Pierre Curzi (born February 11, 1946, in

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) is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec. He is a former Member of the

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(MNA) for the riding of Borduas in the

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region south of Montreal. Elected under the

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(PQ) banner, he later sat as an

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Politics

Curzi entered politics when he announced his candidacy for the riding of Borduas in the 2007 provincial elections, following the retirement of Jean-Pierre Charbonneau. He defeated the

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's Claude Gauthier by over 2,000 votes. He was later named the PQ critic for culture, communications and language. Curzi was forced to apologize and retract a statement he made in October 2007 during a radio interview that appeared to suggest that a sovereign Quebec would have "more teeth" and could potentially remove the voting rights of Quebec's English-speaking community living on

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. He faced some criticism in 2008 as one of two MNAs, along with Daniel Turp, who endorsed a controversial petition opposing

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's performance at

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's 400th anniversary celebrations. In September 2010, Curzi expressed on the television interview show ''Les Francs-tireurs'' his theory that there was a shortage of

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players on the

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team the

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and that this was "damned well political" and the result of a

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plot. On June 6, 2011, Curzi and caucus mates Louise Beaudoin and

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resigned from the Parti Québécois to sit as independents over the PQ's acceptance of a bill changing the law to permit an agreement between the City of Québec and

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Inc. concerning the construction of an arena in Quebec City.

Acting and screenplay career

Curzi went to the École nationale de Théâtre in 1969. Prior to his political career, he played in numerous popular Quebec movies, plays, television shows and documentaries including '' We Are Far from the Sun (On est loin du soleil)'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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(Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)'', ''Babylone'', ''

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'', '' Million Dollar Babies'', '' Virginie'', '' Suzanne'', '' Caffè Italia, Montréal'', ''

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'', '' Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi)'', ''

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'', ''

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(Littoral)'', '' Chili's Blues (C'était le 12 du 12, et Chili avait les blues)'', ''Le Négociateur'', '' The New Life of Paul Sneijder (La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder)'' and ''

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''. Overall, he played roles in about 50 productions since 1971 and had been nominated for four

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s for his roles in ''Maria Chapdelaine'' (1983), '' Lucien Brouillard'' (1983) and ''

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(Le Déclin de l'empire américain)'' (1986) and a nomination for best screenplay for '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' in 1986. He was also the president of the Union des artistes for eight years. The UDA is the main union group for cinema, theatre and television actors in Quebec. He is married to

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, an actress with whom he costarred in the films '' Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges)'', '' Lucien Brouillard'', '' Le jour S...'' and '' Intimate Power''

Electoral record

Filmography

* 1964 : '' Trouble-Maker (Trouble fête)'' * 1971 : '' We Are Far from the Sun (On est loin du soleil)'' : Yvon * 1973 : ''

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(Tu brûles... tu brûles...)'' * 1973 : ''The Paths of the World (Les Allées de la terre)'' : Antoine * 1975 : ''

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(L'Amour blessé)'' * 1976 : ''

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(Parlez-nous d'amour)'' * 1980 : '' Fantastica'' : André * 1980 : '' Suzanne'' : Pierre * 1981 : '' The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)'' : Napoléon Plouffe * 1982 : '' Wild Flowers (Les Fleurs sauvages)'' : Pierre Dubuc * 1982 : '' Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges)'' : Bertrand Houle * 1983 : '' Lucien Brouillard'' : Lucien Brouillard * 1983 : ''

'' : Eutrope Gagnon * 1984 : '' Le jour S...'' : Jean-Baptiste Beauregard * 1984 : ''

(Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)'' : Napoléon Plouffe * 1985 : ''Le Million tout-puissant'' * 1986 : '' Evixion'' * 1986 : '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' : Gildor * 1986 : ''

(Le Déclin de l'empire américain)'' : Pierre * 1988 : '' You're Beautiful, Jeanne (T'es belle Jeanne)'' : Paul * 1989 : ''

In the Belly of the Dragon ''In the Belly of the Dragon'' () is a Canadian comedy science fiction film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 1989. The film stars David La Haye as Lou, an aimless slacker who is dissatisfied with his job distributing flyers around the c ...

(Dans le ventre du dragon)'' * 1990 : ''Babylone'' : Luigi * 1993 : ''April One'' : Jean Leduc * 1994 : '' Chili's Blues (C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues)'' : Monsieur CN * 1996 : '' A Cry in the Night (Le Cri de la nuit)'' : Pierre * 1999 : '' Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi)'' : M. Larochelle * 2003 : ''

(Les Invasions barbares)'' : Pierre * 2003 : ''1604'' : De Monts * 2004 : ''La Pension des étranges'' * 2004 : ''

How to Conquer America in One Night ''How to Conquer America in One Night'' () is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Dany Laferrière and released in 2004. The film centres on the relationship between Fanfan (Maka Kotto), a Haitian Canadian man who has resided in Montreal for 20 ye ...

(Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit)'' * 2004 : ''

(Littoral)'' : Policier Turcot * 2005 : ''Idole instantanée'' : Gaétan Lemieux * 2006 : ''Roméo et Juliette'' : Paul Véronneau * 2007 : '' Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres)'' : Pierre * 2013 : ''Manigances : Notice Rouge'' : Georges Paoli * 2016 : '' The New Life of Paul Sneijder (La Nouvelle Vie de Paul Sneijder)'' : Maître Wagner-Leblond * 2015 : ''

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'' : Jérôme * 2018 : ''

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(La Chute de l'empire américain)'' : Maître Wilbrod Taschereau * 2020 : '' Old Buddies (Les Vieux chums)'' * 2021 : '' A Revision (Une révision)'' * 2021 : '' Joutel'' * 2023 : ''

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Television

* 1975 : ''Youhou'' : Michel * 1978 : ''Duplessis'' : Reporter * 1979 : ''Riel'' : Isidore * 1980 : ''Frédéric'' : Biker Leader * 1984 : ''Le Parc des braves'' : Major Paul Bérubé * 1985 : ''Un amour de quartier'' : Speedy Joe * 1986 : ''Des dames de cœur'' : François O'Neil * 1989 : ''Miléna Nova Tremblay'' : François Tremblay * 1989 : ''Super sans plomb'' : J.-P. St-Onge * 1989 : ''Un signe de feu'' : François O'Neil * 1990 : ''Les Filles de Caleb'' : Dosithée Pronovost * 1992 : ''Les Intrépides'' * 1992 : ''Montréal P.Q.'' : Paulus Quintal * 1992 : ''Les Cravates léopards'' : Vermontier * 1993 : ''Shehaweh'' : Sieur de Maisonneuve * 1993 : ''Les Grands Procès'' : Me Robert Calder * 1994 : ''Cœur à prendre'' : Vincent, Bouquet * 1994 : ''Les Jumelles Dionne'' (tv movie) : Alphonse Fortier * 1995 : ''Jalna'' : Greg * 1996 : ''Marguerite Volant'' : Renaud Larochelle * 1997 : ''Le Masque'' : Victor Thibault * 1996 : ''Virginie'' : Gilles Bazinet (1997-2002) * 2004 : ''Smash'' : Bernier Fafard * 2005 : ''Providence'' : Jean-Guy Bélanger * 2005 : ''Le Négociateur'' : Maurice Martel * 2007 : ''Les Invincibles'' : Gene * 2010 : ''La Promesse'' : Daniel (Nurse) * 2014 : ''Nouvelle Adresse'' : Gérard Lapointe * 2014 : ''Mensonges'' : D^r Michel Pelletier (Psychiatrist) * 2015 : ''O : Richard * 2018 : ''Appelle-moi si tu meurs'' : Cesare Ciccarelli

Theatre

* 2006: ''août'' (Jean Marc Dalpé) * 2005: ''La Tempête'' (William Shakespeare) * 2005: ''Coin St-Laurent'' * 2002: ''La Nuit des rois'' (William Shakespeare) * 2001: ''L'Hiver de force'' (Réjean Ducharme) * 2001: ''Le Mouton et la Baleine'' (Ahmed Ghazali) * 1999: ''Trick or treat'' (Jean Marc Dalpé) * 1998: ''Le miroir aux tartuffes'' (Jean-Claude Germain) * 1997: ''Chrysanthème'' (Eugène Lion) * 1995: ''Mère Courage'' (Bertolt Brecht) * 1994: ''La Mouette'' (Anton Tchekhov) * 1993: ''La Reprise (Claude'' Gauvreau) * 1992: ''Six personnages en quête d'auteur'' (Luigi Pirandello) * 1992: ''Conte d'Hiver'' (Anne Legault) * 1991: ''Shakespeare, un monde qu'on peut apprendre par cœur'' (Michel Garneau) * 1989: ''La Nuit du 16 janvier'' (Ayn Rand) * 1988: ''Le Baiser de la Femme Araignée'' (Manuel Puig) * 1988: ''Cendres'' (David Rudkin) * 1986: ''Deux sur la Balançoire'' (W. Gibson) * 1986: ''Avec Lorenzo à mes Côtés'' (Grand Cirque ordinaire inspired from Musset) * 1984: ''En attendant Godot'' (Samuel Beckett) * 1984: ''Mère Courage'' (Bertolt Brecht) * 1984: ''Le Tir à Blanc'' (André Ricard) * 1979: ''Le Théâtre de la Maintenance'' (Jean Barbeau) * 1978: ''L'Abécédaire Conditionnel'' (Michel Garneau) * 1978: ''Les Fiancés de Rose Latulipe (''Grand Cirque ordinaire) * 1977: ''Les Nerfs à l'Air (''Collective) * 1977: ''L'Impromptu chez M. R. Pantalon'' * 1976: ''La Steppette Impossible'' * 1975: ''La Tragédie Américaine de l'Enfant Prodigue (''Collective) * 1975: ''Colette et Pérusse (''Robert Claing) * 1975: ''Une Brosse'' (Jean Barbeau) * 1974: ''Floralie'' (Roch Carrier) * 1974: ''Salut Galarneau'' (Jacques Godbout and D. Chouinard) * 1973: ''Don Quichotte'' (Jean-Pierre Ronfard, adapted from Cervantes) * 1973: ''Galipotte 8'' (Robert Gravel) * 1972: ''Les Oranges sont vertes'' (Claude Gauvreau) * 1972: ''Sparages'' (Marcel Sabourin) * 1971: ''Les Fourberies de Scapin'' (Molière) * 1971: ''Chiniqui (''Collective) * 1970: ''Chmou'' (Pierre Bégin and Pierre Collin) * 1970: ''La Guerre Yes Sir'' (Roch Carrier) * 1969: ''Gens de Noël, Tremblez!'', (Collective) * 1969: ''À Cœur Ouvert'' (Robert Gurick) * 1969: ''P.O.T. T.V.'', (Collective)

Note

The Sections Filmography, Television and Theatre were copied and adapted from the French Wikipedia Page of Pierre Curzi. See that page's history for attribution.

References

External links

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Curzi's Bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Curzi, Pierre 1946 births Living people Canadian actor-politicians Canadian male film actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male screenwriters Canadian screenwriters in French Independent MNAs in Quebec Male actors from Montreal Parti Québécois MNAs Politicians from Montreal Writers from Montreal Canadian people of Italian descent 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec Screenwriters from Quebec