- Gérard Depardieu
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Gérard Depardieu, CQ 
Gérard Depardieu at the 2010 Cannes Film FestivalBorn Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu
27 December 1948
Châteauroux, Indre, FranceSpouse Élisabeth Guignot (m. 1971-1996, divorced) Partner Carole Bouquet (1997–2005)
Clémentine Igou (2005–present)Children Guillaume (deceased), Julie, Roxanne, Jean Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ dəpaʁdjø] (
listen); born 27 December 1948) is a French actor and film-maker. He has won a number of honours 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. In addition to a number of American awards, Depardieu is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor.Contents
Early life
Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France. He is one of five children of Anne Jeanne Josèphe "la Liette" (née Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel "le Dédé" Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman.[1][2] His mother did not want more children and told Depardieu that she had tried to abort him with knitting needles.[1] He has stated that as a child he would inspect his hands for scars from the needles.[1]
Depardieu spent more time on the street than in the classroom and left school at 13.[citation needed][3]
Career
At the age of 16, Depardieu left Châteauroux for Paris. There he began acting in the new comedy theatre Café de la Gare, along with Patrick Dewaere, Romain Bouteille, Sotha, Coluche, and Miou-Miou.[4] His breakout film role came in 1974 playing Jean-Claude in Bertrand Blier's comedy Going Places.[5] He studied dancing under Jean-Laurent Cochet, and went on to become one of France's most renowned actors. In 1986, his international fame grew as a result of his performance as a doomed, hunchbacked farmer in the film Jean de Florette. Five years later he won a César for his starring role in Cyrano de Bergerac.
Gerard crossed over into the American film market by co-starring in the 1990 film Green Card. He has since acted in many English language films including. The Man in the Iron Mask, 102 Dalmatians, and Last Holiday.
More recently, he has played Obélix in the three Astérix movies in which he is said to have discovered Melanie Laurent when she was 14.[6] In 2010 Depardieu signed a contract with Bank Zachodni WBK, a Polish bank, to appear in its commercials.[7]
Personal life
In 1970, Depardieu married Élisabeth Guignot, with whom he had two children, actor Guillaume (1971–2008) and actress Julie (1973). On 28 January 1992, while separated from Élisabeth, he had a daughter, Roxanne, with the model Karine Sylla. In 1996 he divorced Élisabeth and began a relationship with actress Carole Bouquet, who was his partner from 1997 to 2005.[8] On 14 July 2006, he had a son, Jean, with French-Cambodian Helene Bizot (not to be confused with Hélène Bizot), according to the issue 3089 (31 July 2008) of Paris Match and the Phnom Penh Post.[9] Since 2005, Depardieu has lived with a Harvard-educated novelist, Clémentine Igou. On 13 October 2008, his son Guillaume died at the age of 37 from complications linked to a sudden case of pneumonia.
Depardieu is co-owner of a winery in Condrieu, in the Northern Rhone, with partner Alain Paret, where the duo make wines using the viognier grape. Their Lys de Volan Condrieu frequently receives excellent reviews in the wine press.[citation needed] Depardieu became Paret's partner after tasting the wine in a restaurant. He then called Paret and offered to buy a share of the winemaking operation.[10]
In a interview with Stefan Grisseman, published in the September 2010 issue of the Austrian magazine Profil, Depardieu made scathing comments about Juliette Binoche.[11] While promoting her film Copie Conforme in the UK, Binoche commented about these remarks to film magazine Empire.
Awards
Depardieu at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
Depardieu has been nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role César 15 times during his career and won it twice, 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.[12]
- 2006: Moscow International Film Festival: Stanislavsky Award for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting.
Filmography
See also
- Cinema of France
- List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards
References
- ^ a b c "Gerard Depardieu Biography (1948-)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Gerard-Depardieu.html. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ^ "Les ancêtres de Gérard Depardieu (1948)". Archived from the original on 2008-10-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20081030112220/http://genindre.org/arbpdf/depardieu.pdf.
- ^ "Mélanie Laurent - In it for the drama and the danger". The Independent (London). 2 July 2010. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/mlanie-laurent---in-it-for-the-drama-and-the-danger-2015917.html. Retrieved 8-12-2011.
- ^ 30th Anniversary of Café de la Gare, L'Express, August 15, 2002, (in French)
- ^ Gérard Depardieu at IMDb
- ^ Lichfield, John (10 February 2003). "This Europe: Confessions of Depardieu". The Independent (UK). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/europe/this-europe-confessions-of-depardieu-597202.html. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ^ http://mediamikser.pl/article/66895/depardieu-w-reklamie-bz-wbk
- ^ "Bouquet — Depardieu en crise". Dhnet.be. 31 August 2005. http://www.dhnet.be/culture/people/article/128735/bouquet-depardieu-en-crise.html. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ^ Sloan, Michael (22 April 2011). "Upheaval of life blamed on Apsara". The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia). http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011042248640/Siem-Reap-Insider/upheaval-of-life-blamed-on-apsara.html. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ McWhirter, Kathryn (12 November 1995). "FOOD & DRINK : GRAPEVINE — Arts & Entertainment". The Independent (UK). http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/food--drink--grapevine-1581645.html. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ^ news networld Internetservice GmbH (14 August 2010). "• Gérard Depardieu: "Mir ist die Schauspielerei herzlich egal"". Profil.at. http://www.profil.at/articles/1032/560/275403/gerard-depardieu-mir-schauspielerei. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- ^ "ORDRE DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR Décret du 30 décembre 1995 portant promotion et". JORF 1996 (1): 8. 2 January 1996. PREX9513805D. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9513805D. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
External links
- Gérard Depardieu at the Internet Movie Database
- Russian artist Shishkin writes portrait of Gerard Depardieu//Channel One.
- Georgy Shishkin Exhibition in Paris, CANAL+ on YouTube
- Potiche Facebook Page
- Article about Gerard's wine making
Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) Prix d'interprétation masculine (Best Actor) 1980–1999 Michel Piccoli (1980) · Ugo Tognazzi (1981) · Jack Lemmon (1982) · Gian Maria Volonté (1983) · Alfredo Landa/Francisco Rabal (1984) · William Hurt (1985) · Michel Blanc/Bob Hoskins (1986) · Marcello Mastroianni (1987) · Forest Whitaker (1988) · James Spader (1989) · Gérard Depardieu (1990) · John Turturro (1991) · Tim Robbins (1992) · David Thewlis (1993) · Ge You (1994) · Jonathan Pryce (1995) · Pascal Duquenne/Daniel Auteuil (1996) · Sean Penn (1997) · Peter Mullan (1998) · Emmanuel Schotte (1999)
César Award for Best Actor 
1976 Philippe Noiret · 1977 Michel Galabru · 1978 Jean Rochefort · 1979 Michel Serrault · 1980 Claude Brasseur · 1981 Gérard Depardieu · 1982 Michel Serrault · 1983 Philippe Léotard · 1984 Coluche · 1985 Alain Delon · 1986 Christophe Lambert · 1987 Daniel Auteuil · 1988 Richard Bohringer · 1989 Jean-Paul Belmondo · 1990 Philippe Noiret · 1991 Gérard Depardieu · 1992 Jacques Dutronc · 1993 Claude Rich · 1994 Pierre Arditi · 1995 Gérard Lanvin · 1996 Michel Serrault · 1997 Philippe Torreton · 1998 André Dussollier · 1999 Jacques Villeret · 2000 Daniel Auteuil · 2001 Sergi López · 2002 Michel Bouquet · 2003 Adrien Brody · 2004 Omar Sharif · 2005 Mathieu Amalric · 2006 Michel Bouquet · 2007 François Cluzet · 2008 Mathieu Amalric · 2009 Vincent Cassel · 2010 Tahar Rahim · 2011 Éric Elmosnino
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1981–2000) Dudley Moore (1981) · Dustin Hoffman (1982) · Michael Caine (1983) · Dudley Moore (1984) · Jack Nicholson (1985) · Paul Hogan (1986) · Robin Williams (1987) · Tom Hanks (1988) · Morgan Freeman (1989) · Gérard Depardieu (1990) · Robin Williams (1991) · Tim Robbins (1992) · Robin Williams (1993) · Hugh Grant (1994) · John Travolta (1995) · Tom Cruise (1996) · Jack Nicholson (1997) · Michael Caine (1998) · Jim Carrey (1999) · George Clooney (2000)
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