Gilles Renaud

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Gilles Renaud
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Born (1944-09-25) 25 September 1944 (age 78) [1]
Montreal, Quebec
OccupationActor

Gilles Renaud (born 25 September 1944) is a Canadian actor who has starred in cinema and television in Quebec.

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In 1983, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor for the film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi). [2] He is also a two-time Jutra Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor, receiving nods at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux) and at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 for The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement). [3]

In 2016, he appeared in the film Bad Seeds . While heavily involved in that production, he filmed a death scene for his character in his TV series Mémoires Vives, which began airing in 2013. [4] In 2017, he starred in François Girard's film Hochelaga, Land of Souls , as a Montreal archaeologist in search of Hochelaga. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972Exile (L'Exil)
1972Ô ou l'invisible enfant
1973The Conquest (La Conquête)
1974 Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'est)Cuirette
1975 The Swindle (La Gammick)Police officer
1976La PiastrePhilippe Tremblay
1976 Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne)Méo
1977 The Late Blossom (Le soleil se lève en retard)Yvon Thériault
1977 One Man Second Hood
1979 To Be Sixteen (Avoir 16 ans)Psychiatrist
1980 The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire)Armand St-Amant
1980 Fantastica
1980The Red Kitchen (La cuisine rouge)Le père
1981De jour en jourColbert
1981 The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)Phil Talbot
1982 A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi)Johnny
1984 A Woman in Transit (La femme de l'hôtel)
1985 The Dame in Colour (La Dame en couleurs)
1986 The Heart Exposed (Le Cœur découvert)Jean-Marc
1987 Brother André (Le Frère André)Dr. Charette
1989Sous les draps, les étoiles
1991 Love Crazy (Amoureux fou)Rick
1993 The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles)Jacob
2001 The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)Brunelle
2003 Gaz Bar Blues Gaston Savard
2004 Tideline (Littoral)Le père
2005 The Outlander (Le Survenant)
2006 Bon Cop, Bad Cop Michel Grossbut
2006 The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux)Jean-Pierre
2006 Cheech Paluchi
2006 Romeo and Juliet (Roméo et Juliette)Réal Rex Lamontagne
2006 The Genius of Crime (Le Génie du crime)Rolly
2008 Le déserteur Gordon Coutu
2009 Cadavres Ronald Maisonneuve
2010 Mourning for Anna (Trois temps après la mort d'Anna)Enquêteur
2010 The Comeback (Cabotins)Roger Boucher
2010 Route 132 Curé de Saint-André
2010Tough Luck (Y'en aura pas de facile)
2010 The Hair of the Beast (Le poil de la bête)Seigneur de Beauport
2012 Laurence Anyways Council President
2013 The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement)
2016 Bad Seeds (Les Mauvaises herbes)Simon Boulerice
2017 Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes)Antoine Morin
2019Vu pas vueFather
2021 The Guide to the Perfect Family (Le Guide de la famille parfaite)
2021 La Contemplation du mystère

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes

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References

  1. ↑ Faucher, Jean (2006). "Ma mere este morte d'amour". Gilles Renaud: Entretiens. Québec Amerique. ISBN   2764404964.
  2. ↑ "News of the Arts". Canada Weekly. Vol. 11, no. 16. Department of External Affairs, Public Affairs Branch. 20 April 1983.
  3. ↑ Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir , March 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ Leclerc, Yves (19 March 2016). "La fin d'une aventure pour Gilles Renaud". Le Journal de Montreal . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (10 September 2017). "Toronto Film Review: 'Hochelaga, Land of Souls'". Variety . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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