Gerard Depardieu

Gerard Depardieu is a Movie Actor, and he was born on 27 December - 1948(74 years old) in France. Gerard Depardieu zodiac sign is Capricorn. More detailed information about Gerard Depardieu given below.

Gerard Depardieu Timeline

• 1970
  

  In 1970, Depardieu married u00c9lisabeth Guignot, with whom he had two children, actor Guillaume (1971u20132008) and actress Julie (born 1973). On 28 January 1992, while separated from Guignot, he had a daughter, Roxanne, with the model Karine Silla (sister of producer Virginie Besson-Silla). In 1996, he divorced Guignot and began a relationship with actress Carole Bouquet, who was his partner from 1997 to 2005.

• 1981
  

  Depardieu has been nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role Cu00e9sar 17 times during his career and won it twice, in 1981 and 1991. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac.

• 2006
  

  On 14 July 2006, he had a son, Jean, with French-Cambodian Hu00e9lu00e8ne Bizot (daughter of Franu00e7ois Bizot and not to be confused with actress Hu00e9lu00e8ne Bizot). Since 2005, Depardieu has lived with Clu00e9mentine Igou. He underwent heart surgery in July 2000.

• 2008
  

  On 13 October 2008, Depardieuu0027s son Guillaume died from pneumonia at the age of 37. Guillaumeu0027s health had been adversely affected by drug addiction and by a 1995 motorcycle crash that eventually required the amputation of his right leg in 2003. Depardieu and Guillaume had a turbulent relationship, but had reconciled prior to Guillaumeu0027s death.

• 2009
  

  At the age of sixteen, Depardieu left Chu00e2teauroux for Paris. There, he began acting in the new comedy theatre Cafu00e9 de la Gare, along with Patrick Dewaere, Romain Bouteille, Sotha, Coluche, and Miou-Miou. He studied dancing under Jean-Laurent Cochet. His first film role to gain attention was playing Jean-Claude in Bertrand Blieru0027s comedy Les Valseuses (Going Places, 1974). Other prominent early roles include a starring role in Bernardo Bertolucciu0027s historical epic 1900 (1976), with Robert De Niro, and a role in Franu00e7ois Truffautu0027s The Last Metro (1980), with Catherine Deneuve for which he won his first Cu00e9sar Award for Best Actor. His international profile rose as a result of his performance as a doomed, hunchbacked farmer in the film Jean de Florette (1986) and received notice for his starring role in Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), for which he won his second Cu00e9sar Award for Best Actor, the Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor, and received a nomination for an Academy Award.Depardieu co-starred in Peter Weiru0027s English language romantic comedy Green Card (1991), for which he won a Golden Globe Award. He has since had other roles in other English language films, including Ridley Scottu0027s 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Kenneth Branaghu0027s Hamlet (1996), and Ang Leeu0027s Life of Pi (2012). He played Obu00e9lix in the four live-action Astu00e9rix films in which he is said to have discovered Mu00e9lanie Laurent when she was fourteen. In 2009, he took part in a rare performance of Sardouu0027s La Haine at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon, with Fanny Ardant; subsequently broadcast on France Musique. In 2013, he starred in an independent film titled A Farewell to Fools. Depardieu featured as a main character in Antwerp (Edinburgh Festival 2014), a play in The Europeans Trilogy (Bruges, Antwerp, Tervuren) by Paris-based UK playwright Nick Awde.

• 2011
  

  On 16 August 2011, he urinated in a bottle while on board a CityJet flight bound for Dublin as it taxied in Paris. The incident was attributed to urinary incontinence caused by a prostate problem with the flight attendant not allowing him to get up from his seat to go to the toilet because the aircraft was already moving. In August 2012, he was accused of assault and battery for punching a motorist in Paris. In November 2012, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he fell from his scooter, and was found to have a blood alcohol level of 1.8 grams per litre, well above the French limit for driving of 0.5. After claiming in 2014 that he could drink up to 14 bottles of wine a day, in 2016 he declared that he had given up alcohol.

• 2012
  

  He has been an official resident of Nu00e9chin, Belgium, since 7 December 2012. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault criticised his move. On 15 December 2012, Depardieu publicly stated he was handing back his French passport. On 3 January 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu. In his first interview thereafter, Depardieu attacked Putinu0027s critics for "lacking vision". In his autobiography, Depardieu said Putin "immediately liked my hooligan side." In February 2013, he registered as a resident of Saransk. Also in January 2013, he was appointed a cultural ambassador for Montenegro. During the summer of 2015, due to remarks Depardieu made about Russian-Ukrainian political issues, his films were banned from television and cinemas in Ukraine.

• 2018
  

  In August 2018, Depardieu was accused of sexual assault and rape by a 22-year-old actress and dancer. The actress reported being assaulted twice by Depardieu in his home during rehearsal sessions. The unnamed actress made her statement to police in Lambesc, southern France, after which the case was passed to prosecutors in the capital. Depardieu denied the allegations. In 2019 the charges were dropped after a nine month police investigation. But, in October 2020 the case was reopened after his accuser refiled the complaint.

• 2020
  

  In September 2020 Depardieu converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Paris.