Philippe Nahon

Born: December 28 1938
Where: Paris, France

The actor is veteran of more than 50 French movies including La Haine and Irreversible in a career dating back to the early 1960s.

A regular collaborator with controversial director Gaspard Noe, he has also worked with Mathieu Kassovitz and Christophe Gans.

Notable appearances include the police chief in the seminal 1985 drama La Haine and Noe's I Stand Alone, for which he was named best actor at the Namur Festival.

He appeared in Gans' critically applauded Brotherhood of the Wolf and in Kassovitz's crime thriller Crimson Rivers.

Recent work includes Noe's controversial Irreversible and Alexandre Aja's slasher movie Switchblade Romance with Cecile de France.