GERARD DEPARDIEU (Jean Pierre Le Pelt) is one of France's most prolific and best-loved actors. His career boasts more than 100 films since 1965, including "Green Card," for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy, and "My Father the Hero." The film that brought Depardieu international stardom was "Cyrano de Bergerac" in 1990. His portrayal of Cyrano earned him an Academy Award® nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role, as well as the 1990 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Male Performance, nine Cesars including Best Actor, and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film. Some of his many other film credits include "Le Dernier Metro," for which he won a Cesar for Best Actor; "Le Retour de Martin Guerre," for which the American Critics Society voted him Best Actor; "Danton," "Police," for which he won Best Male Performance at the 1985 Venice Film Festival; and the classic "Jean de Florette." Depardieu also starred in Ridley Scott's "1492: Conquest of Paradise," Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet," Randall Wallace's "Man in the Iron Mask," "Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar," "Sous le Soleil de Satan," "Camille Claudel," "Trop Belle Pour Toi," "Tous Les Matins du Monde," and "Germinal." Depardieu is also an accomplished stage actor, having starred most recently in last year's production of "Les Portes du Ciel" at the Theatre de Paris. His most recent television credits include: "Les Miserables," "Berenice," "Balzac," and "Monte Cristo." In 1996 Depardieu was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, and the following year the Venice Film Festival awarded him the Lion D'or. He was also awarded a Fellowship of the British Film Institute in 1989 and in 1992 was elected president of the 45th Cannes Film Festival.