Xavier Norman Petermann is a
Canadian former child actor from
Quebec,
["'Big brother' still watching, even after film is finished". '']The Globe and Mail
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'', March 13, 1985. who garnered 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; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...
nomination for
Best Actor
Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play.
The term most often refers to th ...
at the
6th Genie Awards for his performance as an
autistic child in the film ''
Mario''.
["Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". '']The Globe and Mail
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'', February 15, 1985. The film was his first-ever acting role.
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Petermann continued to act in Quebec films and television series until the early 1990s. He has since worked as a musician and as a multimedia and video game developer.
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Canadian male child actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian video game designers
Male actors from Quebec
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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