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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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Maitresse - (1973). 12 Angry Men (1957), as the calmly deliberate foreman of a combative jury in a murder trial. Les Valseuses - (1974). Mister Roberts (1955), in the title role of a battle-eager officer on a WWII supply ship. 1900 - (1976). Fort Apache (1948), as a Custer-like cavalry commander. La Femme d'à côté - (1981). My Darling Clementine, as Wyatt Earp.

Le Dernier métro - (1981). The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), as a cowboy trying to prevent a lynching. Police (movie) - (1985). The Grapes of Wrath (1940), as migrant Tom Joad, the iconic migrant Okie. Jean de Florette - (1986). Lincoln (1939), in the title role. Camille Claudel - (1989). Young Mr.

Green Card - (1990) (English). 1931-1932 Margaret Brooke Sullavan - committed suicide by drug overdose in 1960. Cyrano de Bergerac - (1990). 1936-1950 Frances Ford Seymour committed suicide in 1950. Uranus - (1990). 1950-1956 Susan Blanchard. 1492: Conquest of Paradise - (1992) (English). 1957-1961 Afdera Franchetti.

My Father, the Hero - (1994) (English). 1965-1982 Shirlee Mae Adams. 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.