Gérard Darmon (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ daʁmɔ̃], Arabic: جيرار دارمون; born 29 February 1948) is a French-Moroccan actor and singer. He has been nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for Betty Blue (1987) and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2003).
Gérard Darmon | |
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 Darmon at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 29 February 1948 Paris, France |
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| Years active | 1970–present |
| Spouse | Mathilda May |
| Children | 3 |
Personal life
editHe was the second husband of actress Mathilda May (mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daughter Sarah (born 17 August 1994) and son Jules (born 4 March 1997).
Darmon also did a cover of "Mambo Italiano".
Darmon is of Sephardic Jewish (Algerian-Jewish) descent.[2] In July 2012, he was naturalized Moroccan by a decree from King Mohamed VI.[1]
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Author | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Les Fraises musclées | Jean-Michel Ribes | Jean-Michel Ribes |
| 1972 | Je suis un steak | Jean-Michel Ribes | Jean-Michel Ribes |
| Par delà les marronniers | Jean-Michel Ribes | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| 1974 | L'Odyssée d'une tasse de thé | Jean-Michel Ribes | Jean-Michel Ribes |
| 1975 | The Baron in the Trees | Italo Calvino | Jacques Échantillon |
| 1976 | Ruy Blas | Victor Hugo | Jean-Pierre Bouvier |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Denis Llorca |
| King's Men | William Shakespeare | Denis Llorca | |
| Le Voyage sur la lune | Edmond Rostand | Denis Llorca | |
| 1979 | Lorenzaccio | Alfred de Musset | Jean-Pierre Bouvier |
| 1980 | Les Catcheuses | Jean-Bernard Moraly | Jean-Louis Manceau |
| 1981 | À force d'attendre l'autobus | Eva Darlan | Eva Darlan |
| 1982 | Crime on Goat-Island | Ugo Betti | Louis Thierry |
| 1983 | Un caprice | Alfred de Musset | Anémone |
| Argent mon bel amour | Roger Hanin | Roger Hanin | |
| On purge bébé | Georges Feydeau | Pascal Aubier | |
| 1996 | Le Roman de Lulu | David Decca | Didier Long |
| 2007 | Thalasso | Amanda Sthers | Stéphan Guérin-Tillié |
| 2010 | Je l'aimais | Anna Gavalda | Patrice Leconte |
| 2012-2013 | Address Unknown | Kressmann Taylor | Delphine de Malherbe |
| 2015 | Vous êtes mon sujet | Didier Van Cauwelaert | Alain Sachs |
| 2016 | Tout à refaire | Philippe Lellouche | Gérard Darmon |
| 2018 | L'Ordre des choses | Marc Fayet | Richard Berry |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Farès's bodyguard | Gérard Oury | |
| Arsène Lupin | Prévailles's bodyguard | Jean-Pierre Desagnat | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1975 | Le faux-cul | Blumenfeld | Roger Hanin | |
| 1977 | Deux auteurs en folie | Paul | Joseph Drimal, Claude Fayard, ... | TV Mini-Series |
| 1978 | Douze heures pour mourir | Pépé Gomez | Abder Isker | TV movie |
| 1979 | Courage - Let's Run | The provocative | Yves Robert | |
| On efface tout | Brahim | Pascal Vidal | ||
| Il était un musicien | Stravinski | Roger Hanin | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Les héritiers | The notary | Joyce Buñuel | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1980 | Le coffre et le revenant | Blaise | Roger Hanin | TV movie |
| 1981 | Diva | L'Antillais | Jean-Jacques Beineix | |
| Putain d'histoire d'amour | Max | Gilles Béhat | ||
| Henri IV | Di Nolli | Jeannette Hubert | TV movie | |
| 1982 | Le grand pardon | Roland Bettoun | Alexandre Arcady | |
| La baraka | Julien | Jean Valère | ||
| 1983 | Cap Canaille | Nino Baretto | Juliet Berto & Jean-Henri Roger | |
| Les princes | Nara | Tony Gatlif | ||
| Le grand carnaval | Gaby Atlan | Alexandre Arcady | ||
| 1984 | Our Story | Duval | Bertrand Blier | |
| 1985 | He Died with His Eyes Open | Jean-Loup Soeren | Jacques Deray | |
| Among Wolves | The Cavale | José Giovanni | ||
| Liberté, égalité, choucroute | Mirabeau | Jean Yanne | ||
| 1986 | Betty Blue | Eddy | Jean-Jacques Beineix | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Rue du Départ | The Inspector | Tony Gatlif | ||
| Suivez mon regard | The cinema owner | Jean Curtelin | ||
| 1987 | Le beauf | Serge | Yves Amoureux | |
| 1988 | Without Fear or Blame | Jacques de Mailles | Gérard Jugnot | |
| Preuve d'amour | Martin | Miguel Courtois | ||
| Pathos - Segreta inquietudine | Georges | Piccio Raffanini | ||
| 1989 | Série noire | Laurent | Laurent Heynemann | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1990 | Passport | Merab Papashvili / Yasha | Georgiy Daneliya | |
| There Were Days... and Moons | The moody policeman | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Gaspard et Robinson | Gaspard | Tony Gatlif | ||
| 1991 | Pour Sacha | David Malka | Alexandre Arcady | |
| 1992 | Day of Atonement | Roland Bettoun | Alexandre Arcady | |
| La Belle Histoire | The biker | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Vagabond | Quentin Christiani | Ann Le Monnier | ||
| 1993 | Tout ça... pour ça ! | Henri Poncet | Claude Lelouch | |
| Pas d'amour sans amour ! | Bruno | Evelyne Dress | ||
| Le sang des innocents | Vincent Millau | Miguel Courtois | TV movie | |
| 1994 | La Cité de la peur | Patrick Bialès | Alain Berbérian | |
| The Tit and the Moon | Maurice | Bigas Luna | ||
| Le voleur et la menteuse | Paul Salomon | Paul Boujenah | ||
| Save the Rabbits | The Inspector | Jean-Pierre Marois | Short | |
| 1995 | Comment épouser un héritage ? | Cargèse | Patrice Ambard | TV movie |
| 1996 | Let's Hope it Lasts | Victor Brulin | Michel Thibaud | |
| Les victimes | Bleche | Patrick Grandperret | ||
| La ferme du crocodile | Serge Maillart | Didier Albert | TV movie | |
| L'histoire du samedi | Maurice Laporta | Philippe Bensoussan | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1997 | Amour et confusions | Simon | Patrick Braoudé | |
| 1998 | Un flic presque parfait | Blanev | Marc Angelo | TV movie |
| 1999 | Les grandes bouches | Lamar | Bernie Bonvoisin | |
| 2000 | Granturismo | Jean-Michel | Denis Thybaud | Short |
| La cape et l'épée | The minstrel | Jean-Jacques Amsellem | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2001 | H | The police chief | Éric Lartigau | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Amonbofis | Alain Chabat | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| The Good Thief | Raoul | Neil Jordan | ||
| Le Boulet | Kowalski | Alain Berbérian & Frédéric Forestier | ||
| 3 zéros | Oscar Marbello | Fabien Onteniente | ||
| 2003 | Le Cœur des hommes | Jeff | Marc Esposito | |
| The Car Keys | Himself | Laurent Baffie | ||
| Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? | Phil Canon | Éric Lartigau | ||
| 2004 | Mariage mixte | Max Zagury | Alexandre Arcady | |
| Pédale dure | Loïc | Gabriel Aghion | ||
| 2005 | Les parrains | Henri | Frédéric Forestier | |
| Emmenez-moi | Jean-Claude Meunier | Edmond Bensimon | ||
| Callas e Onassis | Aristotele Onassis | Giorgio Capitani | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Le coeur des hommes 2 | Jeff | Marc Esposito | |
| Deux vies... plus une | Sylvain Weiss | Idit Cebula | ||
| 2008 | The American Trap | Paul Mondolini | Charles Binamé | |
| 2009 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | Maltazard | Luc Besson | |
| Celle que j'aime | Jean | Élie Chouraqui | ||
| 2010 | Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds | Maltazard | Luc Besson | |
| Le grand restaurant | Gérard | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie | |
| 2011 | Bienvenue à bord | Richard Morena | Éric Lavaine | |
| Low Cost | Jean-Claude | Maurice Barthélemy | ||
| Le client | Fred Fondary | Arnauld Mercadier | TV movie | |
| 2012 | Nos plus belles vacances | Bernard | Philippe Lellouche | |
| 2013 | The Ultimate Accessory | The doctor | Valérie Lemercier | |
| 2014-2015 | Casting(s) | Himself | Pierre Niney & Hugo Gélin | TV series (7 episodes) |
| 2014-2016 | Duel au soleil | Ange Renucci | Olivier Guignard & Didier Le Pêcheur | TV series (12 episodes) |
| 2015 | All Three of Us | The father | Kheiron | |
| Bis | Eric's father | Dominique Farrugia | ||
| Robin des bois, la véritable histoire | Sheriff of Nottingham | Anthony Marciano | ||
| 2017 | Everyone's Life | Paul Richer | Claude Lelouch | |
| Crimes Parfaits | Frank | Didier Le Pêcheur | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2018 | Brillantissime | Georges | Michèle Laroque | |
| Tout le monde debout | Max | Franck Dubosc | ||
| 2019 | Vous êtes jeunes vous êtes beaux | Lucius Marnant | Franchin Don | |
| The Lies We Tell Ourselves | Gérard | Saara Lamberg | Filming | |
| Boutchou | Roberto | Adrien Piquet-Gauthier | Filming | |
| Family Business | Gérard Hazan | Igor Gotesman | Web Television Series | |
| 2023 | Little Jesus (Petit Jésus) | Bernard | Julien Rigoulot |
Discography
edit- Au milieu de la nuit (2003)
- Dancing (2006)
- On s'aime (2008)
References
edit- ^ a b "Bulletin officiel 6066 (page 8)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ Gilbert Werndorfer, Juifs d'Algérie, Soline, 2003, p.|58
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