Marc Lucien Lavoine (; born 6 August 1962) is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single "Elle a les yeux revolver..." reached number four on the French Singles chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing career. He starred in the television series Crossing Lines as Louis Daniel, head of an International Criminal Court police team that investigates crimes that cross European borders.

Career Lavoine was born near Paris. He was labelled a heart throb at the beginning of his career and remains popular. He released his first album, Le Parking des Anges, in 1985 with his song "Elle a les yeux revolver..." as a favourite among teens. In 1987, Lavoine released his second album Fabriqué. His single, "Qu'est-ce que t'es belle", was a duet with Les Rita Mitsouko leader Catherine Ringer. His third album Les Amours Du Dimanche was released in 1989, which sold 300,000 copies.

In 1992, the singles "Paris", also the title track of his fourth album, and "L'Amour de trente secondes" gained success. In 1993, Lavoine released his fifth album Faux Rêveur. Lavoine's sixth album Lavoine-Matic, released in 1996, included the single "C'est ça la France", which is a song of tolerance and was awarded Best Video from the Victoire de la Musique. In 1999, his seventh album Septième Ciel was released, with the first single as "Les Tournesols".

Lavoine's eighth album, which did not have a title, was released in 2001. Like former albums, this featured duets with female singers, including Italian singer and actress Cristina Marocco, singer Françoise Hardy and actress Claire Keim. In 2003, he released the single "Dis-moi que l'amour" and a live album entitled Olympia Deux Mille Trois. Lavoine's ninth album L'Heure d'été, included singles "Je me sens si seul", "Toi mon amour" and "J'espère", a duet with Belgian singer of Vietnamese descent Quynh Anh. He also wrote the song "Bonjour Vietnam" as a gift for Quynh Anh.

Personal life

Marc Lavoine has a son, Simon, from his first marriage to ex-Vogue model Denise Pascale.

In 1995 he married Sarah Poniatowski (from the Poniatowski family, which is originally from Poland); they have three children together: Yasmine, Roman, and Milo (born 1 July 2010). They divorced in 2018.

On 25 July 2020 he married the novelist Line Papin. They divorced in 2022.

He now lives in Paris and has put out numerous albums along with several movies.

Lavoine is a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 1996."Marc Lavoine" (in French). Enfoires.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017. He has no other known charitable interests.

Discography

Studio albums 1985: Marc Lavoine (Philips) 1987: Fabriqué (Avrep/PolyGram) 1989: Les Amours du dimanche (Avrep/PolyGram) 1991: Paris (Avrep/PolyGram) 1993: Faux rêveur (BMG) 1996: Lavoine Matic (Avrep/RCA/BMG) 1999: 7e ciel (Avrep/RCA/BMG) 2001: Marc Lavoine (Mercury France/Universal) 2005: L'Heure d'été (Mercury France/Universal) 2009: Volume 10 (Mercury France/Universal) 2012: Je descends du singe (Barclay) 2018: Je reviens à toi (Universal Music Division Barclay)

Live albums Live (1988, Avrep) Olympia Deuxmilletrois (2003, Mercury/Universal)

Compilations 85-95 (1995, Avrep/RCA/BMG) C'est ça Lavoine: L'essentiel (2001, Avrep/RCA/BMG) 1984–1999 Les Duos de Marc (2007, Mercury/Universal) Les Solos de Marc (2007, RCA/Sony BMG) La Collection de Marc (2007, Mercury/Universal)

Singles YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbumFRAlescharts.comBEL (Wa)ultratop.beSWIhitparade.ch1983"Je n'sais même plus de quoi j'ai l'air"———1984"Pour une biguine avec toi"———Marc Lavoine1985"Elle a les yeux revolver..."4——"Tu me divises par deux"———1986"Le Parking des anges"11——"Bascule avec moi"14——1987"Même si"14——Fabriqué"Le monde est tellement con"20——1988"Qu'est-ce que t'es belle" (with Catherine Ringer)31——"Si tu veux le savoir"11——1989"C'est la vie"14——Les Amours du dimanche"Ami"———1990"Toutes mes excuses (chère amie)"———"Rue Fontaine"11——"Je n'ai plus rien à te donner"18——1991"Paris"28——Paris1992"L'Amour de 30 secondes"32——"Ça m'est égal"41——"Fils de moi"———1993"Tu me suffiras"———Faux rêveur1994"On ira jamais à Venise"———"Faux rêveur"———1995"Une nuit sur son épaule" (with Véronique Sanson)34——Comme ils l'imaginent (Véronique Sanson album)"Reste sur moi"———85-951996"C'est ça la France"———Lavoine Matic"Petit à petit feu"———1997"Les hommes sont des femmes comme les autres" (with Princess Erika)———"Les Embouteillages"———1998"J'habite en jalousie"———1999"Les tournesols"62——Septième ciel"Fais semblant"———2000"J'écris des chansons"———"Adieu Camille" (with Julie Depardieu)———2001"Le Pont Mirabeau"83——Marc Lavoine"J'ai tout oublié" (with Cristina Marocco)14—2002"J'aurais voulu"54——"Je ne veux qu'elle" (with Claire Keim)914342003"Dis-moi que l'amour..." (with Bambou)101438Olympia Deuxmilletrois2005"Je me sens si seul"161759L'Heure d'été"Toi mon amour"810432006"Tu m'as renversé"———"J'espère" (with Quynh Anh)———2007"J'ai confiance en toi / me fido di te" (with Jovanotti)———Les Duos de Marc"Un Ami" (with Florent Pagny)—25—2009"La semaine prochaine"—13—Volume 10"Reviens mon amour"—12—2010"Rue des Acacias"———2010"Demande moi"———2013"Chère amie"159——2018"Comme je t'aime"175——

Filmography 1984 : Frankenstein 90 1994 : L'Enfer 1995 : Fiesta 1996 : Les Menteurs 1998 : Cantique de la racaille 1999 : Le double de ma moitié 2001 : Déception 2001 : My Wife Is an Actress 2002 : Blanche 2003 : Le coeur des hommes 2002 : The Good Thief 2003 : Les clefs de bagnole 2006 : Toute la beauté du monde 2006 : Arthur and the Minimoys (French voice of Darkos played by Jason Bateman) 2007 : Le cœur des hommes 2 2007 : Si c'était lui... 2009 : Korkoro (Liberté) 2013 : Crossing Lines 2014 : Papa was not a rolling stone

References

External links

Biography of Marc Lavoine, from Radio France Internationale