Jean Dujardin

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Jean Dujardin 2014
Jean Dujardin 2014
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
C'est also pour ça… qu'on s'aime! (with Steeve de Paz & Alexandra Lamy )
  FR 24 06/29/2002 (14 weeks)
  BE W 31 08/10/2002 (3 weeks)
Le Casse de Brice
  FR 2 
gold
gold
03/26/2005 (25 weeks)
  BE W 4th 04/16/2005 (21 weeks)
  CH 13 05/22/2005 (32 weeks)
Yellow, la leçon de casse
  FR 17th 06/25/2005 (31 weeks)
  BE W 29 08/06/2005 (4 weeks)
Oss 117 / Bambino
  FR 52 04/22/2006 (9 weeks)
Dujardin 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival

Jean Dujardin [ ʒã edmɔ̃ dyʒaʁdɛ̃ ] (born June 19, 1972 in Rueil-Malmaison , Hauts-de-Seine department ) is a French actor , comedian , singer and Oscar winner.

Life

Dujardin initially worked as a locksmith . After his military service , he played on local cabaret stages. He joined the ensemble “Nous Ç Nous”, with whom he won three times in the “Comedian” category in the French television show Graines de stars between 1997 and 1998 . Between 1999 and 2003 he played with his wife Alexandra Lamy in the French adaptation of the Canadian sitcom Un gars, une fille .

Due to its enormous popularity, he received his first film roles in 2002. After a few supporting roles, he had his breakthrough in French cinema with the comedy film Cool Waves - Brice de Nice , which was based on one of his stand-up characters ; the film had more than four million viewers. With Le Casse de Brice from the film soundtrack, a rap based on the music of Give Me the Night by George Benson , he had a big chart hit in French-speaking countries. In 2006 he played the main role in the agent film parody OSS 117 - The Spy Who Loved Each Other , which is based on the heroic novel OSS 117 . This film was also a box-office success with over two million viewers, as was the sequel in 2009.

For his role as the failing silent film actor George Valentin in Michel Hazanavicius ' The Artist (2011), he became the first French actor to receive the Oscar for best male leading role in 2012 . Other awards were the Best Actor Award of the 64th Film Festival of Cannes , a Golden Globe , a British Academy Film Awards as well as nominations for the European Film Award and the César .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Jean Dujardin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: France - Belgium (Wallonia) - Switzerland
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR
  3. ↑ IMDb Boxoffice Cool Waves - Brice de Nice (English)
  4. ↑ IMDb Boxoffice OSS 117 - The Spy Who Loved Each Other (English)
  5. ↑ IMDb Boxoffice OSS 117 - He is enough for himself (English)
personal data
SURNAME Dujardin, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Rueil-Malmaison , Hauts-de-Seine department , France