Rémy Girard OC (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Montreal, Quebec.[1]
Rémy Girard | |
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| Born | August 10, 1950 |
Acting career edit
Girard played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best foreign picture. Arcand's earlier film The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) revolved around the same characters who appear 17 years later in Les Invasions barbares. Girard also appeared in Arcand's 1989 film Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal).
Girard is the most-nominated actor in the history of the Genie Awards. He has won the Leading Actor award twice, for Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) and Les Invasions barbares, the Supporting Actor award twice, for Jésus de Montréal and Les Portes tournantes, and has garnered three other nominations, for Le Déclin de l'empire américain, La Florida, Les Boys (all four movies and the TV series), Séraphin: Heart of Stone, and Aurore.
Girard also starred in The Rocket, and appeared in the Will Ferrell comedy Blades of Glory. He was Paul Bougon in the TV series Les Bougon, which ran for 3 seasons on TV in Canada from 2003–2005. In 2006 he was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]
Girard also hosted a former game show called La Chasse aux Trésors that aired on Quebec television network TVA during the late 1990s. Girard played notorious criminal Lucien Rivard in a film called Le piege americain.[3] Girard stars also as Hervé Mercure in the thriller 7 Days, directed by Daniel Grou.[4] Girard also starred in the 2011 Canadian action comedy InSecurity on CBC Television.
Awards edit
In June 2019 Girard was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.[5][6]
In 2023 he was the recipient of the Prix Iris Tribute Award, the lifetime achievement award of Québec Cinéma, at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.[7] He had previously received two Best Actor and five Best Supporting Actor nominations, but had never won a competitive award, making him the actor with the most nominations without a win.
Selected filmography edit
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) | Radio announcer | Denys Arcand |
| 1986 | The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) | Rémy, Louise's husband | Denys Arcand |
| 1988 | The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) | Monsieur Litwin | Francis Mankiewicz |
| 1988 | Kalamazoo | Félix Cotnoir | André Forcier |
| 1988 | The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir) | ||
| 1989 | Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) | Martin | Denys Arcand |
| 1991 | Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...) | Consul | Denys Arcand |
| 1993 | La Florida | Léo Lespérance | George Mihalka |
| 1994 | Million Dollar Babies | Martin Poulin | Christian Duguay |
| 1994 | Jerome's Secret (Le Secret de Jérôme) | Cyrille Marquis | Phil Comeau |
| 1996 | Lilies (Les Feluettes) | the inmate playing the baroness | John Greyson |
| 1996 | The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) | Bob | George Mihalka |
| 1997 | Les Boys | Stan | Louis Saïa |
| 1997 | The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme) | The Detective | Olivier Asselin |
| 1998 | The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge) | the customs officer | François Girard |
| 1998 | Free Money | Louis | Yves Simoneau |
| 2001 | Varian's War | Colonel Joubert | Lionel Chetwynd |
| 2002 | Séraphin: Heart of Stone | Father Laloge | Charles Binamé |
| 2003 | The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) | Rémy | Denys Arcand |
| 2004 | Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille) | Maurice Morissette | Pierre Houle |
| 2005 | Aurore | Oreus Mailhot | Luc Dionne |
| 2005 | The Rocket (Maurice Richard) | Tony Bergeron | Charles Binamé |
| 2005 | Human Trafficking | Viktor Taganov | Christian Duguay |
| 2006 | Le Lièvre de Vatanen | Richard Growe | Marc Rivière |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | Father St. Pierre | Will Speck |
| 2007 | Bluff | Georges | Simon-Olivier Fecteau, Marc-André Lavoie |
| 2008 | The American Trap (Le piège américain) | Lucien Rivard | Charles Binamé |
| 2008 | Honey, I'm in Love (Le Grand départ) | Henri Leduc | Claude Meunier |
| 2009 | A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre) | Michel Dolbec | Robert Ménard |
| 2009 | Father and Guns (De père en flic) | Charles Bérubé | Émile Gaudreault |
| 2009 | Je me souviens | Monseigneur Madore | André Forcier |
| 2010 | Incendies | Jean Lebel, the barrister | Denis Villeneuve |
| 2010 | The Comeback (Cabotins) | Marcel Lajoie | Alain DesRochers |
| 2016 | Boundaries (Pays) | Paul Rivest | Chloé Robichaud |
| 2016 | Votez Bougon | Paul Bougon | Jean-François Pouliot |
| 2019 | And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) | Louise Archambault | |
| 2020 | The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland) | Benoît Pilon | |
| 2020 | You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi) | Édouard | Éric Tessier |
| 2021 | Portrait-Robot or The Sketch Artist | Bernard Dupin | Alexis Durand-Brault |
| 2022 | Bones of Crows | Father Jacobs | Marie Clements |
| 2023 | Testament[8] | Jean-Michel | Denys Arcand |
References edit
- ^ "Order of Canada appointees - May 2022". 29 April 2022.
- ^ "28th Moscow International Film Festival (2006)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
- ^ "Six Quebec films get green light," The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec: December 3, 2006. pg. A.29.
- ^ AFM '09: Monster Revenge in 'Seven Days'
- ^ Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (2019-06-20). "Governor General Announces 83 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ Dunlevy, T'Cha (2019-06-27). "Alanis Obomsawin, 15 other Quebecers to receive Order of Canada". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations". Le Journal de Montréal, November 14, 2023.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Testament en salle le 5 octobre". Films du Québec, May 24, 2023.