Complex sentence: Born to a French (Pied-Noir) father, actor Jean Lespert, and an Algerian mother, he studied law before turning to acting, to please his mother who is a jurist.
Split into simpler sentences: Born to a French (Pied-Noir) father, actor Jean Lespert, and an Algerian mother. He studied law before turning to acting, to please his mother who is a jurist.