Gérard Depardieu
French actor (born 1948)
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Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a multinational French actor, known to be one of the most prolific in film history. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, almost exclusively as a lead. Depardieu has worked with over 150 film directors whose most notable collaborations include Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Maurice Pialat, Alain Resnais, Claude Chabrol, Ridley Scott, and Bernardo Bertolucci. He is the second highest-grossing actor in the history of French cinema behind Louis de Funès. As of January 2022, his body of work also includes countless television productions, 18 stage plays, 16 records and 9 books. He is known for having portrayed numerous leading historical and fictitious figures of the Western world including Georges Danton, Joseph Stalin, Honoré de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Rodin, Cyrano de Bergerac, Jean Valjean, Edmond Dantès, Christopher Columbus, Obelix, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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![]() Accuser tells court actor Gérard Depardieu groped her bottom, breasts on film set Credit: euronews (in English) Duration: 01:20Published | |
![]() 'First case to come to trial: Gerard Depardieu has been accused of sexual assault by about 20 women' Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 07:01Published | |
![]() French actor Depardieu goes on trial on sexual assault charges Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 02:56Published | |
![]() Will court be able to 'make distinction' between Gerard Depardieu the man and the 'genius' actor? Credit: FRANCE 24 English Duration: 06:18Published | |
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