Patrick Bruel

About

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...

Known for

Fais pas ci, fais pas çaSeries • 2007SabrinaMovie • 1995Sex, Love & TherapyMovie • 2014A Bag of MarblesMovie • 2017What's in a NameMovie • 2012Paris-ManhattanMovie • 2012Lost & FoundMovie • 1999The Best Is Yet to ComeMovie • 2019One Hundred and One NightsMovie • 1995Holy LandsMovie • 2019The BratsMovie • 2013Change of PlansMovie • 2009JaguarMovie • 1996Comme les 5 doigts de la mainMovie • 2010Low ProfileMovie • 1993O JerusalemMovie • 2006Comedy of PowerMovie • 2006There Were Days... and MoonsMovie • 1990Pretty ThingsMovie • 2001Marche à l'ombreMovie • 1984PaparazziMovie • 1998A SecretMovie • 2007Brothers in ArmsMovie • 1989Love at First ChildMovie • 2015