In this article, the focus of our attention will be the French actor Frederic Diefenthal. Diefenthal is an Alsatian surname, and is read according to the rules of German phonetics. But the French often call the actor in their own way - Dieffantal. For this ladies man the nickname Little Napoleon was fixed, although the growth of the artist is average - one hundred seventy-one centimeters. The thing is that on the set he is always accompanied by tall partners, like Emma Sjöberg, Letizia Casta, Sophie Marceau. The actor is familiar to Russians not only from the box office film Taxi with three sequels. He was also an official in the Carte Noire coffee campaign . It is noteworthy that the text in the video Frederic pronounces in Russian.
Childhood and education
Frederic Pierre Difental-Giro-Ghillard - these are his full name and surname - was born on July twenty-sixth, 1968 in the suburb of Paris Saint-Mande. Despite the Alsatian surname, his family was from the south-west of France. The actor recalls the visits to his grandmother, who remained to live in a small village in the foothills of the Pyrenees. At the age of eleven, Frederic Difenthal participated in school plays ... Not because he loved the theater with all his heart, but to please the girl. In France, high school graduates at the age of fifteen. After that, you can continue your education in college and get a bachelor's degree. But Frederick chose a different path. He began to make money. Frederick was a hotel bellboy, a hairdresser apprentice and even a cook. All these professions helped him a lot in life. He knows a lot about makeup and can even cook delicacies like foie gras.
Carier start
In the late eighties, Frederic Difenthal met an old friend who told him that he was going to enroll in theater classes at Dominica Virjo. And the young man decided to keep him company. From the very first lessons, Frederick realized that the theater was his destiny. As one classic said, genius is one percent of giftedness and 99% of hard work. All this perfectly matches the creative path of Frederic Difenthal. Realizing that young actors in France are a dime a dozen, he works hard and hard. He does not disdain any roles and starred in promotional videos. Finally, he was invited to television. At first it was a cameo in the movie "Billy" (1991). As often happens, the debut was ignored, but in the same year the young actor was lucky, and he was included in the film “Total Surveillance” directed by Claude Zizi and the tape “Normal People are Unremarkable” by Valeria Bruni Tedeshi.
Frederick Difenthal: filmography
The first significant role went to the actor in 1995 in the film "Sweet France". But the film was not very successful. Another fate awaited the series "Alice Never." He starred from 1993 to 1999. The actor played the role of a policeman. But the turning point in the career of Difenthal was the image of another representative of the law - in the picture "Taxi" by Gerard Piraeus and Luc Besson. The audience really liked the image of a police loser, in which Frederik Diefenthal reincarnated. Movies-continuation of "Taxi" (and there were as many as three) only added popularity to the artist. For the role of a policeman, Emilien Difenthal was nominated for Cesar as the best aspiring actor. In the "zero" he increasingly gets the main roles. He played with Ankonin in the movie Six, with Sophie Marceau in Belfegor - the Louvre Phantom. His partners on the set were John Malkovich in "Strong in Spirit" and Letizia Casta in "Cold Days". Of the recent works, the paintings “Chateaubriand”, “Elite Squad” and “Recipes of Desires” should be noted.
Actor awards
The prestigious Cesar Prize was awarded in 1998 to the best male role as police officer Emilien in the movie Taxi, played by Frederic Difenthal. Films with the participation of the actor have also received numerous awards. One of them - "Strong in spirit" - even completed the festival in Cannes. But the status of a movie star did not turn the head of the artist. He continues to work hard and does not give up roles on television or in voicing cartoons.
Frederick Difenthal: what is his personal life
In 1999, the artist married the French actress Claire Cam. But the marriage lasted only three years. Already in 2002, the couple broke up. But even in the bachelors, Frederick Difenthal, whose photo drove many girls crazy, did not stop. Already in May two thousand and four, he married again, and again on the movie actress. This time, Gwendoline Amon, the granddaughter of the famous writer Jean Anouil (author of Passenger Without Baggage and Antigone), became the chosen one of the ladies man and Little Napoleon. In July 2004, the first-born son, Gabriel, was born to a star couple.
By the way, Gwendolyn plays not only the role of a loving wife and gentle mother. She successfully combines family life with creative life. Spouses do not part even on the set. Gwendoline became Frederick's partner in the films “Neighbors, Neighbors” and “Lodger”.