Canadian
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actor
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. He is best known for his performances in the films '' Cruising Bar'', '' Life After Love (La vie après l'amour)'' and '' C.R.A.Z.Y.'', the theatrical show ''Broue'' and the television series ''Omertà''.
Career
Côté taught introductory acting and improvisation at the Option Theatre in Ste. Therese until 1977. He subsequently cofounded a small theatre, Vogagements. In 1979 Côté began performing in the play ''Broue'' at the theatre; the play was intended to have a one-month run, but ended up being staged in many cities across Canada, and Cote continued to perform in all of the more than 2,000 presentations as late as 2008.
Côté played the lead role in the film ''Cruising Bar'', and was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in 1990. He also played the lead role in the film ''C.R.A.Z.Y.'', and won a Genie in the same category for this film in 2005. In 2008, he revived his ''Cruising Bar'' characters in the sequel film ''
Cruising Bar 2
''Cruising Bar 2'' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Robert Ménard and Michel Côté, and released in 2008. A sequel to the 1989 film '' Cruising Bar'', the film stars Côté as the same four separate characters he played in the original f ...
11th Jutra Awards
The 11th Jutra Awards
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.De père en flic'', which took in $10.5 million at the box office in Quebec. In 2010, he appeared as pilot Robert Piché in the film '' Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché, entre ciel et terre)'', and in 2011 he starred as Roger Gendron in '' A Sense of Humour (Le sens de l'humour)''.
He founded Broue with Marc Messier and Marcel Gauthier in 1979.
He was appointed to the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the cen ...