He played the leading role in the vampire horror film, Queen of the Damned, alongside Aaliyah. His role in the 1991 film, Cyrano de Bergerac, garnered him with a Cesar Award nomination for Most Promising Actor.
He played the role of Laertes in production of Hamlet.
He played the role of Ashe Crow in action film The Crow: City of Angels.
He had three children with Karine Silla, whom he married in 1998.
He was in the TV film Frankenstein alongside Parker Posey.
