Yvan Attal
Encyclopedia
Yvan Attal is an Israel
i-born French
actor
and director
.
. 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: Ben (born 1997), Alice (born 2002), and Joe (a daughter) (born 2011).
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.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i-born French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
.
Background
Born in Tel-Aviv to French-Algerian Jewish parents, he grew up in the outskirts of ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. His acting debut was in Éric Rochant
Éric Rochant
Éric Rochant, born February 24, 1961, is a French film director and a screenwriter.- Filmography :* 1984 - Comme les doigts de la main* 1985 - French Lovers* 1987 - Présence féminine* 1989 - Un monde sans pitié...
's Un monde sans pitié (1989), which earned him a César Award
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
for Most Promising Actor. His first feature film as director was Ma femme est une actrice
Ma Femme est une Actrice
My Wife is an Actress is a French Romantic Comedy/Drama film starring real life couple Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Attal plays a journalist who becomes obsessively jealous when his actress wife gets a part in a movie with an attractive co-star. Attal also wrote and directed the film...
(2001), which co-starred Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...
, daughter of Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...
and Attal's real-life partner. They have three children: Ben (born 1997), Alice (born 2002), and Joe (a daughter) (born 2011).
He also directed a couple of segments in the film New York, I Love You.
He also acted in The Interpreter
The Interpreter
The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, and Catherine Keener. It was the final film to be directed by Sydney Pollack.-Plot:...
and Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer
Anthony Zimmer is a 2005 French romantic thriller film directed by Jérôme Salle starring Sophie Marceau and Yvan Attal. The film spawned an American-produced remake in 2010 titled The Tourist.-Plot:...
, and in Rush Hour 3
Rush Hour 3
Rush Hour 3 is a 2007 martial arts/action-comedy film, and the third installment in the Rush Hour film series, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, that began with the 1998 film Rush Hour and continued with the first sequel Rush Hour 2 in 2001. The film was officially announced on May 7, 2006,...
he played a French cab driver named George and dubbed
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...
the voice of Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
in the French versions.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Love Without Pity | Halpern | Original title: Un monde sans pitié' |
| 1991 | Cauchemar Blanc Cauchemar Blanc Cauchemar Blanc is a 1991 short film by Matthieu Kassovitz, based on the comic written for the screen by Moebius.- Plot :... |
Short film | |
| Mauvais fille | Vincent | ||
| Aux yeux du monde | Bruno Fournier | Éric Rochant Éric Rochant Éric Rochant, born February 24, 1961, is a French film director and a screenwriter.- Filmography :* 1984 - Comme les doigts de la main* 1985 - French Lovers* 1987 - Présence féminine* 1989 - Un monde sans pitié... film |
|
| 1992 | Lover | Paul | Original title: Amoureuse |
| Love After Love Love After Love (film) Love After Love is a 1992 French romance film directed by Diane Kurys and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Lola* Bernard Giraudeau - David* Hippolyte Girardot - Tom* Lio - Marianne* Yvan Attal - Romain* Judith Reval - Rachel... |
Romain | Original title: Après l'amour | |
| 1994 | Les patriotes | Ariel Brenner | |
| 1996 | Delphine 1, Yvan 0 | Un monsieur | |
| Portraits chinois | Yves | ||
| Love, etc. Talking It Over Talking It Over is a novel by Julian Barnes published in 1991, it won the Prix Femina Étranger the following year.It concerns a love triangle in which each of the three people concerned take it in turns to tell the story from their perspective using first person narrative... |
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 And now... Ladies and Gentlemen And now... Ladies and Gentlemen is a thriller film released in 2002. It is directed by Claude Lelouch and stars Jeremy Irons and French singer Patricia Kaas. Patricia Kaas also released a song with the same title on her 2002 album Piano Bar. Tracks from the album, which according the cover notes... |
David | |
| 2003 | It's Easier for a Camel... | Man in park | Original title: Il est plus facile pour un chameau |
| Bon Voyage Bon Voyage (2003 film) Bon Voyage is a French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, released 16 April 2003. The film was a critical success due in part to its tight interweaving of various genres, including spy, romance, World War II, and comedy. The film features the first reteaming of stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard... |
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 The Interpreter The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, and Catherine Keener. It was the final film to be directed by Sydney Pollack.-Plot:... |
Philippe | |
| Anthony Zimmer Anthony Zimmer Anthony Zimmer is a 2005 French romantic thriller film directed by Jérôme Salle starring Sophie Marceau and Yvan Attal. The film spawned an American-produced remake in 2010 titled The Tourist.-Plot:... |
François Taillandier | ||
| Somewhere | Simon | Short film | |
| Munich Munich (film) Munich is a 2005 historical fiction film about the Israeli government's secret retaliation attacks after the massacre of Israeli athletes by the Black September terrorist group during the 1972 Summer Olympics. The film stars Eric Bana and was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg... |
Tony – Andreas' Friend | ||
| 2006 | The Serpent The Serpent (2006 film) The Serpent is a 2006 French thriller film written and directed by Éric Barbier and based on the 1971 novel Plender by Ted Lewis.-Plot:... |
Vincent | Original title: Le Serpent |
| 2007 | The Candidate | Michel Dedieu | Original title: Le Candidat |
| Rush Hour 3 Rush Hour 3 Rush Hour 3 is a 2007 martial arts/action-comedy film, and the third installment in the Rush Hour film series, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, that began with the 1998 film Rush Hour and continued with the first sequel Rush Hour 2 in 2001. The film was officially announced on May 7, 2006,... |
George | ||
| 2008 | Manhunt | Serge Klarsfeld | TV, original title: Le traque |
| Orange Juice Orange Juice Orange Juice was a Scottish post-punk band founded in the middle class Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976. Edwyn Collins formed the Nu-Sonics with his school-mate Alan Duncan and was subsequently joined by James Kirk and Steven Daly, who left a band called The Machetes. The band... |
Philippe | ||
| 2009 | Je suis venu pour elle | Max | |
| Leaving Leaving (film) - Plot summary :Suzanne is a well to do married woman and mother in the south of France. Her idle bourgeois lifestyle gets her down and she decides to go back to work as a physiotherapist. Her husband agrees to fix up a consulting room for her in their backyard. When Suzanne and the man hired to... |
Samuel | Original title: Partir | |
| Regrets | Mathieu Liévin | Original title: Les regrets | |
| Rapt Rapt (2009 film) Rapt is a 2009 French dramatic film directed by Lucas Belvaux and starring Yvan Attal. It was nominated for 4 César Awards in 2010, including Best Film... |
Stanislas Graff | ||
| 2011 | Dans la tourmente | Max | |
| R.I.F. | Stephane Monnereau | ||
| 2012 | One Night | Original title: Une nuit |
Dubbing
(French version)- Tom CruiseTom CruiseThomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
:- Docteur William 'Bill' Harford : Eyes Wide ShutEyes Wide ShutEyes Wide Shut is a 1999 drama film based upon Arthur Schnitzler's 1926 novella Traumnovelle . The film was directed, produced and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, and was his last film. The story, set in and around New York City, follows the sexually-charged adventures of Dr...
- Ethan Hunt : Mission: Impossible IIMission: Impossible IIMission: Impossible II is a 2000 action film directed by John Woo, and starring Tom Cruise, who also served as the film's producer...
- David Aames : Vanilla SkyVanilla SkyVanilla Sky is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed, co-produced and co-written by Cameron Crowe. The film is an English-language remake of the 1997 Spanish movie Abre los ojos , the screenplay for which was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil...
- John Anderton : Minority ReportMinority Report"The Minority Report" is a 1956 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in Fantastic Universe. The story is about a future society where murders are prevented through the efforts of three mutants who can see the future...
- Docteur William 'Bill' Harford : Eyes Wide Shut
- James McAvoyJames McAvoyJames McAvoy is a Scottish stage and screen actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in 1995's The Near Room and continued to make mostly television appearances until the early 2000s. His notable television work includes State of Play, Shameless, and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune...
:- PenelopePenelope (2006 film)Penelope is a 2006 fantasy/romantic comedy film directed by Mark Palansky which was first released in 2006 as a premiere. It stars Christina Ricci, James McAvoy and Reese Witherspoon.-Plot:...
: Max
- Penelope