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Jean Dujardin
Born
Jean Edmond Dujardin

(1972-06-19) 19 June 1972 (age 52)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • television director
Years active1996–present
Spouses
Gaëlle Demars
(div. 2003)
(m. 2009; div. 2014)
[1]
(m. 2018)
Children4

Jean Edmond Dujardin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɛdmɔ̃ dyʒaʁdɛ̃] ; born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films. He first came to prominence with the cult TV series Un gars, une fille (1999–2003), in which he starred alongside his partner Alexandra Lamy, before becoming a popular film actor with comedies such as Brice de Nice (2005), Michel Hazanavicius's OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006), its sequel OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009), and 99 Francs (2007).

Dujardin garnered international fame and widespread acclaim with his performance of George Valentin in the 2011 award-winning silent movie The Artist by Hazanavicius. The role won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor (the first for a French actor), the Golden Globe Award, the BAFTA Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actor Award. Despite this newfound popularity, he chose to keep his focus on France, where he remains a popular actor, although he later appeared in the English-language films The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and The Monuments Men (2014).

Early life

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Jean Dujardin was born on 19 June 1972 in the commune of Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France region, in the western suburbs of Paris.[2] He grew up in neighbouring Plaisir, Yvelines. After attending high school, he went to work for the construction company of his father, Jacques Dujardin, as a locksmith.[3][4] Dujardin began contemplating a career in acting while serving his mandatory military service a few years later.[3]

Career

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Jean Dujardin began his acting career performing a self-written one-man show in various bars and cabarets in Paris.[3] He first gained attention when he appeared on the French talent show Graines de star in 1996 as part of the comedy group Nous Ç Nous, which was formed by members of the Carré blanc theater.

From 1999 to 2003, Dujardin starred in the France production of the originally Canadian comedy series Un gars, une fille, alongside his future wife Alexandra Lamy, before transitioning to a career in film. The TV series charted the path of a relationship; each episode was less than ten minutes long. In 2005, he portrayed the titular surfer in the popular comedic film Brice de Nice and performed on its accompanying soundtrack.[citation needed]

In 2006, Dujardin starred as racist, sexist secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath in the comedy OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, a role which earned him an Etoile D'Or Award and a César Award nomination for Best Actor. The film's success spawned a sequel, OSS 117: Lost in Rio. In 2007, directed by Jan Kounen, he starred in the film 99F (99 francs), a very successful existential parody of an advertising exec, adapted from the eponymous best-seller written by Frédéric Beigbeder. This same year, he ventured in drama for the first time on the silver screen, playing a tortured father and cop in Franck Mancuso's Contre-enquête. In 2009, he appeared in A Man and His Dog alongside screen legend Jean-Paul Belmondo, with whom he has often been compared. In 2010, he starred alongside Albert Dupontel, playing his character's cancer in The Clink of Ice, a French black comedy written and directed by Bertrand Blier.

Jean Dujardin with Charlotte Gainsbourg in 2011

In 2011, Dujardin starred as movie star George Valentin in the silent film The Artist, reuniting him with OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies director Michel Hazanavicius and his co-star in that film, Bérénice Bejo. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where he received the Best Actor Award.[citation needed] His performance garnered much critical acclaim and he received numerous nominations, including the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor.

On 15 January 2012, Dujardin won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.[5] He later went on to win the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor, and the BAFTA for Best Actor. He was also nominated for the César award of the best actor but lost it to Omar Sy for his role in the second most ever viewed movie in France Intouchables. Dujardin went on to win the Best Actor award at the 84th Academy Awards.[6] In effect he is the fourth French actor to be nominated for an Oscar and the first to win the Best Actor.[7] Following his Oscar nomination for his role in The Artist, WME agency signed the actor.[8]

French film historian Tim Palmer has analyzed Dujardin's career and rise to success in France, noting how his formative roles were often unredeemable buffoons, very skillful portrayals of childlike men who aggressively and unabashedly reject the responsibilities and compromises of adult life. Dujardin's breakthrough roles as Brice de Nice and OSS 117 exemplified this tendency.[9]

In February 2012, Dujardin appeared in Les Infidèles with co-star and friend Gilles Lellouche. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals.[10] In 2013, Dujardin starred in Éric Rochant's Möbius with Cécile de France and Tim Roth.[11]

Jean Dujardin in 2014

His second film that year was Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, playing alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, and Kyle Chandler, among others.[12] He appeared in The Monuments Men, directed by George Clooney, and co-starring Clooney, Matt Damon, and Cate Blanchett,[13] and starred in the French film Le Petit Joueur.[14]

In late 2014, La French, was released in Europe and subsequently in the United States in early 2015. He plays a French police magistrate who tries to dismantle the French Connection and bring down the Unione Corse.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Dujardin has been married three times and has four children. His first marriage, to Gaëlle Demars, ended in 2003.[citation needed] They have two sons, born in 2000 and 2001.[citation needed] In 2003, he started dating his on-screen partner Alexandra Lamy of the comedy series Un gars, une fille; the two had originally met at the audition, and fell in love while shooting the series. They married in Anduze on 25 July 2009. In November 2013, it was announced that the couple had separated.

He began dating French ice dancer Nathalie Péchalat in 2014 after following her to Japan to watch her perform in the world ice skating championships, and they had a daughter who they named Jeanne, in December 2015. [15] They married on 19 May 2018 in a small ceremony. Péchalat gave birth to daughter Alice in February 2021[16]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Director Notes
2002 À l'abri des regards indiscrets Jean-Luc Ruben Alves
Hugo Gélin
Short
If I Were a Rich Man Weston the seller Gérard Bitton
Michel Munz
2003 Toutes les filles sont folles Lorenzi Pascale Pouzadoux
Bienvenue chez les Rozes Mathieu Gamelin/MG Francis Palluau
The Car Keys Himself Laurent Baffie
2004 Cash Truck Jacques Nicolas Boukhrief
Mariages ! Alex Valérie Guignabodet
Les Dalton Cowboy Philippe Haïm
Rien de grave Travelling Salesman Renaud Philipps Short
2005 La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre Himself Michel Muller
Brice de Nice Brice de Nice James Huth Also co-writer
L'Amour aux trousses Franck Philippe de Chauveron
Il ne faut jurer de rien ! Valentin Eric Civanyan
2006 OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 Michel Hazanavicius
2007 Contre-enquête Richard Malinowski Franck Mancuso
Hellphone The Warrior of the Cellar James Huth
Deux sur la balançoire Jerry Ryan Yves Di Tullio
Bernard Murat
TV movie
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés Nightclub Host Aline Issermann
99 Francs Octave Parango Jan Kounen
2008 Ca$h Cash Éric Besnard
2009 A Man and His Dog The Worker Francis Huster
OSS 117: Lost in Rio Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 Michel Hazanavicius
Lucky Luke Lucky Luke James Huth Also co-writer
2010 Little White Lies Ludo Guillaume Canet
The Clink of Ice Charles Faulque Bertrand Blier
A View of Love Marc Palestro Nicole Garcia
2011 The Artist George Valentin Michel Hazanavicius
2012 The Players Fred/Olivier/François/Laurent/James Emmanuelle Bercot
Jean Dujardin
Michel Hazanavicius
Jan Kounen
Gilles Lellouche
Also co-director, co-writer and co-producer
2013 Möbius Moïse Éric Rochant
The Wolf of Wall Street Jean-Jacques Saurel Martin Scorsese
9 Month Stretch Sign Language Interpreter Albert Dupontel
2014 The Monuments Men Jean-Claude Clermont George Clooney
The Connection Pierre Michel Cédric Jimenez
2015 Un plus une Antoine Abeilard Claude Lelouch
2016 Up for Love Alexandre Laurent Tirard
Brice 3 Brice de Nice James Huth Also co-writer
2017 Chacun sa vie Jean the policeman Claude Lelouch
Sahara Georges Pierre Coré Voice
2018 I Feel Good Jacques Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern
Return of the Hero Captain Charles-Grégoire Neuville Laurent Tirard
2019 Deerskin Georges Quentin Dupieux
An Officer and a Spy Georges Picquart Roman Polanski
2021 OSS 117: From Africa with Love Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 Nicolas Bedos
Présidents Nicolas Anne Fontaine
2022 November Fred Cédric Jimenez
2023 On the Wandering Paths [fr] Pierre Denis Imbert

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1996–1999 Carré Blanc / Nous C Nous Various TV sketches
1997–1998 Farce Attaque Himself Also co-writer
1999–2003 Un gars, une fille Jean / "Loulou" Lead role opposite later lover and wife Alexandra Lamy
1999 Un gars, une fille Special guest in the episode "À Paris"; reprised his role from the French series
2007 Palizzi Dustman Also creator and director
2012 Saturday Night Live George Valentin-like character Appeared in the "Les jeunes de Paris" sketch[17]
2013 Le débarquement Various TV series (2 episodes)
Platane Himself TV series (1 episode: "La fois où il a cru que le signe c'était un zodiac")
2018 Call My Agent! Jean Dujardin TV series (1 episode : "Jean")
2023 Alphonse Alphonse Lead role, 6 episodes

Music video

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Award and nominations

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Year Association Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2005 NRJ Ciné Award Best Look Brice de Nice Won
Best Quote Won
2006 Étoile d'Or Award Best Actor OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Won
César Award Best Actor Nominated
Globes de Cristal Award Best Actor Nominated [18]
NRJ Ciné Award Actor of the Year Nominated [19]
Best Look Nominated
Best Kiss Nominated
Best Quote Nominated
Raimu Award Comedy Nominated [20]
2007 Raimu Award Comedy 99 Francs Won [20]
Étoile d'Or Award Best Actor Nominated
2009 Globes de Cristal Award Best Actor OSS 117: Lost in Rio Nominated [18]
2010 Cabourg Film Festival Best Actor A View of Love Won [18]
2011 Academy Award Best Actor The Artist Won
AACTA Award Best Actor Won
BAFTA Award Best Actor in a Leading Role Won
Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award Won
Golden Globe Award Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated
Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award Won
Independent Spirit Award Best Male Lead Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award Best Actor Won
London Film Critics Circle Actor of the Year Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Actor Won
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Cinema Vanguard Award Won
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding by an Actor in a Leading Role Won
Étoile d'Or Award Best Actor Won
Women Film Critics Circle Award Best Screen Couple (with Bérénice Bejo) Won
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Actor Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Actor Nominated
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award Best Actor Nominated
César Award Best Actor Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Actor Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Actor runner-up
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Actor Won
European Film Award Best Actor Nominated
Globes de Cristal Award Best Actor Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Best Actor Nominated
Lumières Award Best Actor Nominated
National Society of Film Critics Best Actor 2nd Runner-up
New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best Actor Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Actor Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Actor Nominated
Utah Film Critics Association Award Best Actor Runner-Up
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Actor Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Actor Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle Best Actor Nominated
2019 César Award Best Actor An Officer and a Spy Nominated
Lumières Awards Best Actor Nominated
2022 César Award Best Actor November Nominated

References

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  2. ^ "Jean Dujardin: Biography, Latest News & Videos". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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  4. ^ "Jean Dujardin, un gars dans les étoiles". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  5. ^ Kaufman, Amy (15 January 2012). "Golden Globes: Jean Dujardin wins best actor in a comedy or musical". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  6. ^ "The Artist Wins Big as Oscar Romances Past". The Wall Street Journal. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Oscars: Live Report". AFP. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  8. ^ Jay A. Fernandez; Borys Kit (31 January 2012). "WME Signs 'The Artist' Actor Jean Dujardin (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  9. ^ Palmer, Tim (2011). Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema, Wesleyan University Press, Middleton CT. ISBN 0-8195-6827-9.
  10. ^ "Academy Invites 176 to Membership". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 29 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  11. ^ Goldberg, Matt (8 November 2011). "Jean Dujardin and Cecile de France to Star in Romantic Thriller MOBIUS". Collider. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  12. ^ Miller, Daniel (14 June 2012). "Jean Dujardin in Talks to Join Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf of Wall Street'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  13. ^ "George Clooney's 'The Monuments Men' Eyeing Jean Dujardin (Exclusive)". The Wrap. 2 October 2012. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  14. ^ "Jean Dujardin May Head Back to His Roots in 'Le Petit Joueur'". The Hollywood Reporter. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  15. ^ "NATHALIE PECHALAT AND JEAN DUJARDIN HAVE A BABY GIRL". 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Jean Dujardin et Nathalie Péchalat : Ils se sont mariés !" (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  17. ^ Ryan, Mike (12 February 2012). "SNL Scorecard: Zooey Deschanel Brings the Quirk". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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