Has a third daughter, Roxanne, born in January 1992 to "another woman", reportedly actress-model Karine Sillas.
Convicted of drunk driving in France in 1990. He was sentenced to 2 months jail (suspended) and loss of his license for 6 months.
Had a motorcycle accident and was hospitalized while filming Ast?rix et Ob?lix contre C?sar (1999) in Paris.
Underwent emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery in Paris, France. (10 July 2000)
Is a grandfather. His son's wife, Elise, had a baby girl in January 2001.
He became so engrossed in his role of Cyrano De Bergerac in 1990, that he refused to shave off his Cyrano beard for a long while after the film was completed.
When he appeared on the 'So Graham Norton show' in April 2001, it was his first ever interview in the UK. He also confessed to travelling on his motorcycle to the hospital for his bypass operation.
Has his look-alike puppet in the French show "Guignols de l'info, Les" (1988).
Engaged to Carole Bouquet in 2003. Has been with her since 1997 except for a break up of a few weeks in the summer of 2002.
Mother of his daughter Roxanne, model Karine Silla, is now married to actor Vincent Perez.
Depardieu is a typical name from the center of France.
Time magazine ran a profile that mistakenly suggested that Depardieu might have "participated" in a rape at the age of nine. The claim was based on an interview carried out 13 years earlier and was the result of an incorrect translation. Depardieu is now careful about proper translation.
President of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992
Parents were D?d? and Lilette.
Grew up in Ch?teauroux in Le Berry region.
Left school at 13.
Owns two restaurants in Paris. One of which is called La Fontaine Gaillon.
G?rard Depardieu is one of France's most prolific and best loved actors. His career boasts over 100 films since 1965. His credits are almost too numerous to mention, although many will remember him best in Green Card for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy and My Father the Hero.
Perhaps the film which brought Depardieu international stardom was the 1990 production of Cyrano de Bergerac. His portrayal of Cyrano earned him an Academy Award? nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role, as well as the 1990 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Male Performance, nine C?sars including Best Actor and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film.
Some of his many other film credits include: Le Dernier Metro for which he won a Cesar for Best Actor; Le Retour de Martin Guerre for which the American Critics Society voted him Best Actor; Danton, Police for which he won Best Male Performance at the 1985 Venice Film Festival and the classic, Jean de Florette.
Depardieu also starred in: Ridley Scott's 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, Randall Wallace's Man in the Iron Mask, Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar, Sous le Soleil de Satan, Camille Claudel, Trop Belle Pour Toi, Tous Les Matins du Monde and Germinal.
In addition to an extensive film career, Depardieu is also an accomplished stage actor having starred most recently in last year's production of Les Portes du Ciel at the Theatre de Paris. He also starred in the 1974 and 1977 productions of Peter Hanke's La Chevauchee sur le Lac de Constance and "Les Gens Deraisonnables sont en voie de Disparition, as well as the 1983 production of Moliere's Tartuffe" and the 1986 production of Barbara's musical comedy Lily Passion. His most recent television credits include: Les Miserables, Berenice, Balzac and Monte Cristo.
In 1996 Depardieu was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur and the following year, the Venice Film Festival awarded him the Lion D'or. He was also awarded a Fellowship of the British Film Institute in 1989 and in 1992 was elected President of the 45th Cannes Film Festival.
