Born in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France to legendary French
actor-comedian/director/writer
Jean-François Stévenin, Robinson
has impressed critics and audiences around the world as one of France's
most versatile actors of the new generation. Shy and soft spoken
Robinson comes from a family of performers where both his siblings,
older brother
Sagamore Stévenin and
younger sister
Salomé Stévenin are also
actors. Robinson started acting at the tender age of 5 in his fathers
second feature
Double messieurs (1986). Then
followed many roles in TV movies and plays and small supporting roles
in films like
L'hydrolution (1989)
and
La révolte des enfants (1992)
for which he got his first nomination and award for Best Actor at the
Paris Film Festival at just the age of 10, this being a hint at further
great things to come from this gifted actor. The young actor then took
on a series of selective television roles shunning down most movie
offers to "grow" as an actor. The young actor then took on two very
delicate roles, that of the conniving sly Laurent in
Mauvaises fréquentations (1999)
as a boy who obliges his girlfriend with a prostituer which earned him
his first César of the Best Male hope in 2000 and that as Bo a shy,
young transvestite in
Francis Girod's
Transfixed (2001) which earned
him second successive César Award - and this time winning - for Best
Male Hope. Possessing a chameleon-like ability to portray a range of
characters, Robinson has firmly established himself as one of France's
most gifted actors. This was followed by collaborating with his father
again for
Mischka (2002), then having a
very small supporting role in
Deux (2002) as
a young stranger on a bike who charms
Isabelle Huppert. He was then seen in a
scene-stealing performance in
His Brother (2003). Robinson takes on
selective, picky roles regardless of how big or small the role is. He
was then seen in
Claude Miller's
La petite Lili (2003) where he met
and bonded with co-star
Ludivine Sagnier. He can next be seen
in
Mon colonel (2006) as Guy Rossi an
officer lawyer confronted with the reality of torture during the War of
Algeria, a first film written and produced by
Costa-Gavras. Then in the highly
controversial
Trance (2006), followed by
the eagerly awaited
C'est beau une ville la nuit (2006)
and
Actresses (2007).
