Patrick Timsit

Patrick Timsit
Born	(1959-07-15) 15 July 1959 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 4 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)
• La Belle Verte (1996)
• Marquise (1997)
• Paparazzi (1998)
• Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999 - directed)
• Sur la piste du Marsupilami (2012)
• Gangsterdam (2017)
• Dalida (2017)
• Marie-Francine (2017)

External links

• Patrick Timsit at IMDb