Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu born 27 December 1948 is a French actor filmmaker businessman and vineyard owner He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967 He has twice won the César Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card After he garnered huge critical acclaim for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac which landed him a nomination for an Academy Award Depardieu acted in many big budget Hollywood movies He is a Chevalier of the Légion dhonneur and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013 and the same month became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro In 2015 he left Russia declaring that he intends to give up the citizenship and to live in Belgium
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