Yvan Attal (born January 4, 1965) is a French actor and director. Born in Tel-Aviv, Israel to Algerian Jewish parents, he grew up in the Paris suburbs. His acting debut was in Eric 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 wife. January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Tel-Aviv Coat of arms Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The César Award is the national film award of France first given out in 1975. ... Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of French Jewish poet and singer, Serge Gainsbourg and English actress Jane Birkin, was born on July 22, 1971 in London. ...

He has also dubbed the voice of Tom Cruise in the French versions of Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Mission: Impossible II (2000) and Vanilla Sky (2001). In filmmaking, dubbing refers to the recording of voices for a movie. ... Tom Cruise as seen on a poster for the 2001 film Vanilla Sky Tom Cruise is the stage name of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, an American actor, producer, and Scientologist who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies and remains one of the biggest movie stars in the... Eyes Wide Shut (1999) is a film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novella Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler. ... Mission: Impossible II, or M:I-2 as it is also known, is the 2000 John Woo-directed sequel to Brian De Palmas 1996 Mission: Impossible motion picture, based on the TV series of the same name. ... Vanilla Sky is a 2001 film which tells a story of a young millionaire who is charged with murder. ...

External links

• Yvan Attal at the Internet Movie Database