French actor

Jean Dujardin

Jean Edmond Dujardin is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films. He first came to prominence with the popular TV series Un gars, une fille (1999–2003), in which he starred alongside his partner Alexandra Lamy, before becoming a popular film actor with comedies such as Brice de Nice (2005), Michel Hazanavicius's OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006), its sequel OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009) and OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021), and 99 Francs (2007).

Born

1972

June 19

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1972 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

325 The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.
1179 The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
1306 The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven.
1586 English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.

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The world in 1972

When Jean arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Blaise Pascal 1623–1662 French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1623) Hugh Dancy 1975– English actor and model John Ralston Saul 1947– Canadian philosopher and author Lejla Njemčević 1994– Bosnian cross-country and mountain bike cyclist Lou Gehrig 1903–1941 American baseball player (died 1941) Mary Tenney Gray 1833–1904 American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (died 1904) Nigel Gresley 1876–1941 Scottish-English engineer (born 1876) Silvanus P. Thompson 1851– English physicist, engineer, and academic (died 1916) Timothy Morton 1968– American philosopher and academic

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Also born in 1972

Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Chilly Gonzales 1972– Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor

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