Gérard Depardieu French Actor Born 1948 in Châteauroux

Gérard Depardieu (27 December 1948, Châteauroux) is a French actor. He is known for playing Obelix in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002).

Career

His first listed screen credit dates to 1965, with Christmas Carole. Work from the 1970s includes 1900 (1976) and Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978). 1492 – Conquest of Paradise (1992, as Christopher Columbus) and Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999, as Obelix) are among his 1990s credits. In the 2000s, he appeared in La Vie en Rose (2007, as Louis Leplée) and Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008, as Obelix). The 2010s brought Life of Pi (2012) and Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012, as Obelix).

The list below counts 203 films and 6 TV series from 1965 to 2022. Comedy is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (18), followed by drama (17) and adventure (5). His latest credit on record is Umami-no Tabi (2022). Of his five titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) has the highest, at $183 million. Gérard Depardieu also worked as director on 3 titles, including Paris, je t'aime.

Catherine Deneuve appears in nine of his listed titles, including The Last Metro (1980) and One Hundred and One Nights (1995). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Isabelle Adjani (six titles) and Vincent Moscato (five titles). Alain Chabat directed two of his titles on record, among them RRRrrrr!!! (2004). Bertrand Blier is credited as director on two of them, including Tenue de soirée (1986) and Les Acteurs (2000). Gérard Depardieu is also credited on one album, Lily passion (1986).

Recognition

Among his honours is the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, won in 1990 for Green Card. Other wins include the Knight of the National Order of Merit (1985) and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (1985) for Police. Among his nominations is the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991 for Cyrano de Bergerac. In all, Gérard Depardieu has won 14 awards and received 27 nominations.

Public roles

Gérard Depardieu has held the position of President of the Jury at the Cannes Festival.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Élisabeth Depardieu (1971 to 1996). He is the father of Guillaume Depardieu and Julie Depardieu, and has 4 children in total.