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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 18, 1947
Place of Birth:
La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Patrick Chesnais
Biography
Patrick Chesnais (born 18 March 1947) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.
Patrick Chesnais was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. In 1989, he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the film La Lectrice directed by Michel Deville. In 1994, he starred in Harold Pinter's Le Retour, and in 1992, in La Belle Histoire by Claude Lelouch. He starred in Hany Tamba's Melodrama Habibi in 2008.
He is married to fellow actor Josiane Stoléru.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Islanders | Pierre |
| 2025 | La Tournée | Marius De Villeduc |
| 2024 | Another Alice | La Chenille |
| 2023 | Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste | Lui-même |
| 2022 | Chroma | Jacques Rénier |
| 2022 | Tous Inconnus | ("Cinéma Cinémas" segment) |
| 2021 | Like Thunder in a Cloudless Sky | Père de Paul |
| 2021 | Laval, le collaborateur | |
| 2021 | We are Red Star | Voiceover |
| 2021 | When Granny Meets Grandpa | Papy |
| 2021 | Him | Priest |
| 2019 | Adopt a Daddy | Vigo |
| 2019 | Sweetheart | Jules |
| 2019 | Tant qu'il y a de l'amour | Jean |
| 2018 | The Emperor of Paris | Henry |
| 2018 | Me and El Che | Go |
| 2018 | Demi-sœurs | Le notaire |
| 2018 | School Is Over | Gilbert |
| 2018 | My Mother Is Crazy | Alvaro |
| 2017 | The Exes | Didier |
| 2017 | Noir Enigma | Commissaire Rousseau |
| 2016 | The Summer of All My Parents | Michel Lanoy |
| 2016 | Lost in Armenia | Bolzec |
| 2015 | The Roommates Party | Le voisin excentrique |
| 2015 | Nevermore | Rousseau |
| 2014 | Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui | |
| 2014 | The List of My Desires | Le père de Jocelyne |
| 2014 | La Braconne | Danny |
| 2014 | Où es-tu maintenant ? | le commandant Brosky |
| 2014 | Bleu Catacombes | Commissaire Rousseau |
| 2013 | 60 Going On 12 | Pierrot |
| 2013 | Bright Days Ahead | Philippe |
| 2013 | Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés | |
| 2012 | Welcome Aboard | Taillendier |
| 2011 | You Will Be My Son | François Amelot |
| 2011 | Hiver rouge | Commissaire Rousseau |
| 2011 | The Great Restaurant II | The prostitute costumer |
| 2010 | In Gold We Trust | Georges |
| 2010 | Vieilles canailles | Martin |
| 2010 | All Girls Cry | Bob |
| 2010 | Je vous ai compris : De Gaulle, 1958-1962 | Général de Gaulle |
| 2010 | Feu la mère de Madame | Lucien |
| 2009 | Change of Plans | Erwann |
| 2009 | Blame It on Mum | Henry Celliers |
| 2009 | Climax | Gérard |
| 2008 | Melodrama Habibi | Bruno Caprice |
| 2008 | Home Sweet Home | Gédéon |
| 2008 | The Maiden and the Wolves | Léon Amblard |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Dr. Lepage |
| 2007 | The Price to Pay | Grégoire |
| 2007 | Héros | Clovis Costa |
| 2006 | J'invente rien | Armand |
| 2006 | Cheating Love | Le détective |
| 2005 | Not Here to Be Loved | Jean-Claude |
| 2005 | Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte | Norbert |
| 2005 | J'irai cracher sur vos tongs | |
| 2004 | Mixed Marriage | Jean-Yves Dupreux, père de Jean-Christophe |
| 2004 | Casablanca Driver | Coll Murray, le journaliste |
| 2004 | Totally Nuts | Lieutenant Lescaro |
| 2002 | Sexes très opposés | Fernand |
| 2002 | Irène | Gazet |
| 2002 | The Landlords | Gérard |
| 2002 | Le ventre de Juliette | Abel |
| 2001 | Te quiero | Franck |
| 2001 | Charming Fellow | Octave |
| 2001 | Fool's Game | Commissaire Aguerre |
| 1999 | The Children of the Century | Gustave Planche |
| 1999 | Kennedy et moi | Paul Gurney |
| 1999 | Man of My Life | Charles |
| 1997 | After Sex | Philippe Clovier |
| 1997 | Sidecar | Julien Dessales |
| 1994 | Life's Little Treasures | Bertrand |
| 1993 | Drôles d'oiseaux | Commissaire Voitot |
| 1993 | Pas d'amour sans amour! | Michel |
| 1992 | The Beautiful Story | Pierre Lhermitte |
| 1991 | Netchayev is Back | Marc Leloy |
| 1991 | La Pagaille | Jean-Jacques |
| 1991 | Triplex | Nicolas Montgerbier |
| 1990 | The Austrian | Herman |
| 1990 | There Were Days... and Moons | Le docteur |
| 1990 | Promotion canapé | André |
| 1990 | Feu sur le candidat | Jean-Marcel Mazzetti |
| 1990 | Le Sixième Doigt | Simon |
| 1989 | Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête | Jérémie |
| 1989 | Thank You Satan | Alain Monnier |
| 1989 | Kiss Me | Pierre - le père |
| 1989 | Chère canaille | Paul |
| 1988 | La Lectrice | le P.D.G. |
| 1985 | Blanche and Marie | Germinal |
| 1983 | Les Sacrifiés | Gino |
| 1983 | Cap Canaille | Wim |
| 1981 | Snow | First inspector |
| 1980 | L'Œil du maître | Marc Dumas |
| 1980 | First Voyage | Yan Lambert |
| 1980 | The Imprint of Giants | Martial Dromner |
| 1980 | Cocktail Molotov | Rucker |
| 1979 | Make Room for Tomorrow | Billy |
| 1979 | Out of Whack | Jeffy / L'inspecteur Lujon / M. Poitronneau |
| 1978 | Dossier 51 | Hadès |
| 1976 | The Castaways of Turtle Island | Gérard |
| 1976 | Monsieur Albert | François |
| Planter les Choux | André |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Missing Angel | Paul Varan |
| 2021 | HIP - High Intellectual Potential | Serge Alvaro |
| 2018 | Insoupçonnable | Damien Moreau |
| 2015 | Folie passagère | Self |
| 2014 | Marjorie | |
| 2012 | La Parenthèse inattendue | Self |
| 2012 | Les Saisons meurtrières | le commissaire Rousseau |
| 2009 | Duel | Philippe Dellas |
| 2007 | Chez Maupassant | Ernest Dufour |
| 2006 | Le Grand Charles | Général Giraud |
| 2005 | Kaamelott | Lucius Sillius Sallustius |
| 1998 | Vivement dimanche | Self |
| 1993 | Regards d'enfance | Le Père |
| 1987 | Nulle part ailleurs | Self |
| 1985 | Le Génie du faux | Johann Gelder |
| 1985 | Télématin | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1981 | La Guerre des insectes | Michel Servin |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Anders Etchegoyen |
| Eldorado |