Known For: Israeli-born French actor and director
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, film director, screenwriter, dub actor, film actor, director
Country: France
City: Tel Aviv
Date of Birth: Monday, 04 January 1965
Yvan Attal is a French actor, scriptwriter and film director.
BirthPlace | Tel Aviv |
Education | Q916444 |
Awards | Q13422138, Q48705, Q2464209, Q13422140 |
Children | Ben Attal, Alice Attal |
Wikipedia | Yvan_Attal |
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 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.