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Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Café de la Gare", along with Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou. After minor roles in cinema, at last, he got his chance in Bertrand Blier 's Going Places (1974).
- January 1, 1
- 1.80 m
- Châteauroux, Indre, France
Apr 30, 2024 · His performance as a young thug in Les Valseuses (1973; Going Places) brought him his first real notice, and he subsequently appeared in such major films as Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 (1976), François Truffaut’s Le Dernier Métro (1980; The Last Metro), Loulou (1980), Le Retour de Martin Guerre (1981; The Return of Martin Guerre), Andrzej ...
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Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Café de la Gare", along with Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou. After minor roles in cinema, at last, he got his chance in Bertrand Blier 's Going Places (1974).
- December 27, 1948
Gérard Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner. He is one of the most prolific actors in film history, having completed over 250 movies since 1967.
YearTitleRoleDirector2023Gabriel CarvinSlony Sow2022Diane de PoitiersJosée Dayan2022Les Volets vertsJules Maugin2022- Became European Star
- Found Success as Cyrano and in The United States
- Announced Retirement
After Les Valseuses , Depardieu became a film actor in earnest. Throughout the 1970s he appeared in many films, typically playing thugs or deviants. Some of his most noteworthy roles were as a peasant in Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's epic film 1900 , as a crude chauvinist in the sexually-charged and controversial La Dernière Femme (The Las...
Depardieu continued to find success with his films throughout the remainder of the 1980s. However, a project on which he embarked at the close of the decade would prove to be one of his most career-defining. Based on the life of a real sixteenth-century man named Cyrano de Bergerac, the play Cyrano de Bergerac was written in the late 1800s and has ...
Depardieu has many interests outside of acting. A wine enthusiast, he owns a château and winery where he creates his own vintages. In 2005 he announced his retirement from acting with characteristic earthy eloquence, telling the French newspaper Le Parisien : "I've got nothing to lose. I did 170 films, and I've got nothing else to prove. I'm not go...
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Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and his first wife, actress Élisabeth Depardieu (née Guignot). He was the brother of actress Julie Depardieu, and half-brother of Roxane and Jean Depardieu.
Feb 4, 1994 · My Father the Hero: Directed by Steve Miner. With Gérard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton. A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover.
