[3][4] He toured with the circus and its follower, Le Cirque Invisible, throughout his childhood and teenage years, until 1994.

[4] Later he studied at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, the CNSAD and the Acting International in Paris, and the Harvard Theater School in the United States.

He was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actor in 2006 for his role in Antoine de Caunes's film Twice upon a Time (2006).

[8] Thierrée won four Molière Awards for the show, including that of the best director and the best newcomer in 2006,[9] and it was chosen in 2009 as one of the ten most important theatre pieces of the decade by Le Figaro.

[15] In 2008 he also received Le Prix Plaisir du Théâtre from the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques.