Legendary actor Gerard Depardieu is to give up his French passport in protest at huge tax hikes imposed by the country's Government.

Depardieu, 63, star of films including Green Card and Cyrano de Bergerac, is furious at French President Francois Hollande for several of his policies aimed at taking money away from the rich, including a top rate of income tax of 75 per cent.

The actor is now set to move to Belgium after putting his £40million mansion on Paris's Left Bank up for sale.