1. Guillaume Canet starred in several films like Joyeux Noel, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach.
14 Facts About Guillaume Canet
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Guillaume Canet was born in Boulogne-Billancourt on 10 April 1973 to a family of horse breeders.
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Guillaume Canet intended to become a show jumper and was a member of the junior French National Equestrian Team.
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Guillaume Canet then traveled abroad to film Danny Boyle's The Beach.
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In 2002, Guillaume Canet starred with Gerard Depardieu in the science fiction film Vidocq.
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Guillaume Canet directed and wrote his first feature film the same year, Mon Idole, which starred his wife Diane Kruger.
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Guillaume Canet next appeared in the international production Joyeux Noel which tells the story of the World War I Christmas cease fire.
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Guillaume Canet released his second feature film in 2006, Tell No One, an adaptation of Harlan Coben's novel of the same name.
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Guillaume Canet has been in a relationship with French actress Marion Cotillard since October 2007.
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Guillaume Canet and Cotillard have two children together, a son, born on 19 May 2011, and a daughter, born in 2017.
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In 2014, Cotillard denied being married to Guillaume Canet, instead referring to him as "my boyfriend" in interviews.
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In July 2012, paparazzo Jean-Claude Elfassi accused Guillaume Canet of violence during an altercation as Guillaume Canet and Cotillard arrived home from the hospital maternity ward with their newborn son in May 2011.
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Elfassi's son filmed the actor with his cell phone and while Guillaume Canet made sure the footage was erased from the web, photos were published on French magazine Entrevue.
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Guillaume Canet was notably placed in competitions at international shows in Paris, La Baule and Chantilly Jumping.