Line #13 Creator/JeanDujardin


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3	Jean Edmond Dujardin (born 19 June 1972 in Rueil-Malmaison) is a French actor and comedian.
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5	He began his career as a stage stand-up comedian in UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} before embracing an acting career, guest-starring in comedic television shows and skits, and eventually turned to starring roles in films.
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7	While he usually plays CringeComedy and IdiotHero parts in France, from his StarMakingRole of Jean/Loulou in the French version of ''Series/UnGarsUneFille'' to the SurferDude Brice de Nice and the ''Film/OSS117'' {{spy fiction}} parody films, his international breakout with ''Film/TheArtist'' [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct proved he's not limited to the comedy genre]]. The role of fallen silent film actor George Valentin won him considerable acclaim and numerous awards, the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actor most notably (the first ever for a male French actor).
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9	!!Notable works:
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11	* ''Series/UnGarsUneFille'' (French version, 1999-2003) as Jean/"Loulou"
12	* ''Franchise/LuckyLuke'' live-action films
13	** ''Film/LuckyLukeAndTheDaltons'' (2004) as The Cowboy
14	** ''Film/{{Lucky Luke\|2009}}'' (2009) as ComicBook/LuckyLuke
15	* ''Brice de Nice'' as Brice Bertrand Agostini
16	** Sketches in the TV shows ''Graine de star'' and ''Nous Ç Nous''
17	** ''Brice de Nice'' (2005 film)
18	** ''Brice 3'' (2016) [[note]]The second ''Brice de Nice'' film, [[UnInstallment yet it's titled ''3'']][[/note]]
19	* ''Film/OSS117'' as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / Agent OSS 117
20	** ''Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies'' (2006)
21	** ''Film/OSS117LostInRio'' (2009)
22	** ''Film/OSS117FromAfricaWithLove'' (2021)
23	* ''99 Francs'' (2007) as Octave Parango
24	* ''Film/TheArtist'' (2011) as George Valentin
25	* ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'' (2013) as Jean-Jacques Saurel
26	* ''The Connection'' (2014) [[note]]Original title ''La French''. Crime drama based on the same case as ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'', [[POVSequel but covering the events on the Marseille end.]][[/note]] as Judge Pierre Michel
27	* ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'' (2014) as Jean-Claude Clermont
28	* ''Film/ReturnOfTheHero'' (2018) as Captain Charles-Grégoire Neuville
29	* ''Film/{{Deerskin}}'' (2019) as Georges
30	* ''Film/AnOfficerAndASpy'' (2019) as Marie-Georges Picquart
31	* ''Présidents'' (2021) as [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfFrance President Nicolas]]
32	* ''Sur les chemins noirs'' (2023) as Pierre
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34	!! Tropes
35	* TheDanza: Jean in ''Un gars, une fille''.
36	* {{Parody}}:
37	** ''Un gars, une fille'' turned the RomanticComedy trop on its head.
38	** ''Brice de Nice'' parodies ''Film/{{Point Break\|1991}}''.
39	** His ''Film/OSS117'' films mercilessly lampoon {{spy fiction}}, chiefly Film/JamesBond.
40	* ProductionPosse: He's starred in three films directed by Creator/MichelHazanavicius.
41	* RealLifeRelative: He had a longtime love relation with his ''Un gars, une fille'' co-star Alexandra Lamy. It started in 2003, they married in 2009 and divorced in 2014.
42	* StarMakingRole: His ''Brice de Nice'' TV sketches and the role of Jean/Loulou in the French version of ''Series/UnGarsUneFille'' made him famous in France. ''Film/TheArtist'' was his international breakthrough.
43	* SurferDude: Brice de Nice, who's got all the attitude, quite some {{jerkass}}ery and no actual surfing talent.
44	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Brice de Nice, Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 and Octave Parango (''99 Francs'') are all {{jerkass}}es to various degrees, and HilarityEnsues with their antics and misadventures.

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