Francis Huster born 8 December 1947 is a French stage film and television actor film director and scriptwriter Francis Huster was born in NeuillysurSeine He studied acting at the Conservatoire of the 17th arrondissement of Paris at the Cours Florent and at the Conservatoire national 1968 where he had René Simon and later Antoine Vitez as teachers He joined the ComédieFrançaise in 1971 became sociétaire in 1977 and left this institution in 1982 He later founded the theater group Compagnie Francis Huster of which the following actors have been members Clotilde Courau Valérie Crunchant Christiana Réali Estelle Skornik Valentine Varela Olivier Martinez Mathieu Carriere Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis Huster licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia