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French actor
A.K.A.
Patrick Chenais
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Male
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18 March 1947(La Garenne-Colombes, France)
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Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique
Cours Simon
Conservatoire de Rouen
Lycée Pierre-Corneille
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Patrick Chesnais (born 18 March 1947) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
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.
Theater
| 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 |
Decorations
- Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)