Vincent Perez: biography, filmography and the personal life of the actor (photo)

Today we offer a closer look at the popular Swiss actor and director named Vincent Perez. He gained international fame after performing major roles in such films as "Behind the Clouds" (1995) and "Raven 2: City of Angels" (1996). We offer a closer look to the actor, having learned the details of his career and personal life.

Vincent Perez: Biography

The future world famous actor was born in the Swiss city of Lausanne on June 10, 1964. His parents had German and Spanish roots. As a teenager, Vincent dreamed of becoming a sculptor, photographer or artist in the future. However, despite everything, at the age of eighteen he entered the University of Geneva at the Faculty of Dramatic Art. A year later, he decided to continue his studies in Paris. In 1986, Vincent Perez, a photo of which in a few years will begin to flash on movie posters and magazine covers, was seen by director Patrice Chéroux, who invited the young man to work in the studio at the theater called "Des Amandier", located in Nanterre. Here the future celebrity with a world name comprehended secrets of actor's skill.

Early career in film

In 1986, Vincent's debut on the big screen took place. It was the role of a temperamental young man named Armando in the drama "Guard of the Night" directed by Jean-Pierre Limozen. A year later, Patrice Schero decides to take a picture called "Hotel France" based on the works of the Russian writer A.P. Chekhov's "Platonov." In the film, he uses his best students, among whom besides Vincent Perez are also Marianne Denicour and Agnes Jauy. The film career of the actor started so successfully that he decided to give up work on the stage. It should be noted that he never had to regret this choice.

Vincent Perez: Filmography, continuation of his career

International recognition came to the actor in 1990 after playing the role of Christian in the film "Cyrano de Bergerac" directed by Jean-Paul Rappeno. Vincent was so persuasive in the role of the hero-lover that the directors and producers began actively offering him pictures, where he would play such characters. To consolidate the star status of Peres helped such tapes as the melodrama "Indochina" and the film adaptation of the famous work of Alexander Dumas under the title "Queen Margot". However, the spectators and film critics were delighted not only by Vincent's magnificent actor's play, but also by the bed scenes present in both films. As a result, Perez overnight became the No. 1 sex symbol in France. For this period, the actor also has to participate in other melodramas: "The Fragrance of Love Fanfan", "The Journey of Captain Fracassus" and others.

World fame

Thanks to his fluency in English, Vincent Perez decided to try his hand in Hollywood. So, in 1995, a big picture came out with his participation under the title "Behind the Clouds", filmed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders. Then came the film "Raven 2: City of Angels". Interestingly, the role in this picture after the death of Brandon Lee tried a lot of famous Hollywood actors, among whom was John Bon Jovi. However, the producer and director chose Perez.

In 1996, Vincent visited Russia. Here he starred in the film about the life of the Mafiosi called "The Tape of Life" directed by Pavel Lungin. Partners of Peres on the set were such domestic stars as Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Dmitry Pevtsov, Vladimir Steklov and Vsevolod Larionov.

2000s

Perez always tried not to confine himself to the already familiar frame of the hero-lover, in this regard, he repeatedly made attempts to participate in non-commercial cinema. However, as a rule, such experiments proved unsuccessful, since the viewer certainly wanted to see in Vincent exclusively a sex symbol. They watched with great pleasure their favorite actor in the role of Jean Baptiste, La Mole, or the charming young Diderot, the character of the frivolity comedy directed by Gabriel Aguion "The Libertine", released in 2000.

Three years later, Vincent Perez, whose filmography at that time numbered more than a dozen of the most popular paintings, starred in a new version of the classics of the movie "Fanfan Tulip." The actor in this project played the main role. The film was a huge success for the audience. Peres himself after this project decided to put an end to the roles of heroes-lovers.

In the same year he brilliantly played in the comedy melodrama of Diane Curie "I Stay." After that, Peres took part in the filming of such films as "Duty Pharmacist", "Happiness is worth nothing", "Car keys", "Welcome to Switzerland", "Arn: Knight Templar".

In 2007, Vincent again collaborates with Russian filmmakers in the project "Code of the Apocalypse" directed by Vadim Shmelev. The partners of the actor on the set were such celebrities as Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Vladimir Menchov, Oscar Kuchera and Alexei Serebryakov. The very same picture told of the history of the struggle of secret intelligence agents with a villain who started to violate peace and order at once in several corners of the globe. Then came the roles in such films as "Tomorrow at Dawn" (2009), "Until the Last Sigh" (2010), "Inaudible Touch" (2011), "My First Time" (2012) and "(Не) "(2013).

Director's work

Vincent Perez, films with whom as an actor has always enjoyed unchanged success, since youth also gravitated toward directing. For the first time in this role, he showed himself in 1991, taking off the short film "Exchange". Another similar experience was also the 1999 short film "The Secret". By the way, the writer of this project was the wife of Vincent.

What is called, stuffed his hand, Perez began to shoot a feature-length film "Angel's Skin". The script for this film was again written by Vincent's wife, Karin Silla. The film proved to be really strong and fully justified all the director's expectations. Inspired by success, Peres in 2007 takes another picture. The film was called "The Secret", and the plot was based on a tragic story that tells how the wife of the protagonist dies as a result of an accident, and her soul moves to the body of their daughter.

Personal life

In his youth, Vincent Perez was fond of women, justifying his role as a hero lover. Among his companions can be identified actress Jacqueline Bisset (they were even engaged, despite the 20-year age difference) and the model of Carla Bruni, which became after the wife of French President - Nicolas Sarkozy. However, in 1998, Vincent settled down, marrying his girlfriend - the Senegalese model Karin Silla. By the way, before the marriage with Perez, the charming mulatto was married to the world famous actor Gerard Depardieu.

Today Vincent Perez and his wife Karin are brought up by four children: daughter Iman (1999), twins Tess and Pablo (2004), and also Roxana (1992) - daughter of Silla from Gerard Depardieu.