Born in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura, France, Robinson has made a lasting impression on critics and audiences worldwide as one of France's most versatile actors of the new generation. Hailing from a family of performers, Robinson's siblings, older brother Sagamore Stévenin and younger sister Salomé Stévenin, are also actors.
Robinson's early start in acting dates back to the tender age of five, when he appeared in his father's second feature, Double messieurs (1986). He then went on to take on numerous roles in TV movies, plays, and small supporting roles in films like L'hydrolution (1989) and La révolte des enfants (1992),for which he received his first nomination and award for Best Actor at the Paris Film Festival at just ten years old.
The young actor's career trajectory was marked by a series of selective television roles, where he shunned down most movie offers to focus on growing as an actor. He then took on two delicate roles, that of the conniving Laurent in Mauvaises fréquentations (1999) and Bo, a shy young transvestite, in Francis Girod's Transfixed (2001),earning him his first César Award for Best Male Hope in 2000 and subsequent César Award for Best Male Hope in 2001.
Robinson's ability to portray a range of characters has firmly established him as one of France's most gifted actors. He has collaborated with his father again for Mischka (2002) and had a 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.
Robinson's filmography also includes the highly controversial Trance (2006),followed by the eagerly awaited C'est beau une ville la nuit (2006) and Actresses (2007).
