Patrick Bruel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-05-14 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Tlemcen, Oran, France [now Algeria]
Patrick Bruel
Biography
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. 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
Acting
Le vieux juif Blonde
as Psy
(2025)
(2025)
(2024)
(2024)
(2024)
(2024)
Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie
as Self - Guest
(2023)
(2023)
Florent Pagny : Le Phénix
as Self
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
as Self
(2023)
(2023)
(2023)
Tous avec le Maroc
as Self
(2022)
(2022)
Joyeux anniversaire Renaud
as Self
(2022)
(2021)
Villa Caprice
as Gilles Fontaine
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
(2020)
(2019)
The Best Is Yet to Come
as César Montesiho
(2019)
Holy Lands
as Michel
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
(2019)
Ce soir, on sort
as Self
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
A Bag of Marbles
as Roman
(2017)
A Family
as Vincenzo
(2017)
(2016)
(2015)
Love at First Child
as Ange
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
Sex, Love & Therapy
as Lambert
(2014)
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
as Philippe Dupin
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
BRUEL 2014 Live
as Self
(2013)
The Brats
as Agent immobilier
(2013)
(2012)
What's in a Name
as Vincent
(2012)
Paris-Manhattan
as Victor
(2012)
Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre
as Vincent
(2012)
Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Céline Dion, le grand show
as Self
(2011)
D'un film à l'autre
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
(2010)
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Dan Hayoun
(2010)
(2009)
Change of Plans
as Alain
(2008)
(2007)
A Secret
as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
(2007)
(2007)
(2006)
O Jerusalem
as David Levin
(2006)
Comedy of Power
as Jacques Sibaud
(2005)
(2004)
Une vie à t'attendre
as Alex
(2004)
Wolf
as Nelson
(2004)
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
Pretty Things
as Jacques
(2001)
(2001)
The Milk of Human Kindness
as Laurent
(2000)
M6 awards 2000
as Self
(2000)
(1999)
Lost & Found
as Rene
(1999)
(1999)
(1998)
Paparazzi
as Patrick Bruel
(1998)
(1998)
The Misadventures of Margaret
as Martin
(1998)
Foul Play
as Patrick Bruel
(1997)
K
as Sam Bellamy
(1997)
(1996)
Jaguar
as François Perrin
(1996)
Men, Women: A User's Manual
as Self (uncredited)
(1996)
(1995)
Sabrina
as Louis
(1995)
One Hundred and One Nights
as The First Speaker
(1995)
(1994)
(1994)
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
as Self
(1993)
(1993)
Low Profile
as Julien Segal
(1992)
Sweetheart
as Cristophe Vade
(1990)
Si ce soir... 1990
as Self
(1989)
Uncontrollable Circumstances
as Philippe
(1989)
Brothers in Arms
as Simon Atlan
(1989)
Elsa sous la neige
as Self
(1988)
The Murdered House
as Séraphin Monge
(1987)
Bandits
as Mozart
(1986)
Follow My Gaze
as The musician
(1986)
Bitter Champagne
as Wanis
(1985)
P.R.O.F.S.
as Frédéric
(1984)
Marche à l'ombre
as Metro guitarist (uncredited)
(1984)
Led by the Nose
as Dany
(1983)
Le Grand Carnaval
as Pierre-Marie Labrouche, adopté par Étienne
(1983)
The Bastard
as Dan
(1983)
Tears like knives
as Gaby
(1982)
The Graduates of the Last Row
as Philippe
(1982)
Singles
as François
(1980)
La Mort en sautoir
as Singer of a suburban band
(1979)
The Kick of Sirocco
as Paulo Narboni