Patrick Bruel

Patrick Maurice Benguigui born 14 May 1959 better known by his stage name Patrick Bruel is a French singersongwriter actor and professional poker player Patrick is the son of Pierre Benguigui and Augusta Kammoun daughter of Elie and Céline ben Sidoun In his youth Bruel aspired to be a football player but decided instead to pursue singing after seeing Michel Sardou in 1975 His first success came as an actor in 1979s Le Coup de sirocco He continued acting in films on television and in the theater while pursuing his singing career His first single Vide Empty released in 1982 was not a success but the followup Marre de cette nanalà Fed up with that chick was a hit In 2003 just before his partner the writer and playwright Amanda Sthers gave birth to his first child Oscar on 19 August he changed his name to BruelBenguigui combining his stage name with his birth name On 21 September 2004 he wed the then 26yearold Sthers it was his first marriage His second child Léon was born on 28 September 2005 The couple separated in 2007 As of 2004 Bruel has acted in more than forty television and film productions and has made five studio albums and several live albums In 2002 Bruel released Entre Deux a double CD of classic chanson that features duets with Charles Aznavour JeanLouis Aubert JeanJacques Goldman Alain Souchon and Renaud among others It sold two million copies and made Bruel Frances best paid singer of the year At the beginning of 2005 in response to the South Asian tsunami of 26 December 2004 Bruel wrote the song Et puis la terre with MarieFlorence Gros with whom he had begun a longterm collaboration in 1998 to benefit the Red Cross His latest album Des souvenirs devant was his fourth charttopper in France Bruel is a worldclass professional poker player He won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 1998 for the 5000 Limit Holdem event As of 2009 he has earned more than 900000 in tournament play of which his ten cash winnings at the WSOP account for 411659 He also comments on the World Poker Tour in France In April 2020 he announced that he had tested positive for COVID19 Bruel has been a member of the Les Enfoirés charity ensemble since 1993 Source Article Patrick Bruel from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30