Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , born 27 December 1948), CQ is a French actor. He has received acclaim for his performances in The Last Metro (1980), for which he won the César Award for Best Actor, in Police (1985), for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, Jean de Florette (1986), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), winning the Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor, his second César Award for Best Actor, and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He co-starred in Peter Weir's comedy Green Card (1991), winning a Golden Globe Award and later acted in many big budget Hollywood movies including Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996), Randall Wallace's The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), and Ang Lee's Life of Pi (2012). He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite. He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013 (officially adopted name in Russian: Жерар Депардьё, Zherar Depardyo), and became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro during the same month.
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| Full name at birth | Gerard Xavier Marcel Depardieu
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| Claim to fame | Green Card, My Father the Hero
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| Date of birth | 27 December 1948
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| Place of birth | Chateauroux, Indre, France
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| Occupation | Actor, film-maker, businessman and vineyard owner
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| Height | 5' 11" (180 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | His bulbous nose
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| Net worth | $200,000,000 USD
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| Talent agency | Artmédia
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- When he appeared on the "So Graham Norton" (1998) in 2001, it was his first ever interview in the UK. He also confessed to traveling on his motorcycle to the hospital for his bypass operation.
- Engaged to Carole Bouquet, who had been his longtime companion since 1997, from 2003 to 2005.
- His former girlfriend Karine Silla, mother of his daughter Roxanne, is now married to actor Vincent Perez, Deaprdieu's co-star in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990).
- Has lived together with Clémentine Igou since 2005.
- Classmate of Claude Jade and Alain Doutey at the École d'art dramatique (1966).
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