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Gérard Watkins is a Actor born on 4 july 1965

Gérard Watkins

Gérard Watkins
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Birth 4 july 1965 (58 years)

Gérard Watkins (born 4 July 1965) is an English-French actor, playwright, director, and songwriter.

As a stage actor he has performed in over forty productions in Paris with such directors as Véronique Bellegarde, Julie Beres, Jean-Claude Buchard, Elizabeth Chailloux, Michel Didym, André Engel, Frederic Fisbach, Marc François, Daniel Jeanneteau, Philipe Lanton, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Lars Noren, Claude Régy, Yann Ritsema, Bernard Sobel, Viviane Theophilides, and Jean-Pierre Vincent.

Among his critically acclaimed performances are Ian in Sarah Kane's Blasted, Edmond in King Lear, and Rosalind in As you Like it. In the Cinema he is perhaps best known for his role in the 2009 film Taken as Patrice Saint Clair, the sex trafficking kingpin that runs the operation that kidnapped the protagonist's 17-year-old daughter, but he has also performed with directors as Julie Lopes-Curval, Jérome Salle, Yann Samuel, Julian Schnabel, Hugo Santiago, and Peter Watkins. Since 1994 he has directed his own theatre company, the Perdita Ensemble, where he has staged all of his plays, the Secret Capital, Follow Me, The Tower, In the Faraway Forest, Icone, Identity, Lost (Replay), and I Don't Remember Very Well.

He is fluent in both English and French.

He haw been awards Grand Prix de Litterature Dramatique in 2010 for his play Identity.

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Love Me If You Dare (2003)
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Filmography of Gérard Watkins (21 films)

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Normandy Nude, 1h45
Directed by Philippe Le Guay
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors François Cluzet, Toby Jones, François-Xavier Demaison, Arthur Dupont, Grégory Gadebois, Vincent Regan
Roles Volker
Rating58% 2.937362.937362.937362.937362.93736
Au Mêle-sur-Sarthe, petit village normand, la crise agricole touche gravement les éleveurs à bout de force et ruinés, qui cherchent des idées pour attirer l'attention sur leur profession moribonde. Ils organisent une manifestation et un barrage routier sur la RN 12 près de Mortagne-au-Perche. Un photographe d'art américain, Blake Newman, spécialisé dans le nu, à la recherche de l'endroit idéal pour créer sa prochaine œuvre photographique, se trouve bloqué par la manifestation. Lors de la rencontre entre Newman et Georges Balbuzard, paysan et maire de la ville, celui-ci décide de créer un buzz médiatique pour aider ses confrères agriculteurs : Balbuzard l'engage pour qu'il photographie les gens du village nus, car ils sont professionnellement déjà à nu. Mais les normands sont réticents à se déshabiller, notamment le boucher du village qui sait que tous les hommes aimeraient beaucoup voir le corps nu de sa femme Gisèle, ancienne miss Calvados. Sur fond de querelles familiales ancestrales et de pudeur généralisée, la photo d'art moderne composée de nus au milieu du Champ Chollet et le buzz politique auront-ils vraiment lieu ? Newman s'impatiente, car l'orientation du soleil sera bientôt défavorable et les figurants tardent à arriver.
The Odyssey, 2h2
Directed by Jérôme Salle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Lambert Wilson, Audrey Tautou, Pierre Niney, Laurent Lucas, Benjamin Lavernhe, Thibault de Montalembert
Roles Le maître de cérémonie
Rating66% 3.3021653.3021653.3021653.3021653.302165
Après avoir quitté la Marine nationale française, Jacques-Yves Cousteau veut se lancer dans l'exploration sous-marine. En 1950, il loue le bateau Calypso à un riche britannique. Le « commandant » part alors aux quatre coins du Monde, avec sa femme Simone et notamment Albert « Bebert » Falco. Ses deux fils, Philippe Cousteau et Jean-Michel Cousteau, restent en pension... Quelques années plus tard, Philippe rejoint finalement l'équipe de son père, qui tourne une série de films documentaires financés par une chaîne de télévision américaine. Philippe étant sensibilisé à l'écologie à laquelle son père est insensible, il se brouille avec lui puis, alors que les affaires de Jacques-Yves périclitent, revient auprès de lui et le sensibilise à la protection des océans et des espèces animales menacées, donnant à la carrière de son père une nouvelle orientation et un nouveau départ.
Colt 45
Colt 45 (2014)
, 1h25
Directed by Fabrice Du Welz, Frédéric Forestier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Gérard Lanvin, JoeyStarr, Simon Abkarian, Alice Taglioni, Amr Waked, Richard Sammel
Roles Calhoun
Rating57% 2.8952452.8952452.8952452.8952452.895245
Vincent, 22 ans, est instructeur de tir et armurier au sein de la Police nationale. En marge, solitaire, incompris, il refuse d'intégrer une brigade de terrain malgré ses compétences en armes et le parrainage du commandant Chavez.
Silences d'état
Genres Thriller
Actors Rachida Brakni, Thierry Neuvic, Richard Berry, Gérard Watkins, Thierry Gimenez, Marc Citti
Roles Stéphane Ferran
Rating61% 3.0835853.0835853.0835853.0835853.083585
Claire Ferran et Nicolas Malisewski enquêtent sur le suicide d'un ministre français.
Hidden Diary, 1h45
Directed by Julie Lopes-Curval
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Marina Hands, Marie-Josée Croze, Michel Duchaussoy, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Carole Franck
Roles Gilles
Rating63% 3.1898053.1898053.1898053.1898053.189805
Audrey, la trentaine, dans une phase délicate de sa vie de femme, vient passer quelques jours chez ses parents à Arcachon. Elle fait une découverte qui la pousse à dénouer les fils du passé de sa mère caractérielle, Martine qui est médecin.
The Invisible Woman
Directed by Agathe Teyssier
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Julie Depardieu, Charlotte Rampling, Micheline Dax, Lolita Chammah, Eric Naggar, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Roles Paul
Rating55% 2.766762.766762.766762.766762.76676
A young black woman searches for the faces of her community in the film posters. Her obsessive search will lead her to the brink of madness…
Going South, 1h27
Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Yannick Renier, Léa Seydoux, Nicole Garcia, Micheline Presle, Théo Frilet, Pierre Perrier
Roles Le père
Rating58% 2.947042.947042.947042.947042.94704
Sam part vers le sud au volant de sa voiture, avec Matthieu et Léa, rencontrés sur la route. Un troisième, Jérémy, se joint bientôt à eux.
The Feelings Factory, 1h44
Directed by Jean-Marc Moutout
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Elsa Zylberstein, Jacques Bonnaffé, Bruno Putzulu, Hiam Abbass, Josiane Stoléru, Gérard Watkins
Roles Michel
Rating60% 3.04373.04373.04373.04373.0437
Eloïse, est une jeune femme belle et brillante de 36 ans, notaire à Paris, célibataire.
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch, 1h48
Directed by Jérôme Salle
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Tomer Sisley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Miki Manojlović, Mélanie Thierry, Bojana Panić, Gilbert Melki
Roles Cattaneo
Rating63% 3.1949753.1949753.1949753.1949753.194975
In Hong Kong, owner and majority shareholder of the W Group, Nerio Winch, is awoken up by a phone call on his yacht, Neretva. After he picks up, an unknown man warns Nerio that he found some else to have business with, and Nerio abruptly ends the call. Nerio gets up from his bed and goes to the lower deck, eating an apple. After he throws it into the water, he hears a weird sound from the water. Lowering down to see the source, a diver snatches him and pulls him down and suffocates him. The next day, the W Group board of directors meets up, with Ann Ferguson, Nerio's right-hand man, meets up to discuss the situation. They recently found out that Nerio had a secret son, named Largo, who was adopted from a Yugoslavian orphanage in 1980, over 28 years ago, and was kept as a secret from everyone, and he was raised by Josip and Hannah, a French-Croatian family to whom Nerio was close, along with Josip and Hannah's own son, Goran, until Nerio picked him up and raised him to take over his company one day. Other members are skeptical of Largo's existence, but they want to bring him in to see if he truly is his heir.
Taken
Taken (2008)
, 1h33
Directed by Pierre Morel
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Katie Cassidy Rodgers
Roles Patrice Saint-Clair
Rating76% 3.847463.847463.847463.847463.84746
Retired CIA field operative Bryan Mills attempts to build a closer relationship with his daughter, Kim, who lives with her mother, Lenore, and her wealthy stepfather, Stuart. While overseeing security at a concert for pop star Sheerah, Bryan saves her from a violent stalker. As a thank you, Sheerah offers to assess Kim's talent as a singer. Before Bryan can tell Kim, she asks her father for permission to travel to Paris with her best friend, Amanda. He initially refuses, but eventually agrees after Lenore pressures him. At the airport, he learns the girls are actually following U2 during their European tour, something Lenore knew but kept from him.
Le Commissariat, 1h35
Themes Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Jacques Bonnaffé, Sophie Quinton, Benjamin Bellecour, Philippe Dormoy, Carlo Brandt, Marie Denarnaud

Le commissariat raconte l'histoire de Xavier Vallat interprété par Jacques Bonnaffé (Vénus Beauté, Lucie Aubrac), un antisémite militant qui rejoint le gouvernement Pétain au commissariat général des questions juives, en France dans les années 1940. Lucienne, jouée par Sophie Quinton (L'empreinte de l'ange) est secrétaire pour le ministère de Vallat. En août 1941, lors d'une violente rafle, Lucienne cache chez elle, Christian, un jeune homme qui ne la laisse pas insensible. Or Christian s'appelle en vérité Samuel Lipsky (Benjamin Bellecour) et il est juif.
La Commune (Paris, 1871), 5h45
Directed by Peter Watkins
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France
Actors François Damiens, Laurent Roth, Patrick Dell'Isola, Gérard Watkins, Aurélia Petit
Roles Gérard Bourlet
Rating79% 3.9844153.9844153.9844153.9844153.984415
Napoléon III perd la guerre contre la Prusse après un siège de Paris particulièrement dur pour le peuple parisien. Nous sommes en 1870-1871 et la misère est grande. Les 17 et 18 mars 1871, le peuple parisien, qui refuse la capitulation, se révolte. La Commune de Paris est née.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 1h52
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Max von Sydow, Patrick Chesnais
Roles Doctor Cocheton
Rating79% 3.9976753.9976753.9976753.9976753.997675
The first third of the film is told from the main character's, Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), or Jean-Do as his friends call him, first person perspective. The film opens as Bauby wakes from his three-week coma in a hospital in Berck-sur-Mer, France. After an initial rather over-optimistic analysis from one doctor, a neurologist explains that he has locked-in syndrome, an extremely rare condition in which the patient is almost completely physically paralyzed, but remains mentally normal. At first, the viewer primarily hears Bauby's "thoughts" (he thinks he is speaking but no one hears him), which are inaccessible to the other characters (who are seen through his one functioning eye).