Jacques Godin (; 14 September 1930 – 26 October 2020) was a
Canadian
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film, television and stage
actor
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. He was born in
Montreal
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, Quebec.
Career
He won the
Canadian Film Award
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for
Best Actor at the
25th Canadian Film Awards 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, to honour Canada, Canadian films released in late 1991 and 1992. They were dominated by David Cronenberg's ''Naked Lunch (film), Naked Lunch'', Jean-Claude Lauzon's ''Léolo'', and Jean B ...
in 1992 for ''
Being at Home with Claude''. In June 2017, Godin was made a knight in the
Ordre national du Québec.
Godin died on 26 October 2020 of heart failure in
Hôpital de Verdun in
Montreal
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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 : ''
Pas de vacances pour les idoles'' : Gangster
* 1966 : ''
Treasure Island
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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 (La Lunule)'': Superintendent
* 1973 : ''
O.K. ... Laliberté'' : Paul Laliberté
* 1974 : ''
By the Blood of Others (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 : ''
Mario
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'' : Father
* 1986 : ''
Henri'' : Joseph
* 1986 : ''
Equinox
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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 : ''
Being at Home with Claude'' : Inspector
* 1993 : ''
La charge de l'orignal épormyable'' : Mycroft Mixeudeim
* 1993 : ''
Maria des Eaux-Vives'' (feuilleton TV) : Frédéric
* 1996 : ''
Jasmine
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'' (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 : ''
Lobby'' (TV series)
* 1997 : ''
The Caretaker's Lodge (La Conciergerie)'' : Thomas Colin
* 2000 : ''
Chartrand et Simonne
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'' (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
References
External links
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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
Male actors from Montreal
20th-century Canadian male actors