Patrick Chesnais

1946-

Biography: life and films

Patrick Chesnais is a French actor, film director and screenwriter whose birth name is Patrick Chenais. He was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 18th March 1946.

His best films as an actor include Michel Deville's La Lectrice (1988), Pierre Granier-Deferre's L'Autrichienne (1990), Stéphane Brizé's Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005), Hany Tamba's Une chanson dans la tête (2008) and Gilles Legrand's Tu seras mon fils (2011).

Patrick Chesnais has so far appeared in 81 films, scripted 1 film and directed 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Michel Deville (3 films), Stéphane Kurc (2), Peter Kassovitz (2), Juliet Berto (2), Jean-Michel Ribes (2), Jacques Renard (2), Ivan Calbérac (2), Gilles Legrand (2), Didier Kaminka (2), Diane Kurys (2), Claude Lelouch (2) and André Farwagi (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (39 films), comedy (20), comedy-drama (17), romance (13), comedy-romance (8), Thriller (3), history (2), crime-thriller (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Patrick Chesnais over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; d = director

Les Naufragés de l'île de la Tortue (1976) [a]

Monsieur Albert (1976) [a]

Le Dossier 51 (1978) [a]

Poker menteuses et révolver matin (1978) [a]

Au bout du bout du banc (1979) [a]

Laisse-moi rêver (1979) [a]

Rien ne va plus (1979) [a]

Cocktail Molotov (1980) [a]

L'Empreinte des géants (1980) [a]

L'Oeil du maître (1980) [a]

Premier voyage (1980) [a]

Ras le coeur (1980) [a]

La Provinciale (1981) [a]

Le Règlement intérieur (1981) [a]

Neige (1981) [a]

Cap Canaille (1983) [a]

Les Sacrifiés (1983) [a]

Blanche et Marie (1984) [a]

Femmes de personne (1984) [a]

Duo solo (1987) [a]

Corentin, ou Les infortunes conjugales (1988) [a]

La Lectrice (1988) [a]

Les Années sandwiches (1988) [a]

Embrasse-moi (1989) [a]

Les Cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête (1989) [a]

Thank You Satan (1989) [a]

Feu sur le candidat (1990) [a]

Il y a des jours... et des lunes (1990) [a]

L'Autrichienne (1990) [a]

Le Sixième doigt (1990) [a]

Promotion canapé (1990) [a]

La Pagaille (1991) [a]

Netchaïev est de retour (1991) [a]

Triplex (1991) [a]

La Belle histoire (1992) [a]

Coup de jeune (1993) [a]

Drôles d'oiseaux (1993) [a]

Pas d'amour sans amour! (1993) [a]

Aux petits bonheurs (1994) [a]

Paroles d'hommes (1997) [a]

Post coïtum animal triste (1997) [a]

Kennedy et moi (1999) [a]

L'Homme de ma vie (1999) [a]

Les Enfants du siècle (1999) [a]

Charmant garçon (2001) [a,d,w]

Jeu de cons (2001) [a]

Te quiero (2001) [a]

Irène (2002) [a]

Mille millièmes (2002) [a]

Sexes très opposés (2002) [a]

Le Ventre de Juliette (2003) [a]

Casablanca Driver (2004) [a]

Mariage mixte (2004) [a]

J'irai cracher sur vos tongs (2005) [a]

Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005) [a]

Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte (2005) [a]

J'invente rien (2006) [a]

On va s'aimer (2006) [a]

Héros (2007) [a]

Le Prix à payer (2007) [a]

Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007) [a]

Home Sweet Home (2008) [a]

La Jeune fille et les loups (2008) [a]

Une chanson dans la tête (2008) [a]

Le Code a changé (2009) [a]

Quelque chose à te dire (2009) [a]

600 kilos d'or pur (2010) [a]

Toutes les filles pleurent (2010) [a]

Tu seras mon fils (2011) [a]

Bienvenue parmi nous (2012) [a]

12 ans d'âge (2013) [a]

Les Beaux jours (2013) [a]

La Braconne (2014) [a]

La Liste de mes envies (2014) [a]

Le Grand partage (2015) [a]

Celui qu'on attendait (2016) [a]

Je veux être actrice (2016) [a]

Juillet août (2016) [a]



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