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.
| 2025 | Patrick Bruel : "On en parle" - Le concert au cinéma as Self |
| 2025 | Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés |
| 2024 | Starmania : l'anniversaire événement, les 45 ans as Self |
| 2024 | Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy as Self |
| 2024 | Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie as Self - Guest |
| 2024 | Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans ! |
| 2023 | On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel as Self |
| 2023 | Tous avec le Maroc as Self |
| 2023 | Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA as Self |
| 2023 | Florent Pagny : Le Phénix as Self |
| 2023 | Florent Pagny : un homme libre as Self |
| 2023 | Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs as Self |
| 2023 | Paris 2024, le concert-événement as Self |
| 2023 | Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours |
| 2022 | Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement as Self |
| 2022 | Joyeux anniversaire Renaud as Self |
| 2022 | Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés |
| 2021 | L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman as Self |
| 2021 | Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime as Self |
| 2021 | Villa Caprice as Gilles Fontaine |
| 2021 | Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous |
| 2021 | Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français as Self |
| 2020 | Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés |
| 2019 | Patrick Bruel: Itinéraire d'un surdoué as Self |
| 2019 | Patrick Bruel, le concert événement as Self |
| 2019 | Ce soir, on sort as Self |
| 2019 | Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos as Self |
| 2019 | Le Meilleur reste à venir as César Montesiho |
| 2019 | Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu |
| 2019 | Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés |
| 2019 | Holy Lands as Michel |
| 2018 | L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc as Self |
| 2018 | Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98 as Self |
| 2018 | Vianney en concert à l’AccorHotels Arena as Self |
| 2018 | Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique ! |
| 2017 | Una Famiglia as Vincenzo |
| 2017 | Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés |
| 2017 | Bir Torba Bilye as Roman |
| 2016 | Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés |
| 2015 | Ange et Gabrielle as Ange |
| 2015 | Leurs voix pour l'espoir - 4ème édition as Self |
| 2015 | M Pokora - Le concert événement au Châtelet as Self |
| 2015 | Patrick Bruel - Le Concert Symphonique as Self |
| 2015 | Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés |
| 2014 | Les copains d'abord font du ski as Self |
| 2014 | Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement as Self |
| 2014 | Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui |
| 2014 | BRUEL 2014 Live as Self |
| 2014 | Tu veux… ou tu veux pas as Lambert |
| 2014 | Il était une fois... Patrick Bruel as Self |
| 2014 | Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles as Philippe Dupin |
| 2014 | Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés |
| 2013 | Yaramazlar as Agent immobilier |
| 2013 | Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés |
| 2012 | Céline Dion, le grand show as Self |
| 2012 | Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans as Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre as Vincent |
| 2012 | Paris-Manhattan as Victor |
| 2012 | İlk İsim as Vincent |
| 2011 | D'un film à l'autre as Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés |
| 2010 | Comme les 5 doigts de la main as Dan Hayoun |
| 2010 | Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs |
| 2009 | Le Code a changé as Alain |
| 2008 | Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés |
| 2007 | Poker Coach avec Patrick Bruel as Self |
| 2007 | Un secret as Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert |
| 2007 | Bruel Live Des souvenirs ... Ensemble as Self |
| 2006 | Ô Jerusalem as David Levin |
| 2006 | L'Ivresse du pouvoir as Jacques Sibaud |
| 2005 | Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés |
| 2004 | Kurt as Nelson |
| 2004 | De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs as Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Une vie à t'attendre as Alex |
| 2003 | Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003 as Self |
| 2002 | Patrick Bruel - Entre deux, à l'Olympia as Self |
| 2002 | Un jour dans la vie du cinéma français as Self |
| 2002 | Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau |
| 2001 | Les jolies choses as Jacques |
| 2001 | Le Lait de la tendresse humaine as Laurent |
| 2001 | Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés |
| 2000 | M6 awards 2000 as Self |
| 2000 | Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000 |
| 1999 | Lost & Found as Rene |
| 1999 | Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France as Self |
| 1999 | Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 |
| 1998 | The Misadventures of Margaret as Martin |
| 1998 | Hors jeu as Patrick Bruel |
| 1998 | Paparazzi as Patrick Bruel |
| 1998 | Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur |
| 1997 | K as Sam Bellamy |
| 1997 | Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés |
| 1996 | Le Jaguar as François Perrin |
| 1996 | Hommes, femmes : Mode d'emploi as Self (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés |
| 1995 | Sabrina as Louis |
| 1995 | Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique |
| 1995 | 101 Gece as The First Speaker |
| 1994 | Michel Sardou - Show Sardou as Self |
| 1994 | Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex |
| 1993 | Profil Bas as Julien Segal |
| 1993 | Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania |
| 1992 | Toutes peines confondues as Cristophe Vade |
| 1990 | Si ce soir... 1990 as Self |
| 1989 | Elsa sous la neige as Self |
| 1989 | Force majeure as Philippe |
| 1989 | L'Union sacrée as Simon Atlan |
| 1988 | La Maison assassinée as Séraphin Monge |
| 1987 | Attention bandits! as Mozart |
| 1986 | Suivez mon regard as The musician |
| 1986 | Champagne amer as Wanis |
| 1985 | P.R.O.F.S. as Frédéric |
| 1984 | La Tête dans le sac as Dany |
| 1984 | Marche à l'ombre as Metro guitarist (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Le Grand Carnaval as Pierre-Marie Labrouche, adopté par Étienne |
| 1983 | Des larmes comme des couteaux as Gaby |
| 1983 | Le bâtard as Dan |
| 1982 | Les diplômés du dernier rang as Philippe |
| 1982 | Ma femme s'appelle reviens as François |
| 1980 | La Mort en sautoir as Singer of a suburban band |
| 1979 | Le Coup de Sirocco as Paulo Narboni |
| Le vieux juif Blonde as Psy |
Duvar