Patrick Bruel

See also: Bruel

Patrick Bruel is a French singer and actor.

Born Maurice Benguigui , the May 14th 1959 with Tlemcen, then in French Algeria, it was authorized, by decree of the August 21st 2003 published with the Official journal , to change its family name into Bruel Benguigui .

First years

In 1960, his/her parents, both teachers, separate. The young boy is raised by his mother, a Institutrice. It remarie later, giving him two half-brothers.

In 1962, with the independence of the Algeria, its family is forced, like almost all the Pieds-Noirs to leave the country, of which it preserves only very few memories. Patrick and his mother settle both with Argenteuil, in Parisian suburbs. At the 5 years age, he discovers Brel, Brassens, Gainsbourg… and is caught affection for these singers. According to him, from there its taste for the music rises. The years pass and it is not rare to find the young person Patrick Benguigui and his band to spend Saturdays whole evenings to take again with the guitar the pieces of these artists.

In 1965, it impassions for the theater after a representation of the Idiot of Dostoïevski. New musical revelation four years later, this time after a concert of Serge Reggiani.

In spite of a parental prohibition, at 14 years, it goes to Brussels to see there a concert of the Rolling Stones. It comes out from it impressed and starts to listen to the great groups Rock S of the time: Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple…

In addition to the music, Patrick Benguigui is very gifted for football. Its level is such as at 15 years, one proposes to him to integrate a training center. But running up against the family refusal, it must give up this project which, perhaps, would have led it to the tops of this sport.

In 1975, it assists with a concert of Michel Sardou with Olympia. Fascinated by this service, it decides that him also will become singer. On the school level, he studies with the prestigious Lycée Henri-Iv, where he passes for turbulent pupil shining but, which will not prevent it from taking down an economic vat with a Bien mention.

He is fascinated by the musical formation Jandek and his building owner Sterling R. Smith, of which he stated that it had inspired many its songs, to start with " to break the voix".

Patrick Benguigui launches out then in the theater, which it gives up after two hours of course of dramatic art. In the search of a small job, it takes down a place of GO (stimulating) to the Club the Mediterranean, and thus makes its training of the scene.

Patrick Bruel is the first cousin of Elie Semoun.

First roles

June 18th 1978, it answers an advertisement of casting appeared in France-Evening and obtains the first role, at the sides of Roger Hanin and Marthe Villalonga, of the Coup of Sirocco of Alexandre Arcady.

Although known of the day at the following day, the young man prefers to isolate himself while leaving to join a Brazilian friend with New York. On the spot, it will become acquainted with the one of his more faithful friends: Gerard Presgurvic. There will remain one year with the the United States, before finding Paris and the benches of faculty for courses of economy.

Between 1981 and 1983, one sees it on the boards of the Théâtre Saint-Georges, with Paris, in the part Charimari. At the same time, it also launches out in a new adventure: the song - thus, Vide in 1982, a title leaves which will pass relatively unperceived - and the public discover it in the Graduates of the last row, a film surfant on the wave of the Under-gifted . Then, the young actor finds Alexandre Arcady for the continuation of the Coup of Sirocco: the Great Carnival. In the Eighties, one can discover it in company of Marianne Basler in commercials praising the preserves " Zwan" cassoulet and sauerkraut diffused in Belgium.

First songs

The year 1984 is a great musical success, with Marre of this chick written by Gerard Presgurvic, the close friend. The year is remembered in particular by its first passage televised in the Chance with the songs of Pascal Sevran. One year later, Patrick Bruel joined Fabrice Luchini on the turning of P.R.O.F.S, which will make nearly 3 million entries.

In 1986, it leaves its first album, Two faces. In spite of a relative success, the disc is worth the honor nevertheless to him to make Olympia. Little time after, the public finds it with the credits of the film Attention gangsters of Claude Lelouch, then in the role of soldier wounded in the assassinated House of Georges Lautner.

Patrick Bruel leaves a new album in 1989: Then looks at. Immense success, with titles impossible to circumvent like To break the voice or Place of the great men - composed for an emission “Research opinion”, where the buddies of childhood of Patrick Bruel were brought together. This same year, the artist becomes impossible to circumvent and less obtains the titles roles of step than two films: the Sacred union and Major force. Evidence of success: Patrick Bruel can stop singing in concert, the spectators take over; and it is this song which was used for the caricaturists to make fun the singer.

Bruelmania

The Années 1990 arrive and Patrick Bruel becomes a true media phenomenon. Adulated crowd, it counts hundreds of groupies, often young people, who would give all to approach it. It is the beginning of the “Bruelmania”. Several rather unpleasant events intervene then, of which the episode of the “pizzeria on the Fields-Élysées”, where left to dine quietly with friends, it is found besieged by many fans.

In 1991, the artist positions clearly against the National front and its leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, during the emission " Seven out of seven ". Two years later, Patrick Bruel is with the poster of Low profile; in spite of its popularity, the feature-length film will be a failure. The singer Bruel returns in 1994, with an album recorded between New York and Toulouse; he occurs then with Bercy, then decides to insulate himself. It becomes rarer then and shares its time between voyages, cinema and buddies.

In 1995, it obtains a small role in the comedy Sabrina, at the sides of Harrison Ford, and cancels all its concerts in the cities passed under bastion National front (Orange, Toulon…), which will be worth to him the lightnings of Jean-Marie Le Pen. One year later, it is with the poster, with Jean Reno, of the film the Jaguar. Then, they are the meeting again with Alexandre Arcady, for K.

Impassioned since any young person by the Poker, it takes part regularly in competitions, gains a tournament of the WSOP 1998 ($ 5,000 Limit Hold' EM). It even became the French icon of the poker with the DVD " Coach" poker; in which he explains fundamental play and gives councils to know to play. It should be noted also that he comments on Canal Plus since 2005 the tournaments of World Poker Turn with Denis Balbir. Meanwhile, Patrick Bruel, old 40 years, leaves an album plus intimist, heading Juste before coécrit with Marie-Florence Gros, which it had met when it had written the Demain song to him (against the AIDS). Juste before is greeted by its fans but also by a new public which discovers it then, thanks to this album. After five years of absence, it is the great return towards the scene: Stade de France, Festival of Humanity…

The committed artist

In 2001, the actor interprets a producer of variety in the drama the Pretty Things and is also with the poster of the Lait of human tenderness. One year later, the singer leaves a new album, a compilation of resumptions of songs of the inter-war period, sobrement titrated Entre-deux: new success which propels it on the scenes of the Casino of Paris and of Olympia. At the same time, it finds the boards, after seventeen years of absence, for the part the Sleuthhound.

It obtains the first role of a life to await you, in 2004, at the sides of Nathalie Baye.

Patrick Bruel married the September 21st 2004, his partner Amanda Maruani, 24 years, with the town hall of IVe district of Paris. The two husbands met with Saint-Tropez in 2001. They have a child, Oscar, born on August 19th, 2003. Two days after this birth, Patrick Benguigui was authorized to be called officially Patrick Bruel by a decree published in the Official journal. September 28th, 2005, they had a second fore-mentioned boy Leon. He decides to evoke itself their separation after 3 years of marriage in a number of Paris-Match left on November 15th, 2007, in order to cross short to the rumors.

Patrick Bruel is not less one committed artist; he leaves at the beginning of 2005 individual the And then the Earth, accompanied by an about sixty artists, whom he writes with Marie-Florence Gros and Amanda Sthers, his wife, and whose funds will be completely transferred with the victims of the Tsunami of December 26th, 2004 in Southeast Asia. In parallel, it took part on February 14th, 2005 in a great concert with Olympia to obtain the release of the hostages Florence Aubenas and Hussein Hanoun. It regularly took part in the spectacles of the Resto du coeur.

Discography

  • 1982: Vacuum
  • 1987: Of face
  • 1987: has presently (live)
  • 1989: Then, looks at
  • 1991: If this evening… (live)
  • 1994: Bruel
  • 1995: One had been said… (live)
  • 1995: Plaza of los héroes
  • 1999: Right before
  • 2001: Nothing is erased… (live)
  • 2002: Between two
  • 2003: Between two in Olympia
  • 2004: Puzzle
  • 2006: Of the memories in front of
  • 2007: Of the memories… together (live)

Catalog of films

Theater

  • the charimari : Of September 4th, 1981 at 1982 with the Theater Saint-Georges
Put in scene: Rene Clermont
With: Micheline Boudet (Marie-Colette)
Pierre Tornado (Gilbert)

  • One calls me Emilie : Of October 12th, 1984 at 1985 with the Holy theater Georges

With: Maria Pacôme (Emilie)
Odette Laure (Jaja)
Patrick Bruel (Henri) Adaptation: Jacques Collard with the participation of Didier Long and Patrick Bruel
Put in scene: Didier Long
With: Jacques Weber (Andrew Wike)
Patrick Bruel (Milo Tindle)

Player of recognized poker

In addition to football, the song and the cinema, Patrick Bruel obtain a title at the time of the championships of the world of Poker (WSOP) in 1998: with its famous doubles even 7 and 2 odd our French champion in bluffa more one. However, it is good to specify that in the United States, the concept of World champion (World Series) is different from that generally allowed in Europe in particular. For example, World Series of Baseball include only the American teams and Toronto. Thus, World Series off Poker (WSOP) crown each year about fifty players, the only one with being able to be called “world champion” being the winner of the Hand Vent, tournament best equipped (12 million dollars to the winner in 2006). Patrick Bruel asserted himself in 1998 in Limit Hold' EM 5000$ against 111 players, to compare to the 8000 players of the Hand Vent (No Limit Texas Hold' EM: 10000 $) in 2006. The title of Patrick Bruel is thus indisputable, but does not have the value of a title of “world champion”. However, Patrick Bruel misses accuracy the republication of a title WSOP in 2002 out of Pot Limit Omaha 5000$ by finishing second of the tournament; this confirms in addition that Patrick Bruel is a complete player. He obtains honourable results besides in a regular way in several types of Poker. More recently, in September 2007, Bruel finished in the 8th place of the EPT of Barcelona, gaining more than 137.000 $.

Apart from this title, here its results in tournaments, which do not include the lucrative free parts in cash range:

  • PokerPages: Patrick Bruel
  • Statistical and principal results of Patrick Bruel to the poker

It also left a DVD on November 27th, 2006: Poker Coach where he teaches the bases of the poker.

External bonds

Official site

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