French actor Gaspard Ulliel dies at 37 in Skiing accident

French actor Gaspard Ulliel has died at the age of 37 due to a skiing accident. On Tuesday, the two-time Cesar-winning actor was hospitalized suffering a head injury and failed to survive, said the actor’s family and the local agent. He suffered a collision on the slopes in the Savoie region.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex paid a heartfelt tribute to the late actor. He tweeted, “Gaspard Ulliel grew up with cinema and cinema grew with him. They loved each other madly. It is with a heavy heart that we will no longer see his most beautiful interpretations. We have lost a French actor." 

France’s Culture Minister, Roselyne Bachelot said, “Such a brilliant actor who was reaped by the sickle of death at the peak of his career. For almost 20 years, he was present in our lives with magnificent performances, winning his first Cesar for the best male newcomer with ‘A Very Long Engagement’." 

The Accident 

Local broadcaster France Bleu said the owl collided with another skier at a crossing point, causing a head injury. It said the other skier was not hospitalized. At present the investigation is going on. Ulliel had a small role in 2001's Brotherhood of the Wolf alongside Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci. Acclaimed work in the French films Summer Things and Strayed led to the romantic lead in Jean-Pierre Jeanette's A Very Long Engagement opposite Audrey Tautou. The performance led him win a Caesar award for Most Promising Actor.