Gérard Watkins

Gérard Watkins

Acting • Born 1965-07-04

Acting1London, England, UK

Biography

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.

Filmography

42 credits
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Movie • 2007

Doctor Cocheton

Taken

Taken

Movie • 2008

Patrice Saint-Clair

The Accusation

The Accusation

Movie • 2021

L'avocat général

Amarres

Amarres

Movie • 2023

Silences d'état

Silences d'état

Movie • 2013

Stéphane Ferran

Our Brothers

Our Brothers

Movie • 2022

Le directeur de l'IGS

Love Me If You Dare

Love Me If You Dare

Movie • 2003

Julien's Father

The Ponzi Scheme

The Ponzi Scheme

Movie • 2014

Banquier Chmelinski

Colt 45

Colt 45

Movie • 2014

Calhoun

Stereo Girls

Stereo Girls

Movie • 2026

Hidden Diary

Hidden Diary

Movie • 2009

Gilles

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

Movie • 2008

Cattaneo

On a volé Charlie Spencer !

On a volé Charlie Spencer !

Movie • 1986

Le soldat américain du film

Public Security

Public Security

Movie • 1987

The Feelings Factory

The Feelings Factory

Movie • 2008

Michel

Le Roi Lear

Le Roi Lear

Movie • 2007

Edmund

Solitudes

Solitudes

Movie • 2012

Le capitaine de police

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

Movie • 2009

Paul

The Returned

The Returned

Movie • 2004

Le fils du maire

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

Movie • 2003

Gérard Bourlet

New York 1935

New York 1935

Movie • 1988

Un invité

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Movie • 2016

Le maître de cérémonie

Je me fais rare

Je me fais rare

Movie • 2006

Acteur 1

Les Danseurs du Mozambique

Les Danseurs du Mozambique

Movie • 1992

Le chasseur

Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)

Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)

Movie • 2010

Detective

Going South

Going South

Movie • 2009

Le père

Near Mrs.

Near Mrs.

Movie • 1992

Techtronics guard #1

Le monde qui nous perd

Le monde qui nous perd

Movie • 2015

Avocat partie civile

The Wolf of the West Coast

The Wolf of the West Coast

Movie • 2002

Harry

Travelling avant

Travelling avant

Movie • 1987

Young brawler

Normandy Nude

Normandy Nude

Movie • 2018

Volker

The Hitchhiker

The Hitchhiker

TV • 1983

Eric

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

TV • 2022

Duc de Choiseul

Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme

Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme

TV • 2002

Carlo Conti

Les Châtaigniers du désert

Les Châtaigniers du désert

TV • 2010

Révérend Le Sage

Venus & Apollo

Venus & Apollo

TV • 2005

EastEnders

EastEnders

TV • 1985

Gendarme

Bordertown

Bordertown

TV • 1989

Paul Dumont

Floodtide

Floodtide

TV • 1987

TJ

Hemingway

Hemingway

TV • 1988

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

La Commune (Paris, 1871)

TV • 2000

Gérard Bourlet

9/12

9/12

TV • 2024

Arnaud