Hannibal actor Gaspard Ulliel (37) died after skiing accident | Stars

entertainment">Ulliel gained international fame for his role in A long engagement Sunday, the ‘successor’ to the successful film The fabulous destiny of Amélie Poulin, which director Jean-Pierre Jeunet made with lead actress Audrey Tautou. The war epic tells of a girl who goes in search of her fiancé who disappeared in the trenches during the First World War.

entertainment">Ulliel also played the role of Hannibal Lecter in 2007 in Hannibal Rising, the prequel in which the childhood of the famous cannibal is revealed. The French actor was the second person to portray Lecter after Anthony Hopkins.

entertainment">In addition to being an actor, Ulliel was also a model. He was the face of the French brand Longchamp and the perfume Bleu de Chanel and was on the cover of French Vogue in 2007.

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