Born in Lausanne from a father of Spanish origin and a mother of German origin Vincent Pérez Vicente Pérez spent a good part of his childhood in Penthaz and then in Cheseaux Canton of Vaud After studying photography at the Center Doret in Vevey he studied dramatic art in Geneva then at the Conservatoire and the school of Amandiers de Nanterre Vincent Pérez in 1991 at the 16th César ceremony He is still a student when he begins the movie in 1985 in the Guardian of the Night It is in 1990 that it imposes to the international level playing in Cyrano de Bergerac He is quoted to the César of the best male hope In 1991 it is found in Indochina winner of the Oscar for the best film in foreign language In the same year he won the Prix JeanGabin Since then he plays characters of romantic lovers in La Reine Margot Fanfan films that allow him to rub shoulders with major French actors He subsequently plays in some thirty European or American films He is quoted to the César for best actor in a supporting role 1998 for his interpretation in the Hunchback and the following year for Those who love me will take the train Vincent Pérez at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival In 1992 he made his directorial debut with the short film Léchange nominated for the Jury Prize for short films in Cannes He returned behind the camera in 1999 to realize Rien dire also cited in Cannes In 2002 he made his first feature film Peau dAnge of which he is cowriter He is the author of the script for La Forêt a comic strip he makes with the renowned author Tiburce Oger who revisits the myth of the forest of Brocéliande In 2007 he realized Si jétais toi produced by EuropaCorp He is married to Karine Silla and had three children with her Iman May 2 1999 and the twins Pablo and Tess in 2003 He is the fatherinlaw of Roxanne Depardieu the fruit of the union of Karine Silla and Gerard Depardieu He shared the life of Jacqueline Bisset then Carla BruniSarkozy at the beginning of his career In 2009 he participated in the song Beds are burning collective for the Copenhagen conference In 2010 he was chosen alongside Virginie Ledoyen as a muse for the IKKS brand His sister who still lives in Switzerland has made and marketed original hats that have had some success Described relevance challenged In 2012 he publicly supports Chief Raoni in his fight against the Belo Monte Dam Has manufactured and marketed original hats that have had some success Described relevance challenged In 2012 he publicly supports Chief Raoni in his fight against the Belo Monte Dam Has manufactured and marketed original hats that have had some success Described relevance challenged In 2012 he publicly supports Chief Raoni in his fight against the Belo Monte Dam Information extracted from the article Vincent Perez of Wikipedia license CCBYSA complete list of contributors on Wikipedia