title: Patrick Timsit
text: # 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
  