Patrick Chesnais
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.499 |
| Birthday | 1947-03-18 |
| Place of Birth | La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Also Known As | Patrick Chesnay, |
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Not Here to Be Loved
6.6/28
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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The Austrian
6/2
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2001
Te quiero
3.2/3
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2006
J'invente rien
5/19
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Like Thunder in a Cloudless Sky
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8/1
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2007
The Price to Pay
5.3/129
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2006
Cheating Love
5.1/18
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Cheating Love
2009
Change of Plans
5.4/159
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Change of Plans
2002
Sexes très opposés
5/5
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2008
Melodrama Habibi
6.5/1
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2009
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2014
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2023
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0/0
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2002
Irène
5.7/26
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1992
The Beautiful Story
7.1/24
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1999
The Children of the Century
5.8/38
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The Children of the Century
2008
Home Sweet Home
4/4
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Home Sweet Home
2004
Mixed Marriage
4.9/17
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Mixed Marriage
1980
L'Œil du maître
4/2
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L'Œil du maître
2021
We are Red Star
0/0
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2022
Chroma
7.2/2
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Chroma
1993
Drôles d'oiseaux
0/0
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Drôles d'oiseaux
1983
Les Sacrifiés
0/0
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2002
The Landlords
5.5/2
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1978
Dossier 51
6.5/45
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Dossier 51
1999
Kennedy et moi
6.3/30
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2011
You Will Be My Son
6.3/46
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1988
La Lectrice
6/31
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2005
Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte
3.6/5
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2010
In Gold We Trust
5.3/53
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1990
There Were Days... and Moons
6.3/25
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1989
Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête
5.2/8
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1997
After Sex
5.941/17
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After Sex
1994
Life's Little Treasures
5.1/9
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2007
Héros
5.7/25
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Héros
2002
Le ventre de Juliette
0/0
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Le ventre de Juliette
2001
Charming Fellow
4/3
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1990
Promotion canapé
5.1/46
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1979
Make Room for Tomorrow
3/2
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2012
Welcome Aboard
6.1/19
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2010
Vieilles canailles
4.7/3
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1980
First Voyage
0/0
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1989
Thank You Satan
0/0
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2010
All Girls Cry
4/4
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1990
Feu sur le candidat
3/1
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Feu sur le candidat
2013
60 Going On 12
5.4/21
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60 Going On 12
1989
Kiss Me
5/4
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Kiss Me
2013
Bright Days Ahead
5.9/63
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Bright Days Ahead
1981
Snow
5.65/10
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Snow
2025
The Islanders
0/0
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The Islanders
2014
The List of My Desires
5.4/149
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2014
La Braconne
3.9/7
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La Braconne
2011
Hiver rouge
6.6/6
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Hiver rouge
2014
Où es-tu maintenant ?
6/4
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Où es-tu maintenant ?
2014
Bleu Catacombes
6.1/8
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Bleu Catacombes
2024
Another Alice
7/1
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Another Alice
1985
Blanche and Marie
5.4/12
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Blanche and Marie
2022
Tous Inconnus
3.7/15
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Tous Inconnus
1979
Out of Whack
6/5
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Out of Whack
2011
The Great Restaurant II
5.8/4
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The Great Restaurant II
2005
J'irai cracher sur vos tongs
0/0
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J'irai cracher sur vos tongs
La Tournée
0/0
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La Tournée
2015
The Roommates Party
4.9/252
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The Roommates Party
1991
Netchayev is Back
5/6
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Netchayev is Back
2016
The Summer of All My Parents
5/56
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The Summer of All My Parents
2016
Lost in Armenia
5/5
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Lost in Armenia
2004
Casablanca Driver
5.8/27
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Casablanca Driver
2017
The Exes
5.2/148
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The Exes
2009
Climax
0/0
A young director will make his first film, about the deportation of Jews during World War II. With a diva in the lead role.
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Climax
2015
Nevermore
6/5
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Nevermore
2018
The Emperor of Paris
6.3/481
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The Emperor of Paris
2017
Noir Enigma
6.2/7
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Noir Enigma
1976
The Castaways of Turtle Island
5.8/20
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The Castaways of Turtle Island
1980
The Imprint of Giants
0/0
The life of workers and their families in a construction site of a highway in 1965.
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The Imprint of Giants
2008
The Maiden and the Wolves
6.1/34
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The Maiden and the Wolves
2018
Me and El Che
0/0
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...
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Me and El Che
1976
Monsieur Albert
0/0
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...
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Monsieur Albert
2018
Demi-sœurs
6/183
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Planter les Choux
0/0
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Planter les Choux
2018
School Is Over
5.56/108
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...
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School Is Over
2019
Adopt a Daddy
5.7/126
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Adopt a Daddy
2001
Fool's Game
0/0
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...
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Fool's Game
2019
Sweetheart
6.49/249
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Sweetheart
1991
La Pagaille
0/0
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La Pagaille
1980
Cocktail Molotov
5.8/13
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Cocktail Molotov
1993
Pas d'amour sans amour!
2/1
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Pas d'amour sans amour!
2010
Je vous ai compris : De Gaulle, 1958-1962
0/0
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2021
When Granny Meets Grandpa
5.5/42
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2021
Him
4.6/88
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2013
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
6.9/9
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2019
Tant qu'il y a de l'amour
0/0
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1990
Le Sixième Doigt
0/0
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2018
My Mother Is Crazy
5.5/44
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1991
Triplex
5.7/3
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Triplex
1997
Sidecar
1/1
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Sidecar
2004
Totally Nuts
0/0
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Totally Nuts
1983
Cap Canaille
3.9/8
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2010
Feu la mère de Madame
0/0
A staging of Georges Feydeau's play "Feu la mère de Madame" by Jean-Luc Moreau.
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Feu la mère de Madame
1999
Man of My Life
0/0
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