Michel Côté

Michel Côté (born June 25, 1950 in Alma , Québec ) is a Canadian actor .

Life

Côté completed his acting education at the National Theater School in 1973. He has been married to actress Véronique Le Flaguais since 1972 and has two children.

In 2001, Côté was nominated as best actor at the Prix ​​Jutra for La vie après l'amour . Two Genie Award nominations were made in 1990 for Sweet Machos ( Cruising Bar ) and in 2005 for The Last Tunnel ( Le dernier tunnel ). At the 26th Genie Awards in 2006, Côté won Best Actor for CRAZY - Crazy Life . The 2006 Prix ​​Jutra for the same film went to him in the Best Supporting Actor category. The Vancouver Film Critics Circle gave him the 2006 VFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor, also for CRAZY . In this multi-award-winning drama from director Jean-Marc Vallée , Côté played the father of the main character in family troubles.

Michel Côté was President of the Prix ​​Jutra event until 2007 . Actress Danielle Proulx follows him in this task.

Filmography (selection)

actor 1979–1986: Bye-Bye (5 episodes) 1989: Sweet Machos ( Cruising Bar ) 1989: In the Belly of the Dragon ( Dans le ventre du dragon ) 1990: You're Beautiful, Jeanne ( T'es belle Jeanne ) 1994: Wind from Wyoming ( Le Vent du Wyoming ) 1995: Mistaken Person ( Erreur sur la personne ) 1995: Gabrielle's black list ( list noire ) 2000: La vie après l'amour 2004: The Last Tunnel ( Le dernier tunnel ) 2003: Evil Words ( Sur le seuil ) 2005: CRAZY - Crazy Life ( CRAZY )

Screenwriter 1983: Au clair de la lune 1989: Sweet Machos ( Cruising Bar )

Web links

• Michel Côté in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Michel Côté at www.northernstars.ca (English)
• Michel Côté ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .