Patrick Timsit
French film director and actor
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::summary French film director and actor ::
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| image | Patrick Timsit 2011.jpg |
| name | Patrick Timsit |
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| birth_place | Algiers, Algeria |
| years_active | 1984–present |
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| image = Patrick Timsit 2011.jpg | name = Patrick Timsit | birth_date = | birth_place = Algiers, Algeria | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | years_active = 1984–present Patrick Timsit () is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for four César Awards – three times as an actor and once as a writer. He is best known for the French comedy Un indien dans la ville.
In 2006, he participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue. He is of Algerian Jewish ancestry.
César nominations
- Best Supporting Actor – La Crise (1992)
- Best Actor – Pédale douce (1996)
- Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation – Pédale douce (1996)
- Best Actor – Le cousin (1997)
Selected filmography
- Sans peur et sans reproche (1988) as Charles VIII of France
- Mayrig (1991) as Garbis
- La Crise (1992) as Michou
- The Monster (1994) as Loris (French dub)
- Little Indian, Big City (1994) as Richard Montignac
- La Belle Verte (1996) as the TV host
- Pedale douce (1996) as Adrien
- Le cousin (1997) as Lahcene "Nounours" Abdelrahmane
- Hercules (1997) as Philoctetes (French dub)
- Marquise (1997) as René "Gros René" Berthelot
- Paparazzi (1998) as Franck
- Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999 – directed) as Quasimodo
- L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) as Etienne
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) as Gaëtan Moliére (French dub)
- The Car Keys (2003) as himself
- Les 11 commandements (2004) as Toto
- Shark Tale (2004) as Lenny (French dub)
- Azur and Asmar (2006) as Crapoux (voice)
- Dragon Hunters (2008) as Gwizdo (French dub)
- Sur la piste du Marsupilami (2012) as Caporal
- Robin des bois, la véritable histoire (2015) as Alfred
- Gangsterdam (2017) as Ruben's father
- Dalida (2017) as Bruno Coquatrix
- Marie-Francine (2017) as Miguel
- The Last Mercenary (2021) as Commander Jouard
- Brother and Sister (2022) as Zwy
References
References
- (26 March 2013). "Patrick Timsit – News & actus people sur Premiere". Premiere.fr.
- Berardinelli, James. "Little Indian, Big City".
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