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 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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Serge Lama, le dernier rappel
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2025
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/11/2025
Patrick Bruel : On en parle - Le concert au cinéma
Character:Self
Release Date:27/03/2025
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:07/03/2025
Starmania : l'anniversaire événement, les 45 ans
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/2024
Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/2024
La bande son des années 90
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/2024
Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie
Character:Self - Guest
Release Date:08/03/2024
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
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Release Date:01/03/2024
On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/2023
Tous avec le Maroc
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/2023
Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2023
Florent Pagny : Le Phénix
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2023
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2023
Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
Character:Self
Release Date:03/08/2023
Paris 2024, le concert-événement
Character:Self
Release Date:25/07/2023
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
Character:
Release Date:03/03/2023
Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement
Character:Self
Release Date:06/12/2022
Joyeux anniversaire Renaud
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/2022
Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:04/03/2022
L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman
Character:Self
Release Date:30/11/2021
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
Character:Self
Release Date:14/09/2021
Villa Caprice
Character:Gilles Fontaine
Release Date:02/06/2021
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
Character:
Release Date:05/03/2021
Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2021
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:06/03/2020
Patrick Bruel: Itinéraire d'un surdoué
Character:Self
Release Date:30/12/2019
Patrick Bruel, le concert événement
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2019
Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
Character:Self
Release Date:06/12/2019
Ce soir, on sort
Character:Self
Release Date:06/12/2019
The Best Is Yet to Come
Character:César Montesiho
Release Date:04/12/2019
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
Character:
Release Date:30/11/2019
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:08/03/2019
Holy Lands
Character:Michel
Release Date:16/01/2019
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2018
Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2018
Vianney en concert à l’AccorHotels Arena
Character:Self
Release Date:09/06/2018
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
Character:
Release Date:09/03/2018
A Family
Character:Vincenzo
Release Date:28/09/2017
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
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Release Date:03/03/2017
A Bag of Marbles
Character:Roman
Release Date:18/01/2017
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
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Release Date:11/03/2016
Love at First Child
Character:Ange
Release Date:11/11/2015
Leurs voix pour l'espoir - 4ème édition
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2015
M.Pokora : 10 Ans de carrière (Symphonic Show)
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/2015
Patrick Bruel - Le Concert Symphonique
Character:Self
Release Date:02/04/2015
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:13/03/2015
Les copains d'abord font du ski
Character:Self
Release Date:25/12/2014
Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Character:
Release Date:13/12/2014
BRUEL 2014 Live
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2014
Sex, Love & Therapy
Character:Lambert
Release Date:01/10/2014
Il était une fois... Patrick Bruel
Character:Self
Release Date:04/07/2014
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
Character:Philippe Dupin
Release Date:09/04/2014
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:14/03/2014
The Brats
Character:Agent immobilier
Release Date:17/04/2013
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:15/03/2013
Céline Dion, le grand show
Character:Self
Release Date:24/11/2012
Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/2012
Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre
Character:Vincent
Release Date:19/09/2012
Paris-Manhattan
Character:Victor
Release Date:18/07/2012
What's in a Name
Character:Vincent
Release Date:25/04/2012
Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:11/03/2011
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
Character:Dan Hayoun
Release Date:28/04/2010
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
Character:
Release Date:12/03/2010
Change of Plans
Character:Alain
Release Date:18/02/2009
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:07/03/2008
Poker Coach and Patrick Bruel
Character:Self
Release Date:27/11/2007
A Secret
Character:Maxime Nathan Grinberg / Grimbert
Release Date:03/10/2007
Bruel Live Des souvenirs ... Ensemble
Character:Self
Release Date:26/05/2007
O Jerusalem
Character:David Levin
Release Date:17/10/2006
Comedy of Power
Character:Jacques Sibaud
Release Date:22/02/2006
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:25/11/2005
La Fête De La Chanson Française
Character:Self
Release Date:15/01/2005
Wolf
Character:Nelson
Release Date:05/11/2004
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/09/2004
I've Been Waiting So Long
Character:Alex
Release Date:10/03/2004
Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003
Character:Self
Release Date:15/06/2003
Patrick Bruel - Entre deux, à l'Olympia
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2002
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
Character:
Release Date:22/02/2002
The Milk of Human Kindness
Character:Laurent
Release Date:19/09/2001
Pretty Things
Character:Jacques
Release Date:21/07/2001
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:09/03/2001
M6 awards 2000
Character:Self
Release Date:17/11/2000
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
Character:
Release Date:26/02/2000
Lost & Found
Character:Rene
Release Date:23/04/1999
Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/1999
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
Character:
Release Date:13/02/1999
The Misadventures of Margaret
Character:Martin
Release Date:23/12/1998
Foul Play
Character:Patrick Bruel
Release Date:25/11/1998
Paparazzi
Character:Patrick Bruel
Release Date:29/04/1998
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Character:
Release Date:07/02/1998
K
Character:Sam Bellamy
Release Date:27/08/1997
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:08/02/1997
Jaguar
Character:François Perrin
Release Date:09/10/1996
Men, Women: A User's Manual
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:28/08/1996
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:10/02/1996
Sabrina
Character:Louis
Release Date:15/12/1995
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
Character:
Release Date:08/03/1995
One Hundred and One Nights
Character:The First Speaker
Release Date:25/01/1995
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/1994
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
Character:
Release Date:05/02/1994
Low Profile
Character:Julien Segal
Release Date:08/12/1993
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
Character:
Release Date:06/03/1993
Sweetheart
Character:Christophe Vade
Release Date:07/04/1992
Si ce soir... 1990
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/1990
There Were Days... and Moons
Character:Le musicien qui manque son avion
Release Date:11/04/1990
Elsa sous la neige
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/1989
Uncontrollable Circumstances
Character:Philippe
Release Date:04/04/1989
Brothers in Arms
Character:Simon Atlan
Release Date:15/03/1989
The Murdered House
Character:Séraphin Monge
Release Date:01/02/1988
Bandits
Character:Mozart
Release Date:03/06/1987
Follow My Gaze
Character:The musician
Release Date:23/04/1986
Bitter Champagne
Character:Wanis
Release Date:01/01/1986
P.R.O.F.S.
Character:Frédéric
Release Date:18/09/1985
Led by the Nose
Character:Dany
Release Date:31/10/1984
Marche à l'ombre
Character:Metro guitarist (uncredited)
Release Date:17/10/1984
Le Grand Carnaval
Character:Pierre-Marie Labrouche, adopté par Étienne
Release Date:07/12/1983
Tears like knives
Character:Gaby
Release Date:26/10/1983
The Bastard
Character:Dan
Release Date:15/06/1983
The Graduates of the Last Row
Character:Philippe
Release Date:18/08/1982
Singles
Character:François
Release Date:27/01/1982
La Mort en sautoir
Character:Singer of a suburban band
Release Date:15/08/1980
The Kick of Sirocco
Character:Paulo Narboni
Release Date:18/04/1979
Television Appearances
Menace imminente
Character:Zeev Abadi
Serge à Paris
Character:
Le grand concert des régions
Character:
Le grand show de Noël avec Natasha St-Pier et ses amis
Character:Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self
The Unexpected Getaway
Character:Self
Quelle époque !
Character:Self - Guest
Chansons!
Character:Self
Marie-Claude
Character:Self
Samedi Sébastien
Character:Self - Guest
Star Académie
Character:Self - Guest Artist
Bonsoir bonsoir!
Character:Self
The Secret Song
Character:Self
Rembob'Ina
Character:Self (chanteur et acteur)
Basique, le concert
Character:Self
Quotidien
Character:Self - Guest
Nos années 90
Character:Self
L'Été indien
Character:Self
En mode Salvail
Character:Self
La Voix
Character:Self
Ça finit bien la semaine
Character:Self
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça
Character:Gérard Grangier, sosie de Patrick Bruel
Salut les Terriens !
Character:Self - Guest
On n'est pas couché
Character:Self - Guest
Tout le monde en parle
Character:Self
La chanson de l'année
Character:Self
Sucré salé
Character:Self
Star Academy
Character:Self
Stars à domicile
Character:Self
Vivement dimanche
Character:Self
NeXt
Character:Self
Taratata
Character:Self
Coucou c'est nous !
Character:Self
Stars 90
Character:Self
Geld oder Liebe
Character:Self
Téléthon
Character:Self
Le monde est à vous
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self
Matin Bonheur
Character:Self
Victoires de la musique
Character:Self
Télématin
Character:Self
La Chance aux chansons
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Fan School
Character:Self
Midi Première
Character:Self
Spécial cinéma
Character:Self
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