<p>French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, whose career was launched at the same time as Brigitte Bardot with the 1956 film 'And God Created Woman' died Friday at the age of 91, his ex-wife Nadine Trintignant said.</p>.<p>"He was somebody special," she told <em>BFM TV</em>.</p>.<p>Trintignant received the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Festival for the Costa Gavras film 'Z' and a Cesar Award for Best Actor in 2013 for the Michael Haneke movie 'Amour'.</p>.<p>Along with Jean-Pierre Léaud and the late Jean-Paul Belmondo, Trintignant was one of the leading actors of the French "New Wave" movement.</p>.<p>He played in more than 130 films, including the 1966 Cannes Palme d'Or winner 'A Man and a Woman', a film by Claude Lelouch, also famous for its musical score by Francis Lai.</p>.<p>He suffered personal tragedy in 2003 after his daughter Marie Trintignant, who was also a critically-acclaimed actress, died aged 41 after she was fatally beaten by her boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, leader of the French rockband Noir Désir.</p>.<p>Cantat was convicted of manslaughter and released from jail in 2007.</p>
<p>French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, whose career was launched at the same time as Brigitte Bardot with the 1956 film 'And God Created Woman' died Friday at the age of 91, his ex-wife Nadine Trintignant said.</p>.<p>"He was somebody special," she told <em>BFM TV</em>.</p>.<p>Trintignant received the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Festival for the Costa Gavras film 'Z' and a Cesar Award for Best Actor in 2013 for the Michael Haneke movie 'Amour'.</p>.<p>Along with Jean-Pierre Léaud and the late Jean-Paul Belmondo, Trintignant was one of the leading actors of the French "New Wave" movement.</p>.<p>He played in more than 130 films, including the 1966 Cannes Palme d'Or winner 'A Man and a Woman', a film by Claude Lelouch, also famous for its musical score by Francis Lai.</p>.<p>He suffered personal tragedy in 2003 after his daughter Marie Trintignant, who was also a critically-acclaimed actress, died aged 41 after she was fatally beaten by her boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, leader of the French rockband Noir Désir.</p>.<p>Cantat was convicted of manslaughter and released from jail in 2007.</p>