Yvan Attal
| Yvan Attal | |
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 Yvan Attal in 2009 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | 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.
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[edit] Background
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 and dubbed the voice of Tom Cruise in the French versions.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Love Without Pity | Halpern | Original title: Un monde sans pitié' |
| 1991 | Cauchemar Blanc | Short film | |
| Mauvais fille | Vincent | ||
| Aux yeux du monde | Bruno Fournier | Éric Rochant film | |
| 1992 | Lover | Paul | Original title: Amoureuse |
| Love After Love | Romain | Original title: Après l'amour | |
| 1994 | Les patriotes | Ariel Brenner | |
| 1996 | Delphine 1, Yvan 0 | Un monsieur | |
| Portraits chinois | Yves | ||
| Love, etc. | Benoît | ||
| 1997 | I Got a Woman | Arnaud | |
| Saraka bô | Taïeb | ||
| 1998 | Alissa | Luc Kaufmann | |
| Melody for a Hustler | Viviane | Original title: Cantique de la racaille | |
| 1999 | Mes amis | Eric | |
| With or Without You | Benoit | ||
| The Criminal | Mason | ||
| 2000 | Le prof | Hippolyte | |
| Elie annonce Semoun | Various characters | ||
| 2001 | At Dawning | Falling Man | |
| My Wife Is an Actress | Yvan | Original title: Ma femme est une actrice | |
| 2002 | And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen | David | |
| 2003 | It's Easier for a Camel... | Man in park | Original title: Il est plus facile pour un chameau |
| Bon Voyage | Raoul | ||
| 2004 | ...And They Lived Happily Ever After | Vincent | Original title: Ils se marièrent et eurent beaucoup d'enfants |
| Un petit jeu sans conséquence | Bruno | ||
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Philippe | |
| Anthony Zimmer | François Taillandier | ||
| Somewhere | Simon | Short film | |
| Munich | Tony – Andreas' Friend | ||
| 2006 | The Serpent | Vincent | Original title: Le Serpent |
| 2007 | The Candidate | Michel Dedieu | Original title: Le Candidat |
| Rush Hour 3 | George | ||
| 2008 | Manhunt | Serge Klarsfeld | TV, original title: Le traque |
| Orange Juice | Philippe | ||
| 2009 | Je suis venu pour elle | Max | |
| Leaving | Samuel | Original title: Partir | |
| Regrets | Mathieu Liévin | Original title: Les regrets | |
| Rapt | Stanislas Graff | ||
| 2011 | Dans la tourmente | Max | |
| R.I.F. | Stephane Monnereau | ||
| 2012 | One Night | Original title: Une nuit |
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- ^ Yvan Attal. www.mostra.org Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
- ^ (French) Yvan Attal bio : biographie de Yvan Attal – Gala. Gala.fr (2010-11-09). Retrieved on 2011-07-04.
- ^ Le Parisien (22.07.2011)
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