Acting
Patrick Bruel
FR, EN, IT, ES cinema · 130 credits
Born
14 May 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Tlemcen, Oran, France [now Algeria]
Also known as Patrick Bruel-Benguigui · Maurice Benguigui · Patrick Maurice Benguigui · Maurice Bruel-Benguigui · Patrick Benguigui
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.
Known for
Filmography
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
as Self (archive footage)
Taratata numéro 600
as Self : Guest
Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie
as Self - Guest
Villa Caprice
as Gilles Fontaine
Holy Lands
as Michel
The Best Is Yet to Come
as César Montesiho
A Bag of Marbles
as Roman
A Family
as Vincenzo
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
as Philippe Dupin
Sex, Love & Therapy
as Lambert
BRUEL 2014 Live
as Self
The Brats
as Agent immobilier
Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
as Self (archive footage)
Paris-Manhattan
as Victor
What's in a Name
as Vincent
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Dan Hayoun
Change of Plans
as Alain
A Secret
as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
Comedy of Power
as Jacques Sibaud
O Jerusalem
as David Levin
Wolf
as Nelson
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
as Self (archive footage)
Pretty Things
as Jacques
The Milk of Human Kindness
as Laurent
M6 awards 2000
as Self
Lost & Found
as Rene
Foul Play
as Patrick Bruel
Paparazzi
as Patrick Bruel
K
as Sam Bellamy
Jaguar
as François Perrin
Men, Women: A User's Manual
as Self (uncredited)
Sabrina
as Louis
One Hundred and One Nights
as The First Speaker
Low Profile
as Julien Segal
Sweetheart
as Christophe Vade
There Were Days... and Moons
as Le musicien qui manque son avion
Brothers in Arms
as Simon Atlan
Uncontrollable Circumstances
as Philippe
The Murdered House
as Séraphin Monge
Bandits
as Mozart
Bitter Champagne
as Wanis
Follow My Gaze
as The musician
P.R.O.F.S.
as Frédéric
Led by the Nose
as Dany
Marche à l'ombre
as Metro guitarist (uncredited)
Le Grand Carnaval
as Pierre-Marie Labrouche, adopté par Étienne
The Graduates of the Last Row
as Philippe
Singles
as François
La Mort en sautoir
as Singer of a suburban band
The Kick of Sirocco
as Paulo Narboni