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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 14, 1959
Place of Birth
Tlemcen, Oran, France [now Algeria]
Also Known As
- Patrick Bruel-Benguigui
- Maurice Benguigui
- Patrick Maurice Benguigui
- Maurice Bruel-Benguigui
- Patrick Benguigui
Patrick Bruel
0.8 Popularity
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.
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Self
Serge Lama, le dernier rappel
2025
8.9
Zeev Abadi
Menace imminente
2025
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025
0.0
Himself
La bande son des années 90
2025
8.0
Self
Patrick Bruel : On en parle - Le concert au cinéma
2025
7.5
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
2025
8.0
Self
Starmania : l'anniversaire événement, les 45 ans
2024
8.0
Self
Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy
2024
0.0
Serge à Paris
2024
🎬
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Le grand concert des régions
2024
Credits
Serge Lama, le dernier rappel
as Self
2025
0.0
Menace imminente
as Zeev Abadi
2025
8.9
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.0
La bande son des années 90
as Himself
2025
0.0
Patrick Bruel : On en parle - Le concert au cinéma
as Self
2025
8.0
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
2025
7.5
Starmania : l'anniversaire événement, les 45 ans
as Self
2024
8.0
Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy
as Self
2024
8.0
Serge à Paris
2024
0.0
🎬
Le grand concert des régions
2024
0.0
Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie
as Self - Guest
2024
7.0
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
2024
6.9
Le grand show de Noël avec Natasha St-Pier et ses amis
as Self
2023
0.0
On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel
as Self
2023
8.0
Tous avec le Maroc
as Self
2023
0.0
Florent Pagny : Le Phénix
as Self
2023
6.0
Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
as Self
2023
8.0
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
as Self
2023
8.0
Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
as Self
2023
8.0
Paris 2024, le concert-événement
as Self
2023
9.0
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
2023
7.8
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self
2022
6.6
Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement
as Self
2022
0.0
The Unexpected Getaway
as Self
2022
9.0
Quelle époque !
as Self - Guest
2022
5.0
Joyeux anniversaire Renaud
as Self
2022
8.0
Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
2022
7.3
L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman
as Self
2021
6.9
Chansons!
as Self
2021
8.0
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
as Self
2021
6.7
Marie-Claude
as Self
2021
0.0
Villa Caprice
as Gilles Fontaine
2021
5.5
Samedi Sébastien
as Self - Guest
2021
6.3
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
2021
7.0
Star Académie
as Self - Guest Artist
2021
5.7
Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français
as Self
2021
0.0
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
2020
7.4
Patrick Bruel: Itinéraire d'un surdoué
as Self
2019
8.0
Patrick Bruel, le concert événement
as Self
2019
8.0
Ce soir, on sort
as Self
2019
0.0
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
as Self
2019
0.0
The Best Is Yet to Come
as César Montesiho
2019
6.8
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
2019
7.5
Bonsoir bonsoir!
as Self
2019
4.0
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
2019
7.0
Holy Lands
as Michel
2019
6.1
The Secret Song
as Self
2018
8.0
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
as Self
2018
0.0
Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
as Self
2018
10.0
Rembob'Ina
as Self (chanteur et acteur)
2018
0.0
Basique, le concert
as Self
2018
0.0
Vianney en concert à l’AccorHotels Arena
as Self
2018
0.0
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
2018
7.1
A Family
as Vincenzo
2017
5.8
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
2017
7.5
A Bag of Marbles
as Roman
2017
7.8
Quotidien
as Self - Guest
2016
5.4
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
2016
7.2
Love at First Child
as Ange
2015
5.7
Leurs voix pour l'espoir - 4ème édition
as Self
2015
0.0
M.Pokora : 10 Ans de carrière (Symphonic Show)
as Self
2015
0.0
🎬
Patrick Bruel - Le Concert Symphonique
as Self
2015
0.0
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
2015
6.5
Nos années 90
as Self
2015
9.0
Les copains d'abord font du ski
as Self
2014
8.0
Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement
as Self
2014
0.0
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
8.0
BRUEL 2014 Live
as Self
2014
0.0
Sex, Love & Therapy
as Lambert
2014
5.4
L'Été indien
as Self
2014
0.0
Il était une fois... Patrick Bruel
as Self
2014
0.0
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
as Philippe Dupin
2014
5.8
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
2014
7.8
En mode Salvail
as Self
2013
2.0
The Brats
as Agent immobilier
2013
6.0
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
2013
6.9
La Voix
as Self
2013
0.0
Céline Dion, le grand show
as Self
2012
8.8
Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
as Self (archive footage)
2012
0.0
Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre
as Vincent
2012
7.8
Paris-Manhattan
as Victor
2012
5.5
What's in a Name
as Vincent
2012
7.3
Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés
2011
5.8
Ça finit bien la semaine
as Self
2010
0.0
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Dan Hayoun
2010
6.2
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
2010
7.0
Change of Plans
as Alain
2009
5.4
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
2008
7.2
Poker Coach and Patrick Bruel
as Self
2007
0.0
A Secret
as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
2007
6.4
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
as Gérard Grangier, sosie de Patrick Bruel
2007
7.3
Bruel Live Des souvenirs ... Ensemble
as Self
2007
7.0
Salut les Terriens !
as Self - Guest
2006
3.7
O Jerusalem
as David Levin
2006
5.9
On n'est pas couché
as Self - Guest
2006
5.1
Comedy of Power
as Jacques Sibaud
2006
6.2
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
7.8
La Fête De La Chanson Française
as Self
2005
0.0
Wolf
as Nelson
2004
6.4
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.0
Tout le monde en parle
as Self
2004
4.2
La chanson de l'année
as Self
2004
9.0
I've Been Waiting So Long
as Alex
2004
4.5
Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003
as Self
2003
8.5
Patrick Bruel - Entre deux, à l'Olympia
as Self
2002
8.0
Sucré salé
as Self
2002
9.3
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
2002
0.0
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
2002
7.5
Pretty Things
as Jacques
2001
4.9
Star Academy
as Self
2001
5.8
The Milk of Human Kindness
as Laurent
2001
5.4
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
7.5
Stars à domicile
as Self
2001
6.8
M6 awards 2000
as Self
2000
10.0
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
2000
6.3
Lost & Found
as Rene
1999
5.0
Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France
as Self
1999
8.5
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999
6.3
The Misadventures of Margaret
as Martin
1998
4.7
Foul Play
as Patrick Bruel
1998
7.0
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Paparazzi
as Patrick Bruel
1998
4.9
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
7.2
K
as Sam Bellamy
1997
6.0
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997
6.0
Jaguar
as François Perrin
1996
5.7
Men, Women: A User's Manual
as Self (uncredited)
1996
6.0
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996
6.0
Sabrina
as Louis
1995
6.2
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
6.0
One Hundred and One Nights
as The First Speaker
1995
6.0
🎬
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
as Self
1994
0.0
🎬
NeXt
as Self
1994
0.0
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
1994
6.5
Low Profile
as Julien Segal
1993
5.1
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993
6.5
Taratata
as Self
1993
7.5
Coucou c'est nous !
as Self
1992
6.5
Sweetheart
as Christophe Vade
1992
6.1
Si ce soir... 1990
as Self
1990
10.0
Stars 90
as Self
1990
6.2
There Were Days... and Moons
as Le musicien qui manque son avion
1990
6.3
Elsa sous la neige
as Self
1989
0.0
Geld oder Liebe
as Self
1989
0.0
Uncontrollable Circumstances
as Philippe
1989
6.2
Brothers in Arms
as Simon Atlan
1989
6.8
The Murdered House
as Séraphin Monge
1988
6.6
Téléthon
as Self
1987
5.0
Le monde est à vous
as Self
1987
0.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1987
5.6
Bandits
as Mozart
1987
5.8
🎬
Matin Bonheur
as Self
1987
0.0
Follow My Gaze
as The musician
1986
6.0
Bitter Champagne
as Wanis
1986
0.0
Victoires de la musique
as Self
1985
1.5
P.R.O.F.S.
as Frédéric
1985
6.1
Télématin
as Self
1985
4.5
Led by the Nose
as Dany
1984
4.8
Marche à l'ombre
as Metro guitarist (uncredited)
1984
6.5
La Chance aux chansons
as Self
1984
4.0
Le Grand Carnaval
as Pierre-Marie Labrouche, adopté par Étienne
1983
5.5
Tears like knives
as Gaby
1983
0.0
The Bastard
as Dan
1983
0.0
The Graduates of the Last Row
as Philippe
1982
3.9
Singles
as François
1982
5.0
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
La Mort en sautoir
as Singer of a suburban band
1980
6.5
The Kick of Sirocco
as Paulo Narboni
1979
5.9
Fan School
as Self
1977
7.2
Midi Première
as Self
1975
10.0
Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974
0.0
Le vieux juif Blonde
as Psy
N/A
0.0