Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949 in Deschambault-Grondines ) is a French-Canadian actor .
Life
Arcand was born in Deschambault-Grondines, Québec , in 1949 . He grew up with two older brothers: Denys Arcand (* 1941) worked as a film director, Bernard Arcand (1945–2009) tried his hand at acting for a short time and later became an anthropologist. The family moved to Montréal when Arcand was still a child. He attended the Collège Sainte-Marie, where he completed his Baccalauréat . Arcand was interested in the theater as a teenager and was a member of Paul Buissonneau's theater group La roulotte in 1967 and 1968 . Arcand studied philosophy at McGill University from the late 1960s to 1971 . He then worked at the Center national dramatique du Sud-Est in Montréal and in 1973 at Jerzy Grotowski's Teatr Laboratory in Wroclaw. In 1973 he founded the theater group Le groupe de la veillée with Marie Eykel , Laurent Rivard and Alain Lamontagne , with whom he staged numerous plays.
Arcand came to film in the early 1970s and made his screen debut in Denys Arcand's La maudite galette in 1972 . Numerous films followed under the direction of his brother. His breakthrough as an actor came with the character of Ovide Plouffe in Les Plouffe (1981) and the multi-part film Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe (1984). Arcand won a Genie Award for Best Actor in 1985 for Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe , directed by his brother . Another genius award, this time for Best Supporting Actor, followed in 1987 for his portrayal in The Fall of the American Empire . Arcand received other awards for the love drama Post Mortem , published in 1999, and for Le démantèlement from 2013, in which he played a sheep farm owner . For his portrayal of Pierre Lesage in The Canadian Journey , Arcand received his first César nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2017 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1972: La maudite galette
- 1979: Goodbye until Monday (Au revoir à lundi)
- 1980: Suzanne
- 1981: Les Plouffe
- 1984: Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe (TV series)
- 1985: Agnes - Angel in Fire (Agnes of God)
- 1986: The fall of the American empire (Le déclin de l'empire américain)
- 1999: Post Mortem
- 1999: Le grand serpent du monde
- 2008: Mum is at the hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur)
- 2012: Karakara
- 2013: Le démantèlement
- 2016: The Canadian Journey (Le fils de Jean)
Awards
- 1981: Nomination for the Genie Award , Best Supporting Actor, for Suzanne
- 1982: Nomination for the Genie Award, Best Actor, for Les Plouffe
- 1985: Genie Award, Best Actor, for Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe
- 1987: Genie Award, Best Supporting Actor, for The Fall of the American Empire
- 1997: Prix Gascon-Roux des Théâtre du Nouveau Monde for his portrayal of Tartuffe (Director: Lorraine Pintal)
- 2000: Prix Jutra , Best Actor, for Post Mortem
- 2000: Nomination Genie Award, Best Actor, for Post Mortem
- 2000: Nomination Genie Award, Best Supporting Actor, for Le grand serpent du monde
- 2009: Nomination Prix Jutra, Best Supporting Actor, for Mama is at the hairdresser's
- 2013: Nomination Prix Jutra, Best Actor, for Karakara
- 2013: Torino Film Festival , Jury Award for Best Actor for Le démantèlement
- 2014: Nomination Prix Jutra, Best Supporting Actor, for Le démantèlement
- 2014: Canadian Screen Award , Best Actor, for Le démantèlement
- 2017: Nomination César 2017 , Best Supporting Actor , for A Canadian Trip
literature
- Gabriel Arcand . In: Josette Féral: Mise en scène et jeu de l'acteur: entretiens . Editions Lansman, Montréal 2001, pp. 57-69.
Web links
- Gabriel Arcand in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Gabriel Arcand: biography on gala.fr
- ^ Maxime Demers: Une belle surprise pour Gabriel Arcand . journaldemontreal.com, January 25, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arcand, Gabriel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Canadian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deschambault-Grondines |