Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, film-maker, businessman and vineyard owner. He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967. He has twice won the César Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card. After he garnered huge critical acclaim for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac, which landed him a nomination for an Academy Award, Depardieu acted in many big budget Hollywood movies. 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 and the same month became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro. In 2015 he left Russia declaring that he intends to give up the citizenship and to live in Belgium.
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Known For
Babylon A.D.
(2008)
Gorsky
Life of Pi
(2012)
Cook
Last Holiday
(2006)
Chef Didier
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
(2002)
Obélix
The Man in the Iron Mask
(1998)
Porthos
102 Dalmatians
(2000)
Jean Pierre Le Pelt
La Vie en Rose
(2007)
Louis Leplée
Paris Je T'aime
(2006)
Le patron (Quartier Latin)
Asterix at the Olympic Games
(2008)
Obélix
1900
(1976)
Olmo Dalcò
Camille Claudel
(1988)
Auguste Rodin
Hamlet
(1996)
Reynaldo
RRRrrrr!!!
(2004)
Le chef des Cheveux Sales
How Much Do You Love Me?
(2005)
Charly
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia
(2012)
Obélix
Lost Illusions
(2021)
Dauriat
Full Filmography
Acting
Christmas Carole
(1966)
Le Cyborg (Le Voyage vertical)
(1970)
Gabriel
La pomme de son œil
(1970)
Hamid
The Adventures of Zadig
(1970)
Zadig
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
(1971)
Henri
Nausicaa
(1971)
Le voleur de livres
A Little Sun in Cold Water
(1971)
Pierre
Killer
(1972)
Fredo, the sheep
The Annuity
(1972)
Victor, le complice de Jo
The Pariah
(1972)
Un jeune truand, homme de main
La Vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur
(1972)
33 year old father
Two Men in Town
(1973)
Young mobster
Nathalie Granger
(1973)
Le démarcheur
The Dominici Affair
(1973)
Zézé Perrin
At the Meeting with Joyous Death
(1973)
Beretti
The Year 01
(1973)
A traveler who does not take the train
L'Inconnu
(1973)
Gérard
Going Places
(1974)
Jean-Claude
The Wonderful Crook
(1974)
Pierre
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
(1974)
le facteur
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others
(1974)
Jean Lavallée, ami de Vincent
Woman of the Ganges
(1974)
Guy on the beach / "The Fool"
Stavisky...
(1974)
Le jeune inventeur
Seven Deaths by Prescription
(1975)
Dr Jean-Pierre Berg
Abicinema
(1975)
Self
1900
(1976)
Olmo Dalcò
The Last Woman
(1976)
Gérard
I Love You, I Don't
(1976)
Horseman
Barocco
(1976)
Samson / Samson's Killer
Maîtresse
(1976)
Oliver
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
(1976)
Self
This Sweet Sickness
(1977)
David Martinaud
The Lorry
(1977)
lui
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
(1977)
Philippe Larcher
Baxter, Vera Baxter
(1977)
Michel Cayre
The Left-Handed Woman
(1977)
The Man with the T-Shirt
Rene the Cane
(1977)
René Bornier
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
(1978)
Raoul
Bye Bye Monkey
(1978)
Gérard Lafayette
Sugar
(1978)
Raoul-Renaud Homecourt
Violanta
(1978)
Fortunat
Buffet Froid
(1979)
Alphonse Tram
The Dogs
(1979)
Morel
Traffic Jam
(1979)
Franco
The Last Metro
(1980)
Bernard Granger
Inspector Blunder
(1980)
Roger Morzini, public enemy number 1
I Love All of You
(1980)
Patrick
Loulou
(1980)
Loulou
My American Uncle
(1980)
René Ragueneau
Hurricane Rosie
(1980)
Raoul Lamarre
The Woman Next Door
(1981)
Bernard Coudray
Choice of Arms
(1981)
Mickey
La Chèvre
(1981)
Campana
Droit de Réponse
(1981)
Self
The Return of Martin Guerre
(1982)
Arnaud du Tilh
The Big Brother
(1982)
Gérard Berger / Bernard Vigo
The ComDads
(1983)
Jean Lucas
Danton
(1983)
Georges Danton
The Moon in the Gutter
(1983)
Gérard Delmas - un docker hanté par le suicide de sa soeur
Fort Saganne
(1984)
Charles Saganne
Le Tartuffe
(1984)
Tartuffe
Rive droite, rive gauche
(1984)
Paul Senanques
17ème jour de tournage du film "Police"
(1984)
Self
Vivement Truffaut
(1985)
Self / Bernard (archive footage)
Police
(1985)
Louis Vincent Mangin
One Woman or Two
(1985)
Julien Chayssac
Ménage
(1986)
Bob
Jean de Florette
(1986)
Jean Cadoret, le bossu, fils de Florette
The Fugitives
(1986)
Jean Lucas
Under the Sun of Satan
(1987)
Donissan
Camille Claudel
(1988)
Auguste Rodin
Strange Place for an Encounter
(1988)
Charles
I Want to Go Home
(1989)
Christian Gauthier
Deux
(1989)
Marc Lambert
Too Beautiful for You
(1989)
Bernard Barthélémy
Cyrano de Bergerac
(1990)
Cyrano de Bergerac
Green Card
(1990)
Georges Faure
Uranus
(1990)
Léopold
My Father the Hero
(1991)
André Arnel
Thank You, Life
(1991)
Marc Antoine Worms
All the Mornings of the World
(1991)
Marin Marais
1492: Conquest of Paradise
(1992)
Christopher Columbus
Germinal
(1993)
Toussaint Maheu
Oh, Woe Is Me
(1993)
Simon Donnadieu
François Truffaut: Stolen Portraits
(1993)
Self
My Father the Hero
(1994)
Andre
A Pure Formality
(1994)
Onoff
The Machine
(1994)
Dr. Marc Lacroix
Colonel Chabert
(1994)
Chabert
The Son Of...
(1995)
Gerard
Guardian Angels
(1995)
Antoine Carco / His guardian angel
Elisa
(1995)
Jacques 'Lébovitch', Marie's father
One Hundred and One Nights
(1995)
Self
The Horseman on the Roof
(1995)
Police commissioner of Manosque
Hamlet
(1996)
Reynaldo
Bogus
(1996)
Bogus
The Best Job in the World
(1996)
Laurent Monier
The Secret Agent
(1996)
Ossipon
Unhook the Stars
(1996)
Big Tommy
Pitch
(1997)
Himself
XXL
(1997)
Jean Bourdalou
Roberto Rossellini: Il mestiere di uomo
(1997)
Self
Notes of Love
(1998)
Levi
The Man in the Iron Mask
(1998)
Porthos
Bimboland
(1998)
Laurent Gaspard
Der Graf von Monte Christo
(1998)
Edmond Dantès / Graf von Monte Christo
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
(1999)
Obélix
The Bridge
(1999)
Georges
Balzac: A Life of Passion
(1999)
Honoré de Balzac
102 Dalmatians
(2000)
Jean Pierre Le Pelt
Vatel
(2000)
Francois Vatel
Actors
(2000)
Self
Tutto l'amore che c'è
(2000)
Molotov
Mirka
(2000)
Strix
The Envy of Gods
(2000)
Bernard
Bérénice
(2000)
Titus
The Closet
(2001)
Félix Santini
Vidocq
(2001)
Vidocq
CQ
(2001)
Andrezej
Unfair Competition
(2001)
Professor Angelo
Streghe verso nord
(2001)
Self
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
(2002)
Obélix
I Am Dina
(2002)
Jacob
Blanche
(2002)
D'Artagnan
A Loving Father
(2002)
Léo Shepherd
Between Strangers
(2002)
Max
City of Ghosts
(2002)
Emile
Ruy Blas
(2002)
Don Salluste
How we made Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
(2002)
Self
Crime Spree
(2003)
Daniel Foray
Ruby & Quentin
(2003)
Quentin
Bon Voyage
(2003)
Jean-Étienne Beaufort
The Pact of Silence
(2003)
Joachim
Nathalie...
(2003)
Bernard
The Car Keys
(2003)
Le fromager
RRRrrrr!!!
(2004)
Le chef des Cheveux Sales
36th Precinct
(2004)
Denis Klein
Changing Times
(2004)
Antoine Lavau
San Antonio
(2004)
l'inspecteur Bérurier
Battle of the Brave
(2004)
Father Thomas Blondeau
Volpone
(2004)
Volpone
How Much Do You Love Me?
(2005)
Charly
Boudu
(2005)
Boudu
Olé !
(2005)
François Veber
La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
(2005)
Gérard Depardieu
Let's Be Friends
(2005)
Serge
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
(2005)
Self
The Singer
(2006)
Alain Moreau
Last Holiday
(2006)
Chef Didier
Journey of the Dissidents
(2006)
Narrator
Paris Je T'aime
(2006)
Le patron (Quartier Latin)
La Vie en Rose
(2007)
Louis Leplée
Michou d'Auber
(2007)
Georges
L'abbuffata
(2007)
Gérard Depardieu
Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the Future
(2007)
Himself
Lebo, l'ombre et la lumière
(2007)
Asterix at the Olympic Games
(2008)
Obélix
Trouble at Timpetill
(2008)
Le général Igor
Babylon A.D.
(2008)
Gorsky
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
(2008)
Guido
Disco
(2008)
Jean-François Jackson
Final Arrangements
(2008)
Hugo
Kings Can Do Everything
(2008)
Hello Goodbye
(2008)
Alain Gaash
The Easy Way
(2008)
Le chef
The Beaches of Agnès
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Diamond 13
(2009)
Mat
In the Beginning
(2009)
Abel
Bellamy
(2009)
Paul Bellamy
Coco
(2009)
Le cardiologue
L'Abolition
(2009)
Henry Torrès
Gérard Depardieu, blessures secrètes
(2009)
Gérard Depardieu
The Other Dumas
(2010)
Alexandre Dumas
Mammuth
(2010)
Serge Pilardosse, dit Mammuth
My Afternoons with Margueritte
(2010)
Germain
Trophy Wife
(2010)
Maurice Babin
Small World
(2010)
Conrad Lang
The Great Restaurant
(2010)
Gérard - un client du restaurant
Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Late Love
(2010)
Gueorgui
Il était une fois... Vincent, François, Paul et les autres
(2010)
Glenn, the Flying Robot
(2011)
TV reporter
Rasputin
(2011)
Grigori Raspoutine
A Butterfly Kiss
(2011)
le médecin de Manon
Fucking Kassovitz
(2011)
Self
A Frog in Winter
(2011)
Benjamin
Life of Pi
(2012)
Cook
Asterix & Obelix: God Save Britannia
(2012)
Obélix
Frank-Etienne Towards Beatitude
(2012)
Frank-Étienne Boulard
The Man Who Laughs
(2012)
Ursus
The Big Night
(2012)
Juvénal
My Sinful Angel
(2012)
Turf
(2013)
Monsieur Paul
Miserere
(2013)
Lionel Kasdan
The World Petanque Tour
(2013)
Jacky
A Farewell to Fools
(2013)
Ipu
Nothing Can Stop Us Now
(2013)
Henry
Welcome to New York
(2014)
Devereaux
Obsessive Rythms
(2014)
Père Villedieu
Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes
(2014)
He (segment 'Two, Deux')
Retour au Caucase: Gérard Depardieu dans les pas d'Alexandre Dumas
(2014)
Himself
United Passions
(2014)
Jules Rimet
Viktor
(2014)
Victor Lambert
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
(2014)
Himself (archival footage) (uncredited)
Duras and Cinema
(2014)
Self [archive footage]
La voix des steppes
(2014)
Anatole
Valley of Love
(2015)
Gérard
Le Rustre et le Juge
(2015)
Charpentevich
Le Magicien et les Siamois
(2015)
Borach
Agafia
(2015)
Savka
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(2015)
Saint Amour
(2016)
Jean
The End
(2016)
L'homme
French Tour
(2016)
Serge
Rhapsody
(2016)
Gérard
A Mighty Team
(2016)
Jacques Belloch
Stalin's Couch
(2016)
Joseph Staline
Nobody's Perfect!
(2017)
Gérard, dit Bonne Pomme
Carbone
(2017)
Aron Goldstein
Let the Sunshine In
(2017)
Clairvoyant
You Only Live Once
(2017)
Duges
Michel Sardou – Dernier show
(2017)
Self
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
(2017)
Self - Comédien (archive footage)
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
(2018)
Gaston Baptiste (voice)
To the Ends of the World
(2018)
Saintonge
The Other Woman
(2018)
Patrick
Private Eye
(2018)
Camionneur
Kadyrov, The Dictator of Chechnya
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Aladdin 2
(2018)
Christophe Colomb
Saving My Pig
(2018)
Vania
Wide Load
(2019)
Taupin
Thalasso
(2019)
Gérard Depardieu
Fahim
(2019)
Sylvain Charpentier
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema
(2019)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Crystal Frog
(2019)
Benjamin
Creators: The Past
(2020)
Master of Faith
Home Front
(2020)
Feu-de-Bois
Lost Illusions
(2021)
Dauriat
Do You Do You Saint-Tropez
(2021)
Maurice Lefranc
Sous le soleil de Pialat
(2021)
Self
Retirement Home
(2022)
Lino Vartan
Maigret
(2022)
Jules Maigret
Robust
(2022)
George
Adieu Paris
(2022)
Michael
The Green Shutters
(2022)
Jules Maugin
Employee of the Month
(2022)
Gérard Depardieu
Les Pieds dans la mayonnaise : Les Irrévérencieux des années 70
(2022)
Self - actor
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Umami
(2023)
Gabriel
L'Âge d'or de la pub
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Gérard Depardieu: The Fall of the Ogre
(2023)
Self
Production
The ComDads
(1983)
Producer
Deux
(1989)
Producer
The Branches of the Tree
(1990)
Producer
The Stranger
(1991)
Executive Producer and Producer
She's So Lovely
(1997)
Executive Producer
The Bridge
(1999)
Producer
A Loving Father
(2002)
Producer
Mammuth
(2010)
Co-Producer
Saint Amour
(2016)
Co-Producer
A Mighty Team
(2016)
Co-Producer
Directing
Le Tartuffe
(1984)
Director
The Bridge
(1999)
Director
Paris Je T'aime
(2006)
Director
La voix des steppes
(2014)
Director
Crew