Gerard Depardieu
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About
French actor who played Napoleon, Jean Valjean, and Cyrano De Bergerac. He has won the Cesar Award for Best Actor multiple times, and he won a Golden Globe Award for his role in Green Card. He played Porthos in the 1998 movie The Man in the Iron Mask.
Before Fame
He quit school at age 15 and began acting in Paris by age 16.
Trivia
His role in the 1985 French romantic crime drama Police earned him a Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He has amassed more than 240 film credits throughout his long on-screen career.
Family Life
Two of his children, Guillaume and Julie, became actors. He also has another daughter named Roxanne and another son named Jean.
Associated With
He starred in Green Card with Andie MacDowell.