Gilbert Sicotte | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1972–present |
Gilbert Sicotte, CM (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor.
Sicotte is known for roles in The Vultures (Les Vautours), Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas), The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves), The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux), Maria Chapdelaine (1983, Gilles Carle), Fortier , Louis Cyr , Léolo , Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau), Paul à Québec , And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) and Maria Chapdelaine (2021, Sébastien Pilote). He has also done some voice over work.
He has been a three-time Jutra/Iris Award winner for Best Actor, winning at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2011 for The Salesman , [1] at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for Paul à Québec, [2] and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down. [3]
He has also been a four-time Genie and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, receiving lead acting nods at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for Cap Tourmente , [4] the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for Les Pots cassés [5] and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down, [6] and a supporting nod at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008 for Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil). [7]
Sicotte taught at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal from 1987 to 2018 for allegations of humiliating students in the classroom and authoritarian attitudes. [8]
Sicotte was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2013, "For his contributions to the performing arts as an actor, and for his commitment to training the next generation." [9]
Sicotte is the father of Antoine Sicotte, a member of Sky.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie) | Martin | |
1976 | Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) | Le jeune frère | |
1979 | Bye, See You Monday (Au revoir...à lundi) | L'homme sur le banc | |
1980 | Cordélia | Me Jean-Dominique Leduc | |
1980 | Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) | Gaetan | |
1980 | Les grands enfants | François Gagné | |
1980 | Fantastica | Julien | |
1980 | The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) | Le juré Guay | |
1980 | Contrecoeur | Roger Desfossés | |
1983 | Maria Chapdelaine | Da'Bé Chapdelaine | |
1984 | The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves) | Louis Pelletier | |
1984 | Les illusions tranquilles | Narrator | Voice |
1985 | Visage pâle | Jacques / un bum-a bum | |
1986 | Anne Trister | L'ami de Thomas | |
1987 | Les enfants de la rue: Fernand | Sigouin | |
1992 | La Sarrasine | Théo Lemieux | |
1992 | Léolo | Narrator | Voice |
1992 | Ma soeur, mon amour | Le père Messier | |
1993 | Les Pots cassés | Robert | |
1993 | Cap Tourmente | Jean-Louis McKenzie | |
1994 | A Hero's Life (La vie d'un héros) | Bertin | |
1995 | Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau) | Thomas | |
2006 | The Secret Life of Happy People (La vie secrète des gens heureux) | Bernard Dufresne | |
2007 | Bluff | John | |
2007 | Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) | Marcel Beaudoin | |
2008 | Mesrine | Le milliardaire | |
2010 | Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché, entre ciel et terre) | Président d'AirTransat | |
2011 | The Salesman (Le Vendeur) | Marcel Lévesque | |
2013 | Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort du monde) | Gustave Lambert | |
2014 | Miraculum | Mari de Louise | |
2014 | The Wolves (Les loups) | Léon | |
2015 | The Passion of Augustine (La Passion d'Augustine) | L'aumônier | |
2015 | Paul à Québec | Roland | |
2018 | Identités | M. Morency | |
2019 | And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) | Charlie | |
2019 | Mafia Inc. | Henri Gamache | |
2021 | Maria Chapdelaine | Éphrem Surprenant | |
2022 | Arlette | Premier of Quebec | |
2023 | One Summer (Le temps d'un été) | Curé Beaulieu |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | The Paper Wedding | Bouchard | Television film |
1991 | Lance et compte: Le choix | Paul Lachance | |
1992 | Bombardier | Joseph-Armand Bombardier | 2 episodes |
1994 | Les grands procès | Me Raymond Daoust | Episode: "L'Affaire Mesrine" |
1996 | Marguerite Volant | Claude Volant | 4 episodes |
1997 | Urgence | Claude Rivest | 3 episodes |
2001–2003 | Fortier | Gabriel Johnson | 42 episodes |
2002 | Un gars, une fille | L'enquêteur de l'impôt | 1 episode |
2008–2009 | Belle-Baie | William Noël | 12 episodes |
2010–2014 | Trauma | Antoine Légaré | 54 episodes |
2017 | Victor Lessard | Ted Rutherford | 5 episodes |
2022 | La Faille | Léopold Jolicoeur | 8 episodes |
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