Guillaume Depardieu

Guillaume Depardieu
Depardieu in 2005
Born Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu
(1971-04-07)7 April 1971
Paris, France
Died 13 October 2008(2008-10-13) (aged 37)
Garches, France
Cause of death Pneumonia
Occupation Film actor
Years active 1974–2008
Spouse(s) Elise Ventre (m. 1999–2001 Div.)
Children 1
Parent(s) Gérard Depardieu
Élisabeth Depardieu
Relatives Julie Depardieu (sister)
Roxane Depardieu (half-sister)
Jean Depardieu (half-brother)
Awards Most Promising Actor
1995 Les apprentis

Guillaume Depardieu (7 April 1971 – 13 October 2008) was a French actor, winner of a César Award, and the oldest child of Gérard Depardieu.

Early life

Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and his first wife, actress Élisabeth Depardieu (née Guignot). He was the brother of actress Julie Depardieu, and half-brother of Roxane and Jean Depardieu.

Career

Guillaume shared the screen with his father several times throughout his career, beginning with his first film role, aged three, playing Gérard's son in Claude Goretta's That Wonderful Crook (Pas Si Méchant Que Ça) in 1974. His next appearance beside his father was in Tous les matins du monde in 1991, followed by Count of Monte Cristo in 1998, and Aime Ton Père (A Loving Father) in 2002. In 1996 he won a César Award (France's national film award) as the most promising newcomer in Les Apprentis. In 2007, he began rebuilding his career with the films Don't Touch the Axe (Ne Touchez Pas La Hache) and La France, and starred in the 2008 film De la guerre.[1]

Personal life

Depardieu married actress Elise Ventre on 30 December 1999. They had a daughter, and separated in 2001. Guillaume was known to have had a strained relationship with his famous father, which he detailed in his 2004 autobiography Tout Donner (Giving Everything). The two were said to have reconciled shortly before his death.[1]

Guillaume was often called an enfant terrible by the French magazine Paris Match and was called eccentric and bohemian by others. By 1993, he had already served two jail sentences for drug offences which included dealing heroin and theft. In 2003, he was fined and given a nine-month suspended prison sentence for threatening a man with a gun. In 2008, he was arrested for driving his scooter while intoxicated.[2][3][4]

In 1995 Depardieu crashed on his motorcycle when he overran a suitcase that had fallen off a car and onto the roadway. He underwent surgery to repair damage to his knee. The wound developed a Staphylococcus aureus infection. Seventeen subsequent operations were conducted in an attempt to clear the infection and save the leg, however these were unsuccessful and in June 2003 he underwent an above the knee amputation of the leg.[4]

Death

Guillaume Depardieu contracted a severe viral pneumonia while filming The Childhood of Icarus (L'Enfance d'Icare).[5] He was unable to clear the infection, and on 13 October 2008, he died at the Garches hospital. He was 37 at the time of his death.[6][7][8]

Filmography

Cinema

Year Film Role Notes
1974Pas si méchant que ça
1992Tous les matins du mondeNominated – César Award for Most Promising Actor
1993Cible émouvante
1995Les apprentisCésar Award for Most Promising Actor
1997Marthe
Alliance cherche doigt
1998Comme elle respire
1998The Count of Monte Cristo
1999Pola X
2000Elle et lui au 14e étage
Les marchands de sable
2001Amour, prozac et autres curiosités
2002Peau d'Ange
A Loving Father
Le pharmacien de garde
2004Process
2006Celibataires
2007The Duchess of Langeais
La France
2008De la guerre
Versailles
Stella
Les inséparables
2009A Real Life
The Childhood of Icarus

TV

Discography

  • Post Mortem (2013)

References

  1. 1 2 "Gérard Depardieu's son dies of pneumonia at 37", The Independent, 14 October 2008; retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Depardieu, Guillaume. "Guillaume Depardieu: total eclipse of the son". The Times. London. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Depardieu, Guillaume. "GUILLAUME DEPARDIEU Le jeune homme et la mort". Paris Match. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 Guillaume, Depardieu (14 October 2008). "Guillaume Depardieu". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. ↑ Newsroom (11 April 2011). "The Childhood of Icarus, actor Guillaume Depardieuaa‚¬a"¢s final film, reaches Romanian cinemas". Business Review. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "GERARD DEPARDIEU – GUILLAUME DEPARDIEU DIED AT 38". Contact Music. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
  7. ↑ « Guillaume Depardieu n'est plus » Archived 17 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine., Peoplestar.tv, Retrieved on 13 October 2008. (in French)
  8. ↑ "L'acteur Guillaume Depardieu est mort". Le Figaro (in French). 13 October 2008.
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