Remy Girard

Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950 in Jonquière , Québec ) is a Canadian actor .

Life

Rémy Girard studied law at Laval University in 1969 and joined the Troupe des Treize theater company in Québec . At the age of 21 he was already working as a professional theater actor, director and writer. He is the co-author of La Déprime . On the stage, he portrayed John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor ( Les Joyeuses Commères de Windsor ) by William Shakespeare , directed by Yves Desgagnés . He also appeared in the pieces L'Ouvre-boîte by Victor Lanoux, Don Quixote ( Don Quichotte ) by Miguel de Cervantes , The Imaginary Sick ( Le Malade imaginaire ) by Molière and Waiting for Godot ( En attendant Godot ) by Samuel Beckett .

Girard has worked in television films, television series (e.g. Scoop - Die Aufreißer mit Macha Grenon ), television commercials and movies and shines above all in tragic-comic roles. He achieved international fame with the lead role in the Oscar- nominated film The Fall of the American Empire (1986) alongside Pierre Curzi , directed by Denys Arcand . He worked with this director on numerous occasions, including in the Oscar-nominated drama Jesus of Montreal (1989) and the Oscar-winning tragic comedy The Barbarian Invasion (2003), in which Girard played the lead role. He played a small supporting role as a customs officer in the film drama The Red Violin (1998), which won an Oscar for the original music by John Corigliano . Director Charles Binamé cast supporting roles with him in the tragic love story Séraphin: un homme et son péché (2002) and in the ice hockey film Maurice Richard (2005). Girard can be seen in several films together with the Canadian actor Roy Dupuis . In the television miniseries Human Trafficking (2005) by director Christian Duguay , he portrayed a father in search of his daughter.

Filmography (selection)

• 1984: The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)
• 1986: The fall of the American empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)
• 1988: A holy hippie (Le Chemin de Damas)
• 1989: In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon)
• 1989: Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)
• 1990: Death after the broadcast (Rafales)
• 1991: A crazy love (Amoureux fou)
• 1991: The perfect chaos (La pagaille)
• 1992–1995: Scoop - Die Aufreißer ( Scoop , TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1993: Blanche (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1994: Jerome's Secret (Le Secret de Jérôme)
• 1994: Snatched from Mother (Million Dollar Babies)
• 1994: Holy Oath (Miséricorde)
• 1996: The Falls of Monsieur Cabrol (Les Cinq dernières minutes)
• 1996: Lilies - Theater of Passion (Lilies - Les feluettes)
• 1996: The ideal man (L'Homme idéal)
• 1997: Les Boys
• 1998: The Red Violin (The Red Violin)
• 1998: Free Money
• 1998: Les Boys II
• 2001: Varian's War - A Forgotten Hero (Varian's War)
• 2001: Les Boys III
• 2002: Séraphin: un homme et son péché
• 2003: Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story
• 2003: The Invasion of the Barbarians (Les Invasions barbarians)
• 2004: Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)
• 2005: Aurore
• 2005: Human Trafficking - Trafficking (Human Trafficking)
• 2005: Maurice Richard
• 2005: Les Boys IV
• 2007–2012: Les Boys (TV series, 46 episodes)
• 2009: A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre)
• 2010: 7 Days (Les 7 jours du talion)
• 2010: The Woman Who Sings - Incendies (Incendies)
• 2010: Impasse du désir
• 2011: InSecurity (TV series, 23 episodes)
• 2011: Rose and Violet (short film)
• 2013: hot dog
• 2013: Il était une fois les boys
• 2018: Il pleuvait des oiseaux - based on the novel by Jocelyne Saucier
• 2018: The unexpected charm of money (La Chute de l'empire américain)

Awards

• Rémy Girard received the high number of four Genie Awards :
  • In 1989 he won Best Supporting Actor for Les Portes tournantes .
  • In 1990 he won Best Supporting Actor for Jésus de Montréal .
  • In 1991 he won Amoureux fou for best leading actor .
  • In 2004 he won best leading actor for Les Invasions barbarians .

He received nominations for this award in 1987, 1991, 1993, 1999 and the 2006 Genie Awards .

• He was nominated four times for a Prix ​​Jutra , namely in 1999 as best supporting actor for C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux , in 2002 as best actor for Les Boys III , in 2003 as best supporting actor for Séraphin: un homme et son péché and in 2004 as best actor for Les Invasions barbaren .

• He received four Gémeau Awards for his work on television:
  • 1993 as best male supporting actor for Scoop II ,
  • 1995 as best male leading actor in a dramatic series for Avec un grand A ,
  • 1995 as best male supporting actor for Miséricorde ,
  • 2004 as best male leading actor in a comedy for Les bougon / c'est aussi ça la vie .

• In 2006 he received the Montreal World Film Festival the prize Grand Prix Special des Amériques .

Web links

• Rémy Girard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography at www.northernstars.ca (English)