Pierre Palmade

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:BLP sources Template:Expand French Template:Infobox person Pierre Palmade (born 23 March 1968) is a French actor, comedian, stage director and playwright.

Biography

Pierre Palmade began his career in sketch comedy shows on stage and on television in the late 1980s,<ref name="LeFigaro">Template:Cite news</ref> and in the 1990s he wrote and played his own stand-up acts.<ref name="Linternaute">Template:Cite news</ref> His signature humor was to portray unpleasant or irritating characters in his sketches.Template:Citation needed 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="LeFigaro" /> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The prime-time television show was followed by three sequels, as of 2022.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2018, Palmade wrote the play Paprika, played on stage at Théâtre de la Madeleine by Victoria Abril and Jean-Baptiste Maunier.<ref name="Paprika">Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Palmade was married to singer Véronique Sanson from 1995 to 2004.<ref>www.gala.fr > article "Pierre Palmade homosexuel et marié à Véronique Sanson : ce mot qu’il ne voulait pas prononcer" (February 2023)</ref> In October 2008, Palmade came out as gay,<ref>Têtu, October 2008, issue 137, page 22</ref> his homosexuality was one of the topics of his 2010 autobiographical show J'ai jamais été aussi vieux.<ref name="LeFigaro" />

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".<ref name="RTLinfo">Template:Cite news</ref>

False rape accusation and drug charges

On 12 April 2019, early in the morning, Palmade reportedly called the police, telling them that a nineteen-year-old man, who was in Palmade's home in Paris, was damaging his property. When the police arrived, the young man told he was acting in self-defense, and in turn accused Palmade of raping him.<ref name="ParisienFaussement">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="FranceBleuFaussement">Template:Cite news</ref> Both men were put in custody.<ref name="RTLMenti">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="TF1Poursuivi">Template:Cite news</ref>

Later that day, Palmade's accuser admitted to making a false accusation of rape and Palmade was released from custody.<ref name="RTLMenti" /><ref name="TF1Poursuivi" /> However, the investigation into the incident led to Palmade being indicted for drug-related charges, to which he immediately pleaded guilty.<ref name="TF1Poursuivi" /><ref name="LePointStupefiants">Template:Cite news</ref> In June, Palmade (who was previously convicted of cocaine use in 1995)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="lemonde2023">Template:Cite news</ref> was sentenced to a Template:Currency fine for his drug charges.<ref name="LePointStupefiants" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His accuser was himself charged with drug use and criminal damage, and in October he was issued a three-month suspended sentence and a Template:Currency fine.<ref name="ParisienFaussement" /><ref name="FranceBleuFaussement" />

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 driving one of the vehicles, while the man who was driving the other vehicle was with his six-year-old son and his pregnant sister-in-law; all were seriously injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LeMondeControle">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LePointControle">Template:Cite news</ref> Palmade was sent in critical condition to Bicêtre Hospital, but recovered the next day.<ref name="lemonde2023" /> Due to trauma of the accident, the female victim, who was more than six months pregnant, was taken to the hospital, where she had an emergency caesarean section<ref name="ladepeche2023">Template:Cite news</ref> which eventually resulted in the death of her baby.<ref name="TF1Foetus">Template:Cite news</ref>

While Palmade was hospitalized, investigation found that he was driving under the influence of cocaine at the time of the accident.<ref name="LePointControle" /><ref name="FigaroProvisoire">Template:Cite news</ref> The investigation also found that two other passengers were in Palmade's car during the accident, and were wanted by the police for questioning.<ref name="FigaroProvisoire" />

On 15 February, police took Palmade into custody where he confessed to using drugs before the accident.<ref name="FigaroProvisoire" /> On 17 February, it was reported that Palmade was indicted for severe bodily injury and involuntary manslaughter,Template:Efn and that he would be put under electronic tagging while being confined at a residential treatment center.<ref name="cnews2023-02-12">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LeMondeHopital">Template:Cite news</ref> On the same day, the two men who were in Palmade's car during the accident were put into custody and questioned by the police. They recounted that after the accident, they got out of Palmade's car and had walked away from the scene.<ref name="FigaroProvisoire" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On the same day, a man contacted police and told them that Palmade was in possession of child pornography,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which led to an investigation.<ref name="LiberationFichier">Template:Cite news</ref> Three days later, another man contacted police and the media, claiming he had proof that Palmade possessed child pornography.<ref name="LiberationFichier" /> A raid made at Palmade's home in Paris, and his house in Seine-et-Marne, found no illegal material.<ref name="LiberationFichier" />

On 25 February, it was reported that Palmade suffered a stroke and was transferred to Bicêtre Hospital.<ref name="FigaroProvisoire" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Two days later, Palmade was due to be put on remand while recovering from his stroke.<ref name="LeMondeHopital" /> On the same day, it was reported that the female victim's life was no longer in danger, but her brother-in-law and his son remained in critical condition.<ref name="LeMondeHopital" /> On 14 March, the Court of Appeal of Paris declared that Palmade was no longer on remand, but would be kept under judicial supervision, and forbidden from leaving hospital.<ref name="LeMondeControle" /><ref name="LePointControle" />

Because of Palmade's notoriety, the circumstances of the accident and subsequent revelations and speculation over his lifestyle, the accident received significant media coverage in France during February 2023.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 20 November 2024, Palmade was sentenced to 5 years in prison, including 2 years without remission. <ref> Template:Cite news </ref>

On 16 April 2025 , he was released from prison to execute his sentence with an electronic tagging. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Stage plays

Filmography

Film

Television

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