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Gérard Depardieu (born December 27, 1948) is a French actor.

He was born in Chateauroux, Centre, France, the son of a sheet metal worker. His acting career started in the 1970s and by the early 1980s, he was one of the leading French actors gaining much attention for his role opposite Fanny Ardant in Francois Truffaut's film La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door), and winning his first Cesar Award for Best Actor for his role in Le Dernier métro.

He has been nominated a record-setting 14 times for the Cesar Award as Best Actor. After his first win in 1981, he won a second time in 1991 for Cyrano de Bergerac for which he was also nominated for the 1990 Academy Award for Best Actor. In addition he also earned the following:

  • 1985: Best Actor Award: Venice Film Festival for his role in Police
  • 1990: Best Actor Award: Cannes Film Festival for his role in Camille Claudel
  • 1991: winner Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card
  • 1997: Lion d'or: Venice Film Festival

In the 1990s he achieved some fame in North America too. His most significant English-language productions are Green Card with Andie MacDowell and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.

Depardieu is the highest paid actor in France, and one of the most powerful within the French film industry. In addition to the nearly sixty motion-pictures he has appeared in, he has also directed and/or produced several major films through his company, "DD Productions".

He also did "Le Retour de Martin Guerre" in 1982. He married Bond Girl Carole Bouquet in 1997.

Movies include

  • CQ - (2002)
  • I Am Dina - (2002)
  • Le Placard (The Closet) - (2001)
  • Les Misérables - (2001) - (TV miniseries co-produced by Depardieu)
  • 102 Dalmatians - (2000)
  • Un Pont entre deux rives (The Bridge) - (2000) - (Acted, Produced & Directed)
  • Balzac: A Life of Passion - (1999)
  • Le comte de Monte Cristo - (1999) (TV miniseries)
  • The Man in the Iron Mask - (1998) (English)
  • Bogus - (1996) (English)
  • My Father, the Hero - (1994) (English)
  • 1492: Conquest of Paradise - (1992) (English)
  • Uranus - (1990)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac - (1990)
  • Green Card - (1990) (English)
  • Camille Claudel - (1989)
  • Jean de Florette - (1986)
  • Police (movie) - (1985)
  • Le Dernier métro - (1981)
  • La Femme d'à côté - (1981)
  • 1900 - (1976)
  • Les Valseuses - (1974)
  • Maitresse - (1973)

See Also

  • Cinema of France

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He married Bond Girl Carole Bouquet in 1997. and for television at 7001 Hollywood Blvd. He also did "Le Retour de Martin Guerre" in 1982. Fitzgerald has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for movies at 6220 Hollywood Blvd. In addition to the nearly sixty motion-pictures he has appeared in, he has also directed and/or produced several major films through his company, "DD Productions". He won the Supporting Actor Oscar. Depardieu is the highest paid actor in France, and one of the most powerful within the French film industry. He performed a feat never done in the history of the Academy Awards when he was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the same performance, in 1944's Going My Way.

His most significant English-language productions are Green Card with Andie MacDowell and 1492: Conquest of Paradise. He had a successful Hollywood career in such films as The Long Voyage Home, How Green Was My Valley, And Then There Were None and The Quiet Man. In the 1990s he achieved some fame in North America too. Fitzgerald went to Hollywood to star in another O'Casey work, The Plough And The Stars, directed by John Ford. In addition he also earned the following:. Born William Joseph Shields in Dublin, he joined the Abbey Theatre, and starred in such plays as Sean O'Casey's Juno And The Paycock, a role he recreated for Alfred Hitchcock in his screen debut in 1930. He has been nominated a record-setting 14 times for the Cesar Award as Best Actor. After his first win in 1981, he won a second time in 1991 for Cyrano de Bergerac for which he was also nominated for the 1990 Academy Award for Best Actor. Barry Fitzgerald (March 10, 1888 - January 14, 1961) was an Irish actor.

His acting career started in the 1970s and by the early 1980s, he was one of the leading French actors gaining much attention for his role opposite Fanny Ardant in Francois Truffaut's film La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door), and winning his first Cesar Award for Best Actor for his role in Le Dernier métro. He was born in Chateauroux, Centre, France, the son of a sheet metal worker. Gérard Depardieu (born December 27, 1948) is a French actor. Cinema of France.

Maitresse - (1973). Les Valseuses - (1974). 1900 - (1976). La Femme d'à côté - (1981).

Le Dernier métro - (1981). Police (movie) - (1985). Jean de Florette - (1986). Camille Claudel - (1989).

Green Card - (1990) (English). Cyrano de Bergerac - (1990). Uranus - (1990). 1492: Conquest of Paradise - (1992) (English).

My Father, the Hero - (1994) (English). Bogus - (1996) (English). The Man in the Iron Mask - (1998) (English). Le comte de Monte Cristo - (1999) (TV miniseries).

Balzac: A Life of Passion - (1999). Un Pont entre deux rives (The Bridge) - (2000) - (Acted, Produced & Directed). 102 Dalmatians - (2000). Les Misérables - (2001) - (TV miniseries co-produced by Depardieu).

Le Placard (The Closet) - (2001). I Am Dina - (2002). CQ - (2002). 1997: Lion d'or: Venice Film Festival.

1991: winner Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card. 1990: Best Actor Award: Cannes Film Festival for his role in Camille Claudel. 1985: Best Actor Award: Venice Film Festival for his role in Police.