Yvan Attal

Yvan Attal (; ; born ) is a French actor, scriptwriter and film director.

Life and career

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Algerian-Jewish parents, 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 a director was Ma femme est une actrice (2001), which co-starred Charlotte Gainsbourg, Attal's real-life partner.

He directed a segment in the film New York, I Love You, and appeared as an actor in another.

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

Personal life Attal's longtime partner is Anglo-French actress-singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, whom he met on the set of the 1991 film . Gainsbourg and Attal are not married, and Gainsbourg has attributed her reluctance to marry to the fact that her parents never married. Attal publicly proposed to Gainsbourg on 19 June 2013 during an awards ceremony when he received the French National Order of Merit. In April 2014, Attal confirmed that they were still unwed with no plans to marry.

Attal has three children with Gainsbourg, including their son , who is also an actor and starred in the film The Accusation (2021). In 2014, following the death of Gainsbourg's sister, photographer Kate Barry, Attal and his family relocated to New York City.

Filmography Breaking Point Mathieu Demarsan Yvan Attal Of Money and Blood Anton Zagury Xavier Giannoli and Frederic Planchon TV series 2024 Sur la dalle Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg Josée Dayan TV miniseries, based on the novel by Fred Vargas

Dubbing (French version) Tom Cruise : Docteur William 'Bill' Harford : Eyes Wide Shut Ethan Hunt : Mission: Impossible 2 David Aames : Vanilla Sky John Anderton : Minority Report James McAvoy : Penelope : Max