A French actor, director, and writer, born on May 11, 1976, in Paris, France. His father is a French "pied-noir" who left French Algeria after the end of colonialism. He married Sonia Rolland, a former Miss France, with whom he has one child, Kahina. He is known for Yves Saint Laurent (2014), Human Resources (1999), and 24 Bars (2007).