Jean Dujardin (19 June 1972) is a French actor, director, producer and comedian. His starring role in Michel Hazanavicius' silent movie The Artist (2011), playing actor George Valentin, received widespread acclaim. The role won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, the BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor. He is the first French actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He first worked with Hazanavicius by starring in his OSS 117 spy parodies. He also appeared in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and George Clooney's The Monuments Men (2014).
