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'''Gérard Depardieu''' (born [[December 27]], [[1948]]) is a [[France|French]] [[actor]].
He was born in [[Chateauroux]], [[Centre (France)|Centre]], [[France]], the son of a sheet metal worker. His acting career started in the [[1970s]] and by the early [[1980s]], he was one of the leading French actors gaining much attention for his role opposite [[Fanny Ardant]] in [[Francois Truffaut|Francois Truffaut's]] film ''La Femme d'à côté'' (The Woman Next Door), and winning his first [[Cesar Award]] for ''Best Actor'' for his role in ''Le Dernier métro''.
He has been nominated a record-setting 14 times for the Cesar Award as ''Best Actor.'' After his first win in [[1981]], he won a second time in [[1991 ]]for ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (movie)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' for which he was also nominated for the [[1990]] [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. In addition he also earned the following:
*1985: ''Best Actor Award'': [[Venice Film Festival]] for his role in ''[[Police (movie)|Police]]''
*1990: ''Best Actor Award'': [[Cannes Film Festival]] for his role in ''[[Camille Claudel (movie)|Camille Claudel]]''
*1991: winner [[Golden Globe Award]] for ''Best Actor'' for his role in ''[[Green Card (movie)|Green Card]]''
*1997: ''Lion d'or'': [[Venice Film Festival]]
In the [[1990s]] he achieved some fame in [[North America]] too. His most significant English-language productions are [[Green Card (movie)|Green Card]] with [[Andie MacDowell]] and ''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]''.
Depardieu is the highest paid actor in France, and one of the most powerful within the French film industry. In addition to the nearly sixty motion-pictures he has appeared in, he has also directed and/or produced several major films through his company, "DD Productions".
He also did "Le Retour de Martin Guerre" in 1982. He married ''[[Bond Girl]]'' ''[[Carole Bouquet]]'' in 1997.
==Movies include==
*''[[CQ]]'' - (2002)
*''[[I Am Dina]]'' - (2002)
*''[[Le Placard]]'' (''The Closet'') - (2001)
*''[[Les Misérables]]'' - (2001) - (TV miniseries co-produced by Depardieu)
*''[[102 Dalmatians]]'' - (2000)
*''[[Un Pont entre deux rives]]'' (''The Bridge'') - (2000) - (Acted, Produced & Directed)
*''[[Balzac: A Life of Passion]]'' - (1999)
*''[[The Count of Monte Cristo|Le comte de Monte Cristo]]'' - (1999) (TV miniseries)
*''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (movie)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'' - (1998) (English)
*''[[Bogus (movie)|Bogus]]'' - (1996) (English)
*''[[My Father, the Hero]]'' - (1994) (English)
*''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]'' - (1992) (English)
*''[[Uranus (1990 movie)|Uranus]]'' - (1990)
*''[[Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' - (1990)
*''[[Green Card (movie)|Green Card]]'' - (1990) (English)
*''[[Camille Claudel (movie)|Camille Claudel]]'' - (1989)
*''[[Jean de Florette]]'' - (1986)
*''[[Police (movie)]]'' - (1985)
*''[[Le Dernier métro]]'' - (1981)
*''[[La Femme d'à côté]]'' - (1981)
*''[[1900 (movie)|1900]]'' - (1976)
*''[[Les Valseuses]]'' - (1974)
*''[[Maitresse]]'' - (1973)
==See Also==
*[[Cinema of France]]
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