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Patrick Chesnais

Highest Rated: 100% Not Here to Be Loved (2005)

Lowest Rated: 50% Change of Plans (2009)

Birthday: Mar 18, 1947

Birthplace: La Garenne-Colombes, France

Even in the busy French film industry, it's hard to find a more ubiquitous character actor than Patrick Chesnais. His seemingly endless list of credits stretches from the early 1970s, and covers many of the best-known movies from that country and several foreign productions as well. Chesnais's everyman looks served him well as he transformed into a wide range of characters, from the company director in the imaginative literature-themed dramedy "La lectrice" (1988) to the doctor caring for a near-completely paralyzed patient in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (2007). For his work in the former, he won France's top movie award, the César, for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Although he became known chiefly as a film presence, his debut was on TV, in the long-running anthology series "Au théâtre ce soir" (1970). Perhaps because he didn't have matinee-idol looks, it took some time for his career to catch fire. But once it did, he worked steadily and often for elite directors, such as Claude Lelouch in the time-travel fantasy La Belle Histoire, 1992. In addition to acting, Chesnais would occasionally handle directing and writing chores himself, such as on the 2001 dramedy "Charming Fellow."

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Highest rated movies

100% 73% Not Here to Be Loved
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94% 92% The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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89% 69% You Will Be My Son
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88% 60% Bright Days Ahead
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74% 67% After Sex
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70% 65% The Emperor of Paris (L'Empereur de Paris)
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50% 33% Change of Plans
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Blanche et Marie
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0% In Gold We Trust
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Irène
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Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet When Granny Meets Grandpa Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Like Thunder in a Cloudless Sky Le Père De Paul (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lui Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Damien veut changer le monde Vigo Mallet (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweetheart Jules (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Emperor of Paris Henry (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moi et le Che Go (Character) - 2018
70% 65% The Emperor of Paris (L'Empereur de Paris) Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Exes Didier (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Summer of All My Parents Michel (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Noir enigma Unknown (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Roommates Party Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost in Armenia Bolzec (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 27% The List of My Desires La père de Jocelyne (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Where Are You Now? Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jaune iris Rousseau (Character) - 2014
88% 60% Bright Days Ahead Philippe (Character) $9.1K 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet 60 Going on 12 Pierrot (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bleu catacombes Unknown (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 46% Welcome Aboard Taillandier (Character) - 2012
89% 69% You Will Be My Son Francois Amelot (Character) $221.2K 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hiver rouge Unknown (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 0% In Gold We Trust George (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Toutes les filles pleurent Bob (Character) - 2010
50% 33% Change of Plans Erwann (Character) $44.2K 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blame It on Mum Henry Celliers (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Une Chanson dans la Tête Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home Sweet Home Gédéon (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 44% The Maiden and the Wolves Léon Amblard (Character) - 2007
94% 92% The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Dr. Lepage (Character) $6.0M 2007
No Score Yet 64% Héros Clovis Costa (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Melodrama Habibi Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 56% J'invente rien Armand (Character) - 2006
100% 73% Not Here to Be Loved Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 69% Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mariage Mixte Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Irène Gazet (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Landlords Gerard (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Le Ventre de Juliette Abel (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charmant Garçon Octave (Character),
Director,
Writer
- 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kennedy et moi Paul Gurney (Character) - 1999
74% 67% After Sex Philippe Clovier (Character) $336.3K 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aux petits bonheurs Bertrand (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Triplex Nicolas Montgerbier (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beautiful Story Pierre Lhermitte (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet La Pagaille Jean-Jacques (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 67% Il y a des jours... et des lunes Le médecin (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 62% La Lectrice Le PDG (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Les années sandwiches Unknown (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thank You, Satan Alain Monnier (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blanche et Marie Unknown (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Femmes De Personne Marc (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Castaways of Turtle Island Gérard (Character) - 1976