Rémy Girard

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

Life

Rémy Girard studied in 1969 Law at the University of Laval and joined the theater group Troupe des Treize in Québec. He has worked at the age of 21 years as a professional theater actor, director and writer. He is co- author of La déprime. On stage he portrayed John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor ( Les Joyeuses Commères de Windsor ) by William Shakespeare under director Yves DESGAGNES. In addition, he joined, among others, in the plays L' oeuvre boîte - Victor Lanoux, Don Quixote ( Don Quixote ) by Miguel de Cervantes, The Imaginary Invalid (Le Malade Imaginaire ) by Molière and Waiting for Godot ( En attendant Godot ) by Samuel Beckett on.

Girard worked in television movies, television series (such as Scoop - The Ripper Macha Grenon with ), television commercials and feature films and excels especially in tragic- comic roles. He obtained the starring role in the Oscar - nominated film international recognition The Decline of the American Empire (1986 ) on the side of Pierre Curzi directed by Denys Arcand. With this director, he worked together repeatedly, about the Oscar - nominated film drama Jesus of Montreal ( 1989) and the Oscar winning tragic comedy The Barbarian Invasions (2003 ), in which Girard played the lead role. A small supporting role as a customs official, he played in the film drama The Red Violin (1998), which was awarded for the original music of John Corigliano 's Oscar. Director Charles Binamé occupied with his supporting roles in the tragic love story Séraphin: un homme et son péché (2002) and ice hockey film Maurice Richard ( 2005). In several films Girard is seen together with the Canadian actor Roy Dupuis. In the television mini-series Human Trafficking (2005), directed by Christian Duguay, he hired a father looking for his daughter dar.

Filmography (selection)

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 Best Actor for Amoureux fou.
• In 2004, he won Best Actor for Les Invasions barbares.

In the years 1987, 1991, 1993, 1999 and at the Genie Awards 2006, he received nominations for this award.

• He was four times nominated 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 2004 as best Actor for Les Invasions barbares.

• He received four Gémeau Awards for his work in television: 1993 Best Male Supporting Actor for Scoop II,
• 1995 Best Male Actor in a Drama Series for Avec un grand A,
• 1995 as the best male supporting actor for Mercy,
• 2004 Best Male Lead Actor in a Comedy for Les bougon / c'est aussi ça la vie.

• In 2006 he received the award of the Grand Prix Special of Americas at the Montreal World Film Festival.