He has two daughters, Nelly and Aurore.
His parents were both opera singers.
He received the Lumiere Award as best leading actor for Sade in 2000.
He portrayed a member of the Resistance married to the title character in the fact-based Lucie Aubrac.
His second film, Un Coeur en Hiver, with director Claude Sautet and his third performance with co-star Emmanuelle B?art, earned him the Felix Award for Best Actor at the European Festival of Cinema in 1993.
He has been raised in Avignon Provence in the south of France.
Ha attended the Ecole Florent in Paris, best known as the European Acting School.
He won a BAFTA award for best supporting role in Claude Berri's Jean de Florette