Rémy Girard
| Rémy Girard | |
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| Born |
August 10, 1950 Jonquière, Quebec, Canada |
Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Quebec.
Acting career
He played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film Les Invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions) by director Denys Arcand. This film was awarded the 2003 Academy Award for best foreign picture. Arcand's earlier film Le Déclin de l'empire américain (The Decline of the American Empire) revolved around the same characters who appear 17 years later in Les Invasions barbares. Girard also appeared in Arcand's 1989 film 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.
He 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.[1]
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.[2] Girard stars also as Hervé Mercure in the thriller 7 Days, directed by Daniel Grou.[3] Girard also stars in the 2011 Canadian action comedy InSecurity on CBC Television.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Crime of Ovide Plouffe | Radio announcer | Denys Arcand |
| 1986 | The Decline of the American Empire | Rémy, Louise's husband | Denys Arcand |
| 1988 | The Revolving Doors | Monsieur Litwin | Francis Mankiewicz |
| 1989 | Jesus of Montreal | Martin | Denys Arcand |
| 1991 | Montréal vu par... | Consul | Denys Arcand |
| 1994 | Million Dollar Babies | Martin Poulin | Christian Duguay |
| 1993 | La Florida | Léo Lespérance | George Mihalka |
| 1996 | Lilies | the inmate playing the baroness | John Greyson |
| 1997 | Les Boys | Stan | Louis Saïa |
| 1998 | The Red Violin | 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 | Rémy | Denys Arcand |
| 2004 | Monica la mitraille | Maurice Morissette | Pierre Houle |
| 2005 | Aurore | Oreus Mailhot | Luc Dionne |
| 2005 | 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 |
| 2009 | Le Bonheur de Pierre | Michel Dolbec | Robert Ménard |
| 2009 | Father and Guns | Charles Bérubé | Émile Gaudreault |
| 2009 | Je me souviens | Monseigneur Madore | André Forcier |
| 2010 | Incendies | Jean Lebel, the barrister | Denis Villeneuve |
| 2016 | Boundaries | Paul Rivest | Chloé Robichaud |
References
- ↑ "28th Moscow International Film Festival (2006)". MIFF. 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'