Anecdotes

Prior to entering acting, Leroy served as a paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, and fought in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. He retired as a Captain in 1960, and won several decorations including the Legion of Honor, the Cross for Military Valor, and the War Cross for Foreign Operational Theatres.

Father of Filippo and Michelle with Silvia. Brother-in-law of Gaia Tortora.

Born in a public servants family, he was a decorated captain in the French army before becoming an actor.

Father of Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu and of Terence Leroy-Beaulieu.

Supporter of the S.S. Lazio football team.

Avid parachutist, he was at one time a member of the S.S. Lazio parachuting team.

In April 2011, at the age of 81, he spent 12 days in Afghanistan with Italian paratroopers as a special correspondent.

In 1953, Leroy enlisted in the French Foreign Legion and served as a paratrooper in the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment in the French Indochina War. He later became a reservist, and served in the Algerian War as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was awarded two decorations of the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, a Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures, and the Cross for Military Valour for his service.

At the age of 17, he started working on an ocean liner, and spent a year abroad in New York City.

In 2010, during the Rome Parashow, he celebrated his 80th birthday by jumping out of a plane.

In 2007, he starred in Dario Argento's Mother of Tears, the concluding installment of horror movie trilogy The Three Mothers;.

He was previously a decorated paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, where he served in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War.

He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for his debut performance in Jacques Becker's The Hole (1960), and for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing the title role in the Italian miniseries The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971).

Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu was born in Paris to an aristocratic family; his ancestors included economist Pierre Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, historian Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, and architect Jean-François Leroy.

Son-in-law of Enzo Tortora.