Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films ''

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'', '' The Rapture'' and ''

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'', as well as the TV shows '' The Pretender'' and '' House''.

Biography

Early life

Patrick Bauchau was born in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

on 6 December 1938, the son of Mary (née Kozyrev), a Russian-born school administrator and publisher, and

Henry Bauchau Henry Bauchau (22 January 1913 – 21 September 2012) was a Belgian psychoanalyst, lawyer, and author of French prose and poetry. Biography Henry Bauchau was born in Mechelen, Belgium on 22 January 1913. He became a trial lawyer in Brussels in ...

, a school administrator, lawyer, publisher, writer, and psychoanalyst who served as an officer in the Belgian Underground during

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. He was raised in Belgium, Switzerland and England. He attended

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on an academic scholarship and speaks German, French, English, Spanish, Italian, and a little Russian and Dutch. He is married to the sister of model and actress

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, Mijanou Bardot, and lives in

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Career

Bauchau began his career in French New Wave cinema, including acting in two films by

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, '' La Carrière de Suzanne'' (1963) and '' La Collectionneuse'' (1967). He also participated in the

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in films like Wim Wenders' '' Der Stand der Dinge'' (1982). Bauchau is better known for his roles in American television. Bauchau has starred in many different TV shows and movies, including ''

Choose Me ''Choose Me'' is a 1984 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Geneviève Bujold, Keith Carradine, and Lesley Ann Warren. The film is a look at sex and love in 1980s Los Angeles centered around a dive ...

'', ''

'' as Scarpine, '' The Pretender'', '' Kindred: The Embraced'', '' The Rapture'', ''

Clear and Present Danger ''Clear and Present Danger'' is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on August 17, 1989. A sequel to '' The Cardinal of the Kremlin'' (1988), main character Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence in ...

'', '' The Cell'', ''

'', '' Boy Culture'', '' Carnivàle'', ''

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'', ''

Extraordinary Measures ''Extraordinary Measures'' is a 2010 American medical drama film starring Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, and Keri Russell. It was the first film produced by CBS Films, the film division of CBS Corporation, who released the film on January 22, 20 ...

'' and ''

Get the Gringo ''Get the Gringo'' (also known as ''How I Spent My Summer Vacation'') is a 2012 American action film directed by Adrian Grunberg, produced, co-written by and starring Mel Gibson. Plot The film opens with a getaway driver and his wounded accomplic ...

''. In 1987, he was considered for the part of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. In 1989 he starred as the murderer in '' Columbo: Murder: A Self Portrait''. In 1992 he guest-starred on '' Murder, She Wrote'': The Monte Carlo Murders. In 2004 he appeared in the

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biopic '' Ray'' as Dr. Hacker. In 2005, he appeared as a guest star on ABC's '' Alias'', as well as on the Fox shows '' House'' and '' 24''. In 2007 Bauchau took the lead dramatic role in the biographical movie ''

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''—a thriller which dramatised the crimes of the American sadomasochistic serial killer, rapist, and cannibal Albert Fish. In 2009, he appeared as a guest star on ABC's show '' Castle''. For movies, he often performs the French

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of his characters himself, as he is a native French speaker. In 2011, Bauchau guest-starred on the episode "Eye for an Eye" of

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's '' Burn Notice''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauchau, Patrick 1938 births Belgian male film actors Living people Belgian people of Russian descent 20th-century Belgian male actors 21st-century Belgian male actors Expatriate male actors in the United States Alumni of the University of Oxford Male actors from Brussels