Albert Dupontel

Albert Dupontel (January 11th 1964 with Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer) is a humorist, actor and realizer. He is the companion of Claude Perron, an actress whom one often crosses, as a supporting role, in his films.

Biography

Origins

He is of Breton stock by his father (originating in the Coast-with Armor and having passed much of time on the side of Vannes; from where the scene of the pancake shop in the Creator). Until the 20 years age, he lives with his father Médecin and his mother Conflans-Holy-Honorine Dentiste with . He is returned nursery school at 4 years and half, the director complaining not to be able to hold it. Raise at the school Paul-Bert of Conflans, it makes Judo, and Gymnastique. After the baccalaureat, it follows four years of studies to the Faculté of medicine of Bichat (with the Urgencies in particular) between 1982 and 1986.

Course

After studies in medicine which it does not finish, it follows of the formations to the School of the National theater of Chaillot where it studies during two years under the direction of Antoine Vitez. During this period of training of 1986 with 1988, it plays of the small roles. In 1989, it carries out a short passage to the School of ARIANE Mnouchkine.

It launches out in its passion, the comedy. In 1990, it creates the nasty businesses, a series of short stories for Canal+. Its tone is new and slices with what is done at the time. It starts with scenic services of humorist in One man show (August 1990 with the Théâtre Graslin with Nantes). A thin time of cows until he is noticed by Patrick Sebastien which invites it in its television program with great audience, which quickly propels it among the best French humorists. It occurs successfully in many Parisian rooms of which Olympia in 1991 with Sale spectacle. This spectacle will remain most known (normal, it is the only one which it did) of Dupontel on scene ( the vat of French, with Jean-Paul Sartre (to read on line) or Rambo is references). But its project intimates, it is the cinema.

In 1992, it launches out in the setting in scene with Désiré, its First short film. Always actor, it appears in films such as a very discrete Hero. Thanks to the money collected in its spectacles, it launches out in the realization and its first film Bernie (1996) which obtains a great success. In 1999, it signs the Creator always surrounded of the same team. Between the trade of scenario writer and realizer, it always makes the actor in films like the Conveyer or long Sunday of engagement. Requiring, it remains a little in margin of the profession, refusing the facilities of the Show business. In " Locked up outside " , where he is at the same time realizer and main actor, he manages to carry out a burlesque and removed from rim action film, and which makes the admiration of Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, which briefly takes part in the film.>.

Quotations

  • “ I do not have hope to return to anybody. I live like Gandhi, I do not need anything. One cannot have me. The true luxury in this trade, it is freedom to say not or to say yes. It is necessary to know what one wants. (…) But when a guy recognizes me in a Crêperie at the fine bottom of the Brittany and comes to speak to me about the Créateur during one hour, it is splendid ” drawn from the magazine Télérama, 2001.

  • “ television, it is the culture of the trouble, while with the cinema one seeks something of " Bigger than Life" ” drawn from Internet site universcinema.com, 2006.

Catalog of films

Actor

Realizer, scenario writer

Notes and references of the article

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