Patrick Bauchau
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Born | Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau December 6, 1938 Brussels, Belgium |
Spouse(s) | Mijanou Bardot |
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born December 6, 1938) is a Belgian actor.
Bauchau was born in Brussels, the son of Mary (née Kozyrev), a Russian-born school administrator and publisher, and Henry Bauchau, a school administrator, publisher, writer, and psychoanalyst who served as an officer in the Belgian Underground during WWII.[1][2] He was raised in Belgium, Switzerland and England. He attended Oxford University on an academic scholarship and speaks German, French, English, Spanish, and Italian. Bauchau began his career in French New Wave cinema, including acting in two films by Éric Rohmer, La Carrière de Suzanne (1963) and La Collectionneuse (1967). He also participated in the New German Cinema in films like Wim Wenders' Der Stand der Dinge (1982).
Today Bauchau is better known for his roles in American television. Bauchau has starred in many different TV shows and movies, including A View to a Kill, The Pretender, Kindred: The Embraced, The Rapture, Panic Room, Boy Culture, and Carnivàle. He appeared in 2004 in the Ray Charles biopic Ray as Dr. Hacker. In 2005, he appeared as a guest star on ABC's show, Alias, as well as on the Fox shows House and 24. Just like Jodie Foster, he performs himself the French dubbing of his characters.