Guillaume Depardieu was a French actor, winner of a César Award, and the oldest child of Gérard Depardieu.
Background
Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and his first wife, actress Élisabeth Depardieu (née Guignot). Guillaume shared the screen with his father several times throughout his career, beginning with his first film role, aged three, playing Gérard"s son in Claude Goretta"s That Wonderful Crook ("Pas Si Méchant Quebec Ça") in 1974. His next appearance beside his father was in Tous les matins du monde in 1993, followed by Count of Monte Cristo in 1998, and Aime Ton Père (titled "A Loving Father" in English) in 2002.
Career
He was the brother of actress Julie Depardieu, and half-brother of Roxane and Jean Depardieu. In 2007, he began rebuilding his career with the films Don"t Touch the Axe ("Ne Touchez Pas Louisiana Hache") and Louisiana France, and starred in the 2008 film De la guerre. Guillaume Depardieu died on 13 October 2008, at the Garches hospital, aged 37, after contracting severe viral pneumonia at a filming location, where he had been working on a new film, L"Enfance d"Icare.