Gaspard Ulliel is a model and actor of French cinema, famous for such films as Lost, Hannibal: Ascent, Saint Laurent. Style is me "," Princess Montpensier "," It's just the end of the world. " In 2005, Gaspard Ulliel received the prestigious Cesar Film Award for Most Promising Actor of 2005.
Childhood and early years
Gaspard Ulliel was born in November 1984 in the vicinity of Paris. His father, Serge Ulliel, was a stylist and designer, and his mother, Christine, helped her husband create models of clothes and arrange fashion shows on the catwalk.
As a child, the boy was not interested in the world of fashion. From an early age, he wanted to connect his life with the film industry and become a director. At the age of 12, Gaspard Ulliel made his screen debut.
The talented teenager was liked by the audience and he quickly became in demand in show business. Despite this, after graduating from the prestigious school, Gaspard decided to enter the University of Saint-Denis at the Faculty of Cinematography. However, after two courses of study, Gaspard left the school. The reason was that, according to the actor, only theoretical knowledge is given at the university, while he wanted to start practice as soon as possible. Gaspard began acting in films, as well as improving his skills in special acting courses.
Film actor career
In 1996, an aspiring French actor appeared in the film "Woman in White". Over the next years, Gaspard Ulliel played small roles in the TV series "Commissioner Navarro", the films "Julien the Apprentice", "The Brotherhood of the Wolf", as well as "Belphegor - the Ghost of the Louvre".
The first film success came to the French actor after the film "Lost", in which he played with Emmanuelle Bear. Gaspard Ulliel embodied on the screen the image of an illegal immigrant with the Russian name Ivan, who during World War II decided to help a school teacher and her children escape from occupied Paris.
The film was positively received by both critics and the public, after which foreign directors became interested in Gaspard Ulliel.
In 2006, a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs was released, called Hannibal: Ascent. Gaspard Ulliel played the main role in it.
In 2010 Gaspard Ulliel starred in the costumed biographical melodrama Princess de Montpensier with Melanie Thierry. The French actor also portrayed the famous designer Yves Saint Laurent on the screen in the film of the same name.
In 2016, Gaspard Ulliel played in the drama It's Just the End of the World with Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard, Lea Seydoux.
Among the last film works of the actor is the historical drama about the French revolution "One King - One France" and the thriller "Eve".
Personal life of Gaspard Ulliel
The actor of French cinema has been seen in many stellar romances. Among the favorites of Gaspard Ulliel were Marion Cotillard, Cecile Cassel (sister of Vincent Cassel), British model Kate Moss, even one of the heirs to the throne of Monaco Charlotte Casiraghi.
Gaspard Ulliel had a long relationship with Jordan Crandall, a graduate of the famous Paris School of Art, but in 2013 the couple broke off relations. Immediately after that, the actor became close to the French model and singer Gael Pietri, in 2015 they began to live together, and in 2016 the star couple had a son.
In addition to working in the cinema, Gaspard Ulliel successfully found himself in the modeling business. He is the face of the House of Chanel.
The famous scar on the actor's face has become his trademark. Gaspard Ulliel received it at the age of 6 as a result of a Doberman attack.
