Gaspard Ulliel Biography – Gaspard Ulliel Wiki
Gaspard Ulliel born Gaspard Thomas Ulliel was a French actor. He was known for portraying the young Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising (2007) and fashion mogul Yves Saint Laurent in the biopic Saint Laurent (2014), and for being the face of the Chanel men’s fragrance Bleu de Chanel. He was cast as Anton Mogart / Midnight Man in the Disney+ series Moon Knight (2022). He was nominated for a César Award for the category of Most Promising Actor in 2002 and 2003. In 2004, he won that award for his role in A Very Long Engagement, which co-starred Audrey Tautou. In 2017, he won the César Award for Best Actor for his role in It’s Only the End of the World. Ulliel died on January 19, 2022, after a skiing accident at La Rosière resort in Savoie, France.
He started acting while he was still at school, appearing in Une Femme En Blanc, a film for French television. He also performed at the Cours Florent, where he was discovered by Les égarés director André Téchiné. He started appearing in made-for-television films during the late 1990s and early 2000s and then started to be known as a film actor in France, as well as starring in the title role in the movie Hannibal Rising, his first English-language film. In 2004, he starred in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s A Very Long Engagement and won a César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance.
In 2007, he appeared on the cover of the January issue of French Vogue with supermodel Doutzen Kroes. Ulliel later was chosen as the face of Chanel for its new men’s fragrance, Bleu de Chanel. The film for the campaign was directed by Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and debuted in August 2010. He portrayed French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the 2014 biopic film Saint Laurent, which earned him a Lumières Award for Best Actor and nominations for the César and Globe de Cristal Best Actor awards.
In 2016, he appeared in two films: the lead role in Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World and in Stéphanie Di Giusto’s The Dancer, an unconventional biopic of American dancer Loie Fuller. He also starred in Guillaume Nicloux’s Les Confins du Monde, opposite Gérard Depardieu. In 2017, he was nominated for the Jury Prize for Best Actor at the Riviera International Film Festival for his role in Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World alongside co-star Vincent Cassel; the film was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Picture as well as earning Ulliel a second César Award, for Best Actor, and second nominations for Best Actor in both the Lumières[15] and Globe de Cristal awards (the latter with Cassel also nominated).
He was the face of Longchamp, a French leather and luxury goods company, along with Kate Moss. In July 2021, he joined the cast of the upcoming superhero streaming series Moon Knight, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He portrayed Anton Mogart / Midnight Man. He went to study at the University of Saint-Denis, where he studied cinema.
Gaspard Ulliel Age
He was born on November 25, 1984, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, and died on January 19, 2022, in Grenoble, France. He was 37.
Gaspard Ulliel Wife
Since 2013 the late Ulliel had been in a relationship with model and singer Gaëlle Pietri. On November 9, 2015, it was announced that the couple was expecting their first child together.
He had previously dated actress Cécile Cassel from 2005 to 2007. He had a brief relationship with Charlotte Casiraghi in 2007 and dated Jordane Crantelle from 2008 to 2013.
Gaspard Ulliel Children
He had one child, a son named Orso. His birth was announced on February 9, 2016.
Gaspard Ulliel Height
He stood at a listed height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.77 meters) tall.
Gaspard Ulliel Parents
He was the son of Serge Ulliel and Christine Ulliel. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt (a suburb of Paris), to Christine, a runway show producer, and Serge Ulliel, a stylist.
Gaspard Ulliel Death
He died on Wednesday, January 19, 2021, at the age of 37. On January 18, 2022, Ulliel was critically injured during a ski incident at the La Rosière resort in Savoie, France, when he collided without a helmet with another skier at an intersection between two slopes and suffered serious brain trauma. He was transported by helicopter to the trauma unit of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes in nearby La Tronche. He died the following day at the hospital.
Gaspard Ulliel Cause of Death
His death was a result of a ski accident, according to news agency AFP. He was 37.
