Jean Dujardin

Jean Dujardin , born on June 19, 1972 in Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine), is a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

His career began on stage and television in the 1990s, as part of the comedy troupe Nous Ç Nous, before he established himself as a popular actor thanks to the shortcom Un gars, une fille, in which he co-starred with Alexandra Lamy who was his wife from 2009 to 2014. After some supporting roles, he achieved great success in cinema with the film Brice de Nice (2005), derived from a character that appeared in his sketches. Jean Dujardin then starred in films, mostly comedies, such as OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Rio Doesn’t Answer Anymore (2009), where he plays the role of secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, but also 99 Francs (2007), Ca$h (2008), Lucky Luke (2009) and The Infiltrators (2012). He also stands out in dramatic films such as The Delivery Man (2004), Counter-investigation (2007), The Sound of Ice (2010) or even A Balcony on the Sea (2010).

His portrayal of a fallen star of silent cinema in The Artist, a black and white film directed by Michel Hazanavicius, allowed him in 2012 to become the fourth French actor to be nominated for an Oscar and the first to win the Oscar for Best Actor. This role also enabled him to win many other international awards.

While accessing supporting roles in big American productions The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) by Martin Scorsese and Monuments Men (2014) by George Clooney, Jean Dujardin remains loyal to French cinema and works with great names while mixing genres. Appearing in the thriller Möbius (2013), he moves on to major dramatic roles playing in turn Judge Pierre Michel in La French (2014), Commander Marie-Georges Picquart in I Accuse (2019) and the commissioner of the anti-terrorism sub-directorate in November (2022).

Faithful to comedy, he films for Claude Lelouch who casts him in the romantic comedy with One Plus One (2015) and then the ensemble piece with Everyone Has Their Own Life (2017), while Laurent Tirard gives him the leading roles in A Man at His Height (2016) and The Return of the Hero (2018). The actor ventures into satire with I Feel Good by Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine as well as with Presidents (2021) by Anne Fontaine. He also explores the absurd with The Deer (2019) by Quentin Dupieux. Moreover, he revisits two roles that have marked his career, with the films Brice 3 (2016) and OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa (2021).

Jean Dujardin is born in Rueil-Malmaison, in the Hauts-de-Seine, on June 19, 1972.

After a childhood in Yvelines in Plaisir and after obtaining a A3 baccalaureate (theater and cinema) at the Saint Sulpice high school in Paris in the 6^e district, Jean Dujardin begins his working life as a locksmith in his father’s company, Jacques Dujardin (born in 1945). He also had a stint in scouting, which helped him assert himself and start discovering comedy.

“I met friends for life there. That’s where I made my first sketches, during scout nights! These camps allowed me to socialize, to gain confidence. I think it’s here that I really began to exist.”.

It was in the army, during his military service in the 1st regiment of riflemen, that his comedic talents were revealed. He then went to Paris where he performed in bars and small theaters.

Later, he formed “the Bande du Carré blanc” with Philippe Urbain, Éric Collado, Luc Antoni, Éric Massot, and Bruno Salomone whom he had met in the establishment of the same name, Le Carré blanc.

The troupe would become Nous Ç Nous, and produce a few shows as well as a parody of the very popular boy bands of the time, in the form of a song of the same name, before regularly participating in the show Fiesta by Patrick Sébastien, broadcast on France 2.

Between 1997 and 1998, they won the M6 show three times: Graines de Star in the category of “comedians.”

It’s in this context that Jean Dujardin presents his character Brice de Nice, a megalomaniac surfer from Nice, from which he later created several videos that became very popular on the internet, before making the film Brice de Nice, in 2005.

Later, he filmed with Bruno Salomone small sketches for the show Farce Attack, aired on France 2 and produced by Isabelle Camus, who spotted Jean Dujardin during his appearance in Graines de Star.

D’October 1999 à June 2003, he played with Alexandra Lamy in the hit television series Un gars, une fille on France 2. Notably because he judged himself poor in auditions, he was initially reluctant to accept the role offered by producer Isabelle Camus, who was convinced of her choice.

The two actors portray characters bearing their own first names, Jean and Alexandra, aka Loulou (the guy) and Alex known as Chouchou (the girl), and form a couple confronted with various situations of daily life. The series has 486 episodes of less than seven minutes. The characters Loulou and Chouchou are cherished by viewers and the two comedians quickly become popular, while their relationship in real life makes the headlines of gossip magazines.

Jean Dujardin ends the series and uses this newfound fame to debut in cinema, first with a small appearance in Ah! If I Were Rich (2002) and then in Welcome to the Rozes (2003), in which he plays a somewhat stupid burglar.

The comedian plays one of his first roles in cinema with an unconventional role in the thriller The Delivery Man by Nicolas Boukhrief (2004). He states that when the director offered him to play in his film, “nobody wanted him” despite the great success ofUn gars, une fille. He believes this role allowed him “to buy time and immediately establish himself as a dramatic actor”.

His first major success in cinema is nonetheless in the comedy genre, with the ensemble film Weddings! by Valérie Guignabodet in 2004, also featuring Mathilde Seigner, Antoine Duléry, Miou-Miou, Didier Bezace, Lio and Catherine Allégret. Brice de Nice, the cinematic adaptation of the character from one of his sketches with Nous Ç Nous, released in 2005, breaks box office records and becomes very popular in schoolyards. Goodies such as video games and mobile ringtones are exchanged by the thousands.

If the success is popular, the critics are harsher: the actor is nominated for the Bidets d’Or as worst actor for the film Love on the Run. This film will also be cited the same year at the Gérard du cinéma alongside Brice de Nice in the category Worst film with Jean Dujardin. He himself acknowledges the failure of this film which follows immediately Brice de Nice in his filmography, attracting only 200,000 entries.

The first critical recognition, however, comes in 2007: he receives a nomination for the César for Best Actor in 2007 following his performance in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies by Michel Hazanavicius, a successful pastiche of a spy film.

The same year, he becomes a producer (through his production company JD Prod, established in 2002) and director with the series of short programs Palizzi broadcast on the channel 13e Rue with Arsène Mosca in the lead role. Following the series’ success, a movie project adapted from the pilot is then considered. Another production project involves writing, with his wife, a film about the Camisards.

Now a sought-after actor, touching on all genres, he takes on unconventional roles in Counter-investigation et 99 Francs where he plays respectively a policeman investigating the murder and rape of his 10-year-old daughter, and a disillusioned and depressed advertising executive in the adaptation of Frédéric Beigbeder’s book, 99 Francs.

He continues this balancing act in the following years: in 2008, he plays in the drama A Man and His Dog by Francis Huster, alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo to whom he is often compared — the second installment of OSS 117 references this.

Then, he lends his features to Lucky Luke in the film of the same name by James Huth. Released in 2009, the actor is surrounded by Alexandra Lamy, Sylvie Testud, Michaël Youn, and Daniel Prévost. The film receives a mixed reception from both audiences and critics.

According to Le Figaro, Jean Dujardin was the highest-paid French actor in 2009 with a total of 4.4 million euros (€2M per film, €390,000 € to co-write Lucky Luke).

In 2009, he reunites with another filmmaker, Michel Hazanavicius, this time for a sequel to his first critically successful comedy, OSS 117: Rio Doesn’t Answer Anymore. The press is even more enthusiastic than for the first installment.

In 2010, he collaborates with established filmmakers. He embodies Charles Faulque, an alcoholic writer who is confronted by his cancer (played by Albert Dupontel) in The Sound of Ice by Bertrand Blier, also featuring Anne Alvaro, Myriam Boyer, and Audrey Dana. He then appears in Nicole Garcia’s film, A Balcony on the Sea featuring Sandrine Kiberlain, Marie-Josée Croze, Michel Aumont, and Claudia Cardinale, where he plays the role of Marc, a man who reunites with his first love and investigates when she goes missing.

The same year, he appears in Little White Lies by Guillaume Canet, in which his role, although brief, opens the film and represents its major plot.

In 2011, he shares the poster with Bérénice Bejo in The Artist, for a third collaboration with Michel Hazanavicius. This silent black-and-white film pays homage to Hollywood cinema of the 1920s and 1930s. He plays the role of George Valentin, a major silent film star whose career is broken by the advent of talkies, and whose budding love for Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), a young rising star, is thwarted.

In an interview, the actor states that he initially refused the role before changing his mind. It was on the first day of filming that he realized that the character of George Valentin was made for him.

The beginnings are laborious: television channels refuse to invest in a silent black-and-white film, and the advance on receipts is not allocated to the project. The arrival of producer Thomas Langmann unlocks the situation: he mobilizes notably Studio 37 (Orange), France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, and Warner France.

The feature film then competes for the Palme d’Or at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. Initially, The Artist was to be screened in a special session but was moved to competition at the insistence of Thomas Langmann.

For this film, Jean Dujardin is awarded the Best Actor Award, presented to him by Catherine Deneuve. The enthusiastic reception from festival-goers gives the feature film the chance to be purchased by numerous international distributors, including the Weinstein Company, which launches its American career and intense promotional campaign ahead of the 2012 Academy Awards.

The film experiences a strong enthusiasm across the ocean and wins the sympathy of American audiences for its homage to the golden age of classic silent productions from Hollywood.

En December 2011, Jean Dujardin receives a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes for The Artist.

Jean Dujardin is the second French actor to be nominated for the Golden Globes, after Gérard Depardieu, who won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy in 1991 (for the film Green Card). He also receives this award in January 2012. On January 24, Jean Dujardin is nominated for the Oscars in the category of “Best Actor.” On January 29, he wins the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.

Le On February 11, he participates in the American show Saturday Night Live where he appears in a sketch imagining a fake series on France 3 titled The Youth of Paris, filmed in the style of The Artist and wins success with the audience present. On February 12, 2012, Jean Dujardin obtient le prix du meilleur premier rôle masculin lors de la 65^eBAFTA British Film Awards.

In contrast, at the 37th César Awards, Omar Sy wins the César for Best Actor to his detriment: Télérama notes that “among the French who were nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, Jean Dujardin is therefore the first who does not receive the César just before”, referring to the precedents of Gérard Depardieu for Cyrano, Isabelle Adjani for Camille Claudel, Catherine Deneuve for Indochine, and Marion Cotillard for La Môme.

Recognition occurs on February 26, 2012, the date he wins the Oscar for Best Actor in Los Angeles for his portrayal of George Valentin in The Artist. He becomes the first French actor to win this trophy. Charles Boyer (awarded an Oscar for his career in 1943), Maurice Chevalier (also honored with an honorary Oscar in 1959), and Gérard Depardieu had been nominated for this award before him, but without success. He then joins the circle of French Oscar-winning interpreters which had previously been exclusively female: Claudette Colbert, Simone Signoret, Juliette Binoche, and Marion Cotillard.

Moreover, The Artist wins a total of five Oscars including those for Best Film for Thomas Langmann and Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius. The film also wins six Césars at the 37th ceremony, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress for Bérénice Bejo.

His portrayal of George Valentin has been praised with fourteen international awards.

The production company JD Prod, which he founded in 1^er January 2003, appears in the credits of two films where he is the leading actor: The Artist et The Infiltrators.

As for The Artist, Jean Dujardin holds 20% of the revenue after the film’s amortization, 20% of the support fund, and 20% of the reel. For The Infiltrators, Jean Dujardin had the original idea for the project and thus took on the role of delegated producer. As a result, in exchange for assuming the financial risks, the actor had control over the financing, costs, and was able to allow himself greater artistic freedom. He received €400,000 as a writer and €100,000 as a director. The delegated co-producers of this sketch film, “JD Prod” and “Black Dynamite Films,” had to pay salaries and fees of Gilles Lellouche as a writer (€270,000) and director (€90,000).

Ultimately, Jean Dujardin possesses 24% of the revenue after the film’s amortization, 25% of the support fund, and 24% of the reel. He would like to produce new films taking advantage of his growing fame since the crowning of The Artist.

In 2012, he acts alongside Gilles Lellouche and his wife Alexandra Lamy in The Infiltrators, a sketch film that he co-produces, co-writes, and co-directs with six other directors on the theme of male infidelity. Following a controversy regarding the promotional posters of the film on which Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche appear in suggestive poses that “present a degrading image of women,” the ARPP, which received four complaints, decides to withdraw them from public places.

In the spring of 2012, he begins filming the new film by Éric Rochant titled Möbius with Cécile de France, which is about economic espionage.

During the summer of 2012, rumors announce his presence in the cast of the film The Wolf of Wall Street by Martin Scorsese, based on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort, who is portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio. Subsequently confirmed, the newly Oscar-winning actor plays the role of a Swiss banker.

Le January 18, 2013, he participates in the entertainment show Le Débarquement on Canal+ alongside Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Laurent Lafitte, Nicolas Bedos, and Alex Lutz. It is the most expensive comedy show in the history of Canal+.

He shoots in the spring of 2013 in his second Hollywood film, the war drama directed by George Clooney: The Monuments Men, then in the autumn in the French thriller La French by Cédric Jimenez, a film about the assassination in 1981 of Judge Michel, which Jean Dujardin portrays.

Both films are released in 2014: while La French is well received and exports successfully, particularly due to the presence of the actor, The Monuments Men is a critical failure and barely manages to double its initial budget.

The following year, he is directed for the first time by Claude Lelouch for One Plus One, a romance filmed in India, for which the actor’s partner is Elsa Zylberstein. Notably, the presence of “Tonton flingueur” Venantino Venantini in the role of his father. While promoting the film, he states that a third OSS 117 does not seem wise to him at the moment, given the current socio-political context. But by the end of the month, he changes his mind and declares his readiness to shoot during the year if director Michel Hazanavicius offers him a project.

He starts 2016 with a more offbeat romantic comedy, directed by Laurent Tirard, this time alongside Virginie Efira. Initially titled Up for Love, the film is finally released under the title A Man at His Height. This experiences limited box office success, lower than the previous romantic comedies of the two lead actors; it is the worst opening for a film with Jean Dujardin since Love on the Run (2005). His most anticipated project of the year is released in October: the unexpected sequel Brice 3 allows him to reunite with James Huth and serves as a follow-up to the biggest commercial success of his career (excluding Little White Lies where he only has a very brief role).

In 2017, he takes part in the animated film Sahara by Pierre Coré.

The year 2018 is marked by the release of two feature films: the historical comedy The Return of the Hero, alongside Mélanie Laurent and directed by Laurent Tirard. At the same time, he plays his own role in an episode of the third season of the series Dix pour cent featuring an artistic agency of actors. By the end of the year, he ventures into “art-house” cinema by starring in the satire I Feel Good, the eighth feature film by Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine.

He continues in this vein in 2019, taking on the leading male role in the experimental comedy The Deer by Quentin Dupieux, featuring Adèle Haenel in the leading female role. That year, he completes filming his first dramatic project since 2015, I Accuse, by Roman Polanski. In this adaptation of the novel D. about the Dreyfus Affair, the actor lends his features to Colonel Marie-Georges Picquart, facing actor Louis Garrel in the role of Captain Alfred Dreyfus. The film’s promotion proves complicated for the entire team, as the filmmaker is once again accused of rape while he has been the subject of an international arrest warrant since 1977 following the Polanski/Geimer case.

En July 2019, he is the patron of the fifth edition of the international film festival of Pauillac Les Vendanges du 7e Art.

As announced by the actor in February 2018, Jean Dujardin reunites in August 2021 his role as Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath in OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa.
Shortly after the announcement of the film, Michel Hazanavicius states that he does not wish to return behind the camera, explaining that he does not like the script and that he is preparing a new film. At the occasion of the Cannes Film Festival 2019, Nicolas Bedos is officially appointed as the director.

He is one of the 45 administrators of the Académie des César.

At the end of 2022, he is part of the main cast of the film November by Cédric Jimenez, depicting the five days of the police investigation that followed the attacks of November 13, 2015, in France, from the perspective of the anti-terrorism sub-directorate, where he plays the role of the commissioner.

In 2023, he is featured in a more intimate film, inspired by On the Black Paths the autobiographical story of Sylvain Tesson published on October 13, 2016. The filming of this cinematic adaptation by Denis Imbert, On the Black Paths took place in 2021 and is released on the big screen on March 22, 2023. As part of the film’s promotion, Dujardin is questioned about his choice not to embark on a career abroad. He states that he refuses the idea out of love for his country. His comments spark a fierce controversy, accusing the actor of flirting with nationalism and chauvinism, moreover through the appropriation of the far right.

In 2023, Jean Dujardin, chosen by World Rugby, co-writes with show designer Olivier Ferracci and director Nora Matthey from L’Endroit, the opening ceremony of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which takes place on September 8 at the Stade de France. The actor, as a baker, plays the lead role in the show, which includes 240 volunteers, 44 professional dancers and acrobats, as well as actors Éric Massot who plays a human rooster, Philippe Lacheau and Joël Dupuch, singer Vianney, singers Zazie and Zaz who perform My Lover from Saint-Jean, étoile dancer Alice Renavand, Adriana Karembeu, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and chefs Pierre Hermé, Guy Savoy, and Yves Camdeborde among others. The show has the theme of the 1950s in France. This period was chosen as it is also said to be a tribute to the first victory of the French over the All Blacks (3-0) in 1954, according to TF1 citing Olivier Ferracci.

In 2024, he plays Zorro in a new series written by Benjamin Charbit. This series is co-produced by France Télévisions, Rai (Italian television), and ZDF (German television).

Le March 10, 2025, he is heard by members of the Inquiry Commission regarding the violence committed in the sectors of cinema, audiovisual, live performance, fashion, and advertising in a joint hearing with actors Gilles Lellouche, Pio Marmaï, and Jean-Paul Rouve.

Jean Dujardin plays the role of Jean Luchaire in the film The Rays and the Shadows by Xavier Giannoli, released in France on March 18, 2026. This film is at the center of many controversies as it presents a rather romanticized view of French collaboration during World War II.

Jean Dujardin has three brothers, the eldest of whom, Marc, is a lawyer and his legal advisor as well as the manager of his production company, JD Prod.

In 2003, Jean Dujardin divorces his wife Gaëlle Demars, with whom he has two sons: Simon (born in 2000) and Jules (born in 2001).

In 2003, he becomes the companion of Alexandra Lamy, his partner in Un gars, une fille, whom he marries on July 25, 2009 in Anduze. They announce their separation in 2013, then divorce in December 2014.

En March 2014, he officially confirms his relationship with ice dancer Nathalie Péchalat, eleven years his junior. On December 5, 2015, she gives birth to their first daughter, Jeanne. The couple discreetly marries on May 19, 2018 in Saint-Cloud. Nathalie Péchalat gives birth to their second daughter, Alice, on February 18, 2021. They announced their separation in September 2024.

Jean Dujardin expresses pride in his family, which he refers to as his “tribe,” built on fundamentals such as kindness, politeness, and self-confidence.

• 2006 : Two on the Swing by William Gibson, directed by Bernard Murat: Jerry Ryan – Théâtre Édouard VII

• 2002: Ah! If I Were Rich by Gérard Bitton and Michel Munz: the salesman Weston
• 2003: All the Girls Are Crazy by Pascale Pouzadoux: Lorenzi
• 2003: Welcome to the Rozes by Francis Palluau: Mathieu Gamelin, aka MG
• 2003: The Keys to the Car by Laurent Baffie: himself
• 2004: The Delivery Man by Nicolas Boukhrief: Jacques
• 2004: Weddings! by Valérie Guignabodet: Alex
• 2004: The Daltons by Philippe Haïm: the cowboy vaunter
• 2005: The Life of Michel Muller Is Better Than Yours by Michel Muller: himself
• 2005: Brice de Nice by James Huth: Brice Agostini, aka Brice from Nice
• 2005: Love on the Run by Philippe de Chauveron: Franck
• 2005: One Shouldn’t Swear to Anything! by Éric Civanyan: Valentin
• 2006 : OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies by Michel Hazanavicius: Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117
• 2007: Counter-investigation by Franck Mancuso: Richard Malinowski
• 2007: Hellphone by James Huth: the mud warrior
• 2007: Looking for a Fiancé All Expenses Paid by Aline Issermann: a nightclub host
• 2007: 99 Francs by Jan Kounen: Octave Parango
• 2008: Cash by Éric Besnard: Cash
• 2008: A Man and His Dog by Francis Huster: the upholsterer
• 2009: OSS 117: Rio Doesn’t Answer Anymore by Michel Hazanavicius: Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117
• 2009: Lucky Luke by James Huth: Lucky Luke

• 2010: Little White Lies by Guillaume Canet: Ludo
• 2010: The Sound of Ice by Bertrand Blier: Charles
• 2010: A Balcony on the Sea by Nicole Garcia: Marc Palestro
• 2011: The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius: George Valentin
• 2012: The Infiltrators by Emmanuelle Bercot, Fred Cavayé, Alexandre Courtès, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Éric Lartigau, and Gilles Lellouche: Olivier / François / Laurent / James / Fred
• 2013: Möbius by Éric Rochant: Gregory Lioubov aka Moise
• 2013: 9 Months Hard by Albert Dupontel: the sign language translator
• 2013: The Wolf of Wall Street (The Wolf of Wall Street) by Martin Scorsese: Jean-Jacques Saurel
• 2014: Monuments Men (The Monuments Men) by George Clooney: Jean-Claude Clermont
• 2014: La French by Cédric Jimenez: Pierre Michel
• 2015: One Plus One by Claude Lelouch: Antoine Abeilard
• 2016: A Man at His Height by Laurent Tirard: Alexandre
• 2016: Brice 3 by James Huth: Brice Agostini
• 2017: Everyone Has Their Own Life by Claude Lelouch: the commissioner
• 2017: Sahara by Pierre Coré: George (animation)
• 2018: The Return of the Hero by Laurent Tirard: Captain Neuville
• 2018: I Feel Good by Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine: Jacques Pora
• 2019: We Will End Together by Guillaume Canet: Ludo
• 2019: The Deer by Quentin Dupieux: Georges
• 2019: I Accuse by Roman Polanski: Marie-Georges Picquart

• 2020: Clear History by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern: the panda hunter
• 2021: Presidents by Anne Fontaine: Nicolas
• 2021: OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa by Nicolas Bedos: Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / OSS 117
• 2022: November by Cédric Jimenez: Fred
• 2023: The Guardians of the Planet by Jean-Albert Lièvre: narration
• 2023: On the Black Paths by Denis Imbert: Pierre
• 2025: The Shrinking Man by Jan Kounen: Paul
• 2026: The Rays and the Shadows by Xavier Giannoli: Jean Luchaire

• 2002: In the Shelter of Unseen Eyes by Ruben Alves and Hugo Gélin: Jean-Luc
• 2004: Nothing Serious by Renaud Philipps: the salesperson
• 2011: Touch of Evil by Alex Prager
• 2014: How Far Would You Go for a Nespresso? by Grant Heslov: Jean

• 1996-1999: Carré Blanc / Nous Ç Nous (sketches)
• 1997-1998: Farce Attack (television show)
• 1999-2003: Un gars, une fille (TV series): Jean, known as “Loulou”
• 1999: Un gars, une fille in Quebec, special guest in the episode In Paris; reprised his role from the French series: Jean
• 2007: Palizzi by himself (TV series)
• 2011: Belmondo, Itinerary… (documentary) by Vincent Perrot: narrator
• 2013: Le Débarquement by Renaud Le Van Kim
• 2013: Platane by Denis Imbert and Éric Judor
• 2018: Dix pour cent: himself (season 3)
• 2023: Alphonse by Nicolas Bedos (TV series): Alphonse
• 2024: Zorro, French series written by Benjamin Charbit and Noé Debré

• 1991: RATP
• 1998: Quick – Nous Ç Nous (theme The Simpsons)
• Following the American success of The Artist, the actor shoots a fake advertisement for French cigarettes for the Funny or Die website.
• In 2014, he plays his own role in the commercials for Nespresso coffee with George Clooney.

In 2009, Jean Dujardin joined forces with Marc Lièvremont to become the sponsor of the Action Enfance Foundation, an organization that protects siblings separated from their parents and placed in children’s villages and homes in France due to abuse or severe neglect.

He is the official sponsor of the Movement Foundation for children’s villages, as well as of the BRI since 2022.

• Knight of the National Order of Merit (November 14, 2011).
• Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (July 17, 2009).