Patrick Chesnais
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Patrick Chesnais | |
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 Patrick Chesnais at the César Awards 2014 | |
| Born | 18 March 1947 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1963–present |
| Spouse | Josiane Stoléru |
Patrick Chesnais (born 18 March 1947) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
[edit]Patrick Chesnais was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.[1]
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.[2]
Theater
[edit]| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The Lark | Jean Anouilh | Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri | |
| 1965 | La Convention de Belzebir | Marcel Aymé | René Dupuy | |
| 1967 | The Lark | Jean Anouilh | Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri | |
| Pauvre Bitos ou le Dîner de têtes | Jean Anouilh | Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri | ||
| 1968 | La Dame de Chicago | Frédéric Dard | Jacques Charon | |
| 1969 | Zozo | Jean Auclair | Jean Auclair | |
| 1970 | Barberine | Alfred de Musset | Patrick Chesnais | |
| 1971 | Les Misérables | Victor Hugo | Patrick Chesnais | |
| The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | Pierre Debauche | ||
| 1971-1972 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Denis Llorca | |
| 1972 | Le Jeune Homme | Jean Audureau | Pierre Debauche | |
| 1973 | Scapin the Schemer | Molière | Jacques Weber | |
| Deux et deux font seul | Philippe Madral | Philippe Madral | ||
| 1974 | Un étrange après-midi | Andonis Doriadis | Guy Lauzin | |
| Qui est-ce qui frappe ici si tôt ? | Philippe Madral | Philippe Madral | ||
| 1975 | Folies bourgeoises | Roger Planchon | Roger Planchon | |
| A.A. Les Théâtres | Arthur Adamov | Roger Planchon | ||
| 1976 | La Comédie sans titre ou La Régénération | Italo Svevo | Robert Gironès | |
| 1976-1977 | Gl'innamorati | Carlo Goldoni | Caroline Huppert | |
| 1977 | Laughable Loves | Milan Kundera | Jacques Lassalle | |
| Par delà les marronniers | Jean-Michel Ribes | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| 1978 | La Turista | Sam Shepard | Henri Pillisbury | |
| Le Gros Oiseau | Jean Bouchaud | Jean-Michel Ribes | ||
| Nina c'est autre chose | Michel Vinaver | Jacques Lassalle | ||
| Dissident il va sans dire | Michel Vinaver | Jacques Lassalle | ||
| 1980-1981 | The Marriage of Figaro | Pierre Beaumarchais | Françoise Petit & Maurice Vaudaux | |
| 1981 | Le Gros Oiseau | Jean Bouchaud | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| Le Bleu de l'eau de vie | Carlos Semprún | Roger Blin | ||
| Les Trente Millions de Gladiator | Eugène Marin Labiche | Françoise Petit | ||
| 1982 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Pierre Boutron | |
| 1983 | This Strange Animal | Gabriel Arout | Jean Bouchaud | |
| 1984 | Love | Murray Schisgal | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1986 | Adriana Monti | Natalia Ginzburg | Maurice Bénichou | |
| Finalement quoi | Philippe Madral | Patrick Chesnais | ||
| The Misanthrope | Molière | Françoise Petit | ||
| 1988 | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Peter Nichols | Michel Fagadau | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 1994 | The Homecoming | Harold Pinter | Bernard Murat | |
| 1997 | Molly Sweeney | Brian Friel | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1998 | Skylight | David Hare | Bernard Murat | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor |
| Burn This | Lanford Wilson | Stéphane Meldegg | ||
| 2000 | Dinner with Friends | Donald Margulies | Michel Fagadau | |
| 2001 | Love | Murray Schisgal | Michel Fagadau | |
| 2002 | Putain de soirée | Daniel Colas | Daniel Colas | |
| 2003-2004 | L'Invité | David Pharao | Jean-Luc Moreau | |
| 2005 | Une heure et demie de retard | Jean Dell & Gérald Sibleyras | Bernard Murat | |
| 2009-2010 | Cochons d'Inde | Sébastien Thiéry | Anne Bourgeois | Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 2011 | Toutou | Agnès & Daniel Besse | Anne Bourgeois | |
| 2012 | Tartuffe | Molière | Marion Bierry | |
| 2013 | La Vérité | Florian Zeller | Patrice Kerbrat | |
| L'Heure univers | Christian Oster & Fyodor Dostoevsky | Patrick Chesnais | ||
| Address Unknown | Kathrine Taylor | Delphine de Malherbe | ||
| 2014 | Dostoïevsky, le démon du jeu | Virgil Tănase | Isabelle Rattier | |
| 2015-2016 | Le Souper | Jean-Claude Brisville | Daniel Benoin | |
| 2016 | L'Invité | David Pharao | Jean-Luc Moreau | |
| Une famille modèle | Ivan Calbérac | Anne Bourgeois | ||
| 2017 | Honneur à notre élue | Marie NDiaye | Frédéric Bélier-Garcia | |
| Tant qu'il y a de l'amour | Bob Martet | Anne Bourgeois | ||
| 2018 | Tu te souviendras de moi | François Archambault | Daniel Benoin |
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Aux quatre coins | Jean | Pierre Sabbagh | TV movie |
| 1976 | Monsieur Albert | François | Jacques Renard | |
| Les naufragés de l'île de la Tortue | Gérard | Jacques Rozier | ||
| 1978 | Dossier 51 | Hadès | Michel Deville | |
| Poker menteuses et révolver matin | Subscriber to 'Detective' | Christine van de Putte | ||
| 1979 | Rien ne va plus | Jeffy / Inspector Lujon | Jean-Michel Ribes | |
| Laisse-moi rêver | Paul | Robert Ménégoz | ||
| Au bout du bout du banc | Billy | Peter Kassovitz | ||
| 1980 | La provinciale | Pascal | Claude Goretta | |
| Ras le coeur ! | Vernier | Daniel Colas | ||
| Premier voyage | Yan Lambert | Nadine Trintignant | ||
| L'oeil du maître | Marc Dumas | Stéphane Kurc | ||
| Cocktail Molotov | Rucker | Diane Kurys | ||
| Le règlement intérieur | Jacques Villemain | Michel Vuillermet | ||
| L'empreinte des géants | Martial Dromner | Robert Enrico | ||
| 1981 | Neige | The first Inspector | Juliet Berto & Jean-Henri Roger | |
| La guerre des insectes | Michel Servin | Peter Kassovitz | TV movie | |
| Les héritiers | Bob | Serge Leroy | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1982 | Sans un mot | The seducer | Gérard Poitou-Weber | TV movie |
| L'infini est au haut des marches | Charlie | Stéphane Kurc | TV movie | |
| Contes modernes: A propos du travail | The bus passenger | Gérard Marx | TV movie | |
| De bien étranges affaires | Kill | Laurent Heynemann | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1983 | Cap Canaille | Wim | Juliet Berto & Jean-Henri Roger | |
| Les sacrifiés | Gino | Okacha Touita | ||
| Croquignole | Croquignole | Jean Brard | TV movie | |
| 1984 | Femmes de personne | Marc | Christopher Frank | |
| Jacques le fataliste et son maître | Jacques | Claude Santelli | TV movie | |
| Les timides aventures d'un laveur de carreaux | Riton | Jean Brard | TV movie | |
| Cinéma 16 | Inspector Marion | Patty Villiers | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1985 | Blanche et Marie | Germinal | Jacques Renard | |
| Vive la mariée | Kahouami | Jean Valère | TV movie | |
| Le génie du faux | Johann Gelder | Stéphane Kurc | TV movie | |
| Je suis à Rio, ne m'attends pas pour dîner | Jules | Alain Ferrari | TV movie | |
| 1987 | Duo solo | Maxime Robin | Jean-Pierre Delattre | |
| 1988 | The Reader | The CEO | Michel Deville | César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Les années sandwiches | Arnaud | Pierre Boutron | ||
| Corentin, ou Les infortunes conjugales | The Marquis | Jean Marboeuf | ||
| Un coeur de marbre | Sébastien Bonnace | Stéphane Kurc | TV movie | |
| 1989 | Embrasse-moi | Pierre | Michèle Rosier | |
| Thank You Satan | Alain Monnier | André Farwagi | ||
| Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête | Jérémie | Didier Kaminka | ||
| 1990 | L'Autrichienne | Herman | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| Le sixième doigt | Simon | Henri Duparc | ||
| Promotion canapé | André | Didier Kaminka | ||
| Feu sur le candidat | Jean-Marcel Mazzetti | Agnès Delarive | ||
| There Were Days... and Moons | The doctor | Claude Lelouch | ||
| Sentiments | Vincent | François Luciani | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1991 | Triplex | Nicolas Montgerbier | Georges Lautner | |
| La pagaille | Jean-Jacques | Pascal Thomas | ||
| Netchaïev est de retour | Leloy | Jacques Deray | ||
| 1992 | La Belle Histoire | Pierre Lhermitte | Claude Lelouch | |
| Tous mes maris | Philippe Simonin | André Farwagi | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Coup de jeune | Lohman | Xavier Gélin | |
| Drôles d'oiseaux | Inspector Voitot | Peter Kassovitz | ||
| Pas d'amour sans amour ! | Michel | Evelyne Dress | ||
| Regarde-moi quand je te quitte | Pierre | Philippe de Broca | TV movie | |
| 1994 | Aux petits bonheurs | Bertrand | Michel Deville | |
| Le misanthrope | Oronte | Mathias Ledoux | TV movie | |
| Assedicquement vôtre | Jean-Baptiste Corot | Maurice Frydland | TV movie | |
| 1994-1997 | La mondaine | Anders Etchegoyen | Maurice Frydland, Marco Pico, ... | TV series (5 episodes) |
| 1995 | Du silence plein la tête | Jean | Patty Villiers | Short |
| 1996 | Tatort | Anders Etchegoyen | Klaus Biedermann | TV series (1 episode) |
| Regards d'enfance | The father | Fabrice Cazeneuve | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1997 | After Sex | Philippe Clovier | Brigitte Roüan | Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Actor |
| Paroles d'hommes | Fabien | Philippe Le Dem | ||
| Le censeur du lycée d'Epinal | Julien Dessales | Marc Rivière | TV movie | |
| L'histoire du samedi | Jean-Louis | Christiane Spiero | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1999 | Kennedy et moi | Paul Gurney | Sam Karmann | |
| L'homme de ma vie | Charles | Stéphane Kurc | ||
| Children of the Century | Gustave Planche | Diane Kurys | ||
| 2000 | Les redoutables | Marc | Georges Lautner | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2001 | Te quiero | Franck | Manuel Poirier | |
| Jeu de cons | Inspector Aguerre | Jean-Michel Verner | ||
| Charmant garçon | Octave | Patrick Chesnais | Also writer | |
| 2002 | Irène | Gazet | Ivan Calbérac | |
| Mille millièmes | Gérard | Rémi Waterhouse | ||
| Sexes très opposés | Fernand | Éric Assous | ||
| Le pont de l'aigle | Jérôme Faure | Bertrand Van Effenterre | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Le ventre de Juliette | Abel | Martin Provost | |
| 2004 | Mariage mixte | Jean-Yves Dupreux | Alexandre Arcady | |
| Casablanca Driver | Coll Murray | Maurice Barthélemy | ||
| Bien agités ! | Lieutenant Lescaro | Patrick Chesnais | TV movie | |
| L'un contre l'autre | Rémi | Dominique Baron | TV movie | |
| Vous êtes de la région ? | Mallochet | Lionel Epp | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Not Here to Be Loved | Jean-Claude Delsart | Stéphane Brizé | Nominated - César Award for Best Actor Nominated - European Film Award for Best Actor |
| J'irai cracher sur vos tongs | Lola's father | Michel Toesca | ||
| Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte | Norbert | Philippe Harel | ||
| Les mésaventures d'un homme en colère | Don Quichotte | Jacques Deschamps | TV movie | |
| 2006 | On va s'aimer | The inspector | Ivan Calbérac | |
| J'invente rien | Armand | Michel Leclerc | ||
| Mon dernier rôle | Himself | Olivier Ayache-Vidal | Short | |
| Le Grand Charles | General Henri Giraud | Bernard Stora | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2007 | Héros | Clovis Costa | Bruno Merle | |
| The Price to Pay | Grégoire | Alexandra Leclère | ||
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Doctor Lepage | Julian Schnabel | ||
| 2008 | Melodrama Habibi | Bruno Caprice | Hany Tamba | |
| Home Sweet Home | Gédéon | Didier Le Pêcheur | ||
| La jeune fille et les loups | Léon Amblard | Gilles Legrand | ||
| 2009 | Change of Plans | Erwann | Danièle Thompson | |
| Quelque chose à te dire | Henry Celliers | Cécile Telerman | ||
| Climax | Gérard | Frédéric Sojcher | Short | |
| Duel en ville | Philippe Dellas | Pascal Chaumeil | TV movie | |
| Kaamelott | Lucius Sillius Sallustrius | Alexandre Astier | TV series (7 episodes) | |
| 2010 | 600 kilos d'or pur | Georges | Éric Besnard | |
| HH, Hitler à Hollywood | Himself | Frédéric Sojcher | ||
| Toutes les filles pleurent | Bob | Judith Godrèche | ||
| Vieilles canailles | Martin | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie | |
| Je vous ai compris: De Gaulle 1958-1962 | Charles de Gaulle | Serge Moati | TV movie | |
| 2011 | Fils unique | Théo | Miel Van Hoogenbemt | |
| You Will Be My Son | François Amelot | Gilles Legrand | ||
| Hiver rouge | Inspector Rousseau | Xavier Durringer | TV movie | |
| Le grand restaurant II | The prostitute client | Gérard Pullicino | TV movie | |
| Chez Maupassant | Ernest Dufour | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2012 | Bienvenue parmi nous | Taillandier | Jean Becker | |
| 2013 | La braconne | Danny | Samuel Rondière | |
| 12 ans d'âge | Pierrot | Frédéric Proust | ||
| Bright Days Ahead | Philippe | Marion Vernoux | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| Bleu catacombes | Inspector Rousseau | Charlotte Brändström | TV movie | |
| 2014 | La liste de mes envies | Jocelyne's father | Didier Le Pêcheur | |
| Planter les choux | André | Karine Blanc | Short | |
| Où es-tu maintenant ? | Commandant Brodsky | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie | |
| Marjorie | Jean | Ivan Calbérac | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 2015 | The Roommates Party | The eccentric neighbor | Alexandra Leclère | |
| Jaune Iris | Inspector Rousseau | Didier Bivel | TV movie | |
| No Limit | Claude | Ludovic Colbeau-Justin | TV series (8 episodes) | |
| 2016 | Juillet août | Michel Lanoy | Diastème | |
| Celui qu'on attendait | Bolzec | Serge Avedikian | ||
| 2017 | Les ex | Didier | Maurice Barthélémy | |
| Moi et le Che | Go | Patrice Gautier | ||
| Noir enigma | Inspector Rousseau | Manuel Boursinhac | TV movie | |
| 2018 | Demi soeurs | The notary | Saphia Azzeddine & François-Régis Jeanne | |
| L'école est finie | Gilbert | Anne Depétrini | ||
| Ma mère est folle | Alvaro | Diane Kurys | ||
| L'Empereur de Paris | Henry | Jean-François Richet | ||
| Insoupçonnable | Damien Moreau | Frédéric Garson & Christophe Lamotte | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| 2019 | Mon bébé | Jules | Lisa Azuelos | |
| Damien veut changer le monde | Vigo Mallet | Xavier de Choudens |
Decorations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lycée Pierre Corneille de Rouen - History
- ^ "Josiane Stoleru Stock Photos and Pictures". Getty Images. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres juillet 2015 - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication". Culturecommunication.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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