Patrick Timsit Explained

Patrick Timsit
Birth Date:	15 July 1959
Birth Place:	Algiers, Algeria
Years Active:	1984–present

Patrick Timsit (pronounced as /fr/) is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for four César Awards – three times as an actor and once as a writer. He is best known for the French comedy Un indien dans la ville.

In 2006, he participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue. He is of Algerian Jewish ancestry.^[1]

Cesar nominations

• Best Supporting Actor – La Crise (1992)
• Best Actor – Pédale douce (1996)
• Best Screenplay – Pédale douce (1996)
• Best Actor – Le cousin (1997)

Selected filmography

• Sans peur et sans reproche (1988) as Charles VIII of France
• Mayrig (1991) as Garbis
• La Crise (1992) as Michou
• The Monster (1994) as Loris (French dub)
• Little Indian, Big City (1994) ^[2] as Richard Montignac
• La Belle Verte (1996) as the TV host
• Pedale douce (1996) as Adrien
• Le cousin (1997) as Lahcene "Nounours" Abdelrahmane
• Hercules (1997) as Philoctetes (French dub)
• Marquise (1997) as René "Gros René" Berthelot
• Paparazzi (1998) as Franck
• Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999 – directed) as Quasimodo
• Les 11 commandements (2001) as Toto
• L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) as Etienne
• (2001) as Gaëtan Moliére (French dub)
• The Car Keys (2003) as himself
• Shark Tale (2004) as Lenny (French dub)
• Azur and Asmar (2006) as Crapoux (voice)
• Dragon Hunters (2008) as Gwyzdo (voice)
• Sur la piste du Marsupilami (2012) as Caporal
• Robin des bois, la véritable histoire (2015) as Alfred
• Gangsterdam (2017) as Ruben's father
• Dalida (2017) as Bruno Coquatrix
• Marie-Francine (2017) as Miguel
• The Last Mercenary (2021) as Commander Jouard
• Brother and Sister (2022) as Zwy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patrick Timsit – News & actus people sur Premiere . Premiere.fr . 26 March 2013 . 27 May 2013.
2. Web site: Berardinelli . James . Little Indian, Big City . 2022-12-07 . Reelviews Movie Reviews . en.