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Gérard Watkins
Actor

Gérard Watkins

4 Jul 1965Born
61Age
43Credits
London, England, UKBirthplace

Biography

Gérard Watkins 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.

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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 Lopez 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, and I Don't Remember Very Well.

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Filmography

  1. 2026Stereo GirlsFilm: Pierre
  2. 20249/12Series: Arnaud (4 episodes)
  3. 2023AmarresFilm
  4. 2022Our BrothersFilm: Le directeur de l'IGS
  5. 2022Marie AntoinetteSeries: Duc de Choiseul (2 episodes)
  6. 2021The AccusationFilm: L'avocat général
  7. 2018Normandy NudeFilm: Volker
  8. 2016The OdysseyFilm: Le maître de cérémonie
  9. 2015Le monde qui nous perdFilm: Avocat partie civile
  10. 2014Colt 45Film: Calhoun
  11. 2014The Ponzi SchemeFilm: Banquier Chmelinski
  12. 2013Silences d'étatFilm: Stéphane Ferran
  13. 2012SolitudesFilm: Le capitaine de police
  14. 2010Les Châtaigniers du désertSeries: Révérend Le Sage (2 episodes)
  15. 2010Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)Film: Detective
  16. 2009Going SouthFilm: Le père
  17. 2009Hidden DiaryFilm: Gilles
  18. 2009The Invisible WomanFilm: Paul
  19. 2008The Heir Apparent: Largo WinchFilm: Cattaneo
  20. 2008TakenFilm: Patrice Saint-Clair
  21. 2008The Feelings FactoryFilm: Michel
  22. 2007Le Roi LearFilm: Edmund
  23. 2007The Diving Bell and the ButterflyFilm: Doctor Cocheton
  24. 2006Je me fais rareFilm: Acteur 1
  25. 2005Venus & ApolloSeries (8 episodes)
  26. 2004The ReturnedFilm: Le fils du maire
  27. 2003Love Me If You DareFilm: Julien's Father
  28. 2003La Commune (Paris, 1871)Film: Gérard Bourlet
  29. 2002Alice Nevers, le juge est une femmeSeries: Carlo Conti
  30. 2002The Wolf of the West CoastFilm: Harry
  31. 2000La Commune (Paris, 1871)Series: Gérard Bourlet (2 episodes)
  32. 1992Les Danseurs du MozambiqueFilm: Le chasseur
  33. 1992Near Mrs.Film: Techtronics guard #1
  34. 1991OostendeFilm: L'auto stoppeur
  35. 1989BordertownSeries: Paul Dumont (1 episode)
  36. 1988New York 1935Film: Un invité
  37. 1988HemingwaySeries (4 episodes)
  38. 1987Travelling avantFilm: Young brawler
  39. 1987Public SecurityFilm
  40. 1987FloodtideSeries: TJ (6 episodes)
  41. 1986On a volé Charlie Spencer !Film: Le soldat américain du film
  42. 1985EastEndersSeries: Gendarme (1 episode)
  43. 1983The HitchhikerSeries: Eric (1 episode)

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