About

Known credits:
38
Birthday:
1965-07-04
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
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Gérard Watkins

Overview

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. 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.

Known for

Acting
2025 Stereo Girls Actor N/A
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2024 Citoyens clandestins Actor Arnaud 70
Good
2023 Amarres Actor 59
Average
2022 Our Brothers Actor Le directeur de l'IGS 59
Average
2021 The Accusation Actor L'avocat général 61
Fair
2018 Normandy Nude Actor Volker 58
Average
2016 The Odyssey Actor Le maître de cérémonie 62
Fair
2015 Le monde qui nous perd Actor Avocat partie civile N/A
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2014 Colt 45 Actor Calhoun 58
Average
2014 The Ponzi Scheme Actor Banquier Chmelinski 58
Average
2013 Silences d'état Actor Stéphane Ferran 58
Average
2012 Solitudes Actor Le capitaine de police N/A
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2010 Les Châtaigniers du désert Actor Révérend Le Sage N/A
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2010 Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) Actor Detective 58
Average
2009 Going South Actor Le père 58
Average
2009 Hidden Diary Actor Gilles 58
Average
2009 The Invisible Woman Actor Paul 58
Average
2008 The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch Actor Cattaneo 59
Average
2008 Taken Actor Patrice Saint-Clair 73
Good
2008 The Feelings Factory Actor Michel 58
Average
2007 Le Roi Lear Actor Edmund N/A
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2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Actor Doctor Cocheton 70
Good
2006 Je me fais rare Actor Acteur 1 N/A
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2005 Venus & Apollo Actor N/A
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2004 The Returned Actor Le fils du maire 58
Average
2003 Love Me If You Dare Actor Julien's Father 69
Fair
2003 La Commune (Paris, 1871) Actor Gérard Bourlet 59
Average
2002 The Wolf of the West Coast Actor Harry 58
Average
2000 La Commune (Paris, 1871) Actor Gérard Bourlet N/A
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1992 Les Danseurs du Mozambique Actor Le chasseur N/A
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1992 Near Mrs. Actor Techtronics guard #1 59
Average
1988 New York 1935 Actor Un invité N/A
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1988 Hemingway Actor N/A
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1987 Travelling avant Actor Young brawler 58
Average
1987 Public Security Actor N/A
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1987 Floodtide Actor TJ N/A
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1986 On a volé Charlie Spencer ! Actor Le soldat américain du film 58
Average
Les Immortelles Actor N/A
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