One of the greatest actors of his generation, Gérard Depardieu has graced hundreds of films with his imposing silhouette and flowery verve since his role in Les Valseuses (1974). Born in Châteauroux on December 27, 1948, this lover of literature, theater, art and wine has distinguished himself in every genre, from auteur films to comedies by Claude Zidi and Francis Veber: Barocco (1977), Le Dernier métro (1980), La Femme d'à côté (1981), Danton (1982), Police (1985), Jean de Florette (1986), Sous le soleil de Satan (1987), Camille Claudel (1988), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), 1492 : Christophe Colomb (1992), as well as La Chèvre (1981), Le Placard (2000), Astérix et Obélix (1999-2012), and more. Like Catherine Deneuve, he recorded for Serge Gainsbourg ("La P'tite Agathe", 1980) and took part in various recording projects, including Ils ont dit 'Moteur'... Coupez! (1980), written and composed by his wife Élisabeth Depardieu. In 1986, he sang on stage alongside Barbara in the show Lily Passion, before dedicating an album of her songs to her in 2017. The actor has also lent his voice to Hector Zazou, Zucchero and Jasmine Roy, Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat and Oedipus Rex (1997 and 2010), Zoltan Kodaly's Hary Janos (2005) and performed Michel Delpech's "Quand j'étais chanteur" in the film of the same name.
