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

Life and career

Born in

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, Israel, to Algerian-Jewish parents, he grew up in the outskirts of Paris. His acting debut was in

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's ''Un monde sans pitié'' (1989), which earned him a

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for Most Promising Actor. His first feature film as a director was '' Ma femme est une actrice'' (2001), which co-starred

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, Attal's real-life partner. He directed a segment in the film ''

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'', and appeared as an actor in another. He acted in ''

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'' and ''

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'', and in ''

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'' he played a French cab driver named George.

Personal life

Attal's longtime partner is Anglo-French actress-singer

, 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 ,Yvan Attal bio : biographie de Yvan Attal – Gala
Gala.fr (9 November 2010). Retrieved on 4 July 2011. who is also an actor and starred in the film '' The Accusation'' (2021). In 2014, following the death of Gainsbourg's sister, photographer

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, Attal and his family relocated to New York City.

Filmography

Dubbing

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'' ** John Anderton : '' Minority Report'' *

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