GASPARD ULLIEL. Gaspard Ulliel, tragically deceased in a skiing accident on January 19, 2022, had filmed under the direction of Xavier Dolan for “Juste la fin du monde”. The director pays tribute to his friend during the César.
[Mis à jour le 25 février 2022 à 20h45] “I needed to say personally how much I loved Gaspard Ulliel”. Xavier Dolan admitted it, his voice full of emotion, at the microphone of France Inter, he still thinks of the actor, who died in a tragic skiing accident on January 19, 2022. This is why the Quebec director has planned to pay tribute to him during the César, this Friday, February 25. “The nomination […] is not the primary motivation for my trip here, I absolutely wanted to say things about Gaspard, not that I have the authority to do so but I had the desire to do so.
Xavier Dolan and Gaspard Ulliel worked together on the film Just the end of the world. For his role in this drama, the French actor had received his second César, which the Quebec director had come to recover for him. After their collaboration, the two artists had become friends. “I knew him professionally, I knew him intimately too,” said Dolan, also in the running for the César for best actor, on France Inter this Friday. I think of him all the time, I think of him constantly in fact. It is very early so it will take a lot of time to accept this departure. It’s inconceivable and then I often dream of him, I always think of him, I think of his family, I think of his son, I think of his talent, his beauty and then I will actually pay homage to him.”
Gaspard Ulliel was an actor and model born November 25, 1984, in Boulogne-Billancourt and died January 19, 2022. He was twice Caesarized: he first received the César for best male hope in 2005 for his performance in “Un long engagement Sunday”. In 2017, he was awarded the best actor prize for his performance in “Just the end of the world”. He is also known for having played in “Saint Laurent”, “Jacquou le Croquant” or “La Princesse de Montpensier”.
Gaspard Ulliel was born on November 25, 1984. His mother is a stylist and his father is a designer. He began his career as an actor very early, when he was only 12 years old, playing in the TV movie “A Woman in White”. It is however to the realization that the young man is destined who pursue a university course in this direction. However, he continued to shoot and obtained a small role in “Le Pacte des Loups” by Christophe Gans in 2001. It was Michel Blanc who revealed it the following year by having him play a teenager in full discovery of life in “Kiss Whoever You Want”.
Gaspard Ulliel began his career as an actor in college by playing in the TV movie “A woman in white”. It is however to the realization that the young man is destined who pursue a university course in this direction. However, he continued to shoot and obtained a small role in “Le Pacte des Loups” by Christophe Gans in 2001. It was Michel Blanc who revealed it the following year by having him play a teenager in full discovery of life in “Kiss Whoever You Want”.
After a brief resumption of his studies, he was asked by André Téchiné to play alongside Emmanuelle Béart in “Les Égarés”. His performance earned him a César nomination in 2004 in the best male hopeful category. César that he finally won in 2005 for the film “A long engagement Sunday” by Jean-Pierre Jeunet in which he plays the fiancé of Audrey Tautou. Gaspard Ulliel becomes a leading actor. The same year, he appeared in “Jacques le Croquant” where he played the eponymous character.
In 2007, his career took on an international dimension with his incarnation of Hannibal Lecter in the section which recounts the youth of the famous serial killer. “Hannibal Lecter: The Origins of Evil”. He testified to his cinematographic eclecticism by playing the role of Henri de Guise in “La Princesse de Montpensier” in which he shared the poster with Mélanie Thierry in 2010. After his remarkable roles in “Saint Laurent” (2014) and “Juste the end of the world” (2017), Gaspard Ulliel appears in “Eva” (2017) then “Sibyl” (2019) by Justine Triet. He embodies one of the secondary roles of the Marvel series “Moon Knight“, airing on Disney+ in 2022.
