
Laurent Terzieff
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1935-06-27
- Died
- 2010-07-02
- Place of birth
- Toulouse, HauteGaronne, France
- Also known as
- ローラン・テルジェフ · Лоран Терзиефф · Лоран Терзиев
Biography
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (76)

Medea
1969
as Chirone

Germinal
1993
as Souvarine

Kapo
1960
as Sascha

Largo Winch II
2011
as Alexandre Jung

Love Sins
1987
as Michetti

The Cheaters
1958
as Alain

The Horla
1966
as Le jeune homme

The Desert of the Tartars
1976
as Ten. Pietro Von Hamerling

The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
as Jacques (segment "La luxure")

Lust
1962
as Jacques

Etoile
1989
as Marius Balakin

The Milky Way
1969
as Jean

Detective
1985
as William Prospero

Woman in Chains
1968
as Stanislas Hassler

Vanina Vanini
1961
as Pietro Missirilli

Bitter Fruit
1967
as Alfonso

Two Weeks in September
1967
as Vincent

Moses the Lawgiver
1976
as Pharao Mernefta

Ostia
1970
as Bandiera

Don Bosco
1988
as Monsignor Gastaldi

Diesel
1985
as Finch

Les Culottes rouges
1962
as Antoine Rossi, le "culotte rouge"

I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
2008
as Émile

The Big Night
1959
as Ruggeretto

The Immoral Moment
1962
as Narrator (voice)

The Prince's Manuscript
2000
as Marco Pace (60 anni)

By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2005
as Maître Anet / Monsieur Sévigné

War in the Highlands
1998
as Isaïe

Rain over Santiago
1975
as Calvé

La Vénitienne
2010
as Lectoure

Flesh Color
1978
as Michel

Red Kiss
1985
as Moishe

La ragazza dei lillà
1986
as Larth

Death, Where Is Your Victory?
1964
as Thierry

Le radeau de la Méduse
1998
as Théodore Géricault

Once Upon an Angel
2002
as Mr. Grenier

The Pianist
1998
as Doria mayor

The Circular Triangle
1964
as Laurent

Les Hautes solitudes
1974

Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Gila and Rik
1987
as Andrea

Ballad for a Hoodlum
1963
as Vincent Vivant

Araya
1959
as Narrator (French Version) (voice)

Pontormo - Un amore eretico
2004
as Inquisitor

Utopia
1979
as Julien

Le Révélateur
1968
as Le père

Fiesta
1995
as Père Armendariz

Thou Shalt Not Kill
1961
as Jean-François Cordier

L'Apprentissage de la ville
1982
as Philosopher

Lovers Woods
1960
as Charles Parisot

Premier mai
1958
as Maurice

Father's Trip
1966
as Frédéric, teacher

The Purloined Letter
1974
as Auguste Dupin

The Regattas of San Francisco
1960
as Enéo

Blood Wedding
1977

An Angel Passes
1975

Territori d'ombra
2001

Bérénice
1975
as Titus

Rien, voilà l'ordre
2004

Hedda Gabler
1967
as Ejlert Lövborg

La Flambeuse
1981
as 'Le Chevalier'

Twelve Hours by the Clock
1959
as Kopetsky

Brother Carl
1971
as Carl Noren

Medea: On-Set Memories
2004
Zoo Story
1968
as Jerry

Buñuel: Atheist Thanks to God
2005
as Self
Laurent Terzieff et compagnie
as Self
Jeu
1975
as Le prêtre
La Frontière
1961
as Narrator (voice)

Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo
2000
as Professore

Journey to the Garden of the Dead
1978
as Georges
La Messe sur le monde
1962
as Reader (voice)

La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
Terzieff par lui-même
as Self (archive footage)
Versailles, peut-être
1977

Tête d'or
2007
About Laurent Terzieff
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 wa… With 82 credits spanning from 1956 to 2020, Laurent Terzieff has appeared in 76 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Germinal (1993) — as Souvarine
- Kapo (1960) — as Sascha
- Largo Winch II (2011) — as Alexandre Jung
- Love Sins (1987) — as Michetti
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