French actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz seriously injured in motorbike crash

French actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz seriously injured in motorbike crash

Mathieu Kassovitz has reportedly been seriously injured in a motorbike accident. 

The La Haine director has been taken for treatment to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital in Paris, according to Deadline.

However, the French actor is not in life-threatening danger, according to his friends. 

The award-winning actor and director had been riding his motorbike on the Montlhéry circuit outside Paris. 

The MNP Entreprise founder is currently 56-years-old. 

Serious crash: Mathieu Kassovitz, 56, has reportedly been seriously injured in a motorbike accident. The La Haine director has been taken for treatment to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital in Paris, according to Deadline; seen in 2011 in Toronto

A French icon: The acclaimed French actor and director first skyrocketed to fame with 1995's La Haine

A French icon: The acclaimed French actor and director first skyrocketed to fame with 1995’s La Haine 

A mainstay in French cinema for decades, Mathieu first found the spotlight in the public eye with the 1995 classic La Haine.  

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