Gérard Darmon (born 29 February 1948) is a
French-
Moroccan actor and singer.
Personal life
He was the second husband of actress
Mathilda May
Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm; 8 February 1965) is a French film actress.
Early life
May was born in Paris, France. Her father, playwright Victor Haïm, is of Sephardic Jewish ( Greek-Jewish and Turkish-Jewish) descent. Her mother is the Sw ...
(mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daughter Sarah (born 17 August 1994) and son Jules (born 4 March 1997).
Darmon also did a cover of "
Mambo Italiano".
Darmon is of
Sephardic Jewish
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...
(
Algerian-Jewish) descent.
[Gilbert Werndorfer, ''Juifs d'Algérie'', Soline, 2003, p., 58] In July 2012, he was naturalized
Moroccan by a decree from
King Mohamed VI
Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس; born 21 August 1963) is the King of Morocco. He belongs to the 'Alawi dynasty and acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II.
Upon ascending to the throne, Moham ...
.
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Theater
Filmography
Discography
* ''Au milieu de la nuit'' (2003)
* ''Dancing'' (2006)
* ''On s'aime'' (2008)
References
External links
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1948 births
Male actors from Paris
20th-century French Sephardi Jews
Living people
Naturalized citizens of Morocco
Jewish French male actors
20th-century Moroccan male actors
21st-century Moroccan male actors
20th-century French male actors
21st-century French male actors