Jean-Michel Gaillard was born on May 16, 1946 in Pont-Saint-Esprit, Gard, France. He was a writer and actor, known for L'inamovible Hoover- le plus grand ripou d'Amérique (2007), The Last Summer (1997) and Thérèse et Léon (2001). He died on July 19, 2005 in Paris, France.