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My Take
Patrick Bauchau has had one of those gloriously cosmopolitan careers that feels like a secret handshake among film buffs. A Belgian who studied at Oxford and started out in Eric Rohmer's French New Wave, he became the kind of distinguished European face Hollywood loves to import, a Bond villain's man in A View to a Kill, the unsettling father in Panic Room. To a different audience he is simply Sydney from The Pretender or the mysterious Lodz in Carnivale. That elegant, slightly sinister voice could anchor anything. I love performers like this: never the lead, always the texture that makes a scene memorable.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patrick Bauchau
- Name (Japanese)
- パトリック・ボーショー
- Reading
- ぱとりっく・ぼーしょー
- Born
- December 6, 1938 (age 87)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Etterbeek, Belgium
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / film actor / singer
2. Background
- University
- University of Oxford
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | La Collectionneuse | — | |
| Notable work | Phenomena | — | |
| Notable work | A View to a Kill | — | |
| Notable work | Panic Room | — | |
| Notable work | 2012 | — | |
| Notable work | The Pretender | — |
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Patrick Bauchau born?
Born December 6, 1938 (age 87).
Where is Patrick Bauchau from?
Patrick Bauchau is from Etterbeek, Belgium.
What does Patrick Bauchau do?
Patrick Bauchau works as actor, screenwriter, film actor, singer.
What is Patrick Bauchau known for?
Notable works include La Collectionneuse, Phenomena, A View to a Kill.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.