Jean Dujardin
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 Jean Dujardin, Cannes Film Festival (2011). |
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| Born | Jean Edmond Dujardin 19 June 1972 Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France |
| Occupation | Actor, film director, producer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse(s) | Alexandra Lamy (25 July 2009–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Jean Edmond Dujardin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ dy.ʒaʁ.dɛ̃]; born 19 June 1972) is a French actor, film director, producer and comedian. His starring role in Hazanavicius' silent movie The Artist, playing actor George Valentin, received widespread acclaim.[1] The role won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, the BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor. He is the first French actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has also worked notably with director Michel Hazanavicius, starring in his OSS 117 spy parodies.
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Early life [edit]
Jean Dujardin was born and raised in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France region), a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France.[2] After attending high school, he went to work for his parents' construction company.[3] Dujardin began contemplating a career in acting while serving his mandatory military service a few years later.[3]
Career [edit]
Dujardin began his acting career performing a one-man show he wrote 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 C Nous, which was formed by members of the Carré blanc theater.
From 1999–2003, 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.
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.
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.[4] 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] On 24 January 2012, Dujardin received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[6] 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 newcomer Omar Sy for his role in the second most ever viewed movie in France The Intouchables. Dujardin went on to win the Best Actor award at the 84th Academy Awards.[7] In effect he is the fourth French actor to be nominated for an Oscar and the first to win the Best Actor.[8] He has been described as France's answer to George Clooney.[9] Following his Oscar nomination for his role in The Artist, WME agency signed the actor.[10]
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 skilful 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.[11]
In 2012, he will appear in Les Infidèles set to release on 29 February in France. Dujardin's next projects include an Éric Rochant film titled Möbius with Cécile de France[12] and a remake of Claude Berri's One Wild Moment (Un moment d'égarement) in which he will star opposite Vincent Cassel.[13]
In August 2012, a Harris Interactive poll for Gala magazine saw 17 per cent of people voting for Dujardin and Lamy as their favourite married couple, the most popular in the poll.[14]
Filmography [edit]
Film [edit]
Television [edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | Lead role opposite later lover and wife Alexandra Lamy |
| 2007 | Palizzi | Also creator and director | |
| 2012 | Saturday Night Live | George Valentin-like character | Appeared in the "Les jeunes de Paris" sketch[19] |
| 2013 | Le débarquement | Various | TV sketches |
Music video [edit]
- 2005 : "Le Casse de Brice" (directed by J.G. Biggs)
References [edit]
- ^ "The Artist", meilleur film 2011 pour les critiques new-yorkais, Le Point, le 29 novembre 2011
- ^ "Jean Dujardin: Biography, Latest News & Videos". TV Guide. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Golden Globes: Jean Dujardin wins best actor in a comedy or musical". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ AFP: Jean Dujardin: one of France's most bankable stars. Google.com (22 May 2011). Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ Kaufman, Amy (15 January 2012). "Golden Globes: Jean Dujardin wins best actor in a comedy or musical". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Oscar Nominees Lunch at Beverly Hilton, in The Beverly Hills Courier, 6 February 2012, [1]
- ^ "The Artist Wins Big as Oscar Romances Past". Wall Street Journal. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Oscars: Live Report". AFP. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Bull, Sarah (16 January 2012). "George who? The 'French Clooney' Jean Dujardin takes home a Golden Globe as he continues to wow critics with The Artist". Daily Mail (UK). Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ "WME Signs 'The Artist' Actor Jean Dujardin (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Palmer, Tim (2011). Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema, Wesleyan University Press, Middleton CT. ISBN 0-8195-6827-9.
- ^ Goldberg, Matt (8 November 2011). "Jean Dujardin and Cecile de France to Star in Romantic Thriller MOBIUS". Collider. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "'The Artist' Producer Pairing Jean Dujardin and Vincent Cassel in Next Film". The Hollywood Reporter. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Daily Mail 8 August 2012 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2185428/Prince-William-Kate-Middleton-voted-Frances-favourite-couples.html#ixzz234jGxpnP
- ^ a b c "Jean Dujardin >récompenses et nominations". AlloCiné. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "NRJ Ciné Awards 2006". AlloCiné. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Raimu de la Comédie – Palmares". Prixraimudelacomedie.fr. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Chang, Justin (22 May 2011). "'Tree of Life' wins Palme d'Or". Variety. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Ryan, Mike (12 February 2012). "SNL Scorecard: Zooey Deschanel Brings the Quirk". Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
External links [edit]
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- 1972 births
- Best Actor Academy Award winners
- Best Actor BAFTA Award winners
- Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe (film) winners
- French film actors
- French comedians
- French film directors
- French film producers
- Living people
- People from Hauts-de-Seine
- French television actors
- 20th-century French actors
- 21st-century French actors
- Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead winners
