Gérard_Depardieu

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gérard Depardieu Gérard Depardieu Gérard Depardieu CQ Gérard Depardieu, 2008 Born Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu 27 December 1948 (1948-12-27) Châteauroux, Indre, France Élisabeth Guignot (1971-1996) Carole Bouquet (1997–2005) Clémentine Igou (2005–present) Spouse(s) farmer in the film Jean de Florette. Five years later he won a César for his starring role in Cyrano de Bergerac. More recently, he has played Obélix in the three Astérix movies.[3] In 1970 Depardieu married Élisabeth Guignot with whom he had two children, actor Guillaume (1971–2008) and actress Julie (1973). In 1992, while separated from Élisabeth, he had a daughter, Roxane, with the model Karine Sylla. In 1996 he divorced Élisabeth and began a relationship with actress Carole Bouquet, with whom he was married from 1997 to 2005[4]. On 14 July 2006, he had a son, Jean, with French-Cambodian Hélène Bizot, according to the issue 3089 (31 July 2008) of Paris Match. Since 2005, Depardieu has lived with a Harvard-educated novelist, Clémentine Igou. On October 13 2008, his son Guillaume died at the age of 37 from complications linked to a sudden case of pneumonia. Awards Depardieu has been nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role César during his career and won it two times in 1981 and 1991. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac. • 1981: César Award for Best Actor for his role in The Last Metro (Le dernier métro) • 1985: Venice Film Festival Award for best actor for his role in Police • 1985: Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite • 1990: Cannes Film Festival: Best actor award for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac • 1991: César Award for Best Actor for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac • 1991: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card • 1996: Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d’honneur.[5] • 1997: Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion Honorary Award for career achievement • 2006: Moscow International Film Festival: Stanislavsky Award for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting. Domestic partner(s) Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu CQ (born December 27 1948, pronunciation ) is one of France’s most prominent actors. He has won a number of honors including a nomination for an Academy Award for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac and the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card. Biography Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France. He is one of six children of Anne Jeanne Josèphe "la Liette" (née Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel "le Dédé" Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman.[1][2] Depardieu spent more time in the street than in the classroom and left school at 13. At the age of 16, Depardieu left Châteauroux for Paris. There, he studied acting under Jean-Laurent Cochet, and went on to become one of France’s most renowned actors. In 1986, his fame grew as a result of his performance as a doomed, hunchbacked 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gérard Depardieu • Les Compères (1983) • Fort Saganne (1984) • Tartuffe (1984) • Police (1985) • Une femme ou deux (1985) • Tenue de soirée (1986) • Les Fugitives (1986) • Jean de Florette (1986) • Manon des Sources (1986) • Sous le soleil de Satan (Under the Sun of Satan) (1987) • Drôle d’endroit pour une rencontre (1988) • Camille Claudel (1988) • Le choix des armes (1989) • Trop belle pour toi (1989) by Alain Corneau • Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) • Uranus (1990) • Green Card (1990) • Mon père, ce héros (1991) • Tous les matins du monde (1991) • Merci la vie (1991) • 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) by Ridley Scott • Le Visionarium (1992) • Germinal (1993) • Tais-toi! (2003) • 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) • RRRrrrr!!! (2004) • Olé! (2005) with Gad Elmaleh • Last Holiday (2006) • Quand j’étais chanteur (2006) • Paris, je t’aime (2007) • La Vie en Rose (La Môme) (2007) • Michou d’Auber (2007) • L’abbuffata (2007) • Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008) • Disco (2008) • Babylon A.D. (2008) • In the Beginning (2009) Filmography • Maîtresse (1973) • Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1973) • Les valseuses (Going Places) (1974) • Sept morts sur ordonnance (1975) • Je t’aime... moi non plus (1976) • 1900 (1976) • La Dernière femme (1976) • The Lorry (1977) • Dites-lui que je l’aime (1977) • Préparez vos mouchoirs (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs) (1978) • Rêve de singe (Bye Bye Monkey) (1978) • Le Sucre (1978) • The Left-Handed Woman (1978) • Buffet froid (1979) • Traffic Jam (1979) • Mon oncle d’Amérique (My American Uncle) (1980) • Loulou (1980) • Le Dernier métro (The Last Metro) (1980) • La Femme d’à côté (The Woman Next Door) (1981) • La Chèvre (1981) • Le Retour de Martin Guerre (The Return of Martin Guerre) (1982) • Danton (1983) • Le Colonel Chabert (1994) • My Father the Hero (1994) • A Pure Formality (1994) • Élisa (1995) • Les Anges gardiens (Guardian Angels) (1995) • Unhook the Stars (1996) • Hamlet (1996) • Bogus (1996) • The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) • The Count of Monte Cristo) (1998) (TV) • Asterix & Obelix vs Caesar (1999) • Vatel (2000) • Tutto l’amore che c’è (2000) • Zavist’ bogov (Gods Envy) (2000) (Russian movie directed by V. Menshov) • Les Misérables (2000) (TV) (coproduced by Depardieu) • 102 Dalmatians (2000) • Le Placard (The Closet) (2001) • CQ (2001) • Vidocq (2001) • Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) • Napoléon (2002) (TV) • I Am Dina (2002) • City of Ghosts (2002) • A Loving Father (2002) • Le Pacte Du Silence (2003) • Crime Spree (2003) • Bon voyage (2003) • Nathalie... (2003) See also • Cinema of France References [1] Gerard Depardieu Biography (1948-) 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Awards and achievements Preceded by Claude Brasseur for La Guerre des polices César Award for Best Actor 1981 The Last Metro Gérard Depardieu Succeeded by Michel Serrault for Garde à vue Succeeded by Jacques Dutronc for Van Gogh Preceded by César Award for Best Actor Philippe Noiret 1991 for Life and Nothing But Cyrano de Bergerac [2] [3] [4] [5] http://genindre.org/arbpdf/depardieu.pdf This Europe: Confessions of Depardieu Bouquet - Depardieu en crise "ORDRE DE LA LEGION D’HONNEUR Décret du 30 décembre 1995 portant promotion et". JORF 1996 (1): 8. 02-01-1996. PREX9513805D. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/ UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9513805D. Retrieved on 2009-03-22. Persondata NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Depardieu, Gérard Depardieu, Gérard Xavier Marcel French actor 27 December 1948 Châteauroux, Indre, France External links • Gérard Depardieu at the Internet Movie Database DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Depardieu" Categories: 1948 births, Living people, People from Indre, Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners, César Award winners, Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur, Chevaliers of the Ordre national du Mérite, French film actors, Knights of the National Order of Quebec, Shakespearean actors This page was last modified on 12 May 2009, at 19:04 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 3