Philippe Nahon (; 24 December 1938 – 19 April 2020) was a French actor.
Best known films
Nahon was best known for his roles in French
horror and
thriller films, including ''
I Stand Alone'', ''
Humains'', ''
Calvaire'', ''The Pack'' and ''
Haute Tension
''High Tension'' (French: ''Haute Tension'', ; released in the United Kingdom as ''Switchblade Romance'') is a 2003 French slasher film directed by Alexandre Aja, co-written with Grégory Levasseur, and starring Cécile de France and Maïwenn, ...
,''
and he has been featured as a nameless butcher in three films by
Gaspar Noé
Gaspar Noé (, ; born 27 December 1963) is an Argentine filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the son of Argentine painter, writer, and intellectual Luis Felipe Noé.
In the early 1990s, Noé along with his wife Lucile Hadžihalilović were ...
– ''
Carne'', ''
I Stand Alone,'' and ''
Irréversible
''Irréversible'' () is a 2002 French experimental psychological thriller film written and directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel, the plot depicts the events of a tragic night in Paris as two men ...
'' (cameo). He died from an illness made worse by
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
on 19 April 2020.
Theater
Filmography
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1938 births
2020 deaths
French male film actors
Male actors from Paris
20th-century French male actors
21st-century French male actors
French male stage actors
French male television actors
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France
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