'Moon Knight' actor Gaspard Ulliel passes away following ski accident

Arts & Entertainment Desk

French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who appears in Marvel's upcoming show "Moon Knight", has passed away after succumbing to injuries sustained in a ski accident in the Alps, as per reports. He was 37.

Ulliel was known for appearing in Chanel perfume ads and portraying fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in a 2014 biopic. 

 He won a French Cesar award in 2017 for best actor for his role in "It's Only the End of the World," a film by director Xavier Dolan. He was the face of the Bleu de Chanel men's fragrance.

"French cinema is losing a huge talent, full of charm and energy," French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire posted on Twitter.

On Tuesday afternoon, Ulliel had collided with another skier on a blue ski trail, an intermediate slope, in the town of Montvalezan in eastern France, the prosecutor of nearby Albertville said in a statement.

She said Ulliel was unconscious after the collision and was taken by helicopter to a Grenoble hospital, where he died on Wednesday. The other skier was unharmed.