Patrick Timsit
# Patrick Timsit

Patrick Timsit (French pronunciation: ​) 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
