Yvan Attal

Yvan Attal
Date of birth:
1965
Mini Bio:
Yvan Attal is an Israeli-born French actor and director. Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel to French-Algerian Jewish parents, he grew up in the Paris suburbs. 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, Attal's real-life wife. They have two children: Ben and Alice. He also acted in The Interpreter and in Rush Hour 3 and dubbed the voice of Tom Cruise in the French versions of Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Mission: Impossible II (2000) and Vanilla Sky (2001).

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