Trivia

Did not sleep the entirety of the The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) shoot.

Was not an actor when director Cédric Klapisch discovered him in the street.

Big fan of writer Charles Bukowski, of directors Jim Jarmusch, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Frank Capra, Ernst Lubitsch, John Cassavetes, François Truffaut and script writer Harmony Korine.

Sister is a pianist, and she is the one who taught him to play piano for the film The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005).

Character of Xavier in Pot Luck (2002) was written for him by Cédric Klapisch.

Father is an engineer architect.

Voted #8 in Elle (France) Magazine's "15 Sexiest Men" poll (June 2007).

Son Luigi born in February 2009 with companion Olivia Bonamy.

Frequently works with Tony Gatlif.

Was the drummer of a band called Kingsize.

Has been romantically linked to Olivia Bonamy, Élodie Bouchez and Lisa Faulkner.

Companion of Olivia Bonamy since 2008. They have two children: Luigi (b. February 10th 2009) and another son born in 2013 whose name hasn't been revealed yet.

Likes hip hop, jazz, funk, Arabian music and electro.

Frequently works with Cédric Klapisch.

Shares birthday with poet Thomas Moore, actresses Chiara Mastroianni and Isabelle Carré, and singer Kylie Minogue.