Patrick Timsit

Patrick Timsit 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.

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) 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
 * Atlantis: The Lost Empire (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