Marc Lucien Lavoine (; born 6 August 1962) is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single "
Elle a les yeux revolver..." reached number four on the French Singles chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing career. He starred in the television series ''
Crossing Lines
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'' as Louis Daniel, head of an
International Criminal Court
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police team that investigates crimes that cross European borders.
Career
Lavoine was born near
Paris
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. He was labelled a heart throb at the beginning of his career and remains popular. He released his first album, ''Le Parking des Anges'', in 1985 with his song "Elle a les yeux revolver..." as a favourite among teens. In 1987, Lavoine released his second album ''Fabriqué''. His single, "Qu'est-ce que t'es belle", was a duet with
Les Rita Mitsouko
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leader
Catherine Ringer. His third album ''Les Amours Du Dimanche'' was released in 1989, which sold 300,000 copies.
In 1992, the singles "Paris", also the title track of his fourth album, and "L'Amour de trente secondes" gained success. In 1993, Lavoine released his fifth album ''Faux Rêveur''. Lavoine's sixth album ''Lavoine-Matic'', released in 1996, included the single "C'est ça la France", which is a song of tolerance and was awarded Best Video from the Victoire de la Musique. In 1999, his seventh album ''Septième Ciel'' was released, with the first single as "Les Tournesols".
Lavoine's eighth album, which did not have a title, was released in 2001. Like former albums, this featured duets with female singers, including Italian singer and actress
Cristina Marocco
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, singer
Françoise Hardy
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and actress
Claire Keim. In 2003, he released the single "Dis-moi que l'amour" and a live album entitled ''Olympia Deux Mille Trois''. Lavoine's ninth album ''L'Heure d'été'', included singles "Je me sens si seul", "Toi mon amour" and "J'espère", a duet with Belgian singer of Vietnamese descent
Quynh Anh. He also wrote the song "
Bonjour Vietnam" as a gift for Quynh Anh.
Personal life
Marc Lavoine has a son, Simon, from his first marriage to ex-
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model Denise Pascale.
In 1995 he married Sarah Poniatowski (from the
Poniatowski family, which is originally from
Poland
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); they have three children together: Yasmine, Roman, and Milo (born 1 July 2010). They divorced in 2018.
On 25 July 2020 he married the novelist
Line Papin.
They divorced in 2022.
He now lives in Paris and has put out numerous albums along with several movies.
Lavoine is a member of the
Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 1996. He has no other known charitable interests.
Discography
Studio albums
* 1985: ''Marc Lavoine'' (Philips)
* 1987: ''Fabriqué'' (Avrep/PolyGram)
* 1989: ''
Les Amours du dimanche'' (Avrep/PolyGram)
* 1991: ''
Paris
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'' (Avrep/PolyGram)
* 1993: ''Faux rêveur'' (BMG)
* 1996: ''Lavoine Matic'' (Avrep/RCA/BMG)
* 1999: ''
7e ciel'' (Avrep/RCA/BMG)
* 2001: ''
Marc Lavoine'' (Mercury France/Universal)
* 2005: ''
L'Heure d'été'' (Mercury France/Universal)
* 2009: ''Volume 10'' (Mercury France/Universal)
* 2012: ''Je descends du singe'' (Barclay)
* 2018: ''Je reviens à toi'' (Universal Music Division Barclay)
Live albums
* ''Live'' (1988, Avrep)
* ''
Olympia Deuxmilletrois'' (2003, Mercury/Universal)
Compilations
* ''
85-95'' (1995, Avrep/RCA/BMG)
* ''C'est ça Lavoine: L'essentiel'' (2001, Avrep/RCA/BMG) 1984–1999
* ''
Les Duos de Marc'' (2007, Mercury/Universal)
* ''Les Solos de Marc'' (2007, RCA/Sony BMG)
* ''La Collection de Marc'' (2007, Mercury/Universal)
Singles
Filmography
*1984 : ''Frankenstein 90''
*1994 : ''L'Enfer''
*1995 : ''Fiesta''
*1996 : ''Les Menteurs''
*1998 : ''Cantique de la racaille''
*1999 : ''Le double de ma moitié''
*2001 : ''Déception''
*2001 : ''
My Wife Is an Actress''
*2002 : ''Blanche''
*2003 : ''
Le coeur des hommes''
*2002 : ''
The Good Thief''
*2003 : ''Les clefs de bagnole''
*2006 : ''Toute la beauté du monde''
*2006 : ''
Arthur and the Minimoys'' (French voice of Darkos played by
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)
*2007 : ''Le cœur des hommes 2''
*2007 : ''Si c'était lui...''
*2009 : ''
Korkoro (Liberté)''
*2013 : ''
Crossing Lines
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''
*2014 : ''Papa was not a rolling stone''
References
External links
Biography of Marc Lavoine from
Radio France Internationale
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1962 births
Living people
20th-century French LGBTQ people
21st-century French LGBTQ people
20th-century French male singers
21st-century French male singers
Bisexual male singers
French pop singers
French bisexual male actors
French bisexual musicians
French LGBTQ singers
People from Longjumeau
Male actors from Île-de-France