révélateur
6.3
1968

Le Révélateur

Le père

An Angel Passes
5.3
1975

An Angel Passes

Bérénice
1975

Bérénice

Titus

1968

Zoo Story

Jerry

Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo
2000

Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo

Professore

Journey to the Garden of the Dead
1978

Journey to the Garden of the Dead

Georges

Brother Carl
5.7
1971

Brother Carl

Carl Noren

Laurent Terzieff et compagnie

Self

1961

La Frontière

Narrator (voice)

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire

1975

Jeu

Le prêtre

1977

Versailles, peut-être

Terzieff par lui-même

Self (archive footage)

1962

La Messe sur le monde

Reader (voice)