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Gérard Depardieu

Acting Born Dec 27, 1948 Châteauroux, Indre, France 24 credits

Biography

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, film-maker, businessman and vineyard owner. He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967. He has twice won the César Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card. After he garnered huge critical acclaim for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac, which landed him a nomination for an Academy Award, Depardieu acted in many big budget Hollywood movies. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite. He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013 and the same month became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro. In 2015 he left Russia declaring that he intends to give up the citizenship and to live in Belgium.

Depardieu has been repeatedly accused of sexual assault. The French authorities have charged him with rape and, since 2021, have had him under formal investigation. Depardieu has denied any wrongdoing and has not been convicted in connection with any of the accusations against him. He was stripped of the National Order of Quebec in 2023.

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Known for

The Graham Norton Show

as Self
Film

Life of Pi

as Cook

Full filmography

  • The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
  • Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
  • Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) as Self
  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Apostrophes (1975) as Self
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self (archive footage)
  • Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
  • Spécial cinéma (1974) as Self
  • Midi Première (1975) as Self
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
  • Goldene Kamera (1984) as Self
  • Life of Pi (2012) as Cook
  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) as Self
  • Brisant (1994) as Self
  • Capitaine Marleau (2015) as Philippe Muir
  • The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) as Porthos
  • Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - Presenter
  • Cérémonie des César (1976) as Self - President
  • Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell (2011) as Self
  • How Much Do You Love Me? (2005) as Charly
  • Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) as Obélix
  • Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015) as (archive footage)