Gérard Depardieu(Redirected from Gerard Depardieu)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:
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
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He married Bond Girl Carole Bouquet in 1997. Notably, he appeared in Russell's film The Music Lovers (1971) alongside Glenda Jackson who was also to go on to become a Labour MP. He also did "Le Retour de Martin Guerre" in 1982. Faulds maintained his acting career throughout the 1960s and 1970s and, in particular became a key part of film director Ken Russell's repertory company, appearing in, among other films, The Devils (1971), Mahler (1974) and Lisztomania (1975). 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". There has been speculation that Faulds was denied ministerial office because of his open support of the Palestinian cause. Depardieu is the highest paid actor in France, and one of the most powerful within the French film industry. unprincipled, undemocratic and racialist. His most significant English-language productions are Green Card with Andie MacDowell and 1492: Conquest of Paradise. unchristian .. In the 1990s he achieved some fame in North America too. (The constituency was renamed Warley East in 1974.) Smethwick remained the focus of much racial tension in England throughout Faulds' office, in particular following the Rivers of Blood Speech by Enoch Powell in 1968 which Faulds characterised as .. In addition he also earned the following:. Faulds defeated Griffiths in the UK general election, 1966 and was Labour MP for the constituency until his retirement in 1997. 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. There were rumours that his supporters had covertly circulated the slogan If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Liberal or Labour. 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. In the UK general election, 1964, the Labour Foreign Secretary, Patrick Gordon Walker, had been defeated in controversial circumstances in the Smethwick constituency by Conservative candidate Peter Griffiths. Smethwick had been a focus of immigration from the Commonwealth in the economic and industrial growth of the years following World War II and Griffiths ran a campaign critical of the government's policy. He was born in Chateauroux, Centre, France, the son of a sheet metal worker. It was during this visit that Robeson inspired Faulds to take up political activism. Gérard Depardieu (born December 27, 1948) is a French actor. Robeson was still under severe censure and scrutiny in the USA owing to his socialist convictions and had only recently been allowed to travel abroad again following the confiscation of his passport during the McCarthyist episode. Cinema of France. In 1959, Faulds and his wife played host to Paul Robeson who had travelled to England to appear at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon in Tony Richardson's production of Othello. Maitresse - (1973). After graduating from the University of Glasgow, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1948 but first came to a wider public recognition playing Jet Morgan in Charles Chilton's radio drama Journey Into Space on the BBC Light Programme. Les Valseuses - (1974). Born Isoko, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), to missionary parents, Faulds married Bunty Whitfield in 1945. 1900 - (1976). Andrew Matthew William Faulds (1 March 1923 - 31 May 2000) was a British actor and politician. 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. |