Gérard Darmon

Acting

Gérard Darmon

Born 1948-02-29 · Paris, France

Gérard Darmon (born 29 February 1948) is a French-Moroccan actor and singer. He has been nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for his roles in Betty Blue (1987) and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2003). He was the second husband of actress Mathilda May (mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daughter Sarah (born 17 August 1994) and son Jules (born 4 March 1997). Darmon also did a cover of "Mambo Italiano". Darmon is of Sephardic Jewish (Algerian-Jewish) descent. In July 2012, he was naturalised Moroccan by a decree from King Mohamed VI. Source: Article "Gérard Darmon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Acting credits

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra poster
7.4

History's favorite Gauls assist Queen Cleopatra when she wagers that the Egyptian people can build a palace for Julius Caesar in just three months.

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra

2002

Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom poster
4.8

Gallic heroes and forever friends Asterix and Obelix journey to China to help Princess Sa See save the Empress and her land from a nefarious prince.

Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom

2023

Betty Blue poster
7.2

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.

Betty Blue

1986

The Tit and the Moon poster
6.2

A child does not stand the idea of having a new brother and dreams about drinking milk from the breasts of his mother again. The child asks the moon to bring him a tit only for him.

The Tit and the Moon

1994

The Good Thief poster
6.1

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

The Good Thief

2003

Dead Weight poster
5.8

After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.

Dead Weight

2002

Diva poster
6.7

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...

Diva

1981

King poster
6.4

King, a trafficked lion cub, escapes from the airport and takes refuge with Inès and Alex, who then have the crazy idea of getting him back to Africa. Anything can happen when Max their kooky grandfather, decides to join the adventure.

King

2022

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob poster
7.4

In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

1973

Rolling to You poster
6.5

Jocelyn is a selfish and misogynist businessman. He tries to seduce a young pretty woman by pretending to be handicapped, till the day he meets her sister, who is also in a wheelchair.

Rolling to You

2018

Les Princes poster
7.1

Nara, a 30-year-old gypsy, lives with her nine-year-old daughter Zorka and her grandmother in a public housing project in the Paris region.

Les Princes

1983

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés poster
7.0

As Les Restos du Cœur have just celebrated their 40th anniversary, you voted for your favorite tracks from among 40 legendary Enfoirés songs…

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

2025

Employee of the Month poster
6.0

Vincent, a civil servant, has always enjoyed the benefits of his family's status. When the government votes on a massive savings plan, Vincent is pushed out. When he is transferred to the North Pole, he meets Eva and finds love. It's time for him to choose.

Employee of the Month

2022

Brillantissime poster
4.8

After getting dumped on Christmas Eve, Angela must rebuild her life surrounded by her rebellious teenager, her tyrannical mother, her hysterical best friend, and a weird psychologist.

Brillantissime

2018

For Sasha poster
5.9

Israel, 1967. Sacha and Laura have been living in a kibbutz near the Syrian border for two years. They are visited by Simon, Michel and Paul, three friends from Paris who have come to celebrate Laura's twentieth birthday. Simon is obsessed by the death of the girl he loved and during the birthday evening, attempts to find someone to blame amongst his friends. Laura alone knows that the young girl died of a broken heart. She also loved Sacha.

For Sasha

1991

It Takes Two To Tango poster
5.9

Antoine Toussaint is a famous, disillusioned 70 year-old crooner. On a train to Geneva where he plans to end his life, Antoine meets Victoire, a good-natured fan with a few loose wires. This unlikely encounter thwarts all Antoine’s plans, for better or worse!

It Takes Two To Tango

2025

Our Story poster
6.3

Robert Avranche, a middle-aged, alcoholic garage owner, is sitting on a train, reflecting on the emptiness of his life. An attractive young woman, Donatienne, suddenly enters the compartment and offers to make love to him. Robert accepts but, when the woman leaves the train afterwards, he decides to follow her...

Our Story

1984

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy poster
7.5

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

1994

Pimp My Bride poster
5.1

Benoît finds himself in debt and has to ask his rich parents for help once again. His plan to get money : make them believe he's getting married with his model friend Emily. The young couple is invited to Morocco to meet the whole family. When Emily cancels on the way to the airport, Benoit decides to invite his big mouth Uber-driver Fiona instead. It's only for the week-end... What could go wrong?

Pimp My Bride

2024

All That... for This?! poster
6.2

The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge who get on with the trial and who are being unfaithful to their couples.

All That... for This?!

1993

Present Perfect poster
4.7

Presents: most of us look forward to them. Others dread them, or even forget about them. With two days to go before Christmas, the Stain family is full of ideas, but they are far from all good.

Present Perfect

2024

Everyone's Life poster
4.6

Before being judges, attorneys, or jury members, they are first of all men and women at a crossroads in their lives, with their dreams and their secrets, their hopes and their limitations, all beneath the same sun, each with their own dark side. In a lovely provincial town, during a jazz festival, life will juggle with their destinies.

Everyone's Life

2017

Follow My Gaze poster
6.2

A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. Among the sketches performed is one with Jean Carmet playing a man from the sticks woefully burdened with the challenge of getting through a dog food commercial on less than one tank of intelligible French. Another skit shows a silent duel between an airport custodian and an automatic door, while another with the renowned Michel Galabru sets up a strange teacher-student exchange.

Follow My Gaze

1986

Boner Blues poster
NR

Gaëtan (age 70) pees in dots and dashes. Max (age 50) can no longer get hard. Félix (age 20) shoots too soon. 3 men, 3 generations, 1 thing in common: manhood malfunctions.

Boner Blues

2022