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Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel

Acting

Born May 14, 1959, Tlemcen, Oran, France [now Algeria]

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (96)
  • 2026Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés — Self
  • 2025Patrick Bruel : On en parle - Le concert au cinéma — Self
  • 2025Serge Lama, le dernier rappel — Self
  • 2025Taratata numéro 600 — Self : Guest
  • 2025Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)
  • 2024Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie — Self - Guest
  • 2024La bande son des années 90 — Self
  • 2024Starmania : l'anniversaire événement, les 45 ans — Self
  • 2024Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy — Self
  • 2023Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA — Self
  • 2023Florent Pagny : Le Phénix — Self
  • 2023Florent Pagny : un homme libre — Self
  • Le grand show de Noël avec Natasha St-Pier et ses amis — Self
  • 2023On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel — Self
  • 2023Paris 2024, le concert-événement — Self
  • 2023Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs — Self
  • 2023Tous avec le Maroc — Self
  • 2022Corsu Mezu Mezu, le concert — Self
  • Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self
  • 2022Joyeux anniversaire Renaud — Self
  • 2022Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement — Self
  • Quelle époque ! — Self - Guest
  • The Unexpected Getaway — Self
  • Chansons! — Self
  • 2021Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime — Self
  • 2021L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman — Self
  • 2021Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français — Self
  • Marie-Claude — Self
  • Samedi Sébastien — Self - Guest
  • Star Académie — Self - Guest Artist
  • Bonsoir bonsoir! — Self
  • 2019Ce soir, on sort — Self
  • 2019Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos — Self
  • 2019Patrick Bruel, le concert événement — Self
  • 2019Patrick Bruel: Itinéraire d'un surdoué — Self
  • Basique, le concert — Self
  • 2018Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98 — Self
  • 2018L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc — Self
  • Rembob'Ina — Self (chanteur et acteur)
  • The Secret Song — Self
  • 2018Vianney en concert à l’AccorHotels Arena — Self
  • 2016Bécaud, mon père — Self
  • 2016Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés — Self
  • Quotidien — Self - Guest
  • 2015Leurs voix pour l'espoir - 4ème édition — Self
  • 2015M.Pokora : 10 Ans de carrière (Symphonic Show) — Self
  • Nos années 90 — Self
  • 2015Patrick Bruel - Le Concert Symphonique — Self
  • 2014BRUEL 2014 Live — Self
  • 2014Il était une fois... Patrick Bruel — Self
  • 2014Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement — Self
  • L'Été indien — Self
  • 2014Les copains d'abord font du ski — Self
  • En mode Salvail — Self
  • La Voix — Self
  • 2012Céline Dion, le grand show — Self
  • 2012Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans — Self (archive footage)
  • Ça finit bien la semaine — Self
  • 2007Bruel Live Des souvenirs ... Ensemble — Self
  • 2007Poker Coach and Patrick Bruel — Self
  • On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
  • Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
  • 2005La Fête De La Chanson Française — Self
  • 2004De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs — Self (archive footage)
  • La chanson de l'année — Self
  • Tout le monde en parle — Self
  • 2003Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003 — Self
  • 2002A Day in the Life of French Cinema — Self
  • 2002Patrick Bruel - Entre deux, à l'Olympia — Self
  • Sucré salé — Self
  • Star Academy — Self
  • Stars à domicile — Self
  • 2000M6 awards 2000 — Self
  • 1999Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France — Self
  • Vivement dimanche — Self
  • 1996Men, Women: A User's Manual — Self (uncredited)
  • 1994Michel Sardou - Show Sardou — Self
  • NeXt — Self
  • Taratata — Self
  • Coucou c'est nous ! — Self
  • 1990Si ce soir... 1990 — Self
  • Stars 90 — Self
  • 1989Elsa sous la neige — Self
  • Geld oder Liebe — Self
  • Le monde est à vous — Self
  • Matin Bonheur — Self
  • Nulle part ailleurs — Self
  • Sacrée soirée — Self
  • Téléthon — Self
  • Télématin — Self
  • Victoires de la musique — Self
  • La Chance aux chansons — Self
  • Champs-Elysées — Self
  • Fan School — Self
  • Midi Première — Self
  • Spécial cinéma — Self
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