Who is Simon, the 24-year-old son of Jean Dujardin?

They would have separated after ten years of love. At the end of September, Here is revealed in fact that Nathalie Péchalat and Jean Dujardin would have broken up. Many spectators, however, have forgotten that before marrying the former figure skater, the actor was married twice. First to the politician Gaëlle Demars – until 2003 -, then to the actress Alexandra Lamy – from 2009 to 2013. The hero ofOSS 117 (2006) also welcomed two sons with his first wife, who became a municipal councilor in the town of L'Isle-Adam: Jules, born in 2000, and Simon, born in 2001.

If the eldest of the two boys followed in his father's footsteps, evolving in front of the camera in The Hearts of Men 2 (2006) and the short film The secret lives of young people (2010), by Basile Tronel, his younger brother works more behind the scenes. According to his Linkedin profile, Simon Dujardin studied at the European Institute of Journalism (IEJ) from 2018 to 2021. A period during which he completed a two-month internship at RTL, in 2019, and landed a small job for the less unexpected: that of a treetop safety operator, in 2021. The 24-year-old young man subsequently joined the École Supérieure d'Études Cinematographics (ESEC), from which he graduated in May 2023.

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“Second chance”

Since then, Simon Dujardin has worked as a production assistant for Collectif 64, a production company co-directed by Marc, Jean Dujardin's brother. The company notably produced the Paramount+ series Zorroin which the actor officiates. In March 2023, Jean Dujardin, who sometimes appeared in the stands of Roland-Garros with his sons, nevertheless confided to Paris Match that he was not always a model father. “At 30, we are confident, we want to fight, we try to prove things to ourselves and the children inevitably suffer,” he explained. He nevertheless assured that he had reviewed his priorities. “I have a family,” he continued. I take responsibility for my sons, I take responsibility for my daughters and I am happy to experience fatherhood again and to correct it. It’s like a second chance.”

As a child, Simon would have been unimpressed by his father's notoriety. In an interview given to “50'inside” in 2022, Jean Dujardin, also father of Jeanne and Alice, born in 2015 and 2021 from his relationship with Natalie Péchalat – confided that his four children “didn't care” at all about the Oscar received for his performance in The Artist (2011). “I put it on the breakfast table for them,” he remembered. I told them: “So, what do we say?”, and they replied: “We're hungry.” ” An episode which did not prevent Simon Dujardin from turning to the seventh art.