R.I.P. Gaspard Ulliel, French actor and Moon Knight star
The 37-year-old actor died following a ski accident in France
Gaspard Ulliel, the French actor perhaps best known to US audiences for his roles in Hannibal Rising and for his upcoming role in Disney+’s Moon Knight, has died after a ski accident. The news was confirmed by AFP, per Deadline. He was 37.
Ulliel was skiing in the Savoie region of France when he and another skier collided at an intersection between two slopes. He was taken to the hospital via helicopter on Tuesday and, local French broadcaster France Bleu said he was in serious condition and sustained a skull injury, per ABC News. According to the Savoie prosecutor’s office, an investigation into the accident has been launched.
Conditions out on the slope have been treacherous due to the weather conditions in the area. According to ABC News, the mountain police have had to organize “five or six rescues per day in recent days as the snow has hardened.”
Ulliel was born in the suburbs of France to a runway show producer mother and a stylist father. He studied cinema at the University of Saint-Denis, and he got started on his acting career while he was still in school.