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Patrick Chesnais
Born: 18th Mar 1947 La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Dept: Acting
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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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 126
Film: 105 (83%)
Television: 21 (17%)
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Filmography
2025
Burdened by debt after a long dry spell, actor Marius de Villeduc finds himself forced to accept the lead role in the new film by Richard Favard, a pr ... view
Character:
Marius De Villeduc
Original title: Belladone
2025
The story takes us to an island with no future, given that it’s already partly submerged underwater. A woman is caring for ten or so very elderly in ... view
Character:
Pierre
2024
Alice leaves a party with her best friend, who tries to kiss her. She pushes him away, and he becomes violent... Alice then flees into a dreamlike wor ... view
Character:
La Chenille
2023
Stage actress turned film actress and director, Nicole Garcia has worked with the greatest French directors. Mysterious, singular, elegant, she has be ... view
Character:
Self
2022
The three "Unknown" are back in this movie where they wake up in a world where they really are unknown! They'll eventually find out that their career, ... view
Character:
("Cinéma Cinémas" segment)
2022
To avoid facing her heavy past, a young woman with a borderline personality tries to seduce her strange neighbor. A singular love story between these ... view
Character:
Jacques Rénier
Jan 2022 (first aired)
Suzanne Brunet cannot resolve herself. Her daughter, Julie, disappeared eight years ago, but Suzanne is still looking for her, everywhere. Julie would ... view
Character:
Paul Varan (4 ep.)
Original title: Nous sommes le Red Star
2021
The filmmaker sheds light on the history of the Red Star Football Club, founded by Jules Rimet in 1897, while several personalities share their experi ... view
Character:
Voiceover
2021
Several times president of the Council, at the end of the 1930s Pierre Laval became one of Marshal Pétain's strongmen, a loyal collaborator for the G ... view
Character:
Pierre Laval
Original title: Comme un coup de tonnerre
2021
Paul Vidal is a country doctor in a small town. A husband and father, he seems to have all he needs to be happy. Yet he suffers a serious nervous brea ... view
Character:
Père de Paul
Original title: Lui
2021
Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in Brittany. There he finds an old piano and receives visits ... view
Character:
Priest
Original title: C'est quoi ce papy ?!
2021
Everyone's favorite fun-loving Granny Aurore goes overboard while partying and has a little accident! She loses her memory and gets put in a nursing h ... view
Character:
Papy
Apr 2021 (first aired)
Morgane is 38-years old, has three children, two exes and an IQ of 160; her destiny as a cleaner is turned upside-down when her extraordinary abilitie ... view
Character:
Serge Alvaro (8 ep.)
Original title: Mon bébé
2019
A working woman, mother a three children, realizes that, when her youngest one is about to go to Canada to continue her education, she will end up out ... view
Character:
Jules
Original title: Damien veut changer le monde
2019
Damien is a pawn in a primary school, and leads a quiet life. To rescue one of his young students, Bahzad, and his mother from imminent expulsion from ... view
Character:
Vigo
Original title: L'Empereur de Paris
2018
Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. Whe ... view
Character:
Henry
Original title: Ma mère est folle
2018
A road trip comedy about a crazy mother who has a tense relationship with her son. ... view
Character:
Alvaro
Aug 2018 (first aired)
Criminologist Chloé Fisher is sent to Lyon to investigate the murder of Adeline Moreau, the daughter-in-law of a local lawmaker. ... view
Character:
Damien Moreau (6 ep.)
Original title: Moi et le Che
2018
GO is not just an aging college teacher. He still is the young 18 year-old idealist who dared to engaged in social and political action to defend his ... view
Character:
Go
Original title: L'école est finie
2018
Agathe Langlois, Parisian until the end of the nails well varnishes, is delighted: she is going to be confirmed as a professor of English. The happine ... view
Character:
Gilbert
2018
Lauren, a lovely 29-year-old it-girl, tries to break into the world of fashion by skimming Parisian parties. Olivia, a 28-year-old psychologist, has t ... view
Character:
Le notaire
2017
In the doorway of the neighborhood's most-renowned bakery, a young student collapses, shot dead. It's an inexplicable murder. ... view
Character:
Commissaire Rousseau
Original title: Les Ex
2017
In Paris, the City of Love, five very different couples cross paths while dealing with break-ups, exes and new love interests. None of them have anyth ... view
Character:
Didier
Original title: Juillet-août
2016
After attempting to set a mailbox on fire, Pimpette, 14, and her elder sister, Joséphine, 18, spend their summer holidays shuttling between their sec ... view
Character:
Michel Lanoy
Original title: Celui qu'on attendait
2016
Comedian Jean-Paul Bolzec has just performed in Azerbaijan. On the way back to the airport, the taxi breaks down. Bolzec is abandoned on a desert road ... view
Character:
Bolzec
Original title: Le grand partage
2015
An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to accommodate some poor fellow citizens. The decree called "Le G ... view
Character:
Le voisin excentrique
2014
Mathieu disappeared ten years ago. Every year, he calls on Mother's Day. But his mother cannot stand it anymore. Believing she sees her son in the str ... view
Character:
le commandant Brosky
Original title: La Liste de mes envies
2014
When the little haberdasher Arras discovers she's won 18 million in the lottery and can now afford anything she wants, she has only one fear: losing t ... view
Character:
Le père de Jocelyne
2014
Driss, carefree, smug and naive, lives off petty theft and minor racketeering. Until he meets Danny, an old crook who takes him under his wing and sho ... view
Character:
Danny
2014
The head of a famous artist with a sordid past is found in the catacombs in Paris. In his studio, Commissaire Rousseau and the young profiler Mariella ... view
Character:
Commissaire Rousseau
Original title: 12 ans d'âge
2013
Charles and Pierrot are inseparable. When Charles takes early retirement, it seems the world is their oyster. They can spend even more time together. ... view
Character:
Pierrot
Original title: Les Beaux Jours
2013
Bright days ahead? Caroline has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care of her children, her husband, and, most of all, hersel ... view
Character:
Philippe
2013
Show recorded at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy on January 27 and 28, 2013 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur. ... view
Character:
Oct 2012 (first aired)
In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendsh ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Original title: Bienvenue parmi nous
2012
Despite his fame, Taillandier has suddenly stopped painting. Deeply depressed, the sixty-year-old decides to go away. He has no clear goal and explain ... view
Character:
Taillendier
Original title: Tu seras mon fils
2011
Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Mart ... view
Character:
François Amelot
Original title: Le Grand Restaurant II
2011
The great restaurant reopens with new extravagent costumers and the same beloved manager. ... view
Character:
The Prostitute Costumer
Original title: 600 kilos d'or pur
2010
A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over. ... view
Character:
Georges
2010
A staging of Georges Feydeau's play "Feu la mère de Madame" by Jean-Luc Moreau. ... view
Character:
Lucien
Original title: Toutes les filles pleurent
2010
Romantic drama in which a young woman must learn to live with her past in order to finally move forward. ... view
Character:
Bob
2009
A young director will make his first film, about the deportation of Jews during World War II. With a diva in the lead role. ... view
Character:
Gérard
Original title: Quelque chose à te dire
2009
An upper-class family's dysfunctional harmony collapses when their daughter begins an affair with a cynical cop who unearths a long-buried secret. ... view
Character:
Henry Celliers
Original title: Le Code a changé
2009
So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family. ... view
Character:
Erwann
Jan 2009 (first aired)
Mayor Dellas accidentally kills his mistress and Inspector Alexander Konygnski is determined to uncover the truth. Seeking re-election, Dellas fells t ... view
Character:
Philippe Dellas (4 ep.)
2008
A family’s secret, it’s a time bomb ! Despite their fundamentally opposite characters, Albert and Gédéon, former participants of the May 1968 p ... view
Character:
Gédéon
Original title: Une chanson dans la tête
2008
Dans les années 70 Bruno Caprice a connu un succès éphémère avec "Quand tu t'en vas", son premier et unique 45 tours. Aujourd'hui oublié, il gag ... view
Character:
Bruno Caprice
Original title: La Jeune Fille et les loups
2008
Not long before World War I, in a French Alpine town near the Italian border, a pack of slaughtered wolves is delivered to local taxidermist Leon (Pat ... view
Character:
Léon Amblard
Character:
Clovis Costa
Original title: Le Scaphandre et le Papillon
2007
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results ... view
Character:
Dr. Lepage
Original title: Le Prix à payer
2007
Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems interested in shopping and the beauty salon. Tired of lunc ... view
Character:
Grégoire
Mar 2007 (first aired)
"Chez Maupassant" is a French anthology television series based on short stories by Guy de Maupassant. Created by Gérard Jourd'hui and Gaëlle Girre, ... view
Character:
Ernest Dufour (1 ep.)
2006
Paul has no specific life goal, and Mathilde, who provides for their household, despairs that he can find one. If he continues like this, she may well ... view
Character:
Armand
Original title: On va s'aimer
2006
Laurent loves Camille but he can’t bring himself to marry her. Then he meets Elodie and discovers what love really is – not the mild cozy affectio ... view
Character:
Le détective
Mar 2006 (first aired)
Le Grand Charles was a 2006 French TV-drama on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959, written and directed by Bernard Stora. De Gaulle was p ... view
Character:
Général Giraud (2 ep.)
Original title: Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé
2005
Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long time ago the idea that life could give him pleasures. ... view
Character:
Jean-Claude
2005
Micha, 38 years old, Russian, spends his days in the Bois de Vincennes, talking to himself. Charles, 20 years old, works for a real estate agency and ... view
Character:
2005
The complicated life of a wannabe actress who meets an older writer in the midst of a crisis. ... view
Character:
Norbert
Jan 2005 (first aired)
Kaamelott is a French comedy medieval fantasy television series created, directed, written, scored, and edited by Alexandre Astier, who also starred a ... view
Character:
Lucius Sillius Sallustius (7 ep.)
2004
This mockumentary follows the world's worst boxer and the events that led to his meteoric rise in the year 1969. ... view
Character:
Coll Murray, le journaliste
Original title: Mariage mixte
2004
A woman seeks the blessing of her wealthy father when she becomes engaged. ... view
Character:
Jean-Yves Dupreux, père de Jean-Christophe
Original title: Bien agités
2004
Diane, a young woman in search of a child, is looking for money to go to the sperm bank. She crosses paths with Arthur, a bank robber. ... view
Character:
Lieutenant Lescaro
2002
The 20-year-old Juliette tries to come to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, despite a lack of support from the father of the child and from her moth ... view
Character:
Abel
Original title: Mille millièmes
2002
Directed by Rémi Waterhouse, Mille Millièmes is centered around an eccentric ensemble of apartment residents. Kindness is noticeably absent among th ... view
Character:
Gérard
2002
Ideally, a love story should last for life… But this is often not the case. Does this indicate that men and women are meant to fall in love several ... view
Character:
Fernand
2002
Irène is a beautiful girl working in Paris, she soon meets a manager and hopes a love story with him. But he tells a lie, so she falls in love with a ... view
Character:
Gazet
Original title: Jeu de cons
2001
Mikael, Skip and P'tit Louis are planning a big job. In his car, Michael pulls out his hair by making P'tit Louis repeat the insults that he will have ... view
Character:
Commissaire Aguerre
2001
Jean and Sylvia left France with a stolen diamond to start a new life in South America. They land in Lima to live their passion. But the diamond is no ... view
Character:
Franck
Original title: Charmant garçon
2001
Octave and his friends, Achille and Hector, wander around at night in the grocery stores, the regulars' restaurants and the creepy bars. Octave meets ... view
Character:
Octave
Original title: L'Homme de ma vie
1999
Simon is getting better. His job as a publisher is going smoothly. Suddenly, out of the blue, his psychoanalyst, Charles, hits him with the news: his ... view
Character:
Charles
Original title: Les Enfants du Siècle
1999
True tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th Century, novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset. But the ... view
Character:
Gustave Planche
Original title: Post coïtum animal triste
1997
The end of an affair from the woman's point of view. ... view
Character:
Philippe Clovier
Original title: Le Censeur du lycée d'Épinal
1997
The gloomy life of a high school censor is turned upside down the day he meets an old classmate. ... view
Character:
Julien Dessales
Original title: Aux petits bonheurs
1994
This movie is about love affairs, simple pleasures of a few men and women who will gather for a few days in a villa, around a piano and the music of G ... view
Character:
Bertrand
1993
After her gynecologist tells her that her current involuntary celibacy could result in her being unable to enjoy sex in the future, Eva begins to cons ... view
Character:
Michel
1993
The fire at the supermarket is a boon for a scrap dealer who has just killed his wife. According to Commissioner Voitot, the victim could be one of th ... view
Character:
Commissaire Voitot
Original title: La Belle Histoire
1992
A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief an ... view
Character:
Pierre Lhermitte
1991
To a non-French speaker, the word La Pagaille looks charming, elegant, even tidy. However, it means "a mess," and a mess is just what the happily divo ... view
Character:
Jean-Jacques
1991
A lawyer defending once successful computer programmer against her prosecuting lawyer boyfriend becomes romantically involved with his client. ... view
Character:
Nicolas Montgerbier
Original title: Netchaïev est de retour
1991
Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev, who was believed dead five years ago in Gibraltar, warns a commercial center ... view
Character:
Marc Leloy
1990
Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with their boss. ... view
Character:
André
Original title: L'Autrichienne
1990
A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering from terrible haemorraghe. Her name is Marie-Antoinet ... view
Character:
Herman
1990
Robert Cavaillon is the king of the pet food industry. After he sold the factory to his workers, he decided to run for office. His campaign in support ... view
Character:
Jean-Marcel Mazzetti
Original title: Il y a des jours... et des lunes
1990
How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie shows how the chaos of life ineluctably propels its ch ... view
Character:
Le docteur
1989
Nathalie Monnier is 14, her parents are splitting up, and what's worse, their apartment is going to be put up for sale. Just about everything in her l ... view
Character:
Alain Monnier
Original title: Embrasse-moi
1989
The life of a twelve-year-old living with her mother is disrupted by the arrival of a very young man at home. While her feelings become confused and t ... view
Character:
Pierre - le père
1989
Francis Lebovic, an ex-voyou turned sex worker, is not lacking in charm or elegance. David, his thirteen-year-old godson, accepts Francis' proposal to ... view
Character:
Paul
1989
Married to Jeremie, Marie wants desperately to have a child. She has a 20 year old daughter from a former marriage with the police commissioner. When ... view
Character:
Jérémie
1988
A young woman passionate about reading immerses herself in the adventures of a fictional character who makes reading her profession. As she explores d ... view
Character:
le P.D.G.
Original title: Blanche et Marie
1985
A little town in the north of France, 1941. Blanche has three children. She worries about her husband Victor, who often goes out at night. Actually, V ... view
Character:
Germinal
Jan 1985 (first aired)
Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays f ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1983
In 1955, a year after the birth of the National Liberation Front (FLN), Mahmoud was expelled from Algeria by the colonial authorities who feared his r ... view
Character:
Gino
1983
Paula Barretto (Juliet Berto) is caught in the underworld because her father was involved in the drug business, her brother is in the real estate scam ... view
Character:
Wim
Original title: Neige
1981
Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and users. When a beloved friend (and young drug dealer) is ... view
Character:
First inspector
Original title: Premier voyage
1980
When her mother dies, a teenage girl, together with her five-year-old brother, decides to find her long-absent sailor father. ... view
Character:
Yan Lambert
Original title: L'Empreinte des géants
1980
The life of workers and their families in a construction site of a highway in 1965. ... view
Character:
Martial Dromner
1980
A journalist very attached to freedom of information conflicts with the management of his channel. ... view
Character:
Marc Dumas
1980
"Cocktail Molotov" is the story of the adventures of this threesome, who reach Venice only to learn of the outbreak of the May 1968 disturbances at ho ... view
Character:
Rucker
Original title: Rien ne va plus
1979
Rien ne va plus is a series of comedy sketches of disparate quality, on the social, cultural, and political foibles that make the French, French. Vari ... view
Character:
Jeffy / L'inspecteur Lujon / M. Poitronneau
Original title: Au bout du bout du banc
1979
Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still a lady's man, waiting to hear from a woman to whom he ... view
Character:
Billy
Original title: Le dossier 51
1978
A French diplomat is surveilled by a secret service to find a weakness for political control, his private life becoming 'File No. 51'. ... view
Character:
Hadès
Original title: Les Naufragés de l'ile de la Tortue
1976
Jean-Arthur has been working as a clerk in a travel agency. One day, he, along with his colleague comes to a brilliant idea: what if I offer tourists ... view
Character:
Gérard
1976
In this poetic slice-of-life film that reveals the problems and needs of a group of lowlife characters, unwed mother Vivaine (Dominique Labourier) fal ... view
Character:
François
Jan 1975 (first aired)
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Nov 1970 (first aired)
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels ... view
Character:
Anders Etchegoyen (1 ep.)