Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu is a French actor. He has appeared in over 150 films since 1960, and has worked extensively in Italian cinema, as well as in his native country. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for his debut performance in Jacques Becker’s The Hole, and for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing the titular role in the Italian miniseries The Life of Leonardo da Vinci. He was previously a decorated paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, where he served in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War.