Gerard Jugnot born 4 May 1951 in Paris is a French actor film director screenwriter and producer Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s along with among others his highschool friends Christian Clavier Thierry Lhermitte and Michel Blanc The group adapted a number of its stage hits for the cinema was extremely successful in films such as Les Bronzés 1978 Les Bronzés font du ski 1979 and Le Père Noël est une ordure 1982 Jugnot gained international fame for his lead role in Les Choristes in which he played Clément Mathieu The last movie he directed was Rose et Noir 2008 Jugnot is the father of comedian Arthur Jugnot born in 1980 to Jugnot and wardrobe designer Cécile Magnan He was made Chevalier Knight of the Légion dhonneur in 2004 Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerard Jugnot licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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