Gérard Depardieu
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| Born | Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu 27 December 1948 Châteauroux, Indre, France |
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| Spouse(s) | Élisabeth Guignot (1971-1996) | ||||||||||||||
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Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu CQ (born 27 December 1948, pronunciation) is one of France's most prominent actors. He has won a number of honors including a nomination for an Academy Award for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac and the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card.
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Biography
Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre. He is one of six children of Anne Jeanne Josèphe "la Liette" (née Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel "le Dédé" Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman.[1][2] Depardieu spent more time in the street than in the classroom and left school at 13. At the age of 16, Depardieu left Châteauroux for Paris. There, he studied acting under Jean-Laurent Cochet, and went on to become one of France's most renowned actors. In 1986, his fame grew as a result of his performance as a doomed, hunchbacked farmer in the film Jean de Florette. Five years later he won a César for his starring role in Cyrano de Bergerac. More recently, he has played Obélix in the three Astérix movies.[3]
In 1970 Depardieu married Élisabeth Guignot with whom he had two children, actor Guillaume (1971–2008) and actress Julie (* 1973). In 1992, while separated from Élisabeth, he had a daughter, Roxane, with the model Karine Sylla. In 1996 he divorced Élisabeth and began a relationship with actress Carole Bouquet, with whom he was married from 1997 to 2005[4]. In 2006, he had a son, Jean, with a Franco-Cambodian woman named Hélène, according to the 6 August 2008 issue of Paris Match. Since 2005, Depardieu has lived with a Harvard-educated novelist, Clementine Igou.
On 13 October 2008, his son Guillaume died at the age of 37 from complications linked to a sudden case of pneumonia.
Awards
Depardieu has been nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role César during his career and won it two times in 1981 and 1991. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac.
- 1981: César Award for Best Actor for his role in The Last Metro (Le dernier métro)
- 1985: Venice Film Festival Award for best actor for his role in Police
- 1990: Cannes Film Festival: Best actor award for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1991: César Award for Best Actor for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1991: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card
- 1997: Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion Honorary Award for career achievement
- 2006: Moscow International Film Festival: Stanislavsky Award for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting.
Filmography
- Maîtresse (1973)
- Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1973)
- Going Places (1974)
- Sept morts sur ordonnance (1975)
- Je t'aime... moi non plus (1976)
- 1900 (1976)
- La Dernière femme (1976)
- Dites-lui que je l'aime (1977)
- Préparez vos mouchoirs (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs) (1978)
- Rêve de singe (Bye Bye Monkey) (1978)
- Le Sucre (1978)
- Buffet froid (1979)
- Mon oncle d'Amérique (My American Uncle) (1980)
- Loulou (1980)
- Le Dernier métro (The Last Metro) (1980)
- La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door) (1981)
- La Chèvre (1981)
- Le Retour de Martin Guerre (The Return of Martin Guerre) (1982)
- Danton (1983)
- Les Compères (1983)
- Fort Saganne (1984)
- Police (1985)
- Une femme ou deux (1985)
- Tenue de soirée (1986)
- Les Fugitives (1986)
- Jean de Florette (1986)
- Manon des Sources (1986)
- Sous le soleil de Satan (Under the Sun of Satan) (1987)
- Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988)
- Camille Claudel (1988)
- Le choix des armes (1989)
- Trop belle pour toi (1989) by Alain Corneau
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
- Uranus (1990)
- Green Card (1990)
- Mon père, ce héros (1991)
- Tous les matins du monde (1991)
- Merci la vie (1991)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) by Ridley Scott
- Le Visionarium (1992)
- Germinal (1993)
- Le Colonel Chabert (1994)
- My Father the Hero (1994)
- A Pure Formality (1994)
- Élisa (1995)
- Les Anges gardiens (Guardian Angels) (1995)
- Unhook the Stars (1996)
- Hamlet (1996)
- Bogus (1996)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
- The Count of Monte Cristo) (1998) (TV)
- Asterix & Obelix vs Caesar (1999)
- Vatel (2000)
- Tutto l'amore che c'è (2000)
- Zavist' bogov (Gods Envy) (2000) (Russian movie directed by V. Menshov)
- Les Misérables (2000) (TV) (co-produced by Depardieu)
- 102 Dalmatians (2000)
- Le Placard (The Closet) (2001)
- CQ (2001)
- Vidocq (2001)
- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
- Napoléon (2002) (TV)
- I Am Dina (2002)
- City of Ghosts (2002)
- A Loving Father (2002)
- Le Pacte Du Silence (2003)
- Crime Spree (2003)
- Bon voyage (2003)
- Nathalie... (2003)
- Tais-toi! (2003)
- 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004)
- RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
- Olé! (2005) with Gad Elmaleh
- Last Holiday (2006)
- Quand j'étais chanteur (2006)
- Paris, je t'aime (2007)
- La Vie en Rose (La Môme) (2007)
- Michou d'Auber (2007)
- L'abbuffata (2007)
- Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)
- Disco (2008)
- Babylon A.D. (2008)
See also
- Cinema of France
References
External links
- Gérard Depardieu at the Internet Movie Database
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Claude Brasseur for La Guerre des polices |
César Award for Best Actor 1981 The Last Metro |
Succeeded by Michel Serrault for Garde à vue |
| Preceded by Philippe Noiret for Life and Nothing But |
César Award for Best Actor 1991 Cyrano de Bergerac |
Succeeded by Jacques Dutronc for Van Gogh |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Depardieu, Gérard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Depardieu, Gérard Xavier Marcel |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | French actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 27 December 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Châteauroux, Indre, France |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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