For decades now, Gérard Darmon has been a French actor with a body of work built one job at a time. Comedy keeps coming back on the credit list. The count stands at 94 titles, and the range inside it is wide. The most visible line on the filmography is 'Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra' (Amonbofils). 'Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography.
Gérard Darmon
78 years (Feb 29, 1948)Paris, France
84 Movies · 10 Series
For decades now, Gérard Darmon has been a French actor with a body of work built one job at a time. Comedy keeps coming back on the credit list. The count stands at 94 titles, and the range inside it is wide. The most visible line on the filmography is 'Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra' (Amonbofils). 'Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography.
Gérard Darmon (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 his roles in Betty Blue (1987) and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2003).
He 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. In July 2012, he was naturalised Moroccan by a decree from King Mohamed VI.