Canadian
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actor
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,
screenwriter
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and
film director
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La Presse
is a French-language online newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1884, it is now owned by an independent nonprofit trust.
' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edi ...
'', March 21, 2017. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''
The Countess of Baton Rouge
''The Countess of Baton Rouge'' () is a romantic comedy film by Canada, Canadian director André Forcier, released in 1997.
Synopsis
The story begins in a contemporary Montreal theatre where a projectionist describes to director Rex Albert (Robi ...
(La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)'', for which he received a
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...
18th Genie Awards
The 18th Genie Awards were held on 14 December 1997 to honour Canadian films released that year. to honour the best Canadian films of 1997. The ceremony's hosts were film critics Geoff Pevere and Cameron Bailey.
For this year, CBC Television dec ...
in 1997, and his 2017 film '' Ravenous (Les Affamés)'', which won the
Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film The Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film is an annual juried film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to a film judged to be the best Canadian feature film.
As with TIFF's other juried awards, the ...
at the
2017 Toronto International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 7 to 17, 2017. There were fourteen programs, with the Vanguard and City to City programs both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down by ...
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
. He is a founding member of the sketch comedy troupe Les Chick'n Swell in 1990, he began acting in stage roles including productions of Jean-Marc Dalpé's ''Eddy'' and Daniel Danis's ''Le Pont de pierres et la peau d'images''. Around the same time, he appeared in the television series ''4 et demi'' and '' Radio Enfer'' and the films '' The Escort (L'Escorte)'' and ''The Countess of Baton Rouge''. His subsequent acting roles included the films '' Maelström'', ''
The Negro
''The Negro'' is a book by W. E. B. Du Bois published in 1915 and released in electronic form by Project Gutenberg in 2011. It is an overview of African-American history, tracing it as far back as the sub-Saharan cultures, including Great Zimba ...
Miraculum
''Miraculum'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Daniel Grou and released on February 28, 2014.
Synopsis
The film follows the development of different stories at the same time. Simon (played by Gabriel Sabourin) finally returns to his hom ...
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
'', ''
My Internship in Canada
''My Internship in Canada'' (, lit. "Guibord Goes to War") is a Canadian political satire film written and directed by Philippe Falardeau. The film premiered in 2015 at the Locarno International Film Festival.A Way of Life (Une manière de vivre)'' and '' My Very Own Circus (Mon cirque à moi)'', and the television series ''Temps dur'', ''
Les Invincibles
''Les Invincibles'' is a comedy/drama television series from Radio-Canada produced by Casablanca Productions and Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.
The story is about four men in their early thirties signing a pact ordaining the simultaneous break-up o ...
17th Jutra Awards The 17th Jutra Awards were held on March 15, 2015 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2014.3rd Jutra Awards in 2001 for ''Lila'', before his feature-length debut '' Saint Martyrs of the Damned (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés)'' was released in 2005. He followed up with '' Train to Nowhere (À quelle heure le train pour nulle part)'' in 2009, '' Crying Out (À l'origine d'un cri)'' in 2010, '' Tuktuq'' in 2016 and ''Ravenous'' in 2017.
In 2023 he released ''
You'll Never Know
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Le Journal de Montréal
is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Quebec and is also the largest French-language daily newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Pé ...