Jean Edmond Dujardin was born in Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France on June 19, 1972. He grew up in neighboring Plaisir, Yvelines. After attending high school, he went to work for the construction company of his father, Jacques Dujardin, as a locksmith. Dujardin began contemplating a career in acting while serving his mandatory military service a few years later.
Dujardin began his acting career performing a self-written one-man show in various bars and cabarets in Paris. He first gained attention when he appeared on the French talent show ‘Graines de star’ in 1996 as part of the comedy group Nous Ç Nous, which was formed by members of the Carré blanc theater.
From 1999 to 2003, Dujardin starred in the France production of the originally Canadian comedy series ‘Un gars, une fille’, alongside his future wife Alexandra Lamy, before transitioning to a career in film. The TV series charted the path of a relationship; each episode was less than ten minutes long. In 2005, he portrayed the titular surfer in the popular comedic film “Brice de Nice” and performed on its accompanying soundtrack.
French film historian Tim Palmer has analyzed Dujardin's career and rise to success in France, noting how his formative roles were often unredeemable buffoons, very skillful portrayals of childlike men who aggressively and unabashedly reject the responsibilities and compromises of adult life. Dujardin's breakthrough roles as Brice de Nice and OSS 117 exemplified this tendency.
Dujardin has been married three times and has four children. His first marriage, to Gaëlle Demars, ended in 2003. They have two sons, born in 2000 and 2001. In 2003, he started dating his on-screen partner Alexandra Lamy of the comedy series ‘Un gars, une fille’; the two had originally met at the audition and fell in love while shooting the series. They married in Anduze on 25 July 2009. In November 2013, it was announced that the couple had separated. He began dating French ice dancer Nathalie Péchalat in 2014 after following her to Japan to watch her perform in the world ice skating championships, and they had a daughter who they named Jeanne, in December 2015. They married on 19 May 2018 in a small ceremony. Péchalat gave birth to daughter Alice in February 2021
Dujardin has appeared in three Euro-westerns: A cameo as a cowboy in 2004’s “The Daltons” starring the comic team of Éric Judor and Ramzy Bedia. He then portrayed Lucky Luke in the 2009 film “Lucky Luke”. Currently he’s appearing as Diego de la Vega/Zorro in the French ‘Zorro’ TV series.
DUJARDIN, Jean (aka Brice Agostini) (Jean
de la Lune) [6/19/1972, Rueil-Malmaison,
Hauts-de-Seine, France - ] –
producer, director, writer, stuntman, film, TV actor, married to Gaelle Demars
[1973- ] (1998-2003) father of Simon
Dujardin [2000- ], Jules Dujardin [2001- ], married to producer, writer,
cinematographer, actress, singer Alexandra Lamy [1971- ](2009-2014) father of Thomas Dujardin
[2004- ], married to actress Nathalie
Pechalat [1983- ] (2018 - ) father of Jeanne Dujardin [2015- ], Alice Dujardin [2021- ].
The Daltons – 2004 (cowboy)
Lucky Luke – 2009 (Lucky Luke)
Zorro (TV) 2024 (Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro)
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