LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - An award-winning French actor who was to make his Marvel Studios debut is dead.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has confirmed that actor Gaspard Ulliel has died.

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“Gaspard Ulliel grew up with the cinema, and the cinema grew up with him. They loved each other insanely, "Castex tweeted on Wednesday.

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"It is with a heavy heart that we want to revisit his most beautiful achievements and capture his unique gaze. We have lost a French actor. "

The 37-year-old died of injuries he sustained in a ski accident in southeastern France on Tuesday.

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The deceased actor plays the character Midnight Man in the Marvel Disney + series "Moon Knight", which will make its debut in March.