Patrick Bruel
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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Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
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Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
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Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
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Comedy of Power
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L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
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A Secret
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Grégory Lemarchal - Cinq ans
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Johnny Hallyday : Olympia 2000 - Les Duos
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Vianney en concert à l’AccorHotels Arena
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The Graduates of the Last Row
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The Murdered House
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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Comme les 5 doigts de la main
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Brothers in Arms
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The Brats
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Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés
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The Milk of Human Kindness
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I've Been Waiting So Long
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The Kick of Sirocco
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Joyeux anniversaire Renaud
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Renaud, souvenirs, souvenirs
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Uncontrollable Circumstances
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Il était une fois... Patrick Bruel
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Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
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Sweetheart
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Florent Pagny : Le Phénix
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The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles
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Céline Dion, le grand show
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Sex, Love & Therapy
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Marche à l'ombre
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Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
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Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français
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De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
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Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
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Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
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Bruel Live Des souvenirs ... Ensemble
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The Misadventures of Margaret
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Michel Polnareff, la soirée événement
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Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre
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Florent Pagny : un homme libre
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Johnny Hallyday - Stade de France 98
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Leurs voix pour l'espoir - 4ème édition
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Les copains d'abord font du ski
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Johnny Hallyday Allume le feu au Stade de France
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L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman
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Paris 2024, le concert-événement
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Men, Women: A User's Manual
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Patrick Bruel - Entre deux, à l'Olympia
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Poker Coach and Patrick Bruel
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Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
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Johnny Hallyday - Parc des Princes 2003
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The Best Is Yet to Come
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Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
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Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
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One Hundred and One Nights
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Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
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Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
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Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
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Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
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Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
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Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
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Patrick Bruel, le concert événement
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Le Grand Carnaval
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Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
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M.Pokora : 10 Ans de carrière (Symphonic Show)
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Patrick Bruel - Le Concert Symphonique
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Johnny Hallyday la Soirée Evénement
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Patrick Bruel: Itinéraire d'un surdoué
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Villa Caprice
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Follow My Gaze
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La Mort en sautoir
Singer of a suburban band
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
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Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
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Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
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Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
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A Day in the Life of French Cinema
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Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy
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Starmania : l'anniversaire événement, les 45 ans
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On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel
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Céline Dion, la bande originale de sa vie
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Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
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Patrick Bruel : On en parle - Le concert au cinéma
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There Were Days... and Moons
Le musicien qui manque son avion
La bande son des années 90
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Serge Lama, le dernier rappel
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Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
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La Fête De La Chanson Française
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