Actor Gerard Depardieu is being investigated for aggravated tax fraud in France, a source close to the case said on Monday.

The 76-year-old, who has already been accused in a number of sexual assault and rape cases, is suspected of falsely declaring his tax residency in Belgium since 2013, AFP reported.

The probe into his tax status, launched this month by financial crime prosecutors and now being led by police, includes raids in France and Belgium as well as police interrogations, the source said.

Depardieu is the most high-profile figure to be charged under the French version of the #MeToo movement in cinema.  

In October, a Paris court postponed his trial on sexual assault charges until March after his lawyer said the star was too ill to appear in court. He denies having committed any wrongdoing.

Depardieu became a star in France in the 1980s with roles in "The Last Metro," "Cop" and "Cyrano de Bergerac," before Peter Weir's "Green Card" also made him a Hollywood celebrity.

He later starred in worldwide productions including Kenneth Branagh's "Hamlet," Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" and the Netflix series "La Marseillaise." | BGNES