Trivia

He and Christoph Waltz are the only two actors to win the Cannes prize for Best Actor, the SAG Award, the Golden Globe, the BAFTA and the Oscar for one film.

Became the first French actor to win the Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for his performance in The Artist (2011) on February 26, 2012.

Is one of 6 French actors to win an Academy Award. The others in chronological order are: Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night (1934), Simone Signoret for Room at the Top (1958), Lila Kedrova for Zorba the Greek (1964), Juliette Binoche for The English Patient (1996) and Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose (2007).

In a relationship with ice dancer Nathalie Péchalat since 2014.

Has two sons, Simon (1999) and Jules (2002), with Gaelle and daughter Jeanne, born on December 06, 2015, with Nathalie Péchalat.

He's been best friends with Guillaume Canet since childhood. They once worked together as stable boys for iconic actor and passionate horse breeder Jean Rochefort.

Has a look-alike puppet in the French show Les Guignols de l'info (1988).

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Vittorio Gassman are two of his acting idols.

He, François Périer, Daniel Auteuil and Philippe Noiret are the only male French actors to win a BAFTA.

In his acceptance speech for the Best Actor BAFTA for The Artist (2011), Dujardin mentioned, Laurence Olivier, Benny Hill and, curiously, William Webb Ellis (the clergyman who allegedly invented the game of Rugby) (Royal Opera House London/12 Feb. 2012).

Member of humorist band "Nous C Nous" with Bruno Salomone, Eric Collado, Emmanuel Joucla and Eric Massot.

He's an avid reader of 'Asterix' and 'Lucky Luke' comic books. He played the role of Lucky Luke in Lucky Luke (2009).

Was ordered to pay a fine of several hundred euros and for his driver's license to be suspended for three months. The conviction was related to him driving under the influence while on vacation on the island of Corsica in 2012. (June 2013)

Literally translated into English, the Frenchman's name means: John of/from the Garden.

Favorite actor of Nabilla Benattia.

Born on exactly the same date as Robin Tunney (of "The Craft" fame).