Thierry Fortineau (9 February 1953 – 8 February 2006) was a French actor. Fortineau was born in Nantes. In the year of 1990, he was nominated for a

César Award for Most Promising Actor The César Award for Most Promising Actor (french: César du meilleur espoir masculin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a yo ...

at the

15th César Awards The 15th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1989 and took place on 4 March 1990 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by K ...

for his role in ''Comédie d'été''. The award, however, went to

Yvan Attal Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jacques-Yvan Morin, GOQ (born 1931), politician in Quebec, Canada *Marc-Yvan Côté (born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party *Maurice-Yvan S ...

. In 1994, he was nominated for a

Molière Award for Best Actor Molière Award for Best Actor. Winners and nominees. 1980s *1987 : Philippe Clévenot in ''Elvire Jouvet 40'' ** Michel Bouquet in ''The Imaginary Invalid'' (''Le Malade imaginaire'') ** Jacques Dufilho in ''Staircase (play), Staircase'' (''L'Es ...

for his role in ''Le Visiteur''. Thierry Fortineau is the father of actress Jade Fortineau, born in 1991, from his relationship with Dutch actress

Maruschka Detmers Maruschka Detmers (born 16 December 1962, Schoonebeek) is a Dutch actress. She moved to France as a teenager after finishing school, where she captured the attention of director Jean-Luc Godard. In 1983, she made her dramatic debut under Godard' ...

. He lost his battle against cancer in Paris one day before his 53rd birthday, and was interred at the

Père Lachaise Cemetery Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figure ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Le Brasier ''Le Brasier'' is a French film directed by Éric Barbier, released in 1991. This was the first full-length feature film directed by Barbier. Synopsis Based around the social struggles of a mining area in the 1930s, ''Le Brasier'' was the first Fr ...

'' (1991) * ''

La Fille de l'air ''La fille de l'air'' is a 1992 French film directed by Maroun Bagdadi. Cast * Béatrice Dalle as Brigitte * Hippolyte Girardot as Philippe * Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Marcel * Catherine Jacob as Rose * Thierry Fortineau as Daniel * Roland Bert ...

'' (1992) 1953 births 2006 deaths Actors from Nantes French male film actors French male stage actors French male television actors {{France-actor-stub