Yvan Attal

Biography

Yvan Attal is a French actor and director born on January 4, 1965, in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Algerian-Jewish parents. He made his acting debut in Éric Rochant's Un monde sans pitié (1989), earning a César Award for Most Promising Actor, and later directed the film Ma femme est une actrice (2001), which starred Charlotte Gainsbourg, his long-time partner.