- Juliette Binoche and he have a daughter, Hannah, born on December 16, 1999.
- His companion for several years was French actress Juliette Binoche (1999-2003).
- He met Juliette Binoche filming Children of the Century (1999) in 1999.
- He read the casting advert for Life Is a Long Quiet River (1988) in the newspaper "Libération".
- Second daughter Djinina born in October 2011.
- Met long-term companion Nikita Samaha on the set of Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004).
- Benoît is the eldest of three siblings; he has a younger brother called Arnaud and they have a younger sister. She is 10 years younger than Benoît.
- His mother is a nurse.
- Has Hungarian Jewish origins on his mother's side of the family.
- In childhood, he wanted to become a firefighter.
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