Jean Dujardin has come a long way since Graines de star in the 90s. The one who started in the comic training of We C Wepropelled to the rank of star of the small screen thanks to One Guy, One Girlis today the boss of French cinema. He even pocketed a
Oscarin 2012, for the silent film The
Artist. However, despite two films in the United States, the actor remains very attached to France. The proof with this little rant and interview.
Jean Dujardin, from Seeds of Star to the Oscar
Jean Dujardin became passionate about comedy after his adolescence. On the set of Graines de star, a popular TV show in the 90s, hosted by Laurent
Boyerhe experiments with wacky characters. Like the overwhelmed camp leader or the surfer obsessed with his wave. Later, he will bring the latter to life in
Brice de Nice.
The actor's career exploded at the dawn of the year 2000 in
One Guy, One Girl. A humorous series, on France 2, where he shares the screen with his partner at the time, Alexandra Lamy. A career in cinema followed, between schoolboy comedies,
serious films et triumph in the United States with The Artist. And an Oscar for best actor to boot!
The actor appeared in two American films
The Artist reveals the mysteries of the golden age of American cinema and the transition from silent to talkies. The artistic and commercial scope of the film opened the doors of Hollywood to the actor. This one, for two years, was on the roof of the world, filming back to back for Martin
ScorseseIn The Wolf of Wall Streetet
George ClooneyIn Monuments Men.
Thus, Jean Dujardin becomes the most American of actors
frenchies. He becomes friends with Clooney, his performance in The Wolf of Wall Street
is greeted by Leonardo DiCaprio… It even becomes, for a time, a meme Internet with Jean Dujardin Sleeping. A success story worthy of a Hollywood film. But the actor returns to France…
Dujardin and his attachment to France
After his American escapade, Jean Dujardin reconnected with French cinema. In La Frenchfirst of all, mafia thriller drawing its essence from the famous French
Connectionwhere he plays the judge who investigates the godfather Zampa. Then in One + one signed by the captain
Claude Lelouch. He also returns to comedy with
A man up to the task.
2023, he plays in On the Black Paths, adapted by Sylvain Tesson. On sale, south It's up to you, the restJean Dujardin lets out a rant: “As soon as you say, basically, I love France, it's complicated. As soon as you say, I'm a farmer, it's complicated. […] I don't know how to say it anymore, actually, without getting angry.”
A speech to Hubert Bonisseur of La Bath.
