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Gérard Depardieu Cannes 2010
Gérard Depardieu at Cannes Film Festival in 2010

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, movie producer and director. He was born in Chateauroux, Indre. He is one of the most prolific actors in film history, having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967.

He won the César Award for Best Actor for his performances in The Last Metro (1980). He received the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actor in Police (1985). For Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) he won the Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor, his second César Award and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Depardieu won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card.

He lives in Belgium. In 2013 he was granted Russian citizenship.

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    Depardieu at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival

  • Gérard Depardieu Carole Bouquet 2001

    Depardieu with Carole Bouquet at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

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    Depardieu at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

  • Gérard Depardieu and Vladimir Putin, Sochi, Russia, 2013-01-06 1

    Depardieu with Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, January 5, 2013.


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