Gérard Meylan

1952-

Biography: life and films

Gérard Meylan is a French actor. He was born in Marseille, France on 14th December 1952.

His best films as an actor include Robert Guédiguian's Marius et Jeannette (1997), À la place du coeur (1998), Lady Jane (2008), Frédéric Cerulli's Le Thanato (2011) and Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro (2011).

Gérard Meylan has so far appeared in 28 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Robert Guédiguian (15 films), René Allio (2) and Jean-Henri Roger (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (21 films), romance (5), comedy-drama (4), Thriller (3), crime-thriller (2) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Gérard Meylan over all films is: 3.2



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