Roy Michael Joseph Dupuis (; born April 21, 1963) is a

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best known in America for his role as

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operative Michael Samuelle in the television series '' La Femme Nikita''. In Canada, specifically Quebec, he's known for numerous leading roles he's played in film. He portrayed

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on television and in film and

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in the 2007 film '' Shake Hands with the Devil''.

Early life and education

Dupuis was born in

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parents. From early infancy until he was 11 years old, Dupuis lived in

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in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. Over the next three years he lived in

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, where he learned to speak English. His father was a travelling salesman for

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; his mother was a piano teacher. He has a younger brother and an older sister. When he was 14, after his parents divorced, his mother moved the family to Sainte-Rose, Laval, where he finished high school. After high school, he studied acting in

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, at the National Theatre School of Canada (''L'École nationale de théâtre du Canada''), from which he graduated in 1986.

Personal life

Dupuis lives southeast of Montreal, in an 1840 farmhouse located on of land which he bought in 1996 and which he has restored and renovated. He enjoys sports, particularly hockey, skydiving, and golf. His hobbies include

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(his interests in high school). He learned to play the

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as a boy and, at times, still plays, sometimes in dramatic roles. In recent years, between television and film projects, he has been occupied with learning to sail; he owns a couple of sailboats, and he is custom-outfitting the larger aluminum-keeled vessel in preparation for extended ocean voyages.Sarah Hampson, "A Home Boy, Happy That Way," ''

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'', August 31, 2002, pg. R3 (Metro ed.).
Les Règles du jeu: Roy Dupuis
' (''The Name of the Game: Roy Dupuis''. In French with English subtitles), 23 mins, documentary film aboutDupuis completed in 2005 and first broadcast on

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on January 26, 2006.

Career

Dupuis is a celebrity in French-speaking areas of Canada and is also well known in anglophone areas due to his English-language and bilingual projects. He has performed in many theater productions, movies, and television series. Among the stage roles that he has performed so far are: Luc in Michel Marc Bouchard's ''Les Muses orphelines'' (''The Orphan Muses''), directed by André Brassard in 1985; Roméo in a Québécois adaptation of

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's ''Romeo and Juliet'' (''Roméo et Juliette''), directed by Guillermo de Andrea in 1989; and Jay in Jean-Marc Dalpé's ''Le Chien'' (''The Dog''), Adrien in Jeanne-Mance Delisle's ''Un Oiseau vivant dans la gueule'' (''A Live Bird in Its Jaws''), and Lee in a Québécois version of

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's ''True West'', all three productions directed by Brigitte Haentjens, in 1987-89, 1990, and 1994, respectively. Dupuis gained popularity in Quebec as Ovila Pronovost in the series ''

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'' (also known as ''Emilie'') when it premiered on

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(1990–91), and he co-starred as the journalist Michel Gagné in four seasons of ''Scoop'' (1992–95). He was introduced to the American public on television as Oliva Dionne in '' Million Dollar Babies'' (1994)--''Les jumelles Dionne: La véritable histoire tragique des quintuplées Dionne'' (''The Dionne "Twins": The True Tragic Story of the Dionne Quintuplets''). In the United States, he also debuted on the big screen in such film roles as Becker in '' Screamers'' (1995) and as John Strauss in '' Bleeders'' (1996), also known as ''

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'' (1997) in the UK. In 1997 he began appearing as Michael Samuelle in the television series '' La Femme Nikita'', also known as ''Nikita''. Recently, he won a MetroStar Award for his role as Ross Desbiens in ''Le Dernier Chapitre: La Vengeance'' (2003), the sequel to ''Le Dernier Chapitre'' (2002), both filmed simultaneously in dual-language versions broadcast in French and English on

and the

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, respectively. Dupuis's first appearance on film was in a 1987 short experimental work inspired by the 1926 avant-garde film ''Anémique Cinéma'', by

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and

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, featuring the same title. Among Dupuis' film performances are Yves, in '' Being at Home with Claude'' (1991; Cannes,

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1992)--his first major screen role—directed by

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, adapted from a screenplay by Johanne Boisvert, based on the 1986 stage play by René-Daniel Dubois; and Kevin Barlow, in '' Manners of Dying'' (2004), the first feature film directed by Jeremy Peter Allen, adapted from his own screenplay based on the short story first published in the 1993 collection '' The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories'' by

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. His performance as Alexandre Tourneur in '' Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives)'' (2004), directed by Francis Leclerc, who co-wrote the screenplay with Marcel Beaulieu, received awards. In '' The Rocket (Maurice Richard)'', directed by

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('' Séraphin: Heart of Stone'') and released in late November 2005, Dupuis stars as French-Canadian

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icon Maurice "Rocket" Richard, who played for the

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from 1942–60, and whom he portrayed previously on Canadian television in 1997 and 1999. Dupuis' own experience playing hockey and his ability to perform on the ice on authentic period hockey skates were useful for this film, in which several professional hockey players were cast in supporting roles. The film was nominated for the

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2006 in fourteen categories, including Dupuis for Best Actor, but he did not win it. Leading the nominations for a

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in thirteen categories, it won nine of the twenty-two awards on February 13, 2007, at the Carlu Event Theatre in

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, including Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Dupuis. In December 2005, Dupuis completed filming '' That Beautiful Somewhere'', based on the 1992 novel ''Loon'' by Bill Plumstead, its executive producer. It was set and filmed on location in

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. The film, directed by Robert Budreau, is produced by Lumanity Productions. Its world premiere was on August 26, 2006, at the

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(September 22-October 1, 2006), and at other film festivals, as well as broadcast on Canadian pay cable television, before it was released commercially in Canada in April 2007. On location in

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, in mid-June 2006, Dupuis began filming the dramatic feature film '' Shake Hands with the Devil'', in which he performs the principal role of Lieutenant-General

, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda ( UNAMIR) during the

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. The film is based on Dallaire's autobiographical book '' Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda''. After two months in Kigali, filming continued in

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, in August 2006. Prior to its release, a "draft of the film" was screened as a courtesy by the producer, Laszlo Barna, to

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, the President of Rwanda, and his cabinet, who found it emotionally very moving."Shake Hands with the Devil Reawakens Past in Rwanda"
''

'', August 10, 2007; accessed August 24, 2007. The film was a "special presentation" at the

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on 9 September 2007,Visa Screening Room Schedule"
accessed August 24, 2007. and opened the 27th Atlantic Film Festival on September 13, 2007. ''Shake Hands with the Devil'' opened in theaters on September 28, 2007.Jay Stone
"Opening Reel Soon: Fall Movie Season Offers a Wealth of Selection"
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''; accessed August 25, 2007. For his performance as Dallaire, Dupuis won his second Jutra Best Actor award; in accepting it, "Dupuis dedicated his award to his mother, who died recently, as well as to Dallaire and the people of Rwanda."

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, and

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, he filmed '' Emotional Arithmetic'', directed by

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and adapted by Barzman and Jefferson Lewis from the novel by Canadian writer Matt Cohen (1942–1999), who had written several drafts of a screenplay adaptation himself before his death. Dupuis plays Benjamin Winters, the "embittered" son of Melanie Lansing Winters (Sarandon) and her husband, David Winters (Plummer). The film closed the 2007

on September 15, 2007.
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"Gala Programme Schedule"
, official website of the ''

''; accessed August 24, 2007.Marise Strauss
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'' Playback'', August 22, 2007; accessed August 24, 2007. In winter 2007, he participated in the improvisational short film directed by Francis Leclerc, entitled ''Revenir'' (''Return''), which was filmed and screened during the 11th edition of Festival Regard, a festival of short films, held in

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. Later in 2007 and 2008, Dupuis began working on several new film projects, including: as Charles in ''Truffe'', directed by Kim Nguyen, produced by Renée Gosselin and distributed by Christal Films, whose world premiere opens the

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on July 3, 2008;Brendan Kelly
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'' Variety'', June 26, 2008. as Jean-Paul Mercier in '' Mesrine: Killer Instinct''; as Mr. Turcotte in '' A No-Hit No-Run Summer (Un été sans point ni coup sûr)'', a feature film about baseball set at the beginning of the 1960s adapted from the novel of that title by Marc Robitaille, directed by Francis Leclerc; as Scully in '' The Timekeeper (L'Heure de vérité)'', an English-language

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directed by Louis Bélanger; as an Irishman named Liam Hennessy in

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'' and as another character named Charles in ''

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(1971–1999). Jean-Marc Dalpé's French version, ''Blasté'', directed by Brigitte Haentjens for her company Sybillines Inc., also featured Céline Bonnier and

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Selected awards

* MetroStar: 1991: Comédien - Téléroman ou mini-série: ''Les Filles de Caleb'' * Gémeaux: 1991: Meilleure interprétation dans un premier rôle masculin: série dramatique: ''Les Filles de Caleb'' * Fipa d'Or: 1991:

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(

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): Best Actor: ''Les Filles de Caleb'' * MetroStar: 1992: Comédien de téléroman ou mini-série québécoise: ''Emilie'' nglish-dubbed version of ''Les Filles de Caleb''* MetroStar: 2003: Rôle masculin/Télésérie québécoise: ''Le Dernier Chapitre: La Vengeance'' *

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: 2004: Meilleure interprétation dans un premier rôle masculin (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role): ''Mémoires affectives'' * Jutra: 2005: Meilleur acteur (Best Actor): ''Mémoires affectives'' *

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: 2006: Best Actor: '' The Rocket'' *

: 2007: Meilleure interprétation dans un premier rôle masculin ( Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role): '' The Rocket'' * Jutra: 2008: Meilleur acteur (Best Actor): '' Shake Hands with the Devil'' * Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival- Louisiana: 2020: Meilleur acteur (Best Actor in a Feature Film): '' Les Fleurs oubliées'' * Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2024: Finalist for Outstanding Performance in a Canadian Film, '' Rumours''

Selected stage performances

* ''Les Deux Gentilshommes de Vérone'' (''

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''), by

(1985) * ''La Passion selon Pier Paolo Pasolini'' (''The Passion According to

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''), a play by René Kalinsky based on ''

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'' (1985) * ''Harold et Maude'' ('' Harold and Maude''), trans. and adapt. by

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of the play by

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(1986) * ''Toupie Wildwood'', by

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(1987) * ''Au pied de la lettre'' (''At the End of the Letter''), by André Simard (1987) * '' Fool for Love'', by

, trans. Michèle Magny (1987) * ''Le Chien'' (''The Dog''), by Jean-Marc Dalpé (1987–1989) * ''Les Muses orphelines'' (''The Orphan Muses''), by Michel Marc Bouchard (1988) * ''Roméo et Juliette'' (''

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''), by

, trans. Jean-Louis Roux (1989) * ''Un Oiseau vivant dans la gueule'' (''A Live Bird in Its Jaws''), by Jeanne-Mance Delisle (1990) * '' True West'', by

, trans. Pierre Legris (1994) * '' Blasted'', by

, trans. as ''Blasté'' by Jean-Marc Dalpé (2008)

Selected television performances

* ''Le Parc des Braves'' (''The Park of the Brave'') (1984–88; episode in 1987) * ''Les enfants de la rue: Danny'' (''Children of the Street: Danny'') (1987) * ''L'Héritage'' (''The Inheritance'') (1987–90; episode in 1987) * ''L'amour avec un grand A'' lso known as: ''Avec un grand A'') (''Love with a Capital L'')(1985–95): ''Hélène et Alexis'' (1988) * '' Lance et Compte'' (''He Shoots, He Scores'') (1986–89): ''Tous Pour Un'' (''All for One''

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-"téléfilm" based on the TV series) * ''Le Grand Jour'' (''The Big Day'') (1988) * ''La Maison Deschênes'' (''The House of Deschênes'') (1987-89: episode in 1989) * ''

'' (''Caleb's Daughters'') (1990–91) lso known as: ''Emilie''* ''

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'' (1991–95) * ''Emilie'' (1992) [English-dubbed version of ''

''] * ''Blanche'' (1993) [Sequel to ''

''] * '' Dark Eyes (TV series), Dark Eyes'' (Pilot) (1994) * '' Million Dollar Babies'' (1994) lso known as: ''Les jumelles Dionne: La véritable histoire tragique des quintuplées Dionne'' (''The Dionne "Twins": The True Tragic Story of the Dionne Quintuplets'')">Dionne Quintuplets">lso known as: ''Les jumelles Dionne: La véritable histoire tragique des quintuplées Dionne'' (''The Dionne "Twins": The True Tragic Story of the Dionne Quintuplets'')(1994) * ''Urgence'' (''Emergency Call: Hospital Code 66'') (1995) * ''Heritage Minutes'' (''Minutes du patrimoine'') [Also known as: ''Historica Minutes'' or ''History by the Minute'']: Louis Riel and Maurice "Rocket" Richard (1997) * ''Les Beaux Dimanches'' (''Beautiful Sundays''): ''

: Histoire d'un

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'') (2002) * ''Le Dernier Chapitre: La Vengeance'' (''The Last Chapter II: The War Continues'') (2003) * ''Les Règles du jeu: Roy Dupuis'' (''The Name of the Game: Roy Dupuis'') (2005) * ''Un monde sans pauvreté: Agissons!'' (''A World without Poverty: Take Action!'') (2005) Public-service voiceover (in collaboration with Pascale Montpetit) sponsored by the Québécois section of

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* '' Les Rescapés'' Claude Desrosiers / Productions Casablanca (2009 to 2011) * '' Une terre 1001 mondes'' Phile Beauchemin / Polivista Production (2013) * '' Toute la vie'' Christophe L'Allier / Christophe (2019-2022)

Selected filmography

* ''Anemic Cinema'' (''Anémique cinéma'') (1987) * ''Exit 234'' (''Sortie 234'') (1988, Short) * ''Gaspard et fil$'' (1988) * ''

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 la ventre du dragon'') (1989) as Jean-Marie * '' How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired'' (''Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer'') (1989) as Pusher #2 * ''

Jesus of Montreal ''Jesus of Montreal'' () is a 1989 Canadian comedy drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. The film tells the story of a group of actors in Montreal who pe ...

'' (''Jésus de Montréal'') (1989) as Marcel Brochu * ''The Singles Game'' (''Le Marché du couple'') (1990) as Barman * '' Being at Home with Claude'' (1992) as Yves * '' Entangled'' (1993) as Max * ''

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'' (1993) as Alex O'Neil * '' Chili's Blues'' (''C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues'') (1994) as Pierre-Paul * '' Screamers'' (1995) as Marshal Richard Cooper / Private Becker Screamer * ''Waiting for Michelangelo'' (1995) as Thomas * '' The Ideal Man'' (''L'Homme idéal'') (1996) as Christian * ''Out in the Open'' (''Aire Libre'') (1996) as Aimé Bonpland * '' Heads or Tails'' (''J'en suis!'') (1997) as Dominique Samson * '' Bleeders'' (1997) as John Strauss * '' Free Money'' (1998) as The Turk * '' Séraphin: Heart of Stone'' (''Séraphin : Un homme et son péché'') (2002) as Alexis LaBranche * ''

The Barbarian Invasions ''The Barbarian Invasions'' () is a 2003 Canadian-French sex comedy-Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau and Marie-Josée Croze. The film is a sequel to Arcand ...

'' (''Les Invasions barbares'') (2003) as Gilles Levac * ''L'Invitation aux images'' (2003, documentary) as The Archivist * '' Jack Paradise: Montreal by Night (Jack Paradise : Les Nuits de Montréal)'' (2004) as Jack Paradise * '' Machine Gun Molly'' (''Monica la mitraille'') (2004) as Gérald 'Gerry' Simard * '' Looking for Alexander'' (''Mémoires affectives'') (2004) as Alexandre Tourneur * '' Manners of Dying'' (''L'Exécution'') (2004) as Kevin Barlow * ''The Cop, the Criminal and the Clown'' (''C'est pas moi, c'est l'autre!'') (2004) as Vincent Papineau / Claude Laurin * '' The United States of Albert'' (''Les États-Unis d'Albert'') (2005) as Jack Decker * '' The Rocket'' (''Maurice Richard'') (2005) as Maurice Richard * '' That Beautiful Somewhere'' (2006) as Detective Conk Adams * '' Shake Hands with the Devil'' (2007) as General Romeo Dallaire * '' Emotional Arithmetic'' (2007) as Benjamin Winters * ''Return'' (''Revenir'') (2007) * ''

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(Truffe)'' (2008) as Charles * '' A No-Hit No-Run Summer'' (''Un été sans point ni coup sûr'') (2008) as Gilbert Turcotte * '' Mesrine: Killer Instinct'' (2008) as Jean-Paul Mercier * ''

'' (2009) as Liam Hennessy * '' The Timekeeper'' (2009) as Scully * ''

'' (2009) as Charles * '' Coteau rouge'' (2011) as Éric Miljours * ''

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'' (''Roche papier ciseaux'') (2013) as Vincent * ''Cyanide'' (2013) as Joe * ''

Another House ''Another House'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mathieu Roy and released in 2013. The film stars Roy Dupuis and Émile Proulx-Cloutier as Gabriel and Éric Bernard, estranged brothers struggling to cope with their father Henri's ( Mar ...

'' (''L'autre maison'') (2013) as Gabriel Bernard * '' Stranger in a Cab (Ceci n'est pas un polar)'' (2014) as André Kosinski * ''

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(L'Empreinte)'' (2015) as himself * '' The Forbidden Room'' (2015) as Cesare * ''

The Sound of Trees ''The Sound of Trees'' is the first album by Schnell Fenster, released in 1988. Track listing All lyrics by Philip Judd; all music by Schnell Fenster #"Whisper" #"Love-Hate Relationship" #"Sleeping Mountain" #"That's Impossible" #"This Illus ...

'' (2015) as Régis Otis * '' Where Atilla Passes'' (''Là où Atilla passe…'') (2015) as Michel * '' Dead Leaves (Feuilles mortes)'' (2016) as Bob * '' Kiss Me Like a Lover (Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes)'' (2016) as Narcisse St. Germain * '' Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aube)'' (2017) as Léo * ''

Forgotten Flowers ''Forgotten Flowers'' () is a Canadian comedy film, directed by André Forcier and released in 2019. The film stars Roy Dupuis as Albert Payette, an agronomist who has lived in seclusion making mead since becoming disillusioned with his forme ...

(Les fleurs oubliées)'' (2020) as Albert Payette * '' Brain Freeze'' (2021) as Dan * '' Inès'' (2021) as Christian * '' Rumours'' (2024) as Maxime Laplace

References

External links

Notre Cinéma à Radio-Canada: Les Vedettes: Roy Dupuis
("Our Cinema at Radio-Canada: The Stars: Roy Dupuis.") Selected filmography and related links in French.
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at Agence Premier Rôle. English version of official webpage. *
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The Official Roy Dupuis Fan Club {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupuis, Roy 1963 births Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Franco-Ontarian people National Theatre School of Canada alumni People from Amos, Quebec People from Kapuskasing People from Laval, Quebec People from Temiskaming Shores Male actors from Quebec Male actors from Ontario Best Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Best Actor Jutra and Iris Award winners 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors