Gérard Depardieu Overview

In the small town of Châteauroux in Indre, France, Gérard Depardieu was born the third of six children to a poor sheet metal worker. In his autobiography, released in 2014, he revealed that his mother tried to abort him using knitting needles. Gérard left school at the age of 12 and began a life of petty crime. At 16, he was arrested for stealing a car and spent three weeks in prison. No longer living at home, he became a prostitute to earn money after realizing homosexuals were attracted to him... See All