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Acting

Patrick Chesnais

Career: Active from 1976 to 2025, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 56
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Patrick Chesnais Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.9, average 4.8
Violence
2.4, average 4.1
Scare
1.1, average 2.6
Crime
2.6, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

French Cinema 9
Character-Driven 8
Character Study 7
Social Commentary 5
Melancholic Tone 4
Melancholy 3
Emotional Journey 3
French Drama 3
Psychological Drama 3
Political Thriller 3
Chamber Drama 2
Intimate Performance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

118

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Regarde-moi quand je te quitte

as Pierre

2020s

16 titles · average score 60

La Tournée

as Marius De Villeduc

The Islanders

as Pierre

Missing Angel

TV show · as Paul Varan

Chroma

as Jacques Rénier

Charlotte Rampling, le cinéma comme un essentiel

as Lui-même

Tous Inconnus

as ("Cinéma Cinémas" segment)

When Granny Meets Grandpa

52

as Papy

Laval, le collaborateur

as Pierre Laval

Him

46

as Priest

HIP - High Intellectual Potential

75

TV show · as Serge Alvaro

Like Thunder in a Cloudless Sky

as Père de Paul

The Wagner Method

69

TV show · as Gilles Weiss

2010s

33 titles · average score 54

The Emperor of Paris

65

as Henry

School Is Over

53

as Gilbert

Demi-sœurs

57

as Le notaire

Lost in Armenia

as Bolzec

La Braconne

as Danny

Où es-tu maintenant ?

as le commandant Brosky

Bright Days Ahead

59

as Philippe

60 Going On 12

as Pierrot

Welcome Aboard

56

as Taillendier

Les Saisons meurtrières

TV show · as le commissaire Rousseau

Hiver rouge

as Commissaire Rousseau

You Will Be My Son

64

as François Amelot

2000s

27 titles · average score 59

Climax

as Gérard

Duel

TV show · as Philippe Dellas

Blame It on Mum

56

as Henry Celliers

Melodrama Habibi

as Bruno Caprice

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

87

as Dr. Lepage

Héros

55

as Clovis Costa

Not Here to Be Loved

69

as Jean-Claude

Kaamelott

86

TV show · as Lucius Sillius Sallustius

Sexes très opposés

as Fernand

The Landlords

51

as Gérard

Charming Fellow

as Octave

Te quiero

as Franck

1990s

18 titles · average score 59

Kennedy et moi

64

as Paul Gurney

The Children of the Century

50

as Gustave Planche

Man of My Life

as Charles

After Sex

67

as Philippe Clovier

Drôles d'oiseaux

as Commissaire Voitot

Pas d'amour sans amour!

as Michel

Triplex

as Nicolas Montgerbier

La Pagaille

as Jean-Jacques

Netchayev is Back

51

as Marc Leloy

There Were Days... and Moons

63

as Le docteur

The Austrian

as Herman

Feu sur le candidat

as Jean-Marcel Mazzetti

1980s

17 titles · average score 62

Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

as Jérémie

Thank You Satan

as Alain Monnier

Kiss Me

as Pierre - le père

La Lectrice

65

as le P.D.G.

Blanche and Marie

57

as Germinal

Jacques the Fatalist and His Master

as Jacques

Cap Canaille

as Wim

Les Sacrifiés

as Gino

La Guerre des insectes

TV show · as Michel Servin

Snow

64

as First inspector

L'Œil du maître

as Marc Dumas

First Voyage

as Yan Lambert

1970s

6 titles · average score 67

Out of Whack

as Jeffy / L'inspecteur Lujon / M. Poitronneau

Make Room for Tomorrow

as Billy

Dossier 51

76

as Hadès

Monsieur Albert

as François

The Castaways of Turtle Island

61

as Gérard

Scene of the Crime

66

TV show · as Anders Etchegoyen