Gaspard Thomas Ulliel

Gaspard Thomas Ulliel was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, the son of fashion stylists. He began acting in French television as a teenager and gained critical attention in André Téchiné's Strayed (2003). In 2004, he starred opposite Audrey Tautou in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's World War I romantic epic A Very Long Engagement, winning the César Award for Most Promising Actor.

Known for his magnetic screen presence and the distinctive dimple scar from a childhood dog bite, Ulliel portrayed young Hannibal Lecter in Hannibal Rising (2007) and delivered a mesmerizing, critically acclaimed performance as legendary couturier Yves Saint Laurent in Bertrand Bonello's Saint Laurent (2014). In 2017, he won the César Award for Best Actor for Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World. He was tragically killed in a ski collision in Savoie shortly before the premiere of the Marvel series Moon Knight.