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{{Infobox person
| name               = Gérard Depardieu
| image              = Gérard Depardieu (Berlin Film Festival 2010).jpg
| imagesize          = 
| caption            = Depardieu at the [[60th Berlin International Film Festival|2010 Berlin International Film Festival]]
| other_names        = Жерар Ксавие Депардьё
| birth_name         = Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1948|12|27}}
| birth_place        = [[Châteauroux]], France
| citizenship        = {{hlist|France|Russia|United Arab Emirates}}
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1967–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Élisabeth Depardieu]]|1971|1996|end=div}}
| partner            = {{plainlist|class=nowrap|
* [[Carole Bouquet]] (1997–2005)
* Clémentine Igou (2005–2023)<!--Parameter is for long-term, unmarried life partners. Not a dating history-->
}}
| children           = 4, including [[Guillaume Depardieu|Guillaume]] and [[Julie Depardieu|Julie]]
}}

'''Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|d|ɛ|p|ɑːr|d|j|ɜː|,_|ˌ|d|ɛ|p|ɑːr|ˈ|d|j|ɜː}},<ref name="LPD">{{cite LPD|3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Depardieu,+G%C3%A9rard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514082015/https://www.lexico.com/definition/depardieu,_gerard |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 May 2021 |title=Depardieu, Gérard |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|-|ˈ|d|j|ʌ|,_|ˌ|d|eɪ|p|ɑːr|ˈ|dj|uː}},<ref name="LPD"/><ref name="LDO">{{cite web|url=https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/gerard-depardieu|title=Depardieu, Gérard|work=[[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]]|publisher=[[Longman]]|access-date=20 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195392883.001.0001/m_en_us1239501|title=Depardieu, Gérard|encyclopedia=[[New Oxford American Dictionary]]|edition=3rd|editor-first1=Angus|editor-last1=Stevenson|editor-first2=Christine A.|editor-last2=Lindberg|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2010|isbn=9780195392883|publication-date=2011|via=[[Oxford Reference]]|url-access=subscription|access-date=20 September 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|ʒeʁaʁ ɡzavje maʁsɛl dəpaʁdjø|lang|fr-Gerard_Depardieu.ogg}}; born 27 December 1948) is a<!--please don't add RUSSIAN, go to talk page first--> French actor. An icon of [[Cinema of France|French cinema]], considered a world star in the same way as [[Alain Delon]] or [[Brigitte Bardot]], he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as a lead actor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 December 2018|title=Gérard Depardieu : le recordman du box-office français|url=http://external-images.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/Gerard-Depardieu--le-recordman-du-box-office-francais|access-date=6 January 2022|website=Premiere.fr|language=FR}}</ref><ref name="Zimmermann">{{Cite book|last=Zimmermann|first=Elsa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NZcTXxiIcCIC|title=Gérard Depardieu une vie libre|date=12 June 2013|publisher=City Edition|isbn=978-2-8246-4052-5|language=fr}}</ref> Depardieu has worked with over 150 film directors whose most notable collaborations include [[Jean-Luc Godard]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dixon|first=Wheeler W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YsyOUsaSAEC|title=The Films of Jean-Luc Godard|date=1 January 1997|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-3285-3|language=en}}</ref> [[François Truffaut]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cahoreau|first=Gilles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2mJDwAAQBAJ|title=François Truffaut: 1932-1984|date=1 January 1989|publisher=(Julliard) réédition numérique FeniXX|isbn=978-2-260-03955-6|language=fr}}</ref> [[Maurice Pialat]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mérigeau|first=Pascal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eB9mOJQdsnoC|title=Maurice Pialat l'imprécateur|date=8 January 2003|publisher=Grasset|isbn=978-2-246-61539-2|language=fr}}</ref> [[Alain Resnais]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thomas|first=François|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7NMmDQAAQBAJ|title=Alain Resnais, les coulisses de la création: Entretiens avec ses proches collaborateurs|date=5 October 2016|publisher=Armand Colin|isbn=978-2-200-61623-6|language=fr}}</ref> [[Claude Chabrol]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Baecque|first=Antoine de|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUo5EAAAQBAJ|title=Chabrol: Biographie|date=22 September 2021|publisher=Stock|isbn=978-2-234-07865-9|language=fr}}</ref> [[Ridley Scott]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Raw|first=Laurence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBGFacfGR0gC|title=The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia|date=28 September 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6952-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=LoBrutto|first=Vincent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MuaLDwAAQBAJ|title=Ridley Scott: A Biography|date=17 May 2019|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-7710-6|language=en}}</ref> and [[Bernardo Bertolucci]].<ref name="Zimmermann"/> He is the second highest-grossing actor in the history of French cinema behind [[Louis de Funès]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dicale|first=Bertrand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkQQUrQrFN0C|title=Louis de Funès|date=10 June 2009|publisher=Grasset|isbn=978-2-246-63669-4|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Loubier|first=Jean-Marc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szSGAwAAQBAJ|title=Louis de Funès: Petites et grandes vadrouilles|date=15 May 2014|publisher=Groupe Robert Laffont|isbn=978-2-221-14527-2|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Romain|date=12 September 2016|title=Film Culte avec Depardieu|url=https://culte.com/film/film-culte-avec-depardieu.htm|access-date=6 January 2022|website=The Culte|language=fr-FR|archive-date=6 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106125109/https://culte.com/film/film-culte-avec-depardieu.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of January 2022, his body of work also includes countless television productions, 18 stage plays, 16 records and 9 books.<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 December 2013|title=Gérard Depardieu de retour au théâtre|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2013/12/06/03004-20131206ARTFIG00552-gerard-depardieu-annonce-son-retour-au-theatre.php|access-date=6 January 2022|website=LEFIGARO|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gérard DEPARDIEU - Biographie, spectacles, films, théâtre et photos|url=https://tpa.fr/acteurs-theatre/depardieu-gerard-6713.html|access-date=6 January 2022|website=Théâtres et Producteurs Associés|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=25 October 2017|title="Monstre" de Gérard Depardieu : extraits de son livre de confidences|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/livres/monstre-de-gerard-depardieu-extraits-de-son-livre-de-confidences_3357651.html|access-date=6 January 2022|website=Franceinfo|language=fr-FR}}</ref> He is known for having portrayed numerous leading historical and fictitious figures including [[Georges Danton]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Honoré de Balzac]], [[Alexandre Dumas]], [[Auguste Rodin]], [[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]], [[Jean Valjean]], [[Edmond Dantès]] and [[Christopher Columbus]], as well as [[Obelix]] in four of the [[Asterix films (live action)|live action Asterix films]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lombard|first=Philippe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MS1BgAAQBAJ&dq=G%C3%A9rard+Depardieu+ob%C3%A9lix&pg=PT11|title=Petit Livre de – Les 100 films les plus populaires du cinéma français|date=26 February 2015|publisher=edi8|isbn=978-2-7540-7408-7|language=fr}}</ref>

Depardieu is a Chevalier of the [[Légion d'honneur]] and Chevalier of the [[Ordre national du Mérite]]. He was granted [[citizenship of Russia]] in January 2013 (officially adopted name in {{langx|ru|Жерар Ксавие Депардьё|Zherar Ksavie Depardyo}}), and became a [[cultural ambassador]] of [[Montenegro]] during the same month. Depardieu has received acclaim for his performances in ''[[The Last Metro]]'' (1980), for which he won the [[César Award for Best Actor]], in ''[[Police (1985 film)|Police]]'' (1985), for which he won the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actor]], ''[[Jean de Florette]]'' (1986), and ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' (1990), for which he won the [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor]] award at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] and his second [[César Award for Best Actor]] as well as garnering a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. He co-starred in [[Peter Weir]]'s comedy ''[[Green Card (film)|Green Card]]'' (1990), winning a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]], and later acted in several big-budget Hollywood films, including [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]'' (1992), [[Randall Wallace]]'s ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'' (1998), and [[Ang Lee]]'s ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' (2012).

Depardieu was accused of [[sexual assault]] as early as the 1990s, though this did not develop into formal complaints until the late 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=French actor Gérard Depardieu stands trial in Paris for alleged sexual assaults on film set |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/french-actor-gerard-depardieu-stands-trial-in-paris-for-alleged-sexual-assaults-on-film-set |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=PBS News |language=en-us}}</ref> In 2021, French authorities charged him with [[rape]]. Depardieu denied any wrongdoing, but was convicted of sexual assault in an unrelated case in May 2025. A number of controversies since 2020, not limited to the accusations of rape, have resulted in his being stripped in 2023 of the [[National Order of Quebec]].<ref name=":0" />

==Early life==
[[File:Gérard Depardieu 1976 Novecento.jpg|left|thumb|Depardieu in 1975 on the set of ''[[Novecento (film)|Novecento]]'']]
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu was born on 27 December 1948 in [[Châteauroux]], [[Indre]], France. He is one of the five children of Anne Jeanne Josèphe (née Marillier), a stay-at-home mother known as "La Lilette", and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu (better known in his neighborhood as "Dédé" because he could write only two letters),<ref name=rigoulet/>{{rp|12}} a metal worker and volunteer fireman.<ref name="filmreference1948">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Gerard-Depardieu.html |title=Gerard Depardieu Biography (1948–) |publisher=Film Reference |access-date=26 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="genindre1">{{cite web |url=http://genindre.org/arbpdf/depardieu.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030112220/http://genindre.org/arbpdf/depardieu.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2008 |title=Les ancêtres de Gérard Depardieu (1948) }}</ref> His father and mother were both born in 1923 and both died in 1988.

Depardieu grew up in poverty in a two-room apartment at 39 rue du Maréchal-Joffre, [[Châteauroux]], in a working-class family, with five brothers and sisters.<ref name=rigoulet/>{{rp|19}} Depardieu helped his mother when she was in labour with his younger brothers and sisters.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cojean|first=Annick|date=2002|title=Il était une fois… Dédé et Lilette Depardieu, racontés par leur fils Gérard|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2002/08/28/gerard-depardieu_4257514_1819218.html|journal={{Lang|fr|Le Monde}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Djian|first=Jean-Michel|date=2012|title=Interview de Gérard Depardieu|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/voix-nue/gerard-depardieu-15|journal=France Culture}}</ref> He spent more time on the streets than in school, leaving at the age of 13. Practically illiterate and half stammering, he learned to read only later.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2010|title=Depardieu passe les livres|url=http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101638121-depardieu-passe-les-livres|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701221024/http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101638121-depardieu-passe-les-livres|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2013|journal=Libération|access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref> He worked at a printworks, and took part in boxing matches in his spare time.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Godard and Pédron|title=Gérard Depardieu. L'homme blessé|url=http://www.parismatch.com/People-Match/Cinema/Actu/Gerard-Depardieu.-L-homme-blesse-453422/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223074356/http://www.parismatch.com/People-Match/Cinema/Actu/Gerard-Depardieu.-L-homme-blesse-453422/|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2012|journal=Paris Match|access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref> He also became involved in selling stolen goods, and was put on probation.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Atkin|first1=Tim|date=4 September 2005|title=Voulez-vous poulet avec moi?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/sep/04/houseandgarden.books|access-date=27 April 2014|website=The Observer}}</ref>

During a difficult adolescence, he turned to theft and smuggling all kinds of goods, notably cigarettes and alcohol, to the [[G.I.|GIs]] at the large American [[air base]] of Châteauroux-Déols. He also acted as a [[bodyguard]] for prostitutes who came down from Paris on weekends, the GIs' payday.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2012|title=Sur les traces berrichonnes de Gérard Depardieu|url=http://www.lamontagne.fr/france-monde/actualites/2012/12/18/sur-les-traces-berrichonnes-de-gerard-depardieu-1377661.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021053/http://www.lamontagne.fr/france-monde/actualites/2012/12/18/sur-les-traces-berrichonnes-de-gerard-depardieu-1377661.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2013|journal=La Montagne|access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Delahousse|first=Laurent|date=2009|title=Gérard Depardieu : blessures secrètes|journal=Un Jour, Un Destin}}</ref> His family nicknamed him "Pétard" or "Pétarou", because of the habit he had acquired of [[Flatulence|breaking wind incessantly]].<ref name=rigoulet>{{Cite book|last=Rigoulet|first=Patrick|title=Gérard Depardieu. Itinéraire d'un ogre|publisher=Éditions du Rocher|year=2007|isbn=978-2-268-06288-4 | oclc=166454940 | language=fr}}</ref>{{rp|23}} In 1968, Depardieu's childhood best friend Jacky Merveille, also a [[crime boss|kingpin]] from Châteauroux, died in a car accident, prompting him to take decisive control over his future.<ref name="rigoulet" />{{rp|37}}[[File:Gérard Depardieu Cannes 1994.jpg|thumb|upright|Depardieu at the [[1994 Cannes Film Festival]]]]

==Acting career==
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At the age of 16, Depardieu left [[Châteauroux]] for Paris. There, he began acting in the new comedy theatre [[Café de la Gare]], along with [[Patrick Dewaere]], Romain Bouteille, [[Sotha (actress)|Sotha]], [[Coluche]], and [[Miou-Miou]].<ref>[http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/scene/theatre/30-ans-toutes-ses-dents_498236.html 30th Anniversary of Café de la Gare] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104185054/http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/scene/theatre/30-ans-toutes-ses-dents_498236.html |date=4 November 2013 }}, ''[[L'Express (France)|L'Express]]'', 15 August 2002, (in French)</ref> He studied theater under Jean-Laurent Cochet. Regardless of his lack of culture, he heavily studied the classics and followed a therapy to correct his disastrous diction and improve his memory. Moreover, through his first wife, Élisabeth Guignot, he discovered the Parisian bourgeoisie. Thus, he met [[Agnès Varda]] and her husband [[Jacques Demy]]. His first film role to gain attention was playing Jean-Claude in [[Bertrand Blier]]'s comedy ''[[Going Places (1974 film)|Les Valseuses]]'' (''Going Places'', 1974).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.imdb.com/list/9baDvZc-KPA/| title = Gérard Depardieu at IMDb| website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref> Other prominent early films include [[Barbet Schroeder]]'s controversial ''[[Maîtresse]]'' (1975), a starring role in [[Bernardo Bertolucci]]'s historical epic ''[[1900 (film)|1900]]'' (1976), with [[Robert De Niro]], and a role in [[François Truffaut]]'s ''[[The Last Metro]]'' (1980), with [[Catherine Deneuve]] for which he won his first [[César Award for Best Actor]]. Depardieu and Deneuve have since made nine more films together.

Depardieu's international profile rose as a result of his performance as a doomed, hunchbacked farmer in the film ''[[Jean de Florette]]'' (1986) and received notice for his starring role in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'' (1990), for which he won his second [[César Award for Best Actor]], the [[Cannes Film Festival]] for [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor]], and received a nomination for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]. Depardieu co-starred in [[Peter Weir]]'s English language romantic comedy ''[[Green Card (film)|Green Card]]'' (1991), for which he won a Golden Globe Award. He has since had other roles in other English language films, including [[Ridley Scott]]'s ''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]'' (1992), [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s ''[[Hamlet (1996 movie)|Hamlet]]'' (1996), ''[[102 Dalmatians]]'' (2000, ''[[Between Strangers]]'' (2002), and [[Ang Lee]]'s ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' (2012). He played [[Obelix|Obélix]] in the four live-action ''[[Asterix films (live action)|Astérix]]'' films in which he is said to have discovered [[Mélanie Laurent]] when she was fourteen.<ref name="gede">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/europe/this-europe-confessions-of-depardieu-597202.html |title=This Europe: Confessions of Depardieu |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=10 February 2003 |access-date=26 February 2010 |first=John |last=Lichfield |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117012434/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/europe/this-europe-confessions-of-depardieu-597202.html |archive-date=17 January 2009 }}</ref> In 2009, he took part in a rare performance of Sardou's ''[[La Haine (drama)|La Haine]]'' at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon, with [[Fanny Ardant]]; subsequently broadcast on [[France Musique]].<ref>[http://www.festivalradiofrancemontpellier.com/2009/19-la-haine-ardant-depardieu-onm.php Presentation of concert on Festival de Radio France site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214164556/http://www.festivalradiofrancemontpellier.com/2009/19-la-haine-ardant-depardieu-onm.php |date=14 December 2013 }}</ref> In 2013, he starred in an independent film titled ''[[A Farewell to Fools]]''.<ref name="indiewire.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/monterey-media-acquires-us-and-canada-rights-to-no-god-no-master-redwood-highway-and-a-farewell-to-fools|title=Monterey Media Acquires Three Films, Including Works Starring Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel |publisher=indiewire.com|date=17 October 2013|access-date=6 November 2013}}</ref> Depardieu featured as a main character in [[Antwerp]] ([[Edinburgh Festival]] 2014), a play in The Europeans Trilogy ([[Bruges]], Antwerp, [[Tervuren]]) by Paris-based UK playwright [[Nick Awde]]. In 2014, he starred in the controversial ''[[Welcome to New York (2014 film)|Welcome to New York]]'' in the thinly-disguised impersonation of disgraced former [[IMF]] chief [[Dominique Strauss-Kahn]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR4Hz_72c1s|title = Welcome to New York Official US Release Trailer (2015) - Abel Ferrara Drama HD|website = YouTube| date=2 March 2015 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Gérard Depardieu Carole Bouquet 2001.jpg|thumb|right|Depardieu with [[Carole Bouquet]] at the [[2001 Cannes Film Festival]]|alt=|259x259px]]
In 1970, Depardieu married [[Élisabeth Depardieu|Élisabeth Guignot]], with whom he had two children: actor [[Guillaume Depardieu|Guillaume]] (1971–2008) and actress [[Julie Depardieu|Julie]] (b. 1973). On 28 January 1992, while separated from Guignot, he had a daughter, Roxanne, with the model [[Karine Silla]] (sister of producer [[Virginie Besson-Silla]]). In 1996, he divorced Guignot and began a relationship with actress [[Carole Bouquet]], his partner from 1997 to 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhnet.be/culture/people/article/128735/bouquet-depardieu-en-crise.html |title=Bouquet&nbsp;— Depardieu en crise |publisher=Dhnet.be |date=31 August 2005 |access-date=26 February 2010}}</ref> On 14 July 2006, he had a son, Jean, with French-Cambodian Hélène Bizot (daughter of [[François Bizot]], not actress [[Hélène Bizot]]).<ref>Issue 3089, 31 July 2008, [[Paris Match]]</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011042248640/Siem-Reap-Insider/upheaval-of-life-blamed-on-apsara.html |title=Upheaval of life blamed on Apsara |work=The Phnom Penh Post |location=Cambodia |date=22 April 2011 |access-date=25 April 2011 |first1=Michael |last1=Sloan |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511184243/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011042248640/Siem-Reap-Insider/upheaval-of-life-blamed-on-apsara.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Between 2005 and 2023, Depardieu was in a relationship with [[Clémentine Igou]]. Since 2024, he is in a relationship with Magda Vavrusova.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paparazzi-photographer-accuses-french-actor-depardieu-rome-assault-2024-05-22/|title=Paparazzi photographer accuses French actor Depardieu of Rome assault|publisher=reuters}}</ref>

On 13 October 2008, Depardieu's son Guillaume died from [[pneumonia]] at the age of 37. Guillaume's health had been adversely affected by drug addiction and a 1995 motorcycle crash that eventually required the amputation of his right leg in 2003. Depardieu and Guillaume had a turbulent relationship but had reconciled prior to Guillaume's death.<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Lichfield |title=Gérard Depardieu's son dies of pneumonia at 37 |date=14 October 2008 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/grard-depardieus-son-dies-of-pneumonia-at-37-960265.html |work=The Independent |access-date=3 January 2013}}</ref> In September 2020, Depardieu converted to [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity]] in [[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Paris|Alexander Nevsky Cathedral]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://orthodoxtimes.com/gerard-depardieu-was-baptised-an-orthodox-christian/|title=Gérard Depardieu was baptised an Orthodox Christian|date=6 September 2020|website=Orthodox Times|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

===Health===
On 18 May 1998, Depardieu had a motorcycle accident with a high [[blood alcohol content]], of 2.5 g/L<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Revel|first=Renaud|date=1999|title=La petite entreprise Depardieu|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/cinema/la-petite-entreprise-depardieu_499300.html|journal=L'Express}}</ref> on the way to the shooting of ''[[Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar]]'', by [[Claude Zidi]]. He was prescribed forty days off work.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Drouet|first=Jean-Baptiste|date=2010|title=Astérix et Obélix contre César : Les vraies galères d'Obélix racontées par Claude Zidi avant la diffusion sur TF1|url=http://tele.premiere.fr/News-Tele/Asterix-et-Obelix-contre-Cesar-Les-vraies-galeres-d-Obelix-racontees-par-Claude-Zidi-avant-la-diffusion-sur-TF1-2472050|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916102928/http://tele.premiere.fr/News-Tele/Asterix-et-Obelix-contre-Cesar-Les-vraies-galeres-d-Obelix-racontees-par-Claude-Zidi-avant-la-diffusion-sur-TF1-2472050|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2011|journal=Première|access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref> In 2000, Depardieu underwent [[Coronary artery bypass surgery|heart bypass surgery]] after two weeks of chest pains.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 July 2000 |title=Depardieu has heart surgery |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/829186.stm |url-status=live |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230723155726/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/829186.stm |archive-date=23 July 2023 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> As Depardieu weighed {{convert|150|kg|lb}} at the end of 2008, film critic [[Pascal Mérigeau]] commented on Depardieu's large amounts of food consumption, "at lunch he ingests {{convert|1|kg|lb}} of [[red meat]], swallows handfuls of [[saltine cracker]]s".<ref>{{cite news |author=P.L. |date=5 January 2009 |title=Les 150 kilos de Depardieu |trans-title=Depardieu's 150 kg |url=https://www.dhnet.be/medias/livresbd/2009/01/05/les-150-kilos-de-depardieu-WO44WMANXBBWFAX2AT5HQKL7VE/ |url-status=live |language=fr |newspaper=[[La Dernière Heure]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207092050/https://www.dhnet.be/medias/livresbd/2009/01/05/les-150-kilos-de-depardieu-WO44WMANXBBWFAX2AT5HQKL7VE/ |archive-date=7 February 2023 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> In 2011, he was removed from a [[Cityjet]] flight to [[Dublin]] after refusing to sit down due to being refused access to the toilet and urinated in a bottle. Depardieu apologised for this and his fellow actor [[Edouard Baer]] attributed it to prostate issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14591800 |title=Depardieu 'apologises' for publicly urinating on jet |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=2024-10-13 |date=2011-08-19}}</ref>

In 2012, Depardieu was hit by a car while riding his scooter in Paris.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2012|title=Altercation avec un automobiliste : Gérard Depardieu porte plainte à son tour|url=http://lci.tf1.fr/people/gerard-depardieu-porte-plainte-apres-une-altercation-avec-un-7461491.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182514/http://lci.tf1.fr/people/gerard-depardieu-porte-plainte-apres-une-altercation-avec-un-7461491.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2014|journal=Tf1.fr|access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref> The same year, while intoxicated with 1.8 g/L of alcohol in the blood, he had another scooter accident, without injury and without collision with another party.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2012|title=Arrêté en état d'ébriété, Gérard Depardieu est sorti du commissariat|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/actualite-people-medias/ivre-depardieu-victime-d-un-accident-de-scooter-29-11-2012-2366137.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130430032750/http://www.leparisien.fr/actualite-people-medias/ivre-depardieu-victime-d-un-accident-de-scooter-29-11-2012-2366137.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2013|journal=Le Parisien|access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref> Since the 2000s, he has suffered at least seven motorcycle or scooter accidents.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Zimmerman|first=Elsa|title=Gérard Depardieu une vie libre|publisher=City Editions|year=2013|pages=82}}</ref> In September 2014, Depardieu stated he drank twelve, thirteen or fourteen bottles of alcoholic drinks daily, starting at 10:00 a.m., drinking [[champagne]], [[wine]], and [[pastis]], and ending the day with [[vodka]], [[whisky]], or both. He said: "I'm never totally drunk, just a bit of a pain in the ass".<ref>{{cite news |date=13 September 2014 |title=Gérard Depardieu avoue boire jusqu'à 14 bouteilles d'alcool par jour |trans-title=Gérard Depardieu admits to drinking up to 14 bottles of alcohol a day |url=https://www.lesoir.be/art/653412/article/soirmag/actu-stars/2014-09-13/gerard-depardieu-avoue-boire-jusqu-14-bouteilles-d-alcool-par-jour |url-status=live |language=fr |newspaper=[[Le Soir]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723134328/https://www.lesoir.be/art/653412/article/soirmag/actu-stars/2014-09-13/gerard-depardieu-avoue-boire-jusqu-14-bouteilles-d-alcool-par-jour |archive-date=23 July 2023 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> Laurent Audiot, the [[chef]] of the Parisian restaurant ''La Fontaine Gaillon'', compared Depardieu to [[Gargantua and Pantagruel#Gargantua|Gargantua]], saying that "he has excessive energy and he compensates with food, but sometimes it takes on incredible proportions".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=16 October 2015 |title='À pleines dents': Depardieu, l'outre-mangeur |trans-title='With full teeth': Depardieu, the overseas eater |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/gastronomie/a-pleines-dents-depardieu-l-outre-mangeur-16-10-2015-1974288_82.php |url-status=live |language=fr |magazine=[[Le Point]] |via=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403190713/https://www.lepoint.fr/gastronomie/a-pleines-dents-depardieu-l-outre-mangeur-16-10-2015-1974288_82.php |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref>

===Sexual assault and rape allegations===
In 1991, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine published a translation of a 1978 interview in which Depardieu apparently confirmed a rumour that he first participated in a rape when he was nine years old and that he had participated in more rapes since then. He reportedly stated there were "too many [rapes] to count... There was nothing wrong with it. The girls wanted to be raped. I mean, there's no such thing as rape. It's only a matter of a girl putting herself in a situation where she wants to be." The story re-emerged in 1991.<ref name=WaPo-910320/> On 15 March 1991, Depardieu's American publicist Lois Smith, stated: "He's sorry, but it happened".<ref name=WaPo-910325/> The [[National Organization for Women]] requested an apology from Depardieu.<ref name=WaPo-910320>{{cite news|last=Mann|first=Judy|date=20 March 1991|title=How Do We Handle The Rapist-Turned-Heartthrob?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/03/20/how-do-we-handle-the-rapist-turned-heartthrob/8041adab-cb2f-4d2a-ab01-c94f5f0c1b01/|url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703115948/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/03/20/how-do-we-handle-the-rapist-turned-heartthrob/8041adab-cb2f-4d2a-ab01-c94f5f0c1b01/|archive-date=3 July 2016|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> Later that month, Depardieu's French publicist Claude Devy discounted the statements made by Smith, and Depardieu threatened legal action against any media outlet that published the comments.<ref name=WaPo-910325>{{cite news|last=Drozdiak|first=William|date=25 March 1991|title=Depardieu Denies Rape Comment|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/03/25/depardieu-denies-rape-comment/e2dd2716-bb0e-4048-aeb7-80ae527c2248/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> Depardieu's team said that ''Time'' had mistranslated the word "''assister''" as "participate", when a more accurate translation would be "attend" or "be witness to".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-08 |title=Cyrano de Bergerac sur France 2 à 14h : quel scandale a empêché Depardieu de décrocher un Oscar ? |url=https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18689143.html |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=AlloCiné |language=fr}}</ref> ''Time'' refused to retract the story and claimed that Depardieu had told them he had "participated" in the rapes.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zoglin|first=Richard|date=24 June 2001|title=L'Affaire Gerard Depardieu|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,156769,00.html|url-status=live|magazine=Time|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211107004634/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,156769,00.html|archive-date=7 November 2021|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> At that time, Depardieu received support from the French media, who said he was being unfairly treated and blamed American "puritanism". As a result, his career in France did not suffer and the controversy was forgotten over time by the French general public.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-03-11  |title=En 1991, Depardieu essuyait déjà une tempête en raison de ses propos sur le viol |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/en-1991-depardieu-essuyait-deja-une-tempete-en-raison-de-ses-propos-sur-le-viol-20220310|access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Dexerto |language=fr}}</ref>

In August 2018, Depardieu was accused of sexual assault and rape by a 22-year-old actress and dancer.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ryan|first=Lisa|date=30 August 2018|url=https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/gerard-depardieu-rape-accusation-report.html|title=French Actor Gérard Depardieu Accused of Rape|magazine=The Cut|access-date=25 February 2021|url-access=limited}}</ref> The actress reported being assaulted twice by Depardieu in his home during rehearsal sessions. The unnamed actress made her statement to police in [[Lambesc]], southern France, after which the case was passed to prosecutors in the capital. Depardieu denied the allegations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45360902|title=Gérard Depardieu: French actor accused of rape|date=30 August 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> In 2019, the charges were dropped after a nine-month police investigation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Giordano|first=Chiara|date=4 June 2019|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gerard-depardieu-rape-allegations-evidence-accusations-a8944491.html|title=Gerard Depardieu rape case dropped after nine months because of lack of evidence|work=The Independent|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> The case was reopened in October 2020 after his accuser refiled the complaint.<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 October 2020|title=Gérard Depardieu rape investigation to be reopened|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|agency=Agence France-Presse|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/28/gerard-depardieu-investigation-to-be-reopened|access-date=28 October 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In February 2021, it was announced that French authorities had charged Depardieu with rape in December 2020, stemming from the incident in August 2018. According to Depardieu's lawyer, Hervé Témime, speaking to {{Lang|fr|[[Le Monde]]}}, the actor rejects the allegation.<ref>{{cite news|last=Parker|first=Ryan|date=23 February 2021|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gerard-depardieu-charged-with-rape-by-french-authorities|title=Gerard Depardieu Charged With Rape by French Authorities|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> In March 2022, the Paris Court of Appeal rejected Depardieu's attempt to have the charges dropped and announced the actor will remain under formal investigation. Following this investigation, the case will either be brought to trial or dismissed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=10 March 2022 |title=Gerard Depardieu Loses Appeal to Have Rape Charges Dropped, Remains Under Formal Investigation |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/gerard-depardieu-rape-charges-investigation-1235200827/ |website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iodonna.it/attualita/costume-e-societa/2023/12/13/gerard-depardieu-suicida-accusatrice-emmanuelle-debever-molestie-sessuali-senna/|title=Suicida l'attrice Emmanuelle Debever, accusatrice di Gerard Depardieu|date=13 December 2023 |publisher=iodonna.it}}</ref>

In April 2023, 13 women accused Depardieu of sexual assault and sexual harassment pertaining to incidents that occurred between 2004 and 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2023 |title=French actor Gérard Depardieu accused of sexual assault: Report |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/french-actor-gerard-depardieu-accused-of-sexual-assault-report/ |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66981598|title=Gerard Depardieu denies rape allegations in open letter|date=2 October 2023 |publisher=BBC news}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/07/gerard-depardieu-actor-helene-darras-files-complaint-of-sexual-assault|title=Gérard Depardieu: actor Hélène Darras files complaint of sexual assault|work=The Guardian|date=7 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67661185|title=Gérard Depardieu's obscene remarks shown in new documentary|date=8 December 2023 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> On 19 December 2023, {{ill|Ruth Baza|es||fr}}, a Spanish author, photographer and journalist, told ''[[La Vanguardia]]'' that Depardieu had kissed and groped her without her consent in 1995 when she was 23, after she had interviewed him in [[Paris]] for ''Cinemania'' magazine, and that she has filed a complaint.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/19/gerard-depardieu-accused-rape-journalist-spain|title=Gérard Depardieu accused of rape by Spanish journalist and author|work=The Guardian|date=19 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fortune.com/europe/2023/12/24/emmanuel-macron-gerard-depardieu-makes-france-proud-sexual-harassment-assault/?ref=biztoc.com|title=Macron's remarks that Depardieu 'makes France proud' don't sit well with women's rights activists accusing the actor of sexual assault|publisher=Fortune}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/movies/gerard-depardieu-emmanuel-macron-sexual-assault.html|title=France's President Condemns 'Manhunt' Against Gérard Depardieu|work=The New York Times|date=21 December 2023 |last1=Breeden |first1=Aurelien }}</ref> Baza explained that her mind blocked out the events due to the severe trauma she experienced, being so young and struggling with chronic anorexia and depression although she was already a respected and experienced correspondent and photographer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://journal.lepoint.fr/l-affaire-depardieu-2548922|title=L'affaire Depardieu Paria. En prenant la défense de l'acteur, Emmanuel Macron a jeté de l'huile sur le feu. Faut-il effacer Depardieu ? Récit d'une querelle|work=Le Point|date=4 January 2024
|last1=Raya|first1=Aurélie}}</ref> The events remained blocked through the years until the allegations against him emerged in 2023, which had a profound impact on her.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.fr/article/gerard-depardieu-vise-par-une-troisieme-plainte-pour-viol-deposee-par-la-journaliste-espagnole-ruth-baza|title=Gérard Depardieu visé par une troisième plainte pour viol déposée par la journaliste espagnole Ruth Baza|date=20 December 2023 |publisher=Vanity Fair}}</ref> She experienced flashbacks as she regained the memories of this traumatic event that her memory had buried, which were corroborated when she discovered and reread the description of the 1995 events in her diary from that year.  The [[Coalition For Women In Journalism]] and Women Press Freedom stood in solidarity with Baza and said, in a statement, that her courage in speaking out about a rape that allegedly occurred nearly 30 years ago is not only commendable but also essential in the ongoing fight against sexual violence and the culture of silence in the media and entertainment industries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.womeninjournalism.org/threats-all/france-spanish-journalist-ruth-baza-files-rape-complaint-against-grard-depardieu|title=France: Spanish Journalist Ruth Baza Files Rape Complaint Against Gérard Depardieu
|newspaper=The Coalition For Women In Journalism and Women Press Freedom}}</ref>

Actress [[Emmanuelle Debever]], who had also made allegations against Depardieu, died by suicide on 6 December 2023 after one week in a hospital.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=13 December 2023|title=[VIDEO] Elle s'est suicidée le jour du Complément d'enquête sur Depardieu : Emmanuelle Debever, première accusatrice de l'acteur, est morte|url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2023/12/13/elle-sest-suicidee-le-jour-du-complement-denquete-sur-depardieu-emmanuelle-debever-premiere-accusatrice-de-lacteur-est-morte-11639215.php|website=midilibre.fr}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> On 25 December 2023, a group of over 50 French actors and other prominent figures including [[Charlotte Rampling]], [[Carla Bruni]], and [[Carole Bouquet]], denounced the "lynching" of Depardieu, in an open letter published in French newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]''. The group claims the star is the victim of a "torrent of hatred", adding "Gérard Depardieu is probably the greatest of all actors".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/depardieu-open-letter-carla-bruni-charlotte-rampling-carole-bouquet-1235681961/|title=Carla Bruni, Charlotte Rampling & Carole Bouquet Sign French Entertainment World Open Letter Decrying "Lynching" Of Gérard Depardieu|date=26 December 2023 |publisher=DEADLINE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/21/emmanuel-macron-says-gerard-depardieu-is-target-of-manhunt|title=Outrage as Emmanuel Macron says Gérard Depardieu is target of 'manhunt'|work=The Guardian|date=21 December 2023 |last1=Chrisafis |first1=Angelique }}</ref> His former partner Karine Silla defends him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/gerard-depardieu-ex-partner-karine-silla-defends-actor-1235804435/|title=Gérard Depardieu's Ex-Partner Karine Silla Defends Actor: "Gérard Is Not A Sexual Predator'|date=25 January 2024 |publisher=Deadline}}</ref> Some of his colleagues have spoken out against him, including [[Sophie Marceau]], [[Muriel Robin]] and [[Swann Arlaud]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2023/dec/28/rude-and-inappropriate-sophie-marceau-remembers-french-icon-depardieu-2645749.html|title='Rude and inappropriate': Sophie Marceau remembers French icon Depardieu|date=28 December 2023 |publisher=Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/apres-avoir-signe-la-tribune-de-soutien-a-gerard-depardieu-lacteur-pierre-richard-prend-finalement-ses-distances-01-01-2024-XD7R76HGPBHEVK4NKKQPZCFXSY.php|title=After signing the column in support of Gérard Depardieu, actor Pierre Richard finally distances himself|date=January 2024 |publisher=Le Parisien}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.midilibre.fr/2023/12/31/affaire-depardieu-un-nouveau-texte-signe-par-plus-de-500-artistes-sen-prend-a-la-tribune-defendant-lacteur-11671543.php|title=Depardieu affair: a new text signed by more than 500 artists attacks the forum defending the actor|publisher=midilibre}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/gerard-depardieus-fall-reveal-dire-state-french-politics/|title=Gérard Depardieu's fall reveals dire state of French politics|date=4 January 2024 |publisher=POLITICO.eu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/gerard-depardieu-allegations-me-too-movement-france-1235862398/|title=Why the Gerard Depardieu Allegations Are Sparking a Watershed Moment for France's #MeToo Movement|date=11 January 2024 |publisher=variety}}</ref> On 29 April 2024, the police detained Depardieu for questioning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/29/entertainment/gerard-depardieu-arrest-france-scli-intl/index.html|title=French actor Gérard Depardieu in police custody, legal team says|date=29 April 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gerard-depardieu-police-custody-assault-cases-1235885827/|title=Gérard Depardieu in Police Custody for Questioning in Assault Cases (Reports)|date=29 April 2024 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/29/entertainment/gerard-depardieu-arrest-france-scli-intl/index.html|title=French actor Gérard Depardieu to face trial over sexual assault allegations|date=29 April 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/gerard-depardieu-should-stand-trial-rape-claims-prosecutors-1235981568/|title=Prosecutors Call for Gérard Depardieu to Stand Trial on Rape Allegations|date=22 August 2024 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> A trial on two counts of sexual assault was scheduled to begin on 28 October 2024. Depardieu's lawyer said that health concerns meant he was unable to attend court. The trial was rescheduled, and began on 24 March 2025.<ref>{{cite news| author1= Catherine Porter |author2=Ségolène Le Stradic| title= Gérard Depardieu's Sexual Assault Trial in France Is Postponed Until March| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/world/europe/gerard-depardieu-sexual-assault-trial.html| work = The New York Times| date= 28 October 2024| access-date = 28 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="guard-23mar2025">{{cite news |last1=Willsher |first1=Kim |title=Gérard Depardieu to appear in Paris court over sexual assault allegations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/23/gerard-depardieu-to-appear-in-paris-court-over-sexual-assault-allegations |access-date=23 March 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chrisafis |first=Angelique |date=2025-03-24 |title=Gérard Depardieu appears in Paris court for trial on sexual assault charges |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/24/gerard-depardieu-paris-court-trial-sexual-assault-charges |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title=Gérard Depardieu Found Guilty of Sexual Assault, Gets 18-Month Suspended Sentence |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gerard-depardieu-guilty-of-sexual-assault-gets-18-months-1236214962/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=13 May 2025}}</ref>

On 13 May 2025, Depardieu was convicted of the sexual assault of two women after he was found to have groped them on the set of the 2021 film ''[[The Green Shutters]]''. He was handed an 18 month suspended sentence.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-13 |title=Gérard Depardieu found guilty in sexual assault trial |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5v7ny40q2o |access-date=2025-05-13 |work=BBC |language=en-GB }}</ref>

===Removal from the National Order of Quebec===
On 13 December 2023, Gérard Depardieu was stripped of the [[National Order of Quebec]]. This was prompted by what Quebec premier [[François Legault]] called "scandalous remarks made by Gérard Depardieu in front of the cameras," which had, in the premier's view, "shocked the international public, with good reason".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2034686/gerard-depardieu-ordre-national-quebec|title=Gérard Depardieu radié de l'Ordre national du Québec|date=13 December 2023 |publisher=Radio-Canada}}</ref> He had been appointed as a {{Ill|Knight of the National Order of Quebec|at|النيشان الوطني لكيبيك}} in 2002 by premier [[Bernard Landry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10168520/french-actor-gerard-depardieu-stripped-order-of-quebec/|title=French actor Gérard Depardieu stripped of Order of Quebec after obscene documentary remarks|publisher=Global News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2023/dec/13/fall-of-the-ogre-gerard-depardieu-sparks-metoo-moment-in-french-cinema-2641203.html|title='Fall of the ogre': Gerard Depardieu sparks #MeToo moment in French cinema|date=13 December 2023 |publisher=New Indian Express}}</ref>

===Citizenship===
[[File:Gérard Depardieu and Vladimir Putin, Sochi, Russia, 2013-01-06 1.jpeg|thumb|Depardieu with Vladimir Putin in [[Sochi]], Russia, 5 January 2013|198x198px]]
Depardieu has been an official resident of [[Néchin]], Belgium, since 7 December 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fraser |first=Christian |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20760572 |title=Depardieu: French film star stirs tax row |work=BBC News |date=17 December 2012|access-date=25 January 2013}}</ref> French Prime Minister [[Jean-Marc Ayrault]] criticised his move.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20691889|title=Depardieu tax exile move 'shabby' - French PM Ayrault |work=[[BBC]] |date=12 December 2012 |access-date=17 December 2012}}</ref> On 15 December 2012, Depardieu publicly stated he was handing back his [[French passport]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Depardieu 'to give up passport' in tax exile row |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20750593|work=BBC News |date=16 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/Actualite/Gerard-Depardieu-Je-rends-mon-passeport-581254 |date=15 December 2012 |work=lejdd.fr |title=Gérard Depardieu : "Je rends mon passeport" |access-date=6 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217101142/http://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/Actualite/Gerard-Depardieu-Je-rends-mon-passeport-581254 |archive-date=17 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 3 January 2013, Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu.<ref>{{cite news|title=Executive Order on granting Russian citizenship to Gerard Depardieu|url=http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/4833 |date=3 January 2013 |publisher=Russian Presidential Executive Office}}</ref> In his first interview thereafter, Depardieu attacked Putin's critics for "lacking vision".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/01/20131145231670149.html |title=Depardieu attacks Russia's opposition. |publisher=Aljazeera.com |access-date=25 January 2013}}</ref> In his autobiography, Depardieu said Putin "immediately liked my hooligan side."<ref>{{cite news|last=Bakker|first=Tiffany|date=7 October 2014|title=Gerard Depardieu reveals he was a child prostitute in revealing autobiography It Happened Like That|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/gerard-depardieu-reveals-he-was-a-child-prostitute-in-revealing-autobiography-it-happened-like-that/news-story/86e0cecaf84ea35456a36f211f16e60c|work=news.com.au|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> In February 2013, he registered as a resident of [[Saransk]]. Also in January 2013, he was appointed a cultural ambassador for Montenegro.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://french.ruvr.ru/2013_01_09/Depardieu-ne-sest-pas-presente-a-sa-convocation-et-est-devenu-ambassadeur/ |title=Depardieu nommé ambassadeur de la culture du Monténégro |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=9 January 2013 |website=La Voix de la Russie |access-date=27 April 2014 |archive-date=15 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115040612/http://french.ruvr.ru/2013_01_09/Depardieu-ne-sest-pas-presente-a-sa-convocation-et-est-devenu-ambassadeur/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the summer of 2015, Depardieu's films were banned from television and cinemas in Ukraine due to his remarks questioning Ukraine's [[right to exist]] as an [[Independence|independent]] state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/gerard-depardieu-movies-banned-theaters-tv/story?id=32995523 |title=Why Gerard Depardieu Movies Have Been Banned From Theaters, TV |work=ABC News |date=10 August 2015 |access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref> In February 2022, Depardieu revealed that he had become a citizen of the United Arab Emirates, although he did not specify when this occurred.<ref>{{cite web|first=Capucine|last=Trollion|url=https://www.rtl.fr/culture/medias-people/gerard-depardieu-deja-russe-et-francais-l-acteur-est-desormais-aussi-dubaiote-7900129718|title=Gérard Depardieu : déjà russe et français, l'acteur est désormais aussi dubaïote|trans-title=Gérard Depardieu: already Russian and French, the actor is now also a Dubai citizen|date=1 March 2022|website=[[RTL (French radio)|RTL]]|access-date=10 March 2022|language=fr-FR}}</ref> In March 2022, he condemned the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and accused Russian President Putin of "crazy, unacceptable excesses".<ref>{{cite news |title=Gerard Depardieu: Kremlin responds to actor's Putin criticism |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60954565 |work=BBC News |date=1 April 2022}}</ref>

===Wealth===
In 1983, Depardieu created DD Productions to co-produce his films. Apart from his acting career, Depardieu is also a [[Viticulture|viticulturist]], having invested in vineyards at the end of the 1980s. He owns wine estates in the [[Médoc]], Hérault, [[Burgundy wine|Burgundy]], Eastern Europe, [[Maghreb]], and South America. In addition, Depardieu is the owner of the ''[[:fr:Château de Tigné|Château de Tigné]]'' (Tigne Castle) in [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]]. He also collects works of art and motorcycles.<ref name="Lutaud2012">{{cite news |last=Lutaud |first=Léna |date=10 December 2012 |title=Poissonnerie, vignes : le drôle de patrimoine de Depardieu |trans-title=Fishmonger's shop, vineyards: the odd estate of Depardieu |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/argent/2012/12/10/05010-20121210ARTFIG00624-gerard-depardieu-acteur-et-homme-d-affaires.php |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[Le Figaro]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222073011/https://www.lefigaro.fr/argent/2012/12/10/05010-20121210ARTFIG00624-gerard-depardieu-acteur-et-homme-d-affaires.php |archive-date=22 December 2022 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> In 2003, Depardieu bought the restaurant ''La Fontaine Gaillon'' in the [[2nd arrondissement of Paris]]. Its wine cellar, which consisted of bottles of [[Château Haut-Brion]], [[Château Latour]], [[Meursault wine|Meursault]] and [[Saint-Émilion AOC|Saint-Émilion]], was rewarded by the [[Gault Millau]] guide. ''La Fontaine Gaillon'' was described as "a Parisian institution".<ref name="Gaillon2019">{{cite news |last1=Robert |first1=Martine |last2=Dicharry |first2=Elsa |date=8 July 2019 |title=Revendu par Depardieu, La Fontaine Gaillon met aux enchères sa cave et son mobilier |trans-title=Sold by Depardieu, La Fontaine Gaillon is auctioning off its cellar and furniture |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/services-conseils/la-fontaine-gaillon-met-aux-encheres-sa-cave-et-son-mobilier-1036570 |url-status=live |language=fr |newspaper=[[Les Echos (France)|Les Echos]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230723152417/https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/services-conseils/la-fontaine-gaillon-met-aux-encheres-sa-cave-et-son-mobilier-1036570 |archive-date=23 July 2023 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> In Paris, Depardieu owns luxury restaurants, a Japanese delicatessen, a wine bar, and a seafood shop.<ref>{{cite news |last=San |first=Louis |date=13 December 2012 |title=Photos. Ce que possède Gérard Depardieu à Paris |trans-title=Photos. What Gérard Depardieu owns in Paris |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/cinema/depardieu/photos-ce-que-possede-gerard-depardieu-a-paris_186817.html |url-status=live |language=fr |work=[[France Info (TV channel)|France Info]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230529181151/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/cinema/depardieu/photos-ce-que-possede-gerard-depardieu-a-paris_186817.html |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="Lutaud2012"/> By 2012, he employed over a hundred people in France through fifteen companies.<ref name="Lutaud2012"/> In 2013, Depardieu's wealth was estimated at US$200&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fraser |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Fraser (journalist) |date=8 January 2013 |title=Depardieu's puzzling love for Russia |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/07/opinion/fraser-depardieu-putin/index.html |url-status=live |work=[[CNN International]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208164013/https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/07/opinion/fraser-depardieu-putin/index.html |archive-date=8 December 2022 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> Depardieu owns a luxury hotel built in 1805 in the 6th arrondissement of Paris valued at 50&nbsp;million euros ($53.5&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite news |date=4 April 2022 |title=Gérard Depardieu: voici l'hôtel ... |trans-title=Gérard Depardieu: here is the 50 million euro hotel put up for sale by the actor |url=https://www.cnews.fr/france/2022-03-04/gerard-depardieu-voici-lhotel-particulier-50-millions-deuros-mis-en-vente-par |url-status=live |work=[[CNews]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230529181940/https://www.cnews.fr/france/2022-03-04/gerard-depardieu-voici-lhotel-particulier-50-millions-deuros-mis-en-vente-par |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023}}</ref> Depardieu sold ''La Fontaine Gaillon'' in 2019.<ref name="Gaillon2019" />

==Awards==
Depardieu has been nominated for the [[César award|César]] for Best Actor in a Leading Role 17 times during his career and won it twice, in 1981 and 1991. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for his role in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''.

*1985: ''[[Volpi Cup for Best Actor]]'' for his role in ''[[Police (1985 film)|Police]]''
*1985: ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the [[Ordre national du Mérite]]
*1990: ''[[Cannes Film Festival]]'': [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best actor award]] for his role in ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''
*1996: ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the [[Légion d'honneur]]<ref name="jorf19960102">
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 |date=2 January 1996
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</ref>
*2006: ''[[28th Moscow International Film Festival|Moscow Film Festival]]'': [[Stanislavsky Award]] for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting<ref name="Moscow2006">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2006 |title=28th Moscow International Film Festival (2006) |access-date=21 April 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421051806/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2006 |archive-date=21 April 2013 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Association
!Year
!Category
!Nominated work
!Result{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
|-
|7 d'Or Night
|1999
|Audience Vote: Best Actor – Fiction
|''Le Comte de Monte Cristo''
|{{Won}}
|-
|20/20 Awards
|2011
|Best Actor
| rowspan="2" |''Cyrano de Bergerac''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Academy Awards]]
|1991
|[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]
|1988
| rowspan="2" |[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
|''Jean de Florette''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1992
|''Cyrano de Bergerac''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[British Film Institute]]
|1989
|[[British Film Institute Fellowship|BFI Fellowship]]
|{{N/A}}
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="17" |[[César Award|Cesar Awards]]
|1976
| rowspan="17" |[[César Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''7 morts sur ordonnance''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1977
|''[[The Last Woman|La dernière femme]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1978
|''Dites-lui que je ľaime''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1979
|''Le sucre''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1981
|''Le dernier metro''
|{{Won}}
|-
|1983
|''Danton''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1984
|''Les compères''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1985
|''Fort Saganne''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1986
|''Police''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1988
|''Sous le soleil de Satan''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1989
|''Camille Claudel''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1990
|''Trop belle pour toi''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1991
|''Cyrano de Bergerac''
|{{Won}}
|-
|1995
|''Le colonel Chabert''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2007
|''Quand j'étais chanteur''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2011
|''Mammuth''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2016
|''Valley of Love''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association]]
|1991
|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="3" |''Cyrano de Bergerac''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
|1991
|[[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[European Film Awards]]
|1990
|[[European Film Award for Best Actor|European Actor of the Year]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1998
|[[European Film Awards|Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema]]
|''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Étoiles ďOr
|2011
|Best Actor
|''Mammuth''
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Globes de Cristal Awards]]
|2007
| rowspan="2" |[[Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''Quand j'étais chanteur''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2011
|''Mammuth''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Golden Camera Award]]s
|1996
|[[Manaki Brothers Film Festival|Best International Actor]]
|''Les anges gardiens''
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award]]s
|1991
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor – Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy]]
|''Green Card''
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Filmfest Hamburg|Hamburg Film Festival]]
|2006
|Douglas Sirk Award
|{{N/A}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
|2011
|Award of Excellence
| rowspan="2" |''Grenouille d'hiver''
|{{Won}}
|-
|I've Seen Films – International Film Festival
|2012
|Best Actor
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Jules Verne Award]]s
|2009
|Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement Award
|—
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle|London Critics Circle Film Awards]]
|1992
|Actor of the Year
|''Cyrano de Bergerac'', ''Green Card'', ''Uranus''
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Lumières Awards]]
|2007
| rowspan="3" |[[Lumières Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''Quand j'étais chanteur''
|{{Won}}
|-
|2016
|''Valley of Love''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2017
|''The End''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Montreal World Film Festival|Montréal World Film Festival]]
|1983
|Best Actor
|''Danton''
|{{Won}}
|-
|1995
|Grand Prix Special des Amériques
|—
|{{Won}}
|-
|1999
|Grand Prix des Amériques
|''Un pont entre deux rives''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[National Society of Film Critics|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
|1977
| rowspan="2" |Best Actor
|''La derniére femme''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|1984
| rowspan="2" |''Le retour de Martin Guerre'', ''Danton''
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
|1983
|Best Actor
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]s
|2003
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series|Outstanding Miniseries]]
|''Napoleon''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[San Francisco International Film Festival]]
|1994
|Piper-Heidsieck Award
|{{N/A}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Telluride Film Festival]]
|1990
|[[Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion|Silver Medallion Award]]
|{{N/A}}
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
|2000
|[[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Worst Supporting Actor]]
| rowspan="3" |''[[102 Dalmatians]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2000
|[[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Worst On-Screen Couple]] (<small>shared with [[Glenn Close]]</small>)
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|2000
|[[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Worst On-Screen Hairstyle]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Venice Film Festival]]
|1997
|Career Golden Lion
|{{N/A}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|Verona Love Screens Film Festival
|2000
|Best Actor
|''Un pont entre deux rives''
|{{Won}}
|}

==Filmography==
{{Main|Gérard Depardieu filmography}}

==See also==
*[[Cinema of France]]
*[[List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite magazine |last=Collins |first=Lauren |date=25 February 2013 |title=L'étranger |department=Annals of Celebrity |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |volume=89 |issue=2 |pages=58–65 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/25/letranger |access-date=2 May 2015}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.1tv.ru/news/world/48205 Russian artist Shishkin writes portrait of Gerard Depardieu//Channel One]
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