Yvan Attal

Yvan Attal
Yvan Attal in 2009 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1965-01-04) 4 January 1965 Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation	Actor/Director
Years active	1989–present

Yvan Attal (born 4 January 1965) is an Israeli-born French actor and director.

Life and career

Born in Tel Aviv to French-Algerian Jewish parents,^[1] he grew up in the outskirts of Paris. His acting debut was in Éric Rochant's Un monde sans pitié (1989), which earned him a César Award for Most Promising Actor. His first feature film as director was Ma femme est une actrice (2001), which co-starred Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Attal's real-life partner. They have three children: son Ben (born 1997) and daughters Alice (born 2002), and Joe (born 2011).^[2][3]

He also directed a couple of segments in the film New York, I Love You.

He also acted in The Interpreter and Anthony Zimmer, and in Rush Hour 3 he played a French cab driver named George.

Filmography

Dubbing

(French version)

• Tom Cruise :
  • Docteur William 'Bill' Harford : Eyes Wide Shut
  • Ethan Hunt : Mission: Impossible II
  • David Aames : Vanilla Sky
  • John Anderton : Minority Report

• James McAvoy :
  • Penelope : Max

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yvan Attal.

• Yvan Attal at the Internet Movie Database

v t e César Award for Most Promising Actor 1982 Christophe Malavoy 1983 Richard Anconina 1984 Pierre-Loup Rajot 1985 Wadeck Stanczak 1986 Isaach de Bankolé 1987 Thierry Frémont 1988 Stéphane Freiss 1989 Yvan Attal 1990 Gérald Thomassin 1991 Manuel Blanc 1992 Emmanuel Salinger 1993 Olivier Martinez 1994 Mathieu Kassovitz 1995 Guillaume Depardieu 1996 Mathieu Amalric 1997 Stanislaus Merhar 1998 Bruno Putzulu 1999 Eric Caravaca 2000 Jalil Lespert 2001 Robinson Stévenin 2002 Jean-Paul Rouve 2003 Grégori Derangère 2004 Gaspard Ulliel 2005 Louis Garrel 2006 Malik Zidi 2007 Laurent Stocker 2008 Marc-André Grondin 2009 Tahar Rahim 2010 Édgar Ramírez 2011 Grégory Gadebois 2012 Matthias Schoenaerts