Patrick Bruel
Acting
Patrick Maurice Benguigui (born May 14, 1959), better known by his stage name Patrick Bruel, is a French singer-songwriter, actor and professional poker player. Patrick is the son of Pierre Benguigui and Augusta Kammoun, daughter of Elie and Céline ben Sidoun. He lived in the staff accommodation of the girls' school in Argenteuil where his mother was a teacher. In his youth, Bruel aspired to be a football player, but decided instead to pursue singing after seeing Michel Sardou in 1975. His first success came as an actor, in 1979's Le Coup de sirocco. He continued acting in films, on television, and in the theater while pursuing his singing career. His first single, "Vide" ("Empty"), released in 1982, was not a success, but the follow-up, "Marre de cette nana-là" ("Fed up with that chick"), was a hit. In 2003, just before his partner, the writer and playwright Amanda Sthers, gave birth to his first child, Oscar, on 19 August, he changed his name to Bruel-Benguigui, combining his stage name with his birth name. On 21 September 2004, he wed the then 26-year-old Sthers; it was his first marriage. His second child, Léon, was born on 28 September 2005. The couple separated in 2007. As of 2004, Bruel has acted in more than forty television and film productions, and has made five studio albums and several live albums. In 2002, Bruel released Entre Deux, a double CD of classic chanson that features duets with Charles Aznavour, Jean-Louis Aubert, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Alain Souchon and Renaud, among others. It sold two million copies and made Bruel France's best paid singer of the year. At the beginning of 2005, in response to the South Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004, Bruel wrote the song "Et puis la terre" with Marie-Florence Gros, with whom he had begun a long-term collaboration in 1998, to benefit the Red Cross. His latest album, "Des souvenirs devant", was his fourth chart-topper in France. Bruel is a world-class professional poker player. He won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 1998 for the $5,000 Limit Hold'em event. As of 2009. he has earned more than $900,000 in tournament play, of which his ten cash winnings at the WSOP account for $411,659. He also comments on the World Poker Tour in France. In the 2010s, Bruel bought a house in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. In January 2025, the house was destroyed by the Palisades Fire. Bruel has been a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 1993. Source: Article "Patrick Bruel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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tvMenace imminente
2025
Zeev Abadi
movieVos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025
Self (archive footage)
tvQuelle époque !
2022
Self - Guest
tvChansons!
2021
Self
movieVilla Caprice
2021
Gilles Fontaine
tvSamedi Sébastien
2021
Self - Guest
tvStar Académie
2021
Self - Guest Artist
movieThe Best Is Yet to Come
2019
César Montesiho
movieHoly Lands
2019
Michel
tvRembob'Ina
2018
Self (chanteur et acteur)
movieA Family
2017
Vincenzo
tvQuotidien
2016
Self - Guest
movieSex, Love & Therapy
2014
Lambert
movieThe Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
2014
Philippe Dupin
movieThe Brats
2013
Agent immobilier
tvLa Voix
2013
Self
movieGrégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieParis-Manhattan
2012
Victor
movieWhat's in a Name
2012
Vincent
movieComme les 5 doigts de la main
2010
Dan Hayoun
movieA Secret
2007
Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
tvFais pas ci, fais pas ça
2007
Gérard Grangier, sosie de Patrick Bruel
tvSalut les Terriens !
2006
Self - Guest
movieO Jerusalem
2006
David Levin
tvOn n'est pas couché
2006
Self - Guest
movieComedy of Power
2006
Jacques Sibaud
movieWolf
2004
Nelson
movieDe Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
2004
Self (archive footage)
tvSucré salé
2002
Self
moviePretty Things
2001
Jacques
movieFoul Play
1998
Patrick Bruel
moviePaparazzi
1998
Patrick Bruel
movieK
1997
Sam Bellamy
movieJaguar
1996
François Perrin
movieMen, Women: A User's Manual
1996
Self (uncredited)
movieSabrina
1995
Louis
movieOne Hundred and One Nights
1995
The First Speaker
NeXt
1994
Self
movieLow Profile
1993
Julien Segal
tvTaratata
1993
Self
movieSweetheart
1992
Christophe Vade
tvStars 90
1990
Self
movieThere Were Days... and Moons
1990
Le musicien qui manque son avion
movieBrothers in Arms
1989
Simon Atlan
movieThe Murdered House
1988
Séraphin Monge
tvTéléthon
1987
Self
movieBandits
1987
Mozart
movieFollow My Gaze
1986
The musician
movieP.R.O.F.S.
1985
Frédéric
tvTélématin
1985
Self
movieMarche à l'ombre
1984
Metro guitarist (uncredited)
movieLe Grand Carnaval
1983
Pierre-Marie Labrouche, adopté par Étienne
movieSingles
1982
François
movieLa Mort en sautoir
1980
Singer of a suburban band
movieThe Kick of Sirocco
1979
Paulo Narboni
tvFan School
1977
Self
