G%C3%A9rard Depardieu

Grard Xavier Marcel Depardieu bornDecember 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.

Grard Depardieu was born in Chteauroux, Indre, France. He is one of the five children of Anne Jeanne Josphe and Ren Maxime Lionel Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman. Leaving school at the age ofhe took a job at a printworks, but also began to get involved in petty crime, resulting in his being put on probation at one point. In his youth, Depardieu was also once a rent boy , a petty thief who served three weeks in prison for stealing a car and also turned his hand to grave robbing before being saved from destitution by a gay theatre talent spotter who paid for him to study French drama.

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