Portrait of Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Acting

Biography

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to restore democracy in France. In 1958, he came out of retirement when appointed President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position to which he was reelected in 1965 and held until his resignation in 1969.

Born: November 22, 1890

Place of Birth: Lille, France

Filmography

2025
Sacrée Sécu

as Self (voice archive)

2025
La Voiture

as Général de Gaulle (figurine)

2022
The Century of Icons

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Cent jours

as Self

2022
It Was the War of Algeria

as Self (archive footage)

2022
At War for Algeria

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

2022
Electronic Vibrations: A Sound Changes the World

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

2021
Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2021
Mitterrand et la télé

as Self (archive footage)

2020
2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt

as Self (archive footage)

2020
De Gaulle, l'homme à abattre

as Self (archive footage)

2019
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

2019
The Phoney War

as Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)

2019
2018
1958: Those Who Said No

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Black Is Beltza

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2017
The Vietnam War

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France

as Self (archive footage)

2012
2010
Pétain, such a popular hero

as Self (archive footage)

2010
2009
Apocalypse: The Second World War

as Self (archive footage)

2005
I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)

2000
In the Mood for Love

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991
Montreal Stories

as (archive footage)

1977
A Grin Without a Cat

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1972
The Algerian War

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969
God Chose Paris

as Self (archive footage)

1969
The Extraordinary Seaman

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1963
La Rabbia

as Self (archive footage)

1949
Crusade in Europe

as Self (archive footage)

1943
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer

as Self - with Churchill and FDR (archive footage)

1942
United We Stand

as Self (archive footage)