Patrick Bruel

Acting

Born May 14, 1959

From 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.

Patrick Bruel

Known For

Sabrina

A Bag of Marbles

What's in a Name

The Best Is Yet to Come

The Brats

Uncontrollable Circumstances

One Hundred and One Nights

Jaguar

Comedy of Power

Change of Plans

Filmography — Acting

Sabrina

A Bag of Marbles

What's in a Name

The Best Is Yet to Come

The Brats

Uncontrollable Circumstances

One Hundred and One Nights

Jaguar

Comedy of Power

Change of Plans

A Secret

Comme les 5 doigts de la main

Serge Lama, le dernier rappel

Lost & Found

I've Been Waiting So Long

P.R.O.F.S.

K

Paparazzi

Sex, Love & Therapy

The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles

Wolf

The Misadventures of Margaret

O Jerusalem

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Holy Lands

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

Villa Caprice

Brothers in Arms

Pretty Things

Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés

Love at First Child

Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés

De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

The Kick of Sirocco

Foul Play

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

Le Grand Carnaval

Marche à l'ombre

Paris-Manhattan

Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000

There Were Days... and Moons

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous

Sweetheart

Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés

Bitter Champagne

Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre

Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours

Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés

Men, Women: A User's Manual

M6 awards 2000

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

The Murdered House

Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés

The Milk of Human Kindness

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés

The Graduates of the Last Row

A Family

Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés

The Bastard

Céline Dion, le grand show

Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés