Early life

Pérez was born on June 10, 1964 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to a Spanish father and a German mother. His mother was a homemaker and his father worked in the import-export business. He commenced acting studies in Geneva, followed by the CNSAD and completed his training at the school of the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers. He started acting in theatre before starring in films.

Cinematic career

His breakthrough role was starring opposite Gérard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac. He was nominated for a César Award. He has since appeared in various films and his onscreen leading ladies have included Catherine Deneuve, Kim Basinger, Isabelle Adjani and Aaliyah.

On television, he starred in Paris enquêtes criminelles, the French remake of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Pérez starred as Lieutenant Vincent Revel.

He has also gone into directing. Two of his shorts, L'échange and Rien à dire, have been nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Photography

He has exhibited his photographic work during festivals and in art galleries. For example, his exhibition entitled Face to Face, which featured photographs of Carla Bruni, Johnny Hallyday or Gerard Depardieu, was unveiled at Rencontres d'Arles, an annual photography festival in Arles, France. In December 2012, he exhibited his photographs of dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet at the RuArts in Moscow, Russia. Two years later, in December 2014, he exhibited them again at the Accademia Fine Art Gallery in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Personal life

He is married to French actress Karine Silla; they have three children together.

Work

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Gardien de la nuit (Guardian of the Night)	Armand
1987	Hôtel de France	Serge
1988	La maison de jade (The House of Jade)	Bernard Gretz
1990	Cyrano de Bergerac	Christian de Neuvillette	César Award Nominee for Most Promising Actor (Meilleur espoir masculin)
	Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (The Voyage of Captain Fracassa)	Baron of Sigognac
1991	La neige et le feu	Jacques Sénéchal
1992	Cendre d'or
	Indochine (Indochina)	Jean-Baptiste
	L'échange		Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Award Nominee for Best Short Film Short written and directed by Vincent Perez
1993	Fanfan	Alexandre
1994	La Reine Margot (Queen Margot)	La Môle
1995	Al di là delle nuvole (Beyond the Clouds)	Niccolo
1996	Ligne de vie (Line of Life)	Philippe
	The Crow: City of Angels	Ashe Corven/The Crow
1997	Swept from the Sea	Yanko Gooral
	Le bossu	Duc de Nevers	César Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur second rôle masculin) Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actor
1998	Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train (Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train)	Viviane	César Award Nominee for Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur second rôle masculin)
	The Treat	Pierre
	Talk of Angels	Francisco Areavaga
	Shot Through the Heart	Slavko Stanic
1999	Le temps retrouvé, d'après l'oeuvre de Marcel Proust (Marcel Proust's Time Regained)	Morel
	Rien à dire		Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Award Nominee for Best Short Film Short directed by Vincent Perez
2000	Épouse-moi (Marry Me)	Hadrien Roche
	Le Libertin (The Libertine)	Denis Diderot
	I Dreamed of Africa	Paolo Gallmann
2001	Les Morsures de l'aube (fr) (Love Bites)	Young actor
	Bride of the Wind	Oskar Kokoschka
2002	Queen of the Damned	Marius de Romanus
	Peau d'Ange (Once Upon An Angel)		Nominated at the Montreal World Film Festival for the Grand Prix des Amériques Written and directed by Vincent Perez
2003	Le pharmacien de garde (The Pharmacist)	Yan Lazarrec
	La felicità non-costa niente (Happiness Costs Nothing)	Francesco
	Fanfan la Tulipe	Fanfan la Tulipe
	Je reste! (I'm Staying!)	Bertrand Delpire
2004	Bienvenue en Suisse	Aloïs Couchepin
	Nouvelle-France (New France aka Battle of the Brave)	Intendant le Bigot
2007	Kod apokalipsisa (The Apocalypse Code)	Lui	MTV Movie Award (Russia) Nominee for Best Fight; shared with Anastasiya Zavorotnyuk Credited as Vensan Peres
	Arn - Tempelriddaren (Arn - The Knight Templar)	Brother Guilbert
	Si j'étais toi (The Secret)		Produced and directed by Vincent Perez
2009	Demain dès l'aube (Tomorrow at Dawn)	Mathieu
2010	Inhale	Dr. Martinez
	Bruc	Maraval
	The Last Warrior
2012	Lines of Wellington
2013	Puppylove	Christian
2014	Кухня в Париже	Nicolas Dupont	Vicki admirateur, parisien, chef de protocole du Président de la France
2016	Alone in Berlin		Director, writer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Série noire	Yvon	1 episode, Piège à flics
1990	Hamlet	Laerte
1998	Shot Through the Heart	Slavko
2000	Scénarios sur la drogue		Directed 1 episode, Scénarios sur la drogue
2004	Frankenstein	Deucalion
2005	Le juge	Marc Steiner
2006	Avec le temps...	Philippe Julliart
	Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour	Louis XV
2007	Paris enquêtes criminelles (Law & Order: Paris)	Vincent Revel	20 episodes
2008	Die Jahrhundertlawine	Marc
2010	Lo scandalo della Banca Romana	Clemente Claudet
	Trahie!	Paul/Antonio

Awards and nominations

César Awards

Year	Award	Film	Result
1991	Most Promising Actor (Meilleur jeune espoir masculin)	Cyrano de Bergerac	Nominated
1998	Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur second rôle masculin)	Le bossu	Nominated
1998	Best Supporting Actor (Meilleur second rôle masculin)	Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train	Nominated

Palme d'Or

Year	Award	Film	Result
1992	Best Short Film	L'échange	Nominated
1999	Best Short Film	Rien à dire	Nominated

Montréal World Film Festival

Year	Award	Film	Result
2002	Grand Prix des Amériques	Peau d'ange	Nominated

MTV Movie Awards, Russia

Year	Award	Film	Result
2008	Best Fight	'Kod apokalipsisa	Nominated

Cabourg Romantic Film Festival

Year	Award	Film	Result
1992	Prix Jean Gabin		Won
2008	Best Actor	Le bossu	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]