Gérard Watkins
Known for Acting · 43 credits
- Born
- 1965-07-04 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Gerard Watkins · Gerald Watkins
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.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
EastEnders
1985
as Gendarme
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Eric
Marie Antoinette
2022
as Duc de Choiseul
Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme
2002
as Carlo Conti
Bordertown
1989
as Paul Dumont
Venus & Apollo
2005
9/12
2024
as Arnaud
Hemingway
1988
Floodtide
1987
as TJ
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2000
as Gérard Bourlet
Les Châtaigniers du désert
2010
as Révérend Le Sage
Movies (32)
Taken
2008
as Patrice Saint-Clair
The Returned
2004
as Le fils du maire
The Odyssey
2016
as Le maître de cérémonie
Love Me If You Dare
2003
as Julien's Father
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
as Doctor Cocheton
Stereo Girls
2026
as Pierre
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
2008
as Cattaneo
The Invisible Woman
2009
as Paul
Normandy Nude
2018
as Volker
On a volé Charlie Spencer !
1986
as Le soldat américain du film
Amarres
2023
Oostende
1991
as L'auto stoppeur
Near Mrs.
1992
as Techtronics guard #1
Silences d'état
2013
as Stéphane Ferran
The Accusation
2021
as L'avocat général
Colt 45
2014
as Calhoun
The Ponzi Scheme
2014
as Banquier Chmelinski
Le Roi Lear
2007
as Edmund
La Commune (Paris, 1871)
2003
as Gérard Bourlet
Solitudes
2012
as Le capitaine de police
Hidden Diary
2009
as Gilles
Our Brothers
2022
as Le directeur de l'IGS
Je me fais rare
2006
as Acteur 1
Going South
2009
as Le père
Les Danseurs du Mozambique
1992
as Le chasseur
Travelling avant
1987
as Young brawler
Public Security
1987
The Wolf of the West Coast
2002
as Harry
The Feelings Factory
2008
as Michel
New York 1935
1988
as Un invité
Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)
2010
as Detective
Le monde qui nous perd
2015
as Avocat partie civile
About Gérard Watkins
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, Edm… With 43 credits spanning from 1983 to 2026, Gérard Watkins has appeared in 32 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gérard Watkins Movies
- Taken (2008) — as Patrice Saint-Clair
- The Returned (2004) — as Le fils du maire
- The Odyssey (2016) — as Le maître de cérémonie
- Love Me If You Dare (2003) — as Julien's Father
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) — as Doctor Cocheton
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