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.
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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