Pierre Palmade

Pierre Palmade (born 23 March 1968) is a French actor, comedian, stage director and playwright.

Pierre Palmade
Palmade at the 2014 Molière Awards
Born (1968-03-23) 23 March 1968
Bordeaux, France
Occupation(s)Humorist, comedian, actor
Spouse
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(m. 1995; div. 2004)​

Biography

Pierre Palmade began his career in sketch comedy shows on stage and on television in the late 1980s,[1] and in the 1990s he wrote and played his own stand-up acts.[2] His signature humor was to portray unpleasant or irritating characters in his sketches. Palmade also wrote several plays with Muriel Robin, with whom they were notable in the 1990s for their play Ils s'aiment and its sequel Ils se sont aimés, both directed by Muriel Robin and played on stage by Palmade and Michèle Laroque. For his theater work, Palmade has been nominated several times for the Molière Awards.[3]

In the late 1990s and 2000s, Palmade played in several films and TV series. In 2005, he participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue. He also worked as a writer for the films Pédale douce and Pédale dure. In 2007, he was the host of sketch comedy television show Made in Palmade; the following year, he wrote the play Le comique, which he played on stage with fellow actors from Made in Palmade[4] and was followed by a sequel, Le Fils du Comique with Anne-Élisabeth Blateau at Théâtre Saint-Georges in Paris. In 2008, Palmade starred in the biographical film Sagan, a dramatization of the life of novelist Françoise Sagan directed by Diane Kurys, in which Palmade plays the role of dancer and socialite Jacques Chazot.

In 2010, after a ten-year hiatus from on-stage solo performances, Palmade came back with a new show J'ai jamais été aussi vieux.[1] That same year, Palmade wrote the sketch comedy Le Grand Restaurant, featuring various celebrities such as Palmade, Anne-Élisabeth Blateau, Gérard Depardieu, François Berléand and Jean Rochefort.[5] The prime-time television show was followed by three sequels, as of 2022.[6] In 2018, Palmade wrote the play Paprika, played on stage at Théâtre de la Madeleine by Victoria Abril and Jean-Baptiste Maunier.[7]

Personal life

Palmade was married to singer Véronique Sanson from 1995 to 2004.[8] In October 2008, Palmade came out as a homosexual,[9] his homosexuality was one of the topics of his 2010 autobiographical play J'ai jamais été aussi vieux.[1]

In an interview in 2019, after being arrested for drug use, he publicly admitted he suffered from drug addiction, declaring: "Cocaine has ruined my life since I was 20".[10]

Palmade was convicted of cocaine use in 1995.[2][11] He was arrested again for cocaine use in 2019, for which he pleaded guilty.[10]

On 10 February 2023, Palmade was involved in a car accident, colliding head-on with another vehicle travelling on the other lane near Villiers-en-Bière in the south of Seine-et-Marne. Palmade was sent to the hospital in critical condition at the Kremlin-Bicêtre's hospital but recovered the next day, and his life was no longer in danger. The other car was carrying a pregnant woman, her brother-in-law, the driver of the vehicle, and his six-year-old child.[11][12] Due to trauma of the accident, the 27-year-old woman was taken to the hospital, where she had an emergency caesarean section.[13] Her seven-months old baby died.[14]

The day after the accident, the lives of the vehicle's three occupants were "still in danger". Two passengers in Palmade's car had fled after the collision. An investigation into possible manslaughter began following a toxicology report; it was found that Palmade was driving under the influence of cocaine.[11][12] On 12 February, the woman's life was no longer in danger, but the man and his child remained in critical condition.[12] On 14 February 2023, the victims' lawyer announced that the 27-year-old woman's baby "is said to have been born alive, but this has to be confirmed by the experts". The advocate also stated that the 38-year-old driver of the vehicle and his six-year-old son were still in the intensive care unit; the child has a "fractured jaw" and is "disfigured".[13]

Stage plays
  • Ils s'aiment (1996, co-written with Muriel Robin)[15][16]
  • Ils se sont aimés (2001, co-written with Muriel Robin)[16]
  • Le Comique (2008)[17]
  • J'ai jamais été aussi vieux (2010)
  • Le fils du comique (2013)[18]
  • Ils se re-aiment (2016)[16]
  • Paprika (2018)[7]
  • Assume, bordel ! (2020)[19]

Filmography

References
  1. Simon, Nathalie (7 October 2010). "Pierre Palmade, comique vintage". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. "Pierre Palmade : le théâtre, la drogue, l'homosexualité... Biographie du comédien". L'Internaute (in French). 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. "Historique des nominations aux Molières 1987 - 2022" (PDF). www.lesmolieres.com (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. "Toulouse. Pierre Palmade : «Le goût des autres»". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 15 March 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. "Festin de stars pour « le Grand Restaurant »". Le Parisien (in French). 20 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. Vergereau, Pascale (15 December 2022). "Avec Pierre Palmade et son quatrième « Grand restaurant » un bon moment à table ce soir sur M6". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  7. ""Paprika" : Victoria Abril de retour dans une comédie piquante avec Jean-Baptiste Maunier". RTL (in French). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  8. www.gala.fr > article "Pierre Palmade homosexuel et marié à Véronique Sanson : ce mot qu’il ne voulait pas prononcer" (February 2023)
  9. Têtu, October 2008, issue 137, page 22
  10. "Pierre Palmade revient sur son arrestation et son addiction à la drogue" [Pierre Palmade talks about his arrest and his addiction to drugs]. RTL (in French). 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  11. "Accident de Pierre Palmade : ce que l'on sait des circonstances et de l'enquête en cours" [Pierre Palmade accident: what we know about the circumstances and the ongoing investigation]. Le Monde (in French). AFP. 12 February 2023. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  12. "Accident de Pierre Palmade : que risque le comédien poursuivi pour homicide involontaire?" [Pierre Palmade's accident: what does the comedian face for manslaughter?]. CNews (in French). 12 February 2023. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  13. "Accident de Pierre Palmade: ..." [Pierre Palmade accident: 'disfigured' child, baby 'born alive' before dying... What the victims' advocate said]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 14 February 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  14. "Accident". TF1 (in French). AFP. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  15. "Comment passer sans coup férir du coq à l'âne". L'Humanité (in French). 9 December 1996. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  16. ""Ils s'aiment depuis 20 ans" : Palmade, Laroque et Robin terminent leur tournée". France Télévisions (in French). 17 December 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  17. "Pierre Palmade : « Je suis indemne »". Le Parisien (in French). 11 October 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  18. ""Le fils du comique", un rêve de paternité compliqué pour Pierre Palmade". France Télévisions (in French). 24 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  19. "Pierre Palmade remonte sur scène avec sa nouvelle comédie «Assume bordel!»". France Télévisions (in French). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2023.


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