Jean-Guy Bouchard

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Jean-Guy Bouchard
Born
Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Alma materNational Theatre School of Canada
OccupationActor
Notable workRequiem for a Handsome Bastard, Phantom Life, Karmina, The Revenge of the Woman in Black, It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux, The Sleep Room, Post Mortem, The Collector, May God Bless America, Thrill of the Hills, French Immersion, Death Dive, Boundaries, Goodbye Happiness
AwardsGenie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor

Jean-Guy Bouchard is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his role as Tonio in the film Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur), [1] for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992. [2]

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Career

A 1979 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Bouchard began his acting career in 1980 in a production of David Fennario's play Nothing to Lose. [3]

His other credits have included the films The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves), Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme), Karmina , Heads or Tails (J'en suis !), The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La Vengeance de la femme en noir), It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux), The Sleep Room , When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise), Post Mortem , The Collector (Le Collectionneur), The Negro (Le Nèg'), May God Bless America (Que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique), Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des collines), French Immersion , Death Dive (Le Scaphandrier) and Boundaries (Pays).

On stage he is most noted for Centaur Theatre's 2000 production of Michel Tremblay's For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., [3] and for the 2018 production of Fabien Cloutier's Bonne retraite, Jocelyne. [4] He has also translated foreign-language plays into French for production on Quebec stages, most notably Paul Pörtner's Shear Madness in 1988. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves)Un détective
1988 The Carpenter Worker
1992 Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme)Le Voisin
1992 Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-cœur)Tonio
1996 Karmina Policier #1
1997 The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La vengeance de la femme en noir)Enquêteur déprimé
1997Strip SearchJoe
1997 Heads or Tails (J'en suis!)
1998 The Sleep Room Mr. Beers
1998 When I Will Be Gone (L'âge de braise)Déménageur 1
1998 It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)Pit Cadieux
1999Requiem for MurderPatrolman #2
1999 Post Mortem Police Officer
1999 Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite)Pit Cadieux
2000 Isn't She Great Wolf-whistle Teamster
2000Press RunHotel Guard
2000 The Whole Nine Yards Mover
2000 The Three Madeleines (Les fantômes des trois Madeleines)Bob, Mado's neighbour
2002 The Collector (Le Collectionneur)Journaliste
2002 The Negro (Le Nèg')Bertrand
2004The Cop, the Criminal and the Clown (C'est pas moi, c'est l'autre)Bob
2006 May God Bless America (Que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique)Père resto chinois
2006Cadavre exquis première éditionMéphisto / Chauffeur du taxi
2008CaidoDr. Georges
2009 A Cargo to Africa (Un cargo pour l'Afrique)Tattooed man
2010 File 13 (Filière 13)Déménageur
2011 Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des collines)Viateur Thibault
2011 French Immersion Euclide Tremblay
2015 Death Dive (Le Scaphandrier)Félix Lamontagne
2016 Boundaries (Pays)Raymond
2019 Little Waves (Les petites vagues)
2021 Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur)Homme à tout faire
2024 Mercenaire Michel

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Les Brillant PolicierEpisode: "L'oncle Conrad"
1982–1984 Terre humaine 3 episodes
1986 He Shoots, He Scores Paul, le portierEpisode #1.4
1988Le monde selon CrocVarious roles5 episodes
1990Haute tensionGardien de DelaunayEpisode: "Pour cent millions"
1990 Les Filles de Caleb LousticEpisode #1.2
1991 Urban Angel Quebec Farmer #12 episodes
1992 Chambres en ville Un policierEpisode: "Accident de moto"
1994Les grands procèsRoland DionEpisode: "L'Affaire Dion"
1995Scoop IVLatreilleEpisode #4.3
1996Adventures of Smoke BellewBig Olaf6 episodes
1996, 1998 Radio Enfer Various roles2 episodes
1997Cher OlivierPaul Desmarteaux4 episodes
1998 The Hunger LucEpisode: "Footsteps"
2000WillieM. CaronEpisode #1.3
2002He Shoots, He ScoresRoland Bouchard6 episodes
2002 The Last Chapter Moton
2010 Les Rescapés ItinérantEpisode #1.2
2016District 31Gérant arénaEpisode: "Qui a tué Julie Meloche?"

References

  1. Marc Horton, "In need of character to like; Film an unconventional retelling of a fairly conventional story". Edmonton Journal , June 12, 1993.
  2. "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star , November 20, 1992.
  3. 1 2 Pat Donnelly, "Canadians are invading Washington with great success". Montreal Gazette , September 23, 2000.
  4. Christian Saint-Pierre, "«Bonne retraite, Jocelyne»: la galerie des monstres". Le Devoir , October 17, 2018.
  5. Pat Donnelly, "Anglo cast survive transition to Rince-Crime". Montreal Gazette , January 23, 1988.