October 2021
Gérard Depardieu is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning French actor. One of France's most prominent actors, his most significant English-language productions include Green Card with Andie MacDowell and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, the son of Anne Jeanne Josèphe "Éliette" (née Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu, who was a metal worker. He first married Élisabeth (née Guignot), with whom he had two children. Guillaume and Julie. He also has a younger daughter, Roxane, with Karine Silla. He later had an affair with actress Carole Bouquet from 1997 to 2005. Depardieu is the favourite actor and a personal friend of former Cuban president Fidel Castro.
Among Depardieu's notable works is a series of comedy films in which he starred opposite comic actor Pierre Richard - La Chèvre (1981), Les Compères (1983), Les Fugitifs (1986).
Depardieu contributed spoken word vocals on the song "I'll Strangle You" for French producer Hector Zazou's 1992 album Sahara Blue. The album featured lyrics based on the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud.
Filmography Gérard Depardieu
September 2021
Des Hommes
Drama Directed by: Lucas BelvauxWith: Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Frot,...In a village where everyone knows everyone, four veterans of the Algerian War are haunted by their past.
July 2021
October 2019
Fahim
Biographical Directed by: Pierre-François Martin-LavalWith: Gérard Depardieu, Isabelle Nanty,...The story of Fahim Mohammad, world junior chess champion, born in Bangladesh in 2000, and currently playing in France.
May 2018
Amoureux De Ma Femme
Drama, Comedy Directed by: Daniel AuteuilWith: Gérard Depardieu, Adriana Ugarte, Daniel Auteuil
November 2017
Carbone
Crime Directed by: Olivier MarchalWith: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Magimel, Michaël Youn,...Threatened to lose his company and let loose by his family, Antoine Roca, an ordinary man, develops a scam that will become the breakout of the century. Caught up by banditry, he will face treason, murder and settling of accounts
September 2017
Un beau soleil intérieur
Drama, Comedy Directed by: Claire DenisWith: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois,...
August 2017
December 2016
March 2016
La Dream Team
Comedy Directed by: Thomas SorriauxWith: Gérard Depardieu, Ilian Bergala, Patrick Timsit
February 2016
Saint Amour
Melodrama Directed by: Benoît Delépine & Gustave KervernWith: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde,...
Le divan de Staline
Drama Directed by: Fanny ArdantWith: Gérard Depardieu, Emmanuelle Seigner, Paul Hamy
June 2015
Valley of Love
Drama Directed by: Guillaume NiclouxWith: Gérard Depardieu, Isabelle Huppert, Dan WarnerIsabelle and Gérard go to a strange appointment in Death Valley, California. They have not seen each other for years and are here to answer to an invitation from their son Michael, a photographer, which they received after his suicide, six months ago.
Welcome to New York
Thriller, Drama Directed by: Abel FerraraWith: Gérard Depardieu & Jacqueline BissetMr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.
September 2013
Les Invincibles
Comedy Directed by: Frédéric BertheWith: Gérard Depardieu, Edouard Baer, Atmen Kelif,...As a kid, Mohamed Boudhali, aka Momo, was a pétanque prodigy, the best young boules player anybody had ever seen. Now, the eternal teen lives with his mom and works boules scams with his buddy and mentor Jacky. But Momo dreams of being world champ. When businessman Jean-Claude Darcy decides to make... Read more...
September 2013
La Marque des Anges - Miserere
Crime, Thriller Directed by: Sylvain WhiteWith: Gérard Depardieu, Joey Starr, Héléna Noguerra
February 2013
December 2012
December 2012
Life of Pi
Drama, Adventure Directed by: Ang LeeWith: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Gérard DepardieuBased on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zoo keeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the... Read more...
October 2012