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A writer, director composer, film producer, and occasional singer, Didier Bourdon was born on January 22, , in Algiers (Algeria). The actor began his career at the Café-théâtre in , then created the comic trio Les Inconnus with Pascal Légitimus and Bernard Campan, notably with the television series La Télé des Inconnus, which enjoyed immense success in the 90s.

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Many Pieds-noirs families were repatriated to France in , including the Bourdon family.

After having lived in Paris, Mulhouse, Biarritz, and Saint-Germain-en-Laye because of the professional transfers of his father, he ended up settling in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

His collège (middle-school) friends staged a play by Courteline in when he was 11 years old. At 20 years of age, he entered the National Conservatory of Music in (class of ) with Christophe Lambert as &#;playmate 3.&#;

Settled in Paris in , he made his debut at the Petit Théâtre de Bouvard.

This was where he met Bernard Campan, Pascal Légitimus as well as Seymour Brussel.

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Consequently, a trio of “Les Inconnus” was formed between and , which was consecrated in by Molière du Rire.

His immense critical and commercial success was confirmed on the big screen in Les Trois Frères, which he co-directed with Bernard Campan and won the César for the best first film. In , they released Le Pari, they then released The Extraterrestrial in , and in they released Les Trois Frères.

Physical appearance

• Height: 5 ft 12 in / cm
• Weight: lbs / 95 kg
• Eye Color: Brown
• Hair Color: Brown

Family and ethnicity

Father, Mother, and Siblings

Didier Bourdon was born on January 22, , in Algiers to a father who worked for EDF (Électricité de France) and a mother who stayed at home.

He has an older brother and a younger sister.

Relationships/ Affairs, Wife, Children

His wife is Marie-Sandra Badini Duran. The couple has two children, Clélia Bourdon and Olivier Bourdon.

Career

Career as a Solo Artist

In his beginning years, he played Louis XV in Fanfan la Tulipe, a cloak and dagger comedy by Gérard Krawczyk, before performing and directing &#;7 ans de mariage,&#; a comedy about a couple.

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In ,  his satire Vive la vie, by Yves Fajnberg, went unnoticed, but his contribution to the staging of Madame Irma, (where he plays a licensed businessman who turned to clairvoyance) won great success. The same year, he appeared in the country comedy-drama A Great Year, directed by Ridley Scott.

He failed with the film, &#;Le bouquet final&#; in From then on, he tried to return to comedy on the theme of &#;couples&#; with Bambou (), which he directed with Anne Consigny.

The film, however, did not do well, critically or commercially.

On June 13, , he released a song dedicated to the freedom of expression, entitled &#;On peuplu rien dire.&#;

His return to sets in

He moved away from the sets for a while, only to return in to participate in an offbeat musical comedy broadcast by Arte, &#;Comme un air d&#;autoroute&#;.

Surprisingly, he also accepted a dramatic role &#; that of an exhausted executive &#; in the movie &#;15 Jours Ailleurs&#; by Didier Bivel. Chemla was his co-star in the film.

was especially marked by his reunion with Bernard Campan and Pascal Légitimus for &#;Les Trois Frères : le retour.&#; He turned down an offer to appear in the low-budget comedy &#;Babysitting&#; to star in this sequel to their hit.

The same year, he also played the main male role in a TV movie, Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon, a play by Eugène Labiche which was adapted by Éric Lavaine.

Finally, he appeared in a short film for Amnesty International on the prevention of domestic violence.

Supporting Roles

He then chose to play supporting roles in popular comedies.

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In , he appeared in a remake of &#;Un village presque parfait,&#; and in &#;Suite de Profs&#;, by Pierre-François Martin-Laval. He was also a member of the choir of Alexandra Leclere&#;s Grand Partage.

Working with Philippe Lacheau marked his first collaboration with a writer-director-actor, and was a great success.

Moreover, he returned to parody for &#;Nouvelles Aventures de Cendrillon&#; by Lionel Steketee which received neither critical acclaim nor commercial success.

His role on television in was in the TV movie &#;La mort dans l&#;âme&#;, a psychological thriller directed by Xavier Durringer.

Prizes/Honors

• Les Trois Frères: César Award for Best First Film
• Madame Irma: Grand Jury Prize &#; Sarlat Film Festival
• Grand Prize at the Monte-Carlo European Film Festival
• Best Actor Award at the Cosne sur Loire Festival
• 15 Jours Ailleurs: Best Actor Award at the Luchon Television Film Festival

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Facts/Trivia

• He first rose to prominence in France when his comedy trio Les Inconnus, which he formed with Bernard Campan and Pascal Légitimus, became hugely popular in the s.

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• Didier Bourdon&#;s zodiac sign is Aquarius.

• Towards the end of the year, he took on two very different projects. He returned to drama in Romain Gary&#;s adaptation of La Promise à l&#;aube, directed by Éric Barbier. In the film, he adds a beneficial comic dimension to his character.
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  He then tried again for the comedy of couples, this time under the direction of Alexandra Leclère, for a feature film entitled &#;Garde alternatenée&#; in which he has Valérie Bonneton as his wife and Isabelle Carré as his mistress. The film had mixed results.

• He appeared in the clip of the singer-rapper &#;Soprano &#; Près des étoiles&#; (24 September )

• In , he announced the release of an album of humorous songs on June Le Bourdon.