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 La Garenne-Colombes () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from Notre Dame de Paris which is the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. Name The city used to be pa ...

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...

. He was educated at the '' Lycée Pierre Corneille'' in Rouen.Lycée Pierre Corneille de Rouen - History
/ref> In 1989, he won the

César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * C ...

for his performance in the film '' La Lectrice'' directed by Michel Deville. In 1994, he starred in

Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanne ...

's '' Le Retour'', and in 1992, in ''

La Belle Histoire ''La Belle Histoire'' (1992) is a French film directed by Claude Lelouch, featuring Gérard Lanvin and Béatrice Dalle. Synopsis A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gy ...

'' by

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter, writer, cinematographer, actor and film producer, producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1 ...

. He starred in Hany Tamba's '' Melodrama Habibi'' in 2008. He is married to fellow actor Josiane Stoléru.

Theater

Filmography

Decorations

* Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)

References

External links

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1947 births Living people People from La Garenne-Colombes Lycée Pierre-Corneille alumni French male film actors French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French male television actors French male stage actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors Best Supporting Actor César Award winners Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres {{France-stage-actor-stub