Gaspard Ulliel was born on November 25, 1984. He is a French actor and former male fashion model. He began appearing in made-for-television films during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and has since become known as a film actor in France, as well as starred in the title role in the horror/thriller Hannibal Rising.

Ulliel was born in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt to a runway show producer mother and a stylist father. He has a scar on his cheek as a result of a dog's scratch from when he was six years old. Ulliel attended the University of Saint-Denis, where he studied cinema.

He began acting while he was still at school, appearing in 'Une Femme En Blanc', a film for French television. He also performed at the Cours Florent, where he was discovered by Les égarés director André Téchiné.

Filmography

• Barrage contre le Pacifique, Un (2008)
• The Vintner's Luck (2007)
• Troisième partie du monde, La (2007)
• Hannibal Rising (2007)
• Jacquou le croquant (2007)
• Paris, je t'aime (2006)
• Maison de Nina, La (2005)
• "Navarro" (1 episode, 2004)
• Dernier jour, Le (2004)
• Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
• The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
• Égarés, Les (2003)
• Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002)
• Oiseau rare, L' (2001)
• Pacte des loups, Le (2001)
• Julien l'apprenti (2000)
• Juliette (1999)
• "Refuge, Le" (1 episode, 1999)
• Bascule, La (1999)
• Alias (1999)
• Bonnes vacances (1998)
• Mission protection rapprochée (1997)