Gérard Watkins
Born
July 4, 1965 (60 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Gérard Watkins is an English-French actor, playwright, director, and songwriter. As a stage actor he has performed in over forty productions in Paris with such directors as Véronique Bellegarde, Julie Beres, Jean-Claude Buchard, Elizabeth Chailloux, Michel Didym, André Engel, Frederic Fisbach, Marc François, Daniel Jeanneteau, Philipe Lanton, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Lars Noren, Claude Régy, Yann Ritsema, Bernard Sobel, Viviane Theophilides, and Jean-Pierre Vincent. Among his critically acclaimed performances are Ian in Sarah Kane's Blasted, Edmond in King Lear, and Rosalind in As you Like it. In the Cinema he is perhaps best known for his role in the 2009 film Taken as Patrice Saint Clair, the sex trafficking kingpin that runs the operation that kidnapped the protagonist's 17-year old daughter, but he has also performed with directors as Julie Lopez Curval, Jérome Salle, Yann Samuel, Julian Schnabel, Hugo Santiago, and Peter Watkins. Since 1994 he has directed his own theatre company, the Perdita Ensemble, where he has staged all of his plays, the Secret Capital, Follow Me, The Tower, In the Faraway Forest, Icone, Identity, Lost, and I Don't Remember Very Well.
Known For
Amarres
2023
Our Brothers
Le directeur de l'IGS
2022
Marie Antoinette
Duc de Choiseul · (2 episodes)
2022
The Accusation
L'avocat général
2021
Normandy Nude
Volker
2018
The Odyssey
Le maître de cérémonie
2016
Le monde qui nous perd
Avocat partie civile
2015
Colt 45
Calhoun
2014
The Ponzi Scheme
Banquier Chmelinski
2014
Silences d'état
Stéphane Ferran
2013
Solitudes
Le capitaine de police
2012
Les Châtaigniers du désert
Révérend Le Sage · (2 episodes)
2010
Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)
Detective
2010
Going South
Le père
2009
Hidden Diary
Gilles
2009
The Invisible Woman
Paul
2009
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Cattaneo
2008
Taken
Patrice Saint-Clair
2008
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Doctor Cocheton
2007
Love Me If You Dare
Julien's Father
2003
Les Immortelles
Citoyens clandestins
Arnaud · (4 episodes)
2024
The Feelings Factory
Michel
2008
Le Roi Lear
Edmund
2007
Je me fais rare
Acteur 1
2006
Venus & Apollo
(8 episodes)
2005
The Returned
Le fils du maire
2004
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
Gérard Bourlet
2003
Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme
Carlo Conti · (0 episode)
2002
The Wolf of the West Coast
Harry
2002
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
Gérard Bourlet · (2 episodes)
2000
Les Danseurs du Mozambique
Le chasseur
1992
Near Mrs.
Techtronics guard #1
1992
Bordertown
Paul Dumont · (1 episode)
1989
New York 1935
Un invité
1988
Hemingway
(4 episodes)
1988
Travelling avant
Young brawler
1987
Public Security
1987
Floodtide
TJ · (6 episodes)
1987
On a volé Charlie Spencer !
Le soldat américain du film
1986
EastEnders
Gendarme · (1 episode)
1985
The Hitchhiker
Eric · (1 episode)
1983