Gérard Lanvin
Gérard Lanvin ( born June 21, 1950 in Boulogne- Billancourt ) is a French actor.
Life
Lanvin left with 17 years of school to become an actor. Acting Schools adverse, he earned his living partly as Jean sellers at flea markets, before he made the acquaintance of Miou Miou - and Coluche. He was then a member of the theater group known Café de la Gare and later founded together with Martin Lamotte and Christine Dejoux its own café- théâtre, La Veuve Pichard.
In 1977 he received from Coluche a roll of film in Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine, after he had already played in the 1976 on its side on a small part Louis de Funès film chest or leg. An upheaval took his career in the 1980s. In 1980, he starred in The taxi driver Jacques Bral one of the two friends of the taxi - driving protagonist. In 1982 he received the Prix Jean Gabin for his role as Louis Coline employees, whose new chief Michel Piccoli mixes well in his private life, in the movie The incredible affair by Pierre Granier - Deferre. He had a popular success with the comedy Two fish on dry land by Michel Blanc ( 1984), two stray friends who fall in love with the same woman as in the taxi driver.
In 1995 he received a César Award for Best Actor for Nicole Garcia's drama The favorite son. In 2001, he won another César for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy like to meet another of Agnès Jaoui.
In 2008, he starred in the film adaptation of the life of gangster Jacques Mesrine ( Public Enemy No 1 -. Todestrieb ) by Jean -François Richet one of its sub- leaders.