Widemir Normil (born February 5, 1963) is a Haitian Canadian actor based in Québec, [1] best known for his roles as Fardoche in the 21st-century revival of the children's television series Passe-Partout , [2] and Captain Raymond Célestin in Escouade 99 , the Quebec adaptation of Brooklyn Nine-Nine . [3]
Born in Port-au-Prince, [4] he moved to Canada with his family in childhood and grew up in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. [2] While a student at McGill University, he competed in a modeling contest, winning first place, and was a model for a number of years before turning his hand to stand-up comedy and acting. [1] He had a small part in the 1989 film Cruising Bar , before becoming more widely known with regular roles in the television series Le Grand Remous and Chambres en ville from 1989 to 1991. [5]
He also has regular dubbing roles, [6] including as the French voice of Idris Elba in Marvel films and Terry Crews in The Expendables series.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Cruising Bar | Western doorman | |
| 1991 | Deserter | Akossi-Woyo Barthélémy | |
| 1994 | Desire in Motion (Mouvements du désir) | Attendant | |
| 1995 | Black List (Liste noire) | Medical examiner | |
| 1995 | La Passion de l'innocence | ||
| 1998 | When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise) | Mangala/Roger | |
| 2001 | Karmen Geï | Superintendent | |
| 2004 | The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier tunnel) | Robert Jolicoeur | |
| 2004 | How to Conquer America in One Night (Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit) | ||
| 2008 | Honey, I'm in Love (Le Grand Départ) | Father Joe | |
| 2009 | File 13 (Filière 13) | Chief Baptiste Eustache | |
| 2011 | Saint-Belmont | Milkman | |
| 2015 | Death Dive (Le Scaphandrier) | Fr. François St-Juste | |
| 2015 | Rabid Dogs (Enragés) | Policeman | |
| 2018 | The Fall of Sparta (La Chute de Sparte) | Virgil's father |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–91 | Le Grand remous | Joseph Maboulaï | Series regular |
| 1989–91 | Chambres en ville | Georges Magloire | Series regular |
| 1989 | The Paper Wedding (Les noces de papier) | Taxi driver | |
| 1991 | Marilyn | Jérémie Brown | |
| 1992 | Scoop | Policeman | |
| 1992–94 | La Montagne du Hollandais | Virgile Kibongo | |
| 1993 | Scoop II | Vernod Avril | |
| 1995 | Scoop IV | Vernod Avril | |
| 1996 | Jasmine | Joseph Isidora | |
| 1998 | Windsor Protocol | French African delegate | |
| 1998 | Réseaux | Coco | |
| 1999–2000 | 2 frères | François Yvon | Nine episodes |
| 1999–2001 | Tohu-Bohu | Simoun the Genie | 31 episodes |
| 2001–03 | Mon meilleur ennemi | Jude Mokolo | |
| 2006 | Les Bougon | STUM Boss | One episode |
| 2006 | Lance et compte: La revanche | Marcellin Maltais | Three episodes |
| 2006–07 | Ramdam | Dieudonné Dessalines | Two episodes |
| 2007–12 | Kaboum | Uhuru | |
| 2009–10 | The Dating Guy | Woody Jenkins | French version only; character voiced by Sean Francis in English |
| 2012 | 30 vies | François Miles | One episode |
| 2016 | The Clan (Le Clan) | Sgt. Leclerc | One episode |
| 2016–17 | L'Imposteur | Rachid Cherry | Eight episodes |
| 2018 | District 31 | Antoine Maurais | Eight episodes |
| 2019 | Passe-Partout | Fardoche | |
| 2019–22 | Une autre histoire | André Boissonneault | 16 episodes |
| 2022–22 | Escouade 99 | Raymond Célestin | |
| 2021 | Gazebo | ||
| 2023 | Sorcières |