Gaspard Uliel

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Gaspard Ulliel (2015)

Gaspard Ulliel ( November 25, 1984 in Boulogne-Billancourt – † January 19, 2022 in Grenoble ) was a French actor . From the mid-1990s he appeared in 50 film and television productions, mostly dramas . He achieved international fame with leading roles in the movies Mathilde - A Great Love and Hannibal Rising - How it all began . In 2005 he was awarded the French film prize César for the first role . He won another César in 2017 for his leading role inSimply the end of the world .

Life

childhood and education

Gaspard Ulliel was born near Paris as the son of two stylists. Ulliel, who was attacked by a Doberman Pinscher at the age of six and has since been marked by a prominent scar under his left cheekbone, dreamed of directing a film from an early age.

At the age of eleven Ulliel began auditioning for television roles and was accepted after two months for his first small role in the television film Bonnes vacances . Because of his schooling, his parents only allowed him to act in a maximum of two films a year. While still at school he appeared in the French television film Une femme en blanc . During the following years, Ulliel gained a foothold in the French television business, while also appearing sporadically in numerous short films, such as B. 1999 in Marina de Van's alias .

After graduating from the French Lycée , he studied film studies at the University of Saint-Denis. According to his own statements, this period expanded Ulliel's taste in film, but otherwise his studies disappointed him because he did not get enough film practice. Among others, he discovered the works of Chris Marker and saw films by Ingmar Bergman , Akira Kurosawa and Andrei Tarkowski , whom he admired , like the directors Vincent Gallo and Gus Van Sant . After dropping out of his studies after just one year, he devoted himself to photography from then on.

First feature films

Ulliel's film career began in 2001 with a brief appearance in the historical horror film Pact of the Wolves , in which he played a victim of the Beast of Gevaudan . French actor Michel Blanc became aware of the androgynous young actor a short time later and cast him in his comedy Kiss Me If You Want , alongside Carole Bouquet , Jacques Dutronc and Charlotte Rampling . For Blanc's fourth directorial work, Gaspard Ulliel was honored with the Prix ​​Lumières as best young actor.

In the summer of 2003, while Ulliel was taking acting classes at Cours Florent , the European School of Dramatic Arts, the 1.80m tall actor was contacted by established French director André Téchiné to take on the male lead in his next film. In the drama The Fugitives , set around the Second World War , Ulliel portrayed the mysterious youth Yvan, who takes care of the widowed teacher Odile (played by Emmanuelle Béart ) and her two children to protect them from the invading Nazis .

Breakthrough in the film business

Ulliel (2006)

In 2004 the actor, whose favorite actress was French screen star Jeanne Moreau , worked with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet . When casting the male lead in his war drama Mathilde , Jeunet had around 60 young French actors audition until he noticed 19-year-old Gaspard Ulliel, whom he predicted would have a successful acting career: "Gaspard will be a star. "

Together with his film partner Audrey Tautou , who is eight years his senior , the two actors portrayed the atrocities of the First World War using the example of the young lovers Mathilde and Manech . With this film, Ulliel made his final breakthrough in the film business and in 2005 he was awarded the César for best young male actor for the third time in a row for the first time .

Gaspard Ulliel, who has been one of France's most talented young actors since Mathilde , worked on four film projects until 2006, including Gus Van Sant 's contribution to the anthology film Paris, je t'aime (with Elias McConnell and Marianne Faithfull ) and Laurent Boutonnat's adventure film Jacquou le croquant , in which he played the title role alongside Marie-Josée Croze .

Ulliel made his debut in international cinema in 2007 in the title role of young Hannibal Lecter in Peter Webber's film adaptation of Thomas Harris 's novel Hannibal Rising , Hannibal Rising . The film, a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002), in which Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins had also played the role, fell through with the public and found because of Webber's formal aesthetic only a few critics approval. Despite the failure, Ulliel became known to a worldwide audience. 2009 followed with Niki Caro's drama The Vintner's Luck on the side of Jérémie Renier , Vera Farmiga and Keisha Castle-Hughes again a role in an international production, but with which he could not build on previous successes.

In the summer of 2013 it was announced that Ulliel had been cast as " Yves Saint Laurent " in a film about the fashion designer by Bertrand Bonello . The film premiered in Cannes in May 2014. Ulliel received the Prix ​​Lumières for best actor for this role and was also nominated for the César . At the ceremony , however, Pierre Niney was honored, who had embodied the same character as Ulliel in the competing film Yves Saint Laurent . Ultimately, Ulliel received the César for Best Actor for his leading role in the 2016 drama film Simply the End of the World , Xavier Dolan 's award-winning film adaptation of the play of the same name by Jean-Luc Lagarce . Shortly before his death, he was filming for the Marvel series Moon Knight , in which he co-starred as an art thief.

Ulliel, who spoke fluent English , counted among his hobbies motorcycling. In 2010, he modeled for Bleu de Chanel perfume , which included starring in a Martin Scorsese commercial . The year before he had advertised for the French company Longchamp with Kate Moss .

accident and death

Ulliel died on January 19, 2022 as a result of a skiing accident . After colliding with another skier on a slope at the La Rosière ski station , he suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and was first transported by helicopter to the CHU de Grenoble hospital . There he succumbed to his severe injuries a short time later. He left behind his longtime girlfriend and their son (* 2016).

filmography

awards

  • 2003: Prix ​​Lumières for Kiss Me If You Want (Best Newcomer)
  • 2003: César - Nomination for Kiss Me If You Want ( Best Newcomer )
  • 2004: Étoiles d'Or for The Fugitives (Best Newcomer)
  • 2004: César nomination for The Fugitives (Best Newcomer)
  • 2005: César for Mathilde - A Great Love (Best Young Actor)
  • 2015: Prix Lumières for Saint Laurent (Best Actor)
  • 2015: César nomination for Saint Laurent ( Best Actor )
  • 2017: Cesar for Simply the End of the World (Best Actor)

web links

Commons : Gaspard Ulliel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

itemizations

  1. ↑ a b cf. profile at allocine.fr (French; accessed 13 May 2011).
  2. ↑ a b c d cf. Schwarzbrod, Alexandra: Le chemin des dames . In: Liberation , 23 October 2004, No. 7294, p. 48.
  3. ↑ See profile at evene.fr (French; accessed May 13, 2011).
  4. ↑ a b See biography at imdb.com (accessed May 13, 2011).
  5. ↑ see Young, Jamie Painter: A very picky director . In: BPI Entertainment News Wire, December 8, 2004 (accessed via LexisNexis Economy ).
  6. ↑ cf. film criticism in film-dienst 04/2007.
  7. ^ Shortly before the start of the new Marvel series: "Moon Knight" actor Gaspard Ulliel died. Retrieved January 20, 2022 .
  8. ↑ cf. Marshall, Alexandra: Say It In French . In: The New York Times , March 14, 2010, p. 104.
  9. ↑ cf. Böker, Carmen: Do it again, Marty . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 27, 2010, No. 199, p. 1.
  10. ↑ Par Le Parisien Le 19 January 2022 at 3:06 p.m., Modifié Le 19 January 2022 at 3:32 p.m.: L'actor Gaspard Ulliel died at 37 ans après un accident de ski. 19 January 2022, retrieved 19 January 2022 (fr-FR).
personal data
SURNAME Ulliel, Gaspard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
BIRTH DATE Nov. 25, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Boulogne-Billancourt , France
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 2022
PLACE OF DEATH Grenoble , France