His family left the country when the country became independent, and lives with his mother, divorced two years earlier, in Argenteuil. He is passionate about Brassens, Brel and Gainsbourg, having fun playing them on the guitar. At 14, he escaped to Brussels to see a Rolling Stones concert and discovered rock. Two years later, he discovers the theater but abandons. after two hours drama classes, preferring to learn the scene as G.O. at Club Med.
Patrick Bruel joined the association SOS Racisme in the 1980s, but resigned in 1991, judging the pacifist position of the organization "both naïve and dangerous." In 1992, he participated in a public awareness campaign to the famine hitting Somalia named "The Children of France for Somalia".
Married to Amanda Sthers between 2004 and 2007, they have two sons, Oscar (2003) and Léon (2005).
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