Jean Dujardin Biography

Occup.Actor
FromFrance
BornJune 19, 1972
Age52 years
Early Life
Jean Dujardin was birthed June 19, 1972, in Rueil-Malmaison, a residential area of Paris, France. He is the boy of Jacques Dujardin, a building worker, and also his other half, Christiane. Dujardin matured in a middle-class household and also went to art college with the purpose of becoming an illustrator but later determined to dedicate his life to acting.

Starts in Comedy and Television
Dujardin started his occupation in the 1990s carrying out stand-up funny in Parisian clubs. He created a phase persona that incorporated smooth charm with a scheming sense of humor. In 1998, he was noticed by producers Eric and Nicolas Altmayer, who cast him in the French funny television show Un gars, une fille (A Guy, a Girl). The show, which premiered in 1999, told the story of the everyday life of a couple, Jean as well as Alex (played by Alexandra Lamy). The program ran for three years and also garnered a big complying with, making Dujardin a family name in France.

Movie Career: Early Roles
Dujardin made his movie debut in 2002 with the comedy-drama film If I Were a Rich Man. He continued to appear in different effective French funnies such as Toutes les filles sont folles (2003) as well as Les Bronzés: Amis put la Vie (2006). In 2005, Dujardin co-wrote, guided, as well as starred in the film Brice de Nice, a comedy about a web surfer that desires for becoming a professional. In spite of mixed evaluations, the film came to be a box-office hit in France.

International Recognition
In 2006, Dujardin starred as a French secret agent in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, routed by Michel Hazanavicius. The movie was a satire of spy films and offered Dujardin the opportunity to display his funny skills even more. The film's follow up, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, was launched in 2009.

Jean Dujardin's profession took a significant turn when he starred in the silent film The Artist (2011), once more guided by Michel Hazanavicius. Playing the function of George Valentin, a silent flick actor having problem with the introduction of talkies, he got worldwide fame as well as vital honor. For his performance, Dujardin won the most effective Actor honor at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, along with the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Recent Work
After The Artist, Dujardin continued his acting job in a number of American and also French movies. He showed up in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), George Clooney's The Monuments Men (2014), and Quentin Dupieux's Deerskin (2019). In 2017, he starred in the French dramatization La promesse de l'aube (Promise at Dawn).

Personal Life
Jean Dujardin fulfilled his very first spouse, Gaëlle Dujardin, in the very early 1990s. The pair had 2 youngsters with each other prior to separating in 2003. During his time on Un gars, une fille, Dujardin began a connection with his co-star, Alexandra Lamy. They married in 2009 and separated in 2013. In 2014, he started dating Nathalie Péchalat, a previous French ice dancer, and also the couple married in 2018. They have one daughter with each other.

Despite his international success, Jean Dujardin continues to be a moderate as well as personal person, cherishing his household and also remaining to act in projects that challenge and thrill him. Today, he remains one of the most gifted and also functional stars in the market.

Our collection contains 20 quotes who is written / told by Jean.

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20 Famous quotes by Jean Dujardin

Small: I think Im more demanding than any wife
"I think I'm more demanding than any wife"
Small: I recycle. I have a house in the south of France and I have a small garden. My name is Dujardin - from
"I recycle. I have a house in the south of France and I have a small garden. My name is Dujardin - 'from the garden.' I grow carrots, peppers, strawberries, green beans, and things for salads, but there are lots of wild boars all around and they steal the food"
Small: I guess were all lucky to be in this profession where you can be someone else for two or three months o
"I guess we're all lucky to be in this profession where you can be someone else for two or three months on a film shoot. I find it restful. Vachement agreable"
Small: I dont want everyone to like me, and I dont choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give
"I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option"
Small: I dont really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The light
"I don't really know Hollywood, but living and shooting in L.A. was very motivating, inspiring. The lights, the extras, their American faces, the energy, the Orpheum Theatre. It was all very inspiring"
Small: I cant speak American dog very well. There was a lot of improvisation with Uggie - like when I put the
"I can't speak American dog very well. There was a lot of improvisation with Uggie - like when I put the dog on the table or sometimes I follow him, sometimes he follows me. I had a lot of treats in my pocket. We worked with Omar Von Muller, the dog trainer. It was very easy because it was a big movie"
Small: For you, its a silent movie. For us, its a talking movie because we had lines on set. Theres a lot of n
"For you, it's a silent movie. For us, it's a talking movie because we had lines on set. There's a lot of noise on set and music. We spoke in English, in French, in gibberish, but it was very alive. The challenge was tap dancing"
Small: For me, I loved it. I only want to make silent movies now
"For me, I loved it. I only want to make silent movies now"
Small: What matters to me is my own estimation, and Im very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what Ive do
"What matters to me is my own estimation, and I'm very tough on myself. I need to be proud of what I've done and I work hard for it. I had a very Christian upbringing... lots of guilt. A good thing, It keeps you sane"
Small: This is a universal, unique movie, it has potential to cross barriers. But we never thought about that
"This is a universal, unique movie, it has potential to cross barriers. But we never thought about that on set, when we were doing the film. We knew that in making a silent movie, we were doing something a little bit under the wire, a bit interdit. It's a pastiche, but for the French taste, you would have thought"
Small: Just telling a story. Thats cinema. Its not silent, black and white. Its a simple story thats well made
"Just telling a story. That's cinema. It's not silent, black and white. It's a simple story that's well made"
Small: Its quite pretentious, really, isnt it? The notion the audience is going to be interested in you for an
"It's quite pretentious, really, isn't it? The notion the audience is going to be interested in you for an hour and a half. Think too much about that and anxiety takes over"
Small: It was always about the story rather than the character
"It was always about the story rather than the character"
Small: It was actually quite easy to work with Uggie, because hes a really well trained dog. Very talented.
"It was actually quite easy to work with Uggie, because he's a really well trained dog. Very talented. I just had to follow him a little bit, improvise a little bit. Sometimes he'd follow me. Especially because of the sausages I had in my pocket"
Small: In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now Ill be offered films in America. Its the encounter,
"In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts"
Small: Ive never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own esti
"I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation"
Small: Im happiest on set because Im not myself. Im someone else. The moustache, the dinner jacket. Its not me
"I'm happiest on set because I'm not myself. I'm someone else. The moustache, the dinner jacket. It's not me. You're always this sort of double, and it's liberating. Imagine being stuck with yourself... all those doubts"
Small: I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for
"I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog"
Small: I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had
"I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache"
Small: I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself ove
"I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person"