Biography for
Jean Dujardin More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

19 June 1972, Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Height

5' 11¾" (1.82 m)

Mini Biography

In 1995 he began his first one man show, the same year he met Bruno Salomone, Eric Collado, Emmanuel Joucla and Eric Massot with whom he created the "Nous C nous". In 1999, he became "Loulou" in "Un gars, une fille" (1999). This part permitted him to show his talent to a larger public. Since the end of "Un gars, une fille" in 2003, he has appeared in many films.

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Spouse

Alexandra Lamy

(25 July 2009 - present)

Trivia

Member of humorist band "Nous C Nous" with Bruno Salomone, Eric Collado, Emmanuel Joucla and Eric Massot.

Has two sons, Simon and Jules, with Gaelle.

In his acceptance speech for the Best Actor BAFTA for The Artist (2011/I), Dujardin mentioned, Laurence Olivier, Benny Hill and, curiously, William Webb Ellis (the clergyman who allegedly invented the game of Rugby) (Royal Opera House London/12 Feb. 2012).

Is one of 5 French actors to win an Academy Award. The others in chronological order are: Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night (1934), Simone Signoret for Room at the Top (1959), Juliette Binoche for The English Patient (1996) and Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (2007).

Became the first French actor to win the Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for his performance in The Artist (2011/I) on February 26, 2012.

He and Christoph Waltz are the only two actors to win the Cannes prize for Best Actor, the SAG Award, the Golden Globe, the BAFTA and the Oscar for one film.

Has a look-alike puppet in the French show "Les guignols de l'info" (1988).

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Vittorio Gassman are two of his acting idols.

He, Daniel Auteuil and Philippe Noiret are the only male French actors to win a BAFTA.

Personal Quotes

I discovered that silent film is almost an advantage. You just have to think of the feeling for it to show. No lines pollute it. It doesn't take much - a gaze, an eyelash flutter - for the emotion to be vivid.

Salary

Counter Investigation (2007)	€800,000
99 francs (2007)	€900,000
Ca$h (2008)	€1,350,000
OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)	$2,000,000
Lucky Luke (2009)	€390,000
The Clink of Ice (2010)	€1,000,000
Little White Lies (2010)	€1,000,000
The Players (2012)	€1,300,000