Patrick Bruel

Patrick Maurice Benguigui (born 14 May 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. 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 April 2020 he announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19. 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 3.0.

Known For

Homepage http://www.patrickbruel.com/
Birth Location Tlemcen, Oran, France [now Algeria]
Born 1959-05-14

Movies

2023
Villa Caprice as Gilles Fontaine
2021
The Best Is Yet to Come as César Montesiho
2019
2019
A Family as Vincenzo
2017
A Bag of Marbles as Roman
2017
2015
BRUEL 2014 Live as Patrick Bruel
2014
Sex, Love & Therapy as Lambert
2014
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles as Philippe Dupin
2014
The Brats as Agent immobilier
2013
Paris-Manhattan as Victor
2012
What's in a Name as Vincent
2012
D'un film à l'autre as Self (archive footage)
2011
2010
Change of Plans as Alain
2009
A Secret as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
2007
Ô Jerusalem as David Levin
2006
Comedy of Power as Jacques Sibaud
2006
Wolf as Nelson
2004
2004
Pretty Things as Jacques
2001
2001
M6 awards 2000 as Self
2000
Foul Play as Patrick Bruel
1998
Paparazzi as Self (Particiapation)
1998
K as Sam Bellamy
1997
Jaguar as François Perrin
1996
Sabrina as Louis
1995
One Hundred and One Nights as The First Speaker
1995
Low Profile as Julien Segal
1993
Sweetheart as Cristophe Vade
1992
1989
Brothers in Arms as Simon Atlan
1989
The Murdered House as Séraphin Monge
1988
Bandits as Mozart
1987
Follow My Gaze as The musician
1986
Bitter Champagne as Wanis
1986
P.R.O.F.S. as Frédéric
1985
Led by the Nose as Dany
1984
Marche à l'ombre as Le guitariste du métro
1984
Le Grand Carnaval as Pierre-Marie Labrouche, adopté par Étienne
1983
Singles as François
1982
La Mort en sautoir as Chanteur d'un groupe de banlieue
1980
The Kick of Sirocco as Paulo Narboni
1979
Patrick Bruel hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows