Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas

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Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas
Born
Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas

(1990-06-04) 4 June 1990 (age 35)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
CitizenshipCanadian
Occupations
  • actor
  • comedian
  • screewriter

Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas (born 4 June 1990 [1] ) is a Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter.

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Biography

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, he is of Portuguese descent. [1] [2] In 2008, D'Almeida Freitas began a career at the Collège Lionel-Groulx, and in 2009, he was accepted to the National School of Humor, from which he graduated in June 2011. [1]

He later worked alongside director Patrice Laliberté and made more than a hundred videos, starring in several of them. His web series was also nominated for the Laurence Olivier Awards. [3]

In 2017, D'Almeida Freitas took part in the return of the reality show Occupation Double on Canadian television. [4]

His acting career had a breakthrough role in September 2018, when Xavier Dolan contacted him to join the cast of his film Matthias & Maxime . In the film, Dolan, who plays Maxime, gave D'Almeida Freitas the role of Matthias. [5] In 2019, the film was selected for the official competition at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. [6]

Also in 2019, he began to work for Radio Canada, alongside Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc and Roy Dupuis. [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2016Richard SuperstarRichard
2018 Matthias & Maxime Matthias
2018Mon ami WalidBachelor Fairy
2024La verbenaAlex

References

  1. 1 2 3 Omais, Mehdi (16 October 2019). "Gabriel d'Almeida Freitas, révélation de MATTHIAS & MAXIME". Journal des Femmes (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Pereira Rosa, Jorge (18 June 2020). "Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas e a "magia" de Xavier Dolan". C7nema (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Interview de Gabriel D'Almeida Freitas". Ecran Et Toile. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Gendron-Martin, Raphaël (22 December 2019). "7 humoristes qui ont explosé en 2019". Journal de Montreal (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Boetti, Ezequiel (28 August 2020). ""Matthias & Maxime", criaturas sin espesura emocional". Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (23 May 2019). "Matthias & Maxime review – Xavier Dolan's heartfelt tale of male longing". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  7. ↑ Grenier, Amélie (14 May 2019). "Roy Dupuis et Hélène Bourgeois-Leclerc, les têtes d'affiche de Toute la vie". Radio Canada (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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