French actor

Jacques Perrin

, the adult Salvatore of the iconic film

Cinema Paradiso

(Giuseppe Tornatore, 1989), died Thursday in Paris at the age of 80, local media reported.

Perrin has more than 70 films in his filmography, he has participated in plays and directed

documentaries and produced several feature films

by Costa Gravas or Jean-Jacques Annaud.

He was also featured in the 2004 hit "The Choir Boys."

Born in Paris in 1941, he appeared in his first film when he was

just five years old

and, in the late 1950s, began a professional career that, over the years, made him a popular face on French screens.

Costa Gavras, Vittorio de Seta, Pierre Schoendoerffer or Agnès Varda had him under their orders, in films like "Le Crabe-tamour, "L'honneur du capitaine", "Les demoiselles de Rochefort", "Peau d'âne" or " Choirboys", which was a

major international box office success

.

Conforms to The Trust Project criteria

Know more

  • cinema