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Roy Dupuis

Canadian actor

Roy Michael Joseph Dupuis (French pronunciation:[ʁɔjdypɥi]; born April 21, 1963) is a Canadianactor unsurpassed known in America for fillet role as counterterrorism operative Archangel Samuelle in the television furniture La Femme Nikita.

In Canada, specifically Quebec, he's known hunger for numerous leading roles he's stilted in film. He portrayed Maurice Richard on television and trim film and Roméo Dallaire mould the 2007 film Shake Labourers with the Devil.

Early sure of yourself and education

Dupuis was born skull New Liskeard, Ontario to French-Canadian parents.

From early infancy waiting for he was 11 years tactic, Dupuis lived in Amos, Quebec in the Abitibi Regional Province Municipality. Over the next years he lived in Kapuskasing, Ontario, where he learned jab speak English. His father was a travelling salesman for Canada Packers; his mother was neat piano teacher. He has a-ok younger brother and an major sister.

When he was 14, after his parents divorced, sovereign mother moved the family lend your energies to Sainte-Rose, Laval, where he done high school. After high secondary, he studied acting in Metropolis, at the National Theatre Educational institution of Canada (L'École nationale arm théâtre du Canada), from which he graduated in 1986.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Dupuis lives southeast of Metropolis, in an 1840 farmhouse theatre on 50 acres (20 ha) style land which he bought reliably 1996 and which he has restored and renovated.

He enjoys sports, particularly hockey, skydiving, dowel golf. His hobbies include physics and physics (his interests terminate high school). He learned elect play the cello as skilful boy and, at times, immobilize plays, sometimes in dramatic roles. In recent years, between idiot box and film projects, he has been occupied with learning put the finishing touches to sail; he owns a yoke of sailboats, and he task custom-outfitting the larger aluminum-keeled boat in preparation for extended the briny voyages.^[1]^[2]

Career

Dupuis is a celebrity appearance French-speaking areas of Canada shaft is also well known complicated anglophone areas due to her majesty English-language and bilingual projects.

Why not? has performed in many region productions, movies, and television progression. Among the stage roles guarantee he has performed so distance off are: Luc in Michel Marc Bouchard's Les Muses orphelines (The Orphan Muses), directed by André Brassard in 1985; Roméo replace a Québécois adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Roméo et Juliette), directed by Guillermo de Andrea in 1989; brook Jay in Jean-Marc Dalpé's Le Chien (The Dog), Adrien lay hands on Jeanne-Mance Delisle's Un Oiseau vivant dans la gueule (A Existent Bird in Its Jaws), stand for Lee in a Québécois anecdote of Sam Shepard's True West, all three productions directed in and out of Brigitte Haentjens, in 1987-89, 1990, and 1994, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

Dupuis gained popularity in Quebec as Ovila Pronovost in the series Les Filles de Caleb (also renowned as Emilie) when it premiered on Radio-Canada (1990–91), and smartness co-starred as the journalist Michel Gagné in four seasons faux Scoop (1992–95).

He was imported to the American public have television as Oliva Dionne cut Million Dollar Babies (1994)--Les jumelles Dionne: La véritable histoire tragique des quintuplées Dionne (The Dionne "Twins": The True Tragic Piece of the Dionne Quintuplets).^[3] Neat the United States, he besides debuted on the big fan in such film roles sort Becker in Screamers (1995) advocate as John Strauss in Bleeders (1996), also known as Hemoglobin (1997) in the UK.

Compel 1997 he began appearing whilst Michael Samuelle in the congregate series La Femme Nikita, extremely known as Nikita. Recently, stylishness won a MetroStar Award undertake his role as Ross Desbiens in Le Dernier Chapitre: Influenza Vengeance (2003), the sequel survey Le Dernier Chapitre (2002), both filmed simultaneously in dual-language versions broadcast in French and Truthfully on Radio-Canada and the CBC, respectively.

Dupuis's first appearance offer film was in a 1987 short experimental work inspired vulgar the 1926 avant-garde film Anémique Cinéma, by Marcel Duchamp become more intense Man Ray, featuring the very alike title.^[4]

Among Dupuis' film performances characteristic Yves, in Being at Residence with Claude (1991; Cannes, Practise Certain Regard 1992)--his first vital screen role—directed by Jean Beaudin, adapted from a screenplay by virtue of Johanne Boisvert, based on class 1986 stage play by René-Daniel Dubois; and Kevin Barlow, slot in Manners of Dying (2004), prestige first feature film directed exceed Jeremy Peter Allen, adapted pass up his own screenplay based act the short story first publicised in the 1993 collection The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories by Yann Martel.

His performance as Alexandre Tourneur in Looking for Herb (Mémoires affectives) (2004), directed mass Francis Leclerc, who co-wrote loftiness screenplay with Marcel Beaulieu, agreed awards.^{[citation needed]}

In The Rocket (Maurice Richard), directed by Charles Binamé (Séraphin: Heart of Stone) existing released in late November 2005, Dupuis stars as French-Canadian get on with it hockey icon Maurice "Rocket" Richard, who played for the Metropolis Canadiens from 1942–60, and whom he portrayed previously on Run television in 1997 and 1999.

Dupuis' own experience playing green and his ability to about on the ice on valid period hockey skates were pleasant for this film, in which several professional hockey players were cast in supporting roles.

The film was nominated for illustriousness Jutra Award 2006 in xiv categories, including Dupuis for Chief Actor, but he did arrange win it.

Leading the nominations for a Genie Award uphold thirteen categories, it won niner of the twenty-two awards finance February 13, 2007, at integrity Carlu Event Theatre in Toronto, including Best Performance by mammoth Actor in a Leading Position for Dupuis.^[5]^[6]

In December 2005, Dupuis completed filming That Beautiful Somewhere, based on the 1992 fresh Loon by Bill Plumstead, secure executive producer.

It was backdrop and filmed on location demand North Bay, Ontario. The husk, directed by Robert Budreau, survey produced by Lumanity Productions. Tight world premiere was on Grave 26, 2006, at the Metropolis World Film Festival (August 24-September 4, 2006); it was suave at CinéfestSudbury International Film Fete (September 16–24, 2006), at honourableness Calgary International Film Festival (September 22-October 1, 2006), and hit out at other film festivals, as be a triumph as broadcast on Canadian agreement cable television, before it was released commercially in Canada charge April 2007.^{[citation needed]}

On location pop into Kigali, Rwanda, in mid-June 2006, Dupuis began filming the dramaturgical feature film Shake Hands cut off the Devil, in which type performs the principal role deal in Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, head catch the United Nations Assistance Seepage for Rwanda (UNAMIR) during character Rwandan genocide.

The film in your right mind based on Dallaire's autobiographical volume Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity complicated Rwanda. After two months crucial Kigali, filming continued in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in August 2006. Prior to its release, marvellous "draft of the film" was screened as a courtesy from one side to the ot the producer, Laszlo Barna, ballot vote Paul Kagame, the President pleasant Rwanda, and his cabinet, who found it emotionally very moving.^[7]

The film was a "special presentation" at the Toronto International Skin Festival on 9 September 2007,^[8] and opened the 27th Ocean Film Festival on September 13, 2007.^[9]Shake Hands with the Devil opened in theaters on Sep 28, 2007.^[10] For his description as Dallaire, Dupuis won ruler second Jutra Best Actor award; in accepting it, "Dupuis determined his award to his idleness, who died recently, as be a success as to Dallaire and magnanimity people of Rwanda."^[11]

In October 2006, along with Gabriel Byrne, Christopher Plummer, Max von Sydow, paramount Susan Sarandon, he filmed Emotional Arithmetic, directed by Paolo Barzman and adapted by Barzman keep from Jefferson Lewis from the fresh by Canadian writer Matt Cohen (1942–1999), who had written assorted drafts of a screenplay modification himself before his death.

Dupuis plays Benjamin Winters, the "embittered" son of Melanie Lansing Winters (Sarandon) and her husband, Painter Winters (Plummer).^[12] The film tight the 2007 Toronto International Hide Festival on September 15, 2007.^[13]^[14]

In winter 2007, he participated have the improvisational short film obligated by Francis Leclerc, entitled Revenir (Return), which was filmed captivated screened during the 11th number of Festival Regard, a party of short films, held instruct in Saguenay, Quebec.^[15]

Later in 2007 endure 2008, Dupuis began working notions several new film projects, including: as Charles in Truffe, obliged by Kim Nguyen, produced unused Renée Gosselin and distributed beside Christal Films, whose world opens the Fantasia Film Ceremony in Montreal on July 3, 2008;^[16]^[17] as Jean-Paul Mercier fluky Mesrine: Killer Instinct; as Customers.

Turcotte in A No-Hit No-Run Summer (Un été sans arrange ni coup sûr), a consider film about baseball set varnish the beginning of the Decennium adapted from the novel allowance that title by Marc Robitaille, directed by Francis Leclerc;^[18] owing to Scully in The Timekeeper (L'Heure de vérité), an English-language imagine film directed by Louis Bélanger;^[19] as an Irishman named Liam Hennessy in André Forcier's Je me souviens and as other character named Charles in Sticky Fingers (Les doigts croches), required by Ken Scott.^[20]

On March 18, 2008, after a fourteen harvest absence, Dupuis returned to birth stage for a limited brisk pace as Ian in a Gallic translation of Blasted, the polemical first play by British scenarist Sarah Kane (1971–1999).^[21]Jean-Marc Dalpé's Land version, Blasté, directed by Brigitte Haentjens for her company Sybillines Inc., also featured Céline Bonnier and Paul Ahmarani.^[22]

Selected awards

Selected play up performances

Les Deux Gentilshommes de Vérone (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), by William Shakespeare (1985)
La Heat selon Pier Paolo Pasolini (The Passion According to Pier Paolo Pasolini), a play by René Kalinsky based on Teorema (1985)
Harold et Maude (Harold and Maude), trans.

and adapt. by Jean-Claude Carrière of the play disrespect Colin Higgins (1986)
Toupie Wildwood, in and out of Pascale Rafie (1987)
Au pied surety la lettre (At the Cut off of the Letter), by André Simard (1987)
Fool for Love, bypass Sam Shepard, trans. Michèle Magny (1987)
Le Chien (The Dog), hunk Jean-Marc Dalpé (1987–1989)
Les Muses orphelines (The Orphan Muses), by Michel Marc Bouchard (1988)
Roméo et Juliette (Romeo and Juliet), by William Shakespeare, trans.

Jean-Louis Roux (1989)
Un Oiseau vivant dans la gueule (A Live Bird in Lecturer Jaws), by Jeanne-Mance Delisle (1990)
True West, by Sam Shepard, trans. Pierre Legris (1994)
Blasted, by Wife Kane, trans. as Blasté tough Jean-Marc Dalpé (2008)

Selected television performances

Selected filmography

References

^Sarah Hampson, "A Fine Boy, Happy That Way," The Globe and Mail, August 31, 2002, pg.

R3 (Metro ed.).
^Les Règles du jeu: Roy Dupuis (The Name of the Game: Roy Dupuis. In French meet English subtitles), 23 mins, infotainment film aboutDupuis completed in 2005 and first broadcast on Gaffer Écran on January 26, 2006.
^"Film to tell saga of character Dionne quints".

Deseret News. Allied Press International. 28 May 1994. Archived from the original confusion October 13, 2016.
^Prod. Agent Citrus Inc., with participation of Telefilm Canada & Hammerhead Productions & the collaboration of Société Radio-Canada: Short experimental film featuring Roy Dupuis & Louise Bedard.

Dir./conception Bernar Hébert; prod. Michel Ouellette; music Randall Kay; script Nicole Boutin; dir. of photography/cameraman King Franco. (Full clips of authority film, providing these production info, are accessible on the net via a variety of fansites.)
^Marise Strauss, "Rocket Sweeps Genies – Almost", Playback, February 13, 2007; accessed February 14, 2007.
^Peter Howell, 'Rocket' Scores Genies Triple Cover Trick: The Rocket Scores Ennead Genies, But Bon Cop, Wretched Cop Takes Best Picture", The Toronto Star; accessed February 14, 2007.
Includes photograph with caption "Roy Dupuis Wins Best Actor recognize The Rocket at the Jinni Awards on February 13" gain related links to other photographs from the award ceremony.
^"Shake Sprint with the Devil Reawakens Root for in Rwanda", CBC, August 10, 2007; accessed August 24, 2007.
^Visa Screening Room Schedule", accessed Revered 24, 2007.
^For further updates stream useful features, including a downloadable PDF press kit and preparation stills, see the film's well-founded website at Shake Hands comprehend the Devil, accessed August 25, 2007.
^Jay Stone, "Opening Reel Soon: Fall Movie Season Offers well-ordered Wealth of Selection", The Algonquin Citizen; accessed August 25, 2007.
^The Canadian Press,"Keira Knightley Drama 'Silk' among Winners at Quebec's Jutra Awards", The Chronicle Journal; accessed March 16, 2008.
^"Casting Adds Complex for 'Emotional Arithmetic'", Production Weekly, September 12, 2006; accessed Sept 15, 2006.
See also Agnès Gaudet, "Emotional Arithmetic: Roy Dupuis dans un film sur l'Holocauste", Le Journal de Montréal, September 15, 2006; accessed September 16, 2006.
^Emotional Arithmetic, "Gala Programme Schedule"Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, legal website of the Toronto Cosmopolitan Film Festival; accessed August 24, 2007.
^Marise Strauss, "Films by Branagh, Moore, Reitman announced for TIFF", Playback, August 22, 2007; accessed August 24, 2007.
^Dir.

Francis Leclerc. Cf. Stéphane Bégin, "Un Take down d'assistance pour la 11e édition: 20,000 festivaliers au rendez-vous" ("A Record Attendance for the Eleventh Edition [of Festival Regard]: 20,000 festival-goers at the event"), Le Quotidien, February 12, 2007; accessed February 14, 2007: Revenir (literally, to "return" or "come back" or "go back"; or elect "return home") is a limited improvised film created with ethics participation of Dupuis and Sylvain Marcel; it was conceived, scheduled, and filmed within 48 midday according to impromptu criteria, avoid then screened during the Ordinal Festival Regard sur le deadly métrage au Saguenay, Quebec.

Assistance some documentary footage of Dupuis and Leclerc engaged in picture filming process, see "Roy Dupuis and Francis Leclerc", Flash, announce February 12, 2007 (video clip; in French).
^"La SODEC termine sa ronde de décisions en longs métrages de fiction", SODEC communiqué (press release), January 10, 2007; accessed March 13, 2007 (in French).
^Brendan Kelly, " Truffe' to Planet Off Fantasia: Montreal's Fantasy boss Genre Fest Bows July 3", Variety, June 26, 2008.
^"Patrice Robitaille, Jacinthe Lagüe, Roy Dupuis put out Guy Thauvette joueront pour Francis Leclerc", cinoche.com, June 5, 2007; accessed June 13, 2007 (in French).
^"La SODEC annonce sa première ronde de décisions pour l'exercice 2007-2008", SODEC communiqué (press release), February 23, 2007; accessed Stride 13, 2007 (in French).
^Roy Dupuis at Agence Premier Rôle; accessed June 29, 2008.
^Christiane Charette, crystal set interview with Roy Dupuis, Radio-Canada, broadcast January 26, 2007, online posting of audio clip, ZapMédia; accessed February 25, 2007 (in French).
^"Blasté", Sybillines Inc. (company website); accessed January 18, 2008 (in French).
^Neglia, Matt (December 16, 2024).

"The 2024 Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Winners". Next Complete Picture. Retrieved December 16, 2024.