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3	->''"He doesn't play roles. He truly lives them."''
4	-->-- '''Creator/CatherineDeneuve'''
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6	Patrick Jean Marie Henri Bourdeaux (January 26, 1947 - July 16, 1982), better known as Patrick Dewaere, was a French actor and songwriter.
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8	Born in a family of entertainers and artists, the Maurins (he was the son of actress Mado Maurin and an unknown father, and the older half-brother of Creator/DominiqueCollignonMaurin), he started his career on stage at age 3. He later performed at the UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}ian Café de la Gare, and got his [[StarMakingRole major break]] (along with Creator/GerardDepardieu and Miou-Miou, his comrades at the Café de la Gare) in 1974 with the film ''Film/LesValseuses''.
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10	He was known for his natural, lifelike and fiery MethodActing, earning five nominations for Best Actor at the César awards as well as a nomination for the César of Best Supporting Role -- to say that he was [[AwardSnub snubbed]] (often in favor of the aforementioned Depardieu) would be an understatement.
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12	He was a deeply troubled man, which reflected in many of his intense performances and the roles he chose. He ended up committing suicide by gunshot (with a gun that was gifted to him by his friend Creator/{{Coluche}}) at the age of 35 after going through drug addiction and a number of life tragedies. He is the father of screenwriter Angèle Herry (which he had with his then girlfriend Miou-Miou) and actress Lola Dewaere (which he had with his wife Élisabeth Malvina Chalier).
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14	!!Works he has appeared in include:
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16	* ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' (1964) as young Heathcliff
17	* ''Film/IsParisBurning'' (1966) as a French resistance fighter
18	* ''Film/TheMarriedCoupleOfTheYearTwo'' (1971) as a Garde Nationale soldier
19	* ''Film/LesValseuses'' (1974) as Pierrot
20	* ''Film/PasDeProbleme'' (1975) as the bartender
21	* ''Film/GetOutYourHandkerchiefs'' (1978) as Stéphane
22	* ''Film/SerieNoire'' (1979) as Franck Poupart
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24	!!Tropes about his works:
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26	* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The premise of ''Paradis pour tous'', his last film, where a special shock treatment can make someone permanently happy.
27	* [[invoked]]MetaCasting: He played a lot of misfit, fragile, drugged, neurotic individuals. Which he was in RealLife, LifeImitatesArt may or may not have applied.
28	* [[invoked]]PosthumousCredit: His last film, ''Paradis pour tous'', was released over a month after his death.
29	* StageNames: He first performed as "Patrick Maurin", then later chose to be credited as "Dewaere". It was his [[NomDeMom grandmother's maiden name]].
30	* [[invoked]]VindicatedByHistory: Critics were passionately split about him actually (he got snubbed several times at the César awards). It wasn't until his death that his performances were reevalued and given more unanimous (and overdue) cinephile praise.

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