Gabriel Arcand

Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.

Career After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseille, France, and later in Poland where he studied theatre. Since he made his 1973 screen debut in his brother's first feature, La Maudite Galette, he established himself as Quebec’s iconic strong, silent type and has given subtle but powerful performances in a wide range of films such as Réjeanne Padovani, Les Plouffe, Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe, Le Déclin de l’empire américain, Post Mortem and Congorama.

He won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for his performance in The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) and at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement), and the award for Best Supporting Actor at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for Decline of the American Empire. He was also nominated for Best Actor at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 for Les Plouffe and at the 20th Genie Awards for Post Mortem, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981 for Suzanne and at the 20th Genie Awards in 1999 for Le Grand serpent du monde.

Filmography

Dirty Money (La Maudite galette) - 1972 You Are Warm, You Are Warm (Tu brûles... tu brûles...) - 1973 Réjeanne Padovani - 1973 Gina - 1974 Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas) - 1975 Let's Talk About Love (Parlez-nous d'amour) - 1975 The Machine Age (L'Âge de la machine) - 1977 Panic (Panique) (1977) Bye, See You Monday (Au revoir à lundi) - 1979 Suzanne - 1980 The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire coffin) - 1980 The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) - 1981 Thunder Drum (Mémoire battante) - 1983 Empire, Inc. - 1983 The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) - 1984 Agnes of God - 1985 The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) - 1986 The Heat Line (La Ligne de chaleur) - 1987 The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) - 1988 Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles) - 1988 L'air de rien - 1989 Nelligan - 1991 Blood of the Hunter - 1995 The Big Snake of the World (Le Grand serpent du monde) - 1999 Post Mortem - 1999 Una Casa con Vista al Mar - 2001 Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides) - 2002 Jean Moulin, une affaire française - 2003 Folle embellie - 2004 Congorama - 2006 Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) - 2008 Karakara - 2012 The Bossé Empire (L'Empire Bo$$é) - 2012 The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement) - 2013 A Kid (Le Fils de Jean) - 2016 Maria Chapdelaine - 2021 Classé secret (2022–) (TV series)