
Acting
Jun 19, 1951
Paris, France
Patrick Raynal
Acting
Biography
Patrick Raynal is a French actor known for his work in film, television, and theatre. Active from the 1970s onward, he has appeared in numerous TV dramas, historical productions, and popular series, often portraying strong supporting roles or authoritative figures. His screen career includes collaborations with major French directors and participation in several period films and telefilms. Raynal’s steady presence across decades has made him a familiar face in French television fiction.
Feature Films (39)

Lucas, 11 years old, disappears one morning from the family home. His departure plunges Marion and Alexis, his recently separated parents, into unbearable anxiety. Their child is absolutely not equipped to face the outside world alone; Lucas is autistic and particularly vulnerable. For Marion and Alexis, it's a race against time to find their son, forcing them to delve into their past.
Pour te retrouver

Captain Marie Jourdan invites her friend Commandant Paul Danceny to celebrate her 30th anniversary at the restaurant her husband Pierre just opened. The party is brutally interrupted when agents come to arrest their son Marc for murder.
Le Prix de la trahison

A night of drinking in a local cafe quickly turns to tragedy for two of its patrons.
Guys in the Cafe

Based on a popular novel with the English title Devil in the Flesh by Alexandre Jardin, this little drama tells the story of Virgile (Thomas Langmann), a sixteen-year old boy who has grown tired of being a virgin, and decides to seduce Carla (Kristin Scott-Thomas), an older woman. Rather to his surprise, despite his callowness, she proves to be quite willing.
Headstrong

Cyril is doing his Taï-Chi in a corner of the Domaine du Manoir. A golf club slams into the back of his neck, killing him with a deadly blow. The investigation is entrusted to Maud Arthuis, who is more than 8 months pregnant but widowed.
The Mysteries of the Duchess

Lili is twenty years old, has an English mother, a magician father, a voice from elsewhere and a gift that only children know: the power of her own desire. It all starts with a summer night: that summer, Lili and Bruno will find love.
La Fille du magicien

Louis is a family man, with a wife and young daughter, who discovers in mid-life that he is gay.
Once More

During the Nazi regime in France in World War II, Pastor Fontaine and the town of Chambon undertake a mission to protect and shelter the children of many of the Jews sent to concentration camps.
Le Chambon

Rémi Gaillard is the real character of the World network, troll, provocateur, one of the biggest-selling comic actor in Europe. One and a half milliards of viewing and millions of fans. A day came, and he decided to steady down: got married, settled down on work on a parking place, promised a pregnant wife, that also «goes away to the decree» and gives up the pranks. But how to deafen talent and disorderly conduct of fantasy?. Fans can not assume his care. Gaillard returns.
WTF

A young terrorist is trapped by Gavras, a hunter of the Special Intervention Unit who is tracking him. Then starts a long walk through the forest, each one trying to dominate the other.
Manhunt
Television & Series (17)

A game show set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard in France. The contestants have to complete in physical and endurance challenges to win prize money.
Fort Boyard

Thanks to science, after five years of coma, Florian has his mind transferred into another's body. Now he has to hide his identity, living as an officer with BATI, the anti-transfers unit.
Transfers

Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.











