Icon of French cinema , a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot , he has completed over films since , almost exclusively as a lead.
Depardieu has been repeatedly accused of sexual assault. The French authorities have charged him with rape and, since , have had him under formal investigation.
Depardieu has denied any wrongdoing and has not been convicted in connection with any of the accusations against him. He was stripped of the National Order of Quebec in Practically illiterate and half stammering, he learned to read only later.
He also acted as a bodyguard for prostitutes who came down from Paris on weekends, the GIs' payday. Regardless of his lack of culture, he heavily studied the classics and followed a therapy to correct his disastrous diction and improve his memory. Depardieu and Deneuve have since made nine more films together. In , he divorced Guignot and began a relationship with actress Carole Bouquet , his partner from to Since , he is in a relationship with Magda Vavrusova.
On 13 October , Depardieu's son Guillaume died from pneumonia at the age of Guillaume's health had been adversely affected by drug addiction and a motorcycle crash that eventually required the amputation of his right leg in Depardieu and Guillaume had a turbulent relationship but had reconciled prior to Guillaume's death.
