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name: "Gérard Watkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerard-watkins"
fi1m_id: "gerard-watkins"
imdb_id: "nm0914313"
tmdb_id: 49947
wikidata_id: "Q5626030"
roles: []
born: "4 July 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T05:51:10.281080+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gérard Watkins

## Identity

Gérard Watkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gerard-watkins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gerard-watkins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0914313
- **TMDB ID:** 49947
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5626030
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Watkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5626030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49947

Actor. Born 4 July 1965 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 4 July 1965, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2007–2008
- **Also known as:** Gerard Watkins, Gerald Watkins
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Watkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5626030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49947

## Biography

Gérard Watkins (born 4 July 1965) is a British-French actor, playwright, director and songwriter. He was born in London and holds dual British and French citizenship. He has appeared in numerous stage productions in Paris and directs his own theatre company, the Perdita Ensemble, which he founded in 1994.

On screen he is known for roles including Patrice Saint-Clair in *Taken* (2008), Julien's father in *Love Me If You Dare* (2003), Doctor Cocheton in *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), Cattaneo in *The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch* (2008) and appearances in *The Odyssey* (2016), *Normandy Nude* (2018) and *The Accusation* (2021). He is the son of filmmaker Peter Watkins.

Watkins received the Grand Prix de littérature dramatique in 2010 for his play *Identité*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Taken* (2008), Fi1m 66, as Patrice Saint-Clair — [page](https://film.one/film/taken.md)
- *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), Fi1m 87, as Doctor Cocheton — [page](https://film.one/film/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stereo Girls* (2026), as Pierre
- *9/12* (2024), series, as Arnaud
- *Amarres* (2023), Actor
- *Our Brothers* (2022), as Le directeur de l'IGS
- *Marie Antoinette* (2022), series, as Duc de Choiseul
- *The Accusation* (2021), as L'avocat général
- *Normandy Nude* (2018), as Volker
- *The Odyssey* (2016), as Le maître de cérémonie
- *Le monde qui nous perd* (2015), as Avocat partie civile
- *Colt 45* (2014), as Calhoun
- *The Ponzi Scheme* (2014), as Banquier Chmelinski
- *Silences d'état* (2013), as Stéphane Ferran
- *Solitudes* (2012), as Le capitaine de police
- *Les Châtaigniers du désert* (2010), series, as Révérend Le Sage
- *Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)* (2010), as Detective
- *Going South* (2009), as Le père
- *Hidden Diary* (2009), as Gilles
- *The Invisible Woman* (2009), as Paul
- *The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch* (2008), as Cattaneo
- *Taken* (2008), as Patrice Saint-Clair — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/taken.md)
- *The Feelings Factory* (2008), as Michel
- *Le Roi Lear* (2007), as Edmund
- *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), as Doctor Cocheton — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.md)
- *Je me fais rare* (2006), as Acteur 1
- *Venus & Apollo* (2005), series, Actor
- *The Returned* (2004), as Le fils du maire
- *Love Me If You Dare* (2003), as Julien's Father
- *La Commune (Paris, 1871)* (2003), as Gérard Bourlet
- *Alice Nevers, le juge est une femme* (2002), series, as Carlo Conti
- *The Wolf of the West Coast* (2002), as Harry
- *La Commune (Paris, 1871)* (2000), series, as Gérard Bourlet
- *Les Danseurs du Mozambique* (1992), as Le chasseur
- *Near Mrs.* (1992), as Techtronics guard #1
- *Oostende* (1991), as L'auto stoppeur
- *Bordertown* (1989), series, as Paul Dumont
- *New York 1935* (1988), as Un invité
- *Hemingway* (1988), series, Actor
- *Travelling avant* (1987), as Young brawler
- *Public Security* (1987), Actor
- *Floodtide* (1987), series, as TJ
- *On a volé Charlie Spencer !* (1986), as Le soldat américain du film
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Gendarme
- *The Hitchhiker* (1983), series, as Eric

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Grand prix de littérature dramatique 2022: Grand prix de littérature dramatique (won)
- Grand prix de littérature dramatique 2010: Grand prix de littérature dramatique (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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