The Resume

(December 27, 1948- )
Starred in 'Le Beatnik et le minet (1967),' 'Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971),' 'Maîtresse (1973),' 'Les Valseuses (1974),' 'Stavisky... (1974),' '1900 (1976),' 'Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978),' 'Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980),' 'Le Retour de Martin Guerre (1982),' 'Danton (1983),' 'Le Tartuffe (1984),' 'Camille Claudel (1988),' 'Cyrano de Bergerac (1990),' 'Green Card (1990),' '1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992),' 'Germinal (1993),' 'Unhook the Stars (1996),' 'Hamlet (1996),' 'The Man in the Iron Mask (1998),' 'Tutto l'amore che c'è (2000),' '102 Dalmatians (2000),' 'Tais-toi (2003),' and 'RRRrrrr!!! (2004)'

Why he might be annoying:

He is French.
He was a juvenile delinquent.
Time Magazine quoted him as saying that he committed rape at age nine.
He was convicted of drunk driving.
The caliber of his American films does not approach the caliber of his French films.

Why he might not be annoying:

He claimed to have been misquoted in the Time Magazine article, and analysis of Time's own tape and interview transcripts supports his story.
He is one of the biggest stars in the history of French cinema.
He is an accomplished wine maker.
He won a Golden Globe for 'Green Card.'
He received an Oscar nomination for 'Cyrano de Bergerac.'

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Ant Eaters/Pinocchios [Big Noses]
• Boston Phoenix's 100 Unsexiest Men in the World [December 2011] (Ranked: 71)
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Members (Ranked: 1992)
• Cannes Film Festival Jury Presidents (Ranked: 1992)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [December] (Ranked: 12271948)
• Celebrity Winery Owners
• Chris Farley Impersonations
• Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor [Comedy or Musical] (Ranked: 1990)
• I am a Citizen of France
• I Did Not Graduate High School [C-E]
• I Gained a Lot of Weight/Fame Adds Pounds
• I Hit, I Ran
• I Married in 1971
• I Outlived My Child
• I Portrayed Christopher Columbus
• I Portrayed Cyrano de Bergerac
• I Portrayed Jean Valjean
• I Portrayed One of the Three Musketeers
• I Portrayed Rasputin
• I Underwent a Heart Bypass Operation
• I was Arrested for DUI/DWI
• I Was Nominated for an Acting Oscar for a Performance in a Foreign Language (Ranked: 1990)
• Mustaches
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 2]
• Profiles 12251-12500 (Ranked: 12408)
• Ridley Scott Films
• Sixty-Nine
• Top 100 Movie Stars [British Magazine - June 2003] (Ranked: 90)
• UK Channel 4's 100 Greatest Sex Symbols [2007] (Ranked: 57)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 70 Votes: 68.57% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 256 Votes: 62.89% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 415 Votes: 58.31% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 101 Votes: 61.39% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 74 Votes: 41.89% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 44 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 39 Votes: 74.36% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 69 Votes: 75.36% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 84 Votes: 82.14% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 31 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 63.04% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 44.19% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 103 Votes: 66.99% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 167 Votes: 62.87% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 209 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 146 Votes: 57.53% Annoying