Patrick Dewaere
Also known as Patrick Jean-Marie Henri Bourdeaux, Patrick Maurin, Patrick de Waëre
French actor (1947-1982)
Film & TV
Acting · Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, France
Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. An actor from a young age, his career lasted more than 21 years until his suicide in Paris, in 1982. Patrick Dewaere was the third child of an actor's family. His biological father, Michel Têtard, was a lyricist who had an affair with…
Known for
- Feet in the Mayonnaise: The Irreverent Ones of the 70s — Self - actor (archive footage)2022
- Patrick Dewaere, My Hero — Self (archive footage) - actor, subject2022
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)2022
- Morceaux de Cannes2021
- André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema — Self - Actor (archive footage)2019
- A Thousand Billion Dollars — Paul Kerjean1982
- Paradise for All — Alain Durieux1982
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
- Beau Pere — Rémi1981
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Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. An actor from a young age, his career lasted more than 21 years until his suicide in Paris, in 1982.
Dewaere was an icon in France and has been called "the most thrilling French actor of his generation", even though he "blazed across screens for just a few short years" before his suicide.