Son of renowned actors Gérard and Elisabeth Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu showed his parents' unmistakable talent for acting early on. He began making small TV and movie appearances in his native France in the early '90s, eventually building up a list of credentials that would assure he didn't have to get by on his famous name. He eventually took on major roles, in films like 2002's Aime ton Père, but the 2000s would bring their share of troubles for the actor. In 2003, ongoing complications resulting from a motorcycle accident in 1995 led the actor to have his leg amputated, and that same year, he served a suspended prison sentence for threatening a man with a gun. Nonetheless, he would go on to play starring roles in films like De la Guerre and Versailles. In 2008, Depardieu contracted severe pneumonia while filming L'Enfance d'Icare in Romania and passed away on October 13th at the age of 37. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Also Credited As:
Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu
- Born:
Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu on April 7, 1971 in Paris, France
- Died:
October 13, 2008.
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Job Titles:
Actor, Musician
Family
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Daughter: Louise Depardieu. Born c. 2001; mother, Elise Ventre
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Father: Gerard Depardieu. Born in 1948; acted in Green Card (1990) and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
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Half-sister: Roxanne Depardieu. Born in 1992; parents are Gérard Depardieu and Karine Sylla
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Mother: Elisabeth Guignot. Born in 1942; married to Gerard Depardieu from April 1970 to 1996
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Sister: Julie Depardieu. Born in 1973
Education
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Paris Conservatoire, Paris, France, piano
Milestones
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1990 Acting debut playing father s character as a young man in Touts les matins du monde
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1993 Convicted of smuggling heroin; served one-year jail term
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1995 Breakthrough screen role, Les Apprentis
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1999 Starred in Leos Carax s Pola X
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2002 Appeared in the French mini-series, Napoléon ; also co-starred his father
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2002 Co-starred with his father in the French film, Aime ton père/A Loving Father
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2008 Cast in Ne touchez pas la hache/The Duchess of Langeais