Gerard Depardieu is the second highest grossing actor in the history of French Cinema behind Louis de Funes.
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27 Facts About Gérard Depardieu
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Gerard Depardieu is a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Merite.
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Gerard Depardieu was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013, and became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro during the same month.
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Gerard Depardieu has received acclaim for his performances in The Last Metro, for which he won the Cesar Award for Best Actor, in Police, for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, Jean de Florette, and Cyrano de Bergerac, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival and his second Cesar Award for Best Actor as well as garnering a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Gerard Depardieu co-starred in Peter Weir's comedy Green Card, winning a Golden Globe Award, and later acted in many big budget Hollywood movies including Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, Randall Wallace's The Man in the Iron Mask, and Ang Lee's Life of Pi.
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Gerard Depardieu was born on 27 December 1948 in Chateauroux, Indre, France.
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Gerard Depardieu is one of the five children of Anne Jeanne Josephe known as "La Lilette", stay-at-home mother, and Rene Maxime Lionel Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman.
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Gerard Depardieu's father and mother were both born in 1923 and both died in 1988.
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Gerard Depardieu grew up in poverty in a two-room apartment at 39 rue du Marechal-Joffre, Chateauroux, in a proletarian family with five brothers and sisters.
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Gerard Depardieu helped his mother in the deliveries of his younger brothers and sisters.
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Gerard Depardieu spent more time on the streets than in school, leaving at the age of 13.
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Gerard Depardieu worked at a printworks, while participating in boxing matches.
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Gerard Depardieu became involved in selling stolen goods, and was put on probation.
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Gerard Depardieu acted as a bodyguard for prostitutes who came down from Paris on weekends, the GIs' payday.
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Gerard Depardieu's family nicknamed him "Petard" or "Petarou", because of the habit he had acquired of farting incessantly, in all places.
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Gerard Depardieu co-starred in Peter Weir's English language romantic comedy Green Card, for which he won a Golden Globe Award.
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Gerard Depardieu has since had other roles in other English language films, including Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, and Ang Lee's Life of Pi.
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Gerard Depardieu played Obelix in the four live-action Asterix films in which he is said to have discovered Melanie Laurent when she was fourteen.
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Gerard Depardieu featured as a main character in Antwerp, a play in The Europeans Trilogy by Paris-based UK playwright Nick Awde.
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In 1970, Gerard Depardieu married Elisabeth Guignot, with whom he had two children, actor Guillaume.
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In September 2020, Gerard Depardieu converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Paris.
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On 18 May 1998, Gerard Depardieu had a motorcycle accident with a high blood alcohol content, of 2.
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Gerard Depardieu has been an official resident of Nechin, Belgium, since 7 December 2012.
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On 15 December 2012, Gerard Depardieu publicly stated he was handing back his French passport.
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In February 2022, Gerard Depardieu revealed that he had become a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, although he did not specify when this occurred.
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Gerard Depardieu has been nominated for the Cesar for Best Actor in a Leading Role 17 times during his career and won it twice, in 1981 and 1991.
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Gerard Depardieu was nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac.
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