Alexandre Landry (born December 20, 1985) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his role in the 2013 film '' Gabrielle'', for which he garnered a

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nomination as Best Supporting Actor at the

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, Landry grew up in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, a rural village in the

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region of

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. His father is a

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and a truck driver; his mother runs a daycare centre. In 2009, he moved to

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to obtain his diploma from the National Theater School of Canada. To pay for his studies and apartment in Montreal, he enlisted in the

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, and then transitioned to a

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in the

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. Before his film career, he worked in theatre. He played the title role in ''Les Aventures de Lagardère'', a show performed over a hundred times across Montreal and regionally. He also acted in ''Chambre(s),'' created by Eric Jean at the Quat'Sous Theater, Euripides' ''Medea'' at the Denise-Pelletier Theater, Extreme Theater in

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at the Berkeley Theater. He played the protagonist, Tom, in ''Tom à la ferme'' at the Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui, created by

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directed by Claude Poissant. In his first role in film, he played Martin, a young

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person, in

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's film ''Gabrielle'', in 2013. The film was shown in more than 20 countries and Landry won several awards for his performance. In 2014, in Rodrigue Jean's '' L'Amour au temps de la guerre civile'', he played the role of Alex, a young drug addict who fights to survive in the world of prostitution. He was nominated at the Gala Québec Cinéma for his performance and was part of the Rising Stars program at the

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, where the film premiered. His other film roles have included Vincent in Chloé Robichaud's film '' Boundaries (Pays),'' Jeff in the 2015 film ''

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'', Emile Gaudreault's ''

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(Le Rire).'' He was featured in the television series ''Mensonges'', '' Unité 9','' and ''Letterkenny''.

Filmography

* 2013 : '' Gabrielle'' de

: Martin * 2014 : '' Love in the Time of Civil War (L'Amour au temps de la guerre civile)'' de Rodrigue Jean: Alex * 2015 : '' Boundaries (Pays)'' de Chloé Robichaud : Vincent Pilon * 2015 : '' Death Dive (Le Scaphandrier)'' * 2016 : ''

'' de

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: Jeff * 2017 : ''

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: JF Côté * 2018 : '' The Fall of the American Empire (La Chute de l'empire américain)'' de

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: Pierre-Paul Daoust * 2018 : '' My Boy (Mon Boy)'' : PY * 2019 : '' Barbarians of the Bay (Les Barbares de la Malbaie)'' de Vincent Biron : Vince Bouchard * 2020 : ''

(Le Rire)'' de Martin Laroche : Gabriel

Television

* 2010-2012 : ''Destinées'' : Olivier Côté, (TVA) * 2014 : ''Mon ex à moi'' : Dr Jonathan Lefebvre, Avanti (Séries+) * 2014 : '' Unité 9'' : Patrice Gilbert, Aetios (SRC) * 2015 : ''Mon ex à moi'' : Jonathan Lefebvre * 2015 : ''Camping de l'ours'' : Dave, FairPlay (Vrak) * 2016-2018 : ''Blue Moon'' : Francis Duff, Aetios (TVA) * 2016 : '' 30 vies'' : Nicolas Valiquette (SRC) * 2017 : ''Sur-Vie'' : Steve Bastarache * 2017-2018 : ''Cheval Serpent'' : Julien * 2017-2018 : ''

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'' : Jean-Carl * 2018-2021 : ''True North (Les Pays d'en haut)'': Todore Bouchonneau * 2018 : ''Les Bogues de la vie'' : Alex Leblanc * 2019 : ''L'Échappée'' : Vincent Proulx * 2019, 2021–2022 : '' La Faille (The Wall)'' : Alexandre Théberge

Awards

* 2013 : Valois for best actor at the

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for Gabrielle * 2013 : Jean-Claude-Jean Prize for best rising star in cinema at the Dieppe festival in

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* 2013 : Best Actor Award at the

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for ''Gabrielle'' * 2014 : Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film for ''Gabrielle'' * 2014 : Nominated for Best Actor at the 16th Jutra Award for Best Film * 2014 : Nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards for ''Gabrielle'' * 2014 : Toronto International Film Festival, TIFF Rising Star Program * 2016 : Nominated at the Gala du cinéma Québécois 2016 as best actor for ''L'Amour au temps de la guerre civile''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landry, Alexandre 1985 births Canadian male television actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male stage actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Male actors from Quebec French Quebecers People from Trois-Rivières Living people