He was born in Chateauroux, Centre, France, the son of a sheet metal worker. His acting career started in the 1970s and by the early 1980s, he was one of the leading French actors gaining much attention for his role opposite Fanny Ardant in Francois Truffaut's film La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door), and winning his first Cesar Award for Best Actor for his role in Le Dernier métro.
He has been nominated a record-setting 14 times for the Cesar Award as Best Actor. After his first win in 1981, he won a second time in 1991 forCyrano de Bergerac for which he was also nominated for the 1990Academy Award for Best Actor. In addition he also earned the following:
Depardieu is the highest paid actor in France, and one of the most powerful within the French film industry. In addition to the nearly sixty motion-pictures he has appeared in, he has also directed and/or produced several major films through his company, "DD Productions".
He also did "Le Retour de Martin Guerre" in 1982. He married Bond GirlCarole Bouquet in 1997.
Depardieu's promise was later recognised by a legendary teacher called Jean-Laurent Cochet, who enabled him to overcome a childhood speech defect with the help of a therapist and turned him into a classically trained actor.
Depardieu says that he always felt the need 'to feed others', a statement that is borne out by the accounts of enormous meals he has cooked on film sets.
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