Appealing actor Romain Duris is the exact example of those who arrived in the movie industry by chance, and to stardom without really desiring it. Discovered by a casting director while he was waiting in front of a high school in Paris, he was offered a role. Between popular successes such as _Le péril jeune ; now Duris is seen as an excellent and touching actor by the critics and by the audience.
Was not an actor when Director Cdric Klapisch discovered him in the street.
Frequently works with Cdric Klapisch.
Frequently works with Tony Gatlif.
Character of Xavier in Lauberge espagnole was written for him by Cdric Klapisch.
Studied Arts at the university.
Was the drummer of a band called Kingsize.
Shares birthday with poet Thomas Moore, actresses Chiara Mastroianni and Isabelle Carr , and singer Kylie Minogue.
Father is an engineer architect.
Sister is a pianist, and she is the one who taught him to play piano for the film De battre mon coeur sest arrt .
Big fan of writer Charles Bukowski , of directors Jim Jarmusch , Joseph L. Mankiewicz , Frank Capra , Ernst Lubitsch , John Cassavetes , Franois Truffaut and script writer Harmony Korine.
Likes hip hop, jazz, funk, Arabian music and electro.
Voted #8 in Elle (France) Magazines "15 Sexiest Men" poll (June 2007).
Did not sleep the entirety of the De battre mon coeur sest arrt shoot.
Has been romantically linked to Olivia Bonamy , lodie Bouchez and Lisa Faulkner.
Son Luigi born in February 2009 with companion Olivia Bonamy.
Companion of Olivia Bonamy since 2008.
