Jacques Godin (; 14 September 1930 – 26 October 2020) was a

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. He was born in

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Career

He won the

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for Best Actor at the

25th Canadian Film Awards The 25th Canadian Film Awards were announced on October 12, 1973, to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 111-114. Q ...

in 1973 for his role in the film '' O.K. ... Laliberté'', and was a nominee in the same category at the

13th Genie Awards The 13th annual Genie Awards were held on November 22, 1992, and honoured Canada, Canadian films released in late 1991 and 1992. They were dominated by the Canadian/United Kingdom, British/Japanese co-production ''Naked Lunch (film), Naked Lunch''. ...

in 1992 for ''

Being at Home with Claude ''Being at Home with Claude'' is a 1992 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudin and based on the play by René-Daniel Dubois. The film stars Roy Dupuis as Yves, a gay man who has just murdered his lover Claude (Jean-François Pichette), and i ...

''. In June 2017, Godin was made a knight in the Ordre national du Québec. Godin died on 26 October 2020 of heart failure in

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, aged 90.

Filmography

* 1954 : '' 14, rue de Galais'' (TV series) : Ménard, Lionel * 1955 : '' Cap-aux-sorciers'' (TV series) : Un marin * 1956 : '' Le Retour'' * 1957 : '' Radisson'' (TV series) : Pierre Esprit Radisson * 1958 : '' Le Courrier du roy'' (TV series) : Longshot * 1962 : '' Les Enquêtes Jobidon'' (TV series) * 1963 : '' Ti-Jean caribou'' (TV series) * 1964 : '' The Luck of Ginger Coffey'' : Policeman * 1965 : '' Septième nord'' (TV series) : Dr. Albert Quesnel * 1965 : '' Mission of Fear (Astataïon ou Le festin des morts)'' * 1965 : ''

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'' : Gangster * 1966 : ''

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'' (''"Schatzinsel, Die"'') (feuilleton TV) : Israël Hands * 1968 : '' Les Martin'' (TV series) : Eloi Martin * 1970 : '' Mont-Joye'' (TV series) : Eudore Meunier * 1970 : '' Le Gardien'' (TV) * 1971 : '' Des souris et des hommes'' (TV) : Lennie Small * 1972 : '' In the Name of the Son (Et du fils)'' : Noël Boisjoli * 1973 : '' Mademoiselle Julie'' * 1973 : '' La Dernière neige'' * 1973 : ''

The Pyx ''The Pyx'', also known as ''The Hooker Cult Murders'' and ''La Lunule'' (French: ''The Moon''), is a 1973 Canadian horror film directed by Harvey Hart and starring Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, and Jean-Louis Roux. Based on Joh ...

(La Lunule)'': Superintendent * 1973 : '' O.K. ... Laliberté'' : Paul Laliberté * 1974 : '' Par le sang des autres'' : Francis * 1976 : '' The Man Inside'' (TV) : Cross * 1977 : '' One Man'' : Jaworski * 1979 : '' Us Two (À nous deux)'' : Le commandant Strauss * 1980 : '' Belle et Sébastien'' (TV series) : voix de Jonathan * 1980 : '' Aéroport: Jeux du hasard'' (TV) : David * 1981 : '' Yesterday'' : Mr. Daneault * 1981 : '' The Amateur'': Argus * 1982 : '' Beyond Forty (La Quarantaine)'' : Tarzan * 1984 : '' Un amour de quartier'' (TV series) : Lucien Larivière * 1984 : ''

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'' : Father * 1986 : '' Henri'' : Joseph * 1986 : ''

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(Équinoxe)'' * 1986 : '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' : Théo * 1988 : '' Gaspard and Son (Gaspard et fil$)'' * 1989 : '' Salut Victor'' : Victor Laprade * 1990 : '' Frontière du crime'' (''Double Identity'') (TV) : Wayne * 1991 : '' Alisée'' : Georges-Étienne * 1992 : '' Montréal P.Q.'' (TV series) : Victor Téoli * 1992 : ''

'' : Inspector * 1993 : '' La charge de l'orignal épormyable'' : Mycroft Mixeudeim * 1993 : '' Maria des Eaux-Vives'' (feuilleton TV) : Frédéric * 1996 : '' Jasmine'' (TV series) : Damien Rocheleau * 1996 : '' Innocence'' (feuilleton TV) * 1996 : '' Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge)'' : The Father * 1997 : '' Sous le signe du lion'' (TV series) : Jérémie Martin * 1997 : ''

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'' (TV series) * 1997 : '' The Haven (La Conciergerie)'' : Thomas Colin * 2000 : '' Chartrand et Simonne'' (TV series) : Père Abbé * 2000 : '' Monsieur, monsieur'' : Monsieur #1 * 2001 : '' Si la tendance se maintient'' (TV series) : Robert Sirois * 2003 : '' Grande Ourse'' (TV series) : Dr. Mondoux * 2003 : '' Red Nose (Nez rouge)'' : Juge Godbout * 2004 : '' The Last Casino'' (TV) : Saunders * 2005 : ' (TV) : General Léveillée * 2009 : '' The Legacy (La Donation)'' : Dr Yves Rainville * 2009 : '' Une belle mort'' : Le père (post-production) * 2010 : '' The Last Escape (La dernière fugue)'' : La Père * 2010 : '' Day Before Yesterday'' : The Senior Detective * 2014-2015 : ''Mémoires vives'' (TV series) : Ŕeal Pinard

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Godin, Jacques 1930 births 2020 deaths Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Place of birth missing Best Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Knights of the National Order of Quebec French Quebecers Male actors from Montreal 20th-century Canadian male actors