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name: "Patrick Chesnais"
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fi1m_id: "patrick-chesnais"
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tmdb_id: 7275
wikidata_id: "Q6292322"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 March 1947"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:58:49.711064+00:00"
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# Patrick Chesnais

## Identity

Patrick Chesnais

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-chesnais
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patrick-chesnais
- **IMDb ID:** nm0156228
- **TMDB ID:** 7275
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6292322
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Chesnais, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6292322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7275

Actor. Born 18 March 1947 in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 March 1947, La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- **Also known as:** Patrick Chesnay
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Chesnais, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6292322, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7275

## Biography

Patrick Chesnais is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, and trained at the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique in Paris after studying at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. He began his career in theatre in the 1960s before making his screen debut in 1976.

Chesnais is known for roles including Dr. Lepage in *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), Henry in *The Emperor of Paris* (2018) and Lucius Sillius Sallustius in *Kaamelott* (2005). He won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in *La Lectrice* (1988). He is married to actress Josiane Stoléru.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), Fi1m 87, as Dr. Lepage — [page](https://film.one/film/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.md)

## Complete filmography (122)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *La Tournée* (2025), as Marius De Villeduc
- *The Islanders* (2025), as Pierre
- *Another Alice* (2024), as La Chenille
- *Tous Inconnus* (2022), as ("Cinéma Cinémas" segment)
- *Le Figaro La Nuit* (2022), series, Actor
- *Chroma* (2022), as Jacques Rénier
- *Charlotte Rampling, le cinéma comme un essentiel* (2022), as Lui-même
- *Missing Angel* (2022), series, as Paul Varan
- *We are Red Star* (2021), as Voiceover
- *Laval, le collaborateur* (2021), as Pierre Laval
- *Like Thunder in a Cloudless Sky* (2021), as Père de Paul
- *Him* (2021), as Priest
- *When Granny Meets Grandpa* (2021), as Papy
- *HIP - High Intellectual Potential* (2021), series, as Serge Alvaro
- *The Wagner Method* (2020), series, as Gilles Weiss
- *Tant qu'il y a de l'amour* (2019), as Jean
- *Sweetheart* (2019), as Jules
- *Adopt a Daddy* (2019), as Vigo
- *The Emperor of Paris* (2018), as Henry
- *My Mother Is Crazy* (2018), as Alvaro
- *Insoupçonnable* (2018), series, as Damien Moreau
- *School Is Over* (2018), as Gilbert
- *Me and El Che* (2018), as Go
- *Demi-sœurs* (2018), as Le notaire
- *Noir Enigma* (2017), as Commissaire Rousseau
- *The Exes* (2017), as Didier
- *The Summer of All My Parents* (2016), as Michel Lanoy
- *Lost in Armenia* (2016), as Bolzec
- *The Roommates Party* (2015), as Le voisin excentrique
- *Nevermore* (2015), as Rousseau
- *Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui* (2014), Actor
- *Où es-tu maintenant ?* (2014), as le commandant Brosky
- *Planter les Choux* (2014), as André
- *The List of My Desires* (2014), as Le père de Jocelyne
- *La Braconne* (2014), as Danny
- *Marjorie* (2014), series, Actor
- *Bleu Catacombes* (2014), as Commissaire Rousseau
- *60 Going On 12* (2013), as Pierrot
- *Bright Days Ahead* (2013), as Philippe
- *Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés* (2013), Actor
- *Les Saisons meurtrières* (2012), series, as le commissaire Rousseau
- *Welcome Aboard* (2012), as Taillendier
- *Hiver rouge* (2011), as Commissaire Rousseau
- *You Will Be My Son* (2011), as François Amelot
- *The Great Restaurant II* (2011), as The Prostitute Costumer
- *Je vous ai compris : De Gaulle, 1958-1962* (2010), as Général de Gaulle
- *In Gold We Trust* (2010), as Georges
- *Vieilles canailles* (2010), as Martin
- *Feu la mère de Madame* (2010), as Lucien
- *All Girls Cry* (2010), as Bob
- *Climax* (2009), as Gérard
- *Blame It on Mum* (2009), as Henry Celliers
- *Change of Plans* (2009), as Erwann
- *Duel* (2009), series, as Philippe Dellas
- *Home Sweet Home* (2008), as Gédéon
- *Melodrama Habibi* (2008), as Bruno Caprice
- *The Maiden and the Wolves* (2008), as Léon Amblard
- *Héros* (2007), as Clovis Costa
- *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (2007), as Dr. Lepage — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly.md)
- *The Price to Pay* (2007), as Grégoire
- *Chez Maupassant* (2007), series, as Ernest Dufour
- *J'invente rien* (2006), as Armand
- *Cheating Love* (2006), as Le détective
- *Le Grand Charles* (2006), series, as Général Giraud
- *Not Here to Be Loved* (2005), as Jean-Claude
- *J'irai cracher sur vos tongs* (2005), Actor
- *Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte* (2005), as Norbert
- *Kaamelott* (2005), series, as Lucius Sillius Sallustius
- *Casablanca Driver* (2004), as Coll Murray, le journaliste
- *Mixed Marriage* (2004), as Jean-Yves Dupreux, père de Jean-Christophe
- *Totally Nuts* (2004), as Lieutenant Lescaro · Director
- *Le ventre de Juliette* (2002), as Abel
- *The Landlords* (2002), as Gérard
- *Sexes très opposés* (2002), as Fernand
- *Irène* (2002), as Gazet
- *Fool's Game* (2001), as Commissaire Aguerre
- *Te quiero* (2001), as Franck
- *Charming Fellow* (2001), as Octave · Director
- *Kennedy et moi* (1999), as Paul Gurney
- *Man of My Life* (1999), as Charles
- *The Children of the Century* (1999), as Gustave Planche
- *After Sex* (1997), as Philippe Clovier
- *Sidecar* (1997), as Julien Dessales
- *Life's Little Treasures* (1994), as Bertrand
- *Pas d'amour sans amour!* (1993), as Michel
- *Regards d'enfance* (1993), series, as Le Père
- *Drôles d'oiseaux* (1993), as Commissaire Voitot
- *The Beautiful Story* (1992), as Pierre Lhermitte
- *La Pagaille* (1991), as Jean-Jacques
- *Triplex* (1991), as Nicolas Montgerbier
- *Netchayev is Back* (1991), as Marc Leloy
- *Promotion canapé* (1990), as André
- *Le Sixième Doigt* (1990), as Simon
- *The Austrian* (1990), as Herman
- *Feu sur le candidat* (1990), as Jean-Marcel Mazzetti
- *There Were Days... and Moons* (1990), as Le docteur
- *Thank You Satan* (1989), as Alain Monnier
- *Kiss Me* (1989), as Pierre - le père
- *Chère canaille* (1989), as Paul
- *Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête* (1989), as Jérémie
- *La Lectrice* (1988), as le P.D.G.
- *Le Génie du faux* (1985), series, as Johann Gelder
- *Blanche and Marie* (1985), as Germinal
- *Jacques the Fatalist and His Master* (1984), as Jacques
- *Les Sacrifiés* (1983), as Gino
- *Cap Canaille* (1983), as Wim
- *Snow* (1981), as First inspector
- *La Guerre des insectes* (1981), series, as Michel Servin
- *le mariage de figaro* (1981), as figaro
- *First Voyage* (1980), as Yan Lambert
- *The Imprint of Giants* (1980), as Martial Dromner
- *L'Œil du maître* (1980), as Marc Dumas
- *Cocktail Molotov* (1980), as Rucker
- *Out of Whack* (1979), as Jeffy / L'inspecteur Lujon / M. Poitronneau
- *Make Room for Tomorrow* (1979), as Billy
- *Dossier 51* (1978), as Hadès
- *The Castaways of Turtle Island* (1976), as Gérard
- *Monsieur Albert* (1976), as François
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Anders Etchegoyen
- *Regarde-moi quand je te quitte*, as Pierre
- *Feignasse*, Actor
- *Eldorado*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Patrick Chesnais](https://film.one/media/person/99689/gallery-2087565d8ad2.jpg) Patrick Chesnais — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Patrick_Chesnais_Cabourg_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Invités aux obsèques de Niels Arestrup à l'église Saint-Roch de Paris. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/99689/gallery-9f96b02f7e6e.jpg) Invités aux obsèques de Niels Arestrup à l'église Saint-Roch de Paris. (2024) — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Niels_Arestrup_obs%C3%A8ques_invit%C3%A9s.jpg/1280px-Niels_Arestrup_obs%C3%A8ques_invit%C3%A9s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patrick Chesnais sur la scène du théâtre du Lucernaire pour son seul-en-scène "Lettres d'excuses", le 9 novembre 2024.](https://film.one/media/person/99689/gallery-f6f1267c3296.jpg) Patrick Chesnais sur la scène du théâtre du Lucernaire pour son seul-en-scène "Lettres d'excuses", le 9 novembre 2024. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Patrick_Chesnais_2024.jpg/1280px-Patrick_Chesnais_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Théâtre Montparnasse - Paris XIV (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/99689/gallery-3aee5f151798.jpg) Théâtre Montparnasse - Paris XIV (2016) — Papagon, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Montparnasse_-_rue_de_la_Ga%C3%AEt%C3%A9.JPG/1280px-Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_Montparnasse_-_rue_de_la_Ga%C3%AEt%C3%A9.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 1 nominated

- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 2015: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour 2009: Knight of the Legion of Honour (won)
- European Film Award for Best Actor 2006: European Film Award for Best Actor (nominated), for *Not Here to Be Loved*
- Prize for the best actor of the Union of criticism 1982: Prize for the best actor of the Union of criticism (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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