Patrick Timsit

Patrick Timsit
Born	Algiers, Algeria
Years active	1984–present

Patrick Timsit (French pronunciation: [patʁik timˈsit]) 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.

César nominations

• Best Supporting Actor – La Crise (1992)
• Best Actor – Pédale douce (1996)
• Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation – 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) 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
• L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) as Etienne
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) as Gaëtan Moliére (French dub)
• The Car Keys (2003) as himself
• Les 11 commandements (2004) as Toto
• Shark Tale (2004) as Lenny (French dub)
• Azur and Asmar (2006) as Crapoux (voice)
• Dragon Hunters (2008) as Gwizdo (French dub)
• 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
• It Takes Two to Tango (2025) as Antoine's manager

External links

• Patrick Timsit at IMDb