Gérard Depardieu

Birthdate

December 27, 1948

Birthplace

Châteauroux, France

Nationality

France

Professions

Actor, Director, Singer, Beach attendant, Boat crewman, Farm hand, Vintner

Companions

Clementine Igou, Karine Sylla, Elisabeth Depardieu

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French actor Gerard Depardieu was one of the most highly visible character actors in the history of films, though not always for his work. Born in Chateauroux, France in 1948, Depardieu had 4 siblings, and lived with his mother, a homemaker, and his father who worked in the metal trade and volunteered as a fireman. Depardieu began working early in life, taking a job at a print works when he was just 13. During his adolescence he got into petty crime and was at one point put on probation. Depardieu left his hometown for Paris when he was 16 years old and immediately began acting in a comedy theatre known as Café de la Gare. He also studied dance during this period. Depardieu's big break came in 1974 when he played Jean-Claude in the film "Les Valseuses" (1974). Early in his career he also appeared in director Bernardo Bertolucci's movie "1900" (1976) and "The Last Metro" (1980), directed by Francois Truffaut. He appeared in several movies that made a splash overseas, including "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990), for which he won a Cesar Award for Best Actor and was nominated for an Academy Award. Depardieu did a number of American movies following this international breakthrough success, including "Green Card" (1990), "Hamlet" (1996) and "My Father the Hero" (1994). In the 2000s and the 2010s Depardieu appeared in several stage productions in Europe and the United Kingdom. Depardieu's personal life had complications including charges of assault, sexual misconduct, and rape and came under fire from the press for urinating into a water bottle while on an airplane taxiing the runway in Paris. Depardieu had three children, one of whom died in 2008 at the age of 37 of pneumonia.

Actor Credits

• 2018

  StaviskyMatriscope Inventor

• 2018

  Let the Sun Shine In
  The Fortune-Teller

• 2018

  Bonne PommeGérard Morlet

• 2016

  Saint AmourJean

• 2015

  Valley of LoveGérard

• 2015

  United PassionsJules Rimet

• 2014

  A Farewell to FoolsIpu

• 2013

  L'homme qui ritActor

• 2013

  Astérix et Obélix: Au Service de sa MajestéObelix

• 2012

  Life of PiCook

• 2012

  Je n'ai rien oubliéActor

• 2011

  My Afternoons with MargueritteGermain Chazes

• 2011

  PoticheMaurice Babin

• 2009

  Mesrine: Public Enemy Number OneGuido

• 2009

  Mesrine: Killer InstinctGuido

• 2001

  The ClosetFelix Santini

• 2000

  Un Pont Entre Deux RivesGeorges

• 2000

  102 DalmatiansLe Pelt

• 1999

  Asterix and Obelix vs. CaesarObelix

• 1999

  One Hundred and One NightsActor for a Day

• 1997

  The PitchHimself

• 1995

  Guardian AngelsActor

• 1995

  Francois Truffaut: Stolen PortraitsHimself

• 1994

  My Father, the HeroAndre

• 1992

  Tous les matins du mondeMarin Marias

• 1992

  1492: The Conquest of ParadiseChristopher Columbus

• 1991

  UranusLeopold

• 1991

  Green CardGeorge

• 1990

  Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac

• 1990

  Too Beautiful For YouBernard Barthelemy

• 1989

  Henry Vof Henry V

• 1989

  Under Satan's SunFather Donissan

• 1987

  Cold CutsAlphonse Tram

• 1987

  A Woman or TwoJulien Chayssac

• 1986

  PoliceMangin--the Detective

• 1986

  MenageBob

• 1984

  TartuffeTartuffe

• 1983

  The Moon in the GutterGerard Delmas

• 1982

  DantonDanton

• 1981

  The Last MetroBernard Granger

• 1980

  LoulouLoulou

• --

  Ole!Francois Veber

• --

  The FeastActor

• --

  Final ArrangementsActor

• --

  Streghe Verso NordActor

• --

  A Loving FatherPerformer

• --

  Merci, la vieMarc "Doctor Worms" Antoine

• --

  Wajda's DantonHimself

• --

  DeuxMarc

• --

  Asterix and Obelix Meet CleopatraObelix

• --

  I Want to Go Back HomeChristian Gauthier

• --

  La ChevreCampana

• --

  Diamond 13Actor

• --

  The Woman Next DoorBernard Coudray

• --

  Les FugitifsJean Lucas

• --

  Inspecteur la BavureRoger Morzini

• --

  Le Pacte du SilenceActor

• --

  The Children of TimpelbachActor

• --

  Zavist BogovBernard

• --

  Fort SaganneCharles Saganne

• --

  Love, Prozac and Other CuriositiesActor

• --

  Les ComperesJean Lucas

• --

  Rive droite, rive gaucheActor

• --

  The MachineMarc

• --

  RRRrrrr!!!Le chef des Cheveux Sales

• --

  Rue du departDr Lombart--Clara's Father

• --

  Quand J'Etais ChanteurAlain Moreau

• --

  Maurice Pialat: l'Amour ExisteVoice

• --

  Le Grand FrereBernard

• --

  Mon Pere Ce HerosAndre

• --

  Tutto l'amore che c'eActor

• --

  The Car KeysUn comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent

• --

  I Love YouPatrick

• --

  A Strange Place to MeetCharles

• --

  The Choice of WeaponsMickey

• --

  Les ActeursHimself

• --

  The Return of Martin GuerreMartin Guerre

• --

  MirkaStrix

• --

  Boudu Saved From DrowningBoudu

• --

  You Only Live OnceDuges

• --

  CarbonActor

• --

  In the BeginningActor

Director Credits

• 2000

  Un Pont Entre Deux Rives

• 1984

  Tartuffe

Producer Credits

• 2000

  Un Pont Entre Deux Rives

• --

  Shakha Proshaka

• --

  A Strange Place to Meet

Writer Credits

• 1984

  Tartuffe