

Cast & creator
Best known for Quotidien, Sacrée soirée, Vivement dimanche
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.
Also known as: Patrick Bruel-Benguigui, Maurice Benguigui, Patrick Maurice Benguigui, Maurice Bruel-Benguigui, Patrick Benguigui
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television credits
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1974–2026 · acting roles
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Self - Guest
2016
Self
1987
Self
1998
Self
1982
Self
2004
Self
2019
Self
1975
Self
1987
Self
1974

Self
1977
Self
2013
Self
1993
Self
1992
Self
1987
Self
1985
Self
1984
Self
1985
Self
2001
Self - Guest
2006
Self - Guest
2006
Self
2010
Self - Guest
2022
Self
1987
Self
1990
Self
2022
Self
2021
Self
2002
Gérard Grangier, sosie de Patrick Bruel
2007
Self
1989
Self
2004
Self
2022
Self (chanteur et acteur)
2018
Self
1987
Self
2013
Self - Guest
2021
Self - Guest Artist
2021
Louis
1995
Self
2018Self
1994
Zeev Abadi
2025
Roman
2017
Self
2018

Rene
1999
César Montesiho
2019
The First Speaker
1995
Self
2001
Self (archive footage)
2025
Lambert
2014
Agent immobilier
2013
Self
2026
Victor
2012
Michel
2019
Vincent
2012
Self
2014
Self
2025
Martin
1998
Jacques Sibaud
2006
Alain
2009
Patrick Bruel
1998
Paulo Narboni
1979
Self
2021
Julien Segal
1993
Self
2002
Jacques
2001
Nelson
2004

Self (uncredited)
1996
Self (archive footage)
2012
François Perrin
1996
Self
2016
Dan Hayoun
2010

Self
2018



Metro guitarist (uncredited)
1984
Philippe
1989


Self
2005
Philippe
1982
Self : Guest
2025
Wanis
1986
Ange
2015
François
1982

Philippe Dupin
2014

Vincent
2012
David Levin
2006

Frédéric
1985
Self
2018
Singer of a suburban band
1980

Self
2015


Self
2023



Gilles Fontaine
2021

Dany
1984


Self
2023

Self
2015
Laurent
2001
Self
2023

Self
2016

Self
2018
Mozart
1987
Le musicien qui manque son avion
1990

Self
2023
Alex
2004
Self
2024
Self
2023Self
1994

Self
2021
Self
2021
Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
2007

Self
1989
Psy
2018
Self (archive footage)
2004
The musician
1986


Self
2019
Self
2000
Self
2012

Self
2024
Self
1999
Self
1990
Self
2015
Self
2003
Self
2019
Self
2023
Self
2007
Pierre-Marie Labrouche, adopté par Étienne
1983
Self
2022
Self - Guest
2024
Self
2023
Séraphin Monge
1988
Self
2022
Simon Atlan
1989
Self
2014
Self
2014
Self
2021
Self
2019
Self
2023
Gaby
1983Self
2015
Self
2007
Self
2024
Vincenzo
2017
Self
2022
Dan
1983
Self
2019
Christophe Vade
1992
Sam Bellamy
1997
Self
2014
Patrick Bruel
1998
Self
2014
Self
2025
Self
2002