Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin (born June 21, 1950 in Boulogne-Billancourt ) is a French actor .
Life
Lanvin dropped out of school at 17 to become an actor. Rejecting drama schools, he temporarily earned his living as a jeans seller at flea markets before he made the acquaintance of Miou-Miou and Coluche . He then became a member of the well-known theater group Café de la Gare and later founded his own café-théâtre , La Veuve Pichard, together with Martin Lamotte and Christine Dejoux .
In 1977 he received a film role from Coluche in Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine , after he had already played a small supporting role at his side in the Louis de Funès film Breast or Club in 1976 . His career took off in the 1980s. In 1980 he starred in The taxi driver from Jacques Bral one of the two friends of the taxi-driving actress. In 1982 he received the Prix Jean Gabin for his role as clerk Louis Coline, whose new boss Michel Piccoli also interferes in his personal life, in the film A Strange Career by Pierre Granier-Deferre . He had an audience success with the comedy Two Fish on Dry Dryness by Michel Blanc (1984), about two vagabond friends who fall in love with the same woman , as in The Taxi Driver .
In 1995, he received a César for Best Actor in Nicole Garcia's drama The Favorite Son . In 2001 he won another César for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy Lust auf anders by Agnès Jaoui .
In 2008 he played in the film adaptation of the life of the gangster Jacques Mesrine ( Public Enemy No. 1 - Death Instinct ) by Jean-François Richet one of his subordinates. In 2013 he played Count Joffrey de Peyrac in “Angelique”, a film adaptation of the first two volumes of the well-known series of novels by Anne and Serge Golon.
Filmography (selection)
- 1976: Breast or Leg (L'aile ou la cuisse)
- 1979: Les héros n'ont pas froid aux oreilles
- 1980: The taxi driver (Extérieur, Nuit)
- 1980: One week vacation (Une semaine de vacances)
- 1981: Is that really love, darling? (Est-ce bien raisonnable?)
- 1981: A strange career (Une étrange affaire)
- 1981: Choice of weapons (Le choix des armes)
- 1982: Cold Blood (Tir groupé)
- 1983: Headhunt - Price of Fear (Le prix de danger)
- 1984: Two fish on dry land (Marche à l'ombre)
- 1984: The specialists (Les spécialistes)
- 1987: Saxo - music in major and murder (Saxo)
- 1990: So are the days and the moon (Il ya des jours… et des lunes)
- 1992: The most beautiful story in the world (La belle histoire)
- 1994: The Favorite Son (Le fils préféré)
- 1996: My husband - I'll do anything for your love (Mon homme)
- 1996: Anna Oz
- 2000: Desire for something different (Le goût des autres)
- 2001: Love Bites (Les morsures de l'aube)
- 2002: Ball & Chain - Two rivets and six correct numbers (Le boulet)
- 2003: Les clefs de bagnole
- 2006: Le Héros de la famille
- 2008: Public Enemy No. 1 - Death instinct (L'ennemi public n ° 1)
- 2008: Recruits of Death (Secret défense)
- 2010: Point Blank - From a short distance (À bout portant)
- 2011: A Gang Story - A question of honor (Les Lyonnais)
- 2013: Angélique
- 2014: Colt 45
- 2018: Call My Agent! ( Dix pour cent , TV series, two episodes)
Web links
- Gérard Lanvin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b cf. Biography ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at cinema.aliceadsl.fr (French; accessed on September 26, 2009)
- ↑ cf. Biography at allocine.fr (French; accessed September 26, 2009)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lanvin, Gérard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boulogne-Billancourt , Hauts-de-Seine department , France |