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Gilbert Sicotte

Gilbert Sicotte
Born (1948-02-18) February 18, 1948 (age 76)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1972–present

Gilbert Sicotte, CM (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor.

Career

Sicotte is known for roles in The Vultures (Les Vautours), Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas), The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves), The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux), Maria Chapdelaine (1983, Gilles Carle), Fortier, Louis Cyr, Léolo, Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau), Paul à Québec, And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) and Maria Chapdelaine (2021, Sébastien Pilote). He has also done some voice over work.

He has been a three-time Jutra/Iris Award winner for Best Actor, winning at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2011 for The Salesman,[1] at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for Paul à Québec,[2] and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down.[3]

He has also been a four-time Genie and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, receiving lead acting nods at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for Cap Tourmente,[4] the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for Les Pots cassés[5] and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down,[6] and a supporting nod at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008 for Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil).[7]

Sicotte taught at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal from 1987 to 2018 for allegations of humiliating students in the classroom and authoritarian attitudes.[8]

Sicotte was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2013, "For his contributions to the performing arts as an actor, and for his commitment to training the next generation."[9]

Personal life

Sicotte is the father of Antoine Sicotte, a former founding member of Sky and currently a celebrity chef.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1972 Montreal Blues
1976 Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie) Martin
1976 Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) Le jeune frère
1979 Bye, See You Monday (Au revoir...à lundi) L'homme sur le banc
1980 Cordélia Me Jean-Dominique Leduc
1980 Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras) Gaetan
1980 Les grands enfants François Gagné
1980 Fantastica Julien
1980 The Coffin Affair (L'Affaire Coffin) Le juré Guay
1980 Contrecoeur Roger Desfossés
1983 Maria Chapdelaine Da'Bé Chapdelaine
1984 The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves) Louis Pelletier
1984 Les illusions tranquilles Narrator Voice
1985 Pale Face (Visage pâle) Jacques / un bum-a bum
1986 Anne Trister L'ami de Thomas
1987 Les enfants de la rue: Fernand Sigouin
1992 The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) Théo Lemieux
1992 Léolo Narrator Voice
1992 Ma soeur, mon amour Le père Messier
1993 Les Pots cassés Robert
1993 Cap Tourmente Jean-Louis McKenzie
1994 A Hero's Life (La vie d'un héros) Bertin
1995 Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau) Thomas
2006 The Secret Life of Happy People (La vie secrète des gens heureux) Bernard Dufresne
2007 Bluff John
2007 Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) Marcel Beaudoin
2008 Mesrine Le milliardaire
2010 Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché, entre ciel et terre) Président d'AirTransat
2011 The Salesman (Le Vendeur) Marcel Lévesque
2013 Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort du monde) Gustave Lambert
2014 Miraculum Mari de Louise
2014 The Wolves (Les loups) Léon
2015 The Passion of Augustine (La Passion d'Augustine) L'aumônier
2015 Paul à Québec Roland
2018 Identités M. Morency
2019 And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) Charlie
2019 Mafia Inc. Henri Gamache
2021 Maria Chapdelaine Éphrem Surprenant
2022 Arlette Premier of Quebec
2023 One Summer (Le temps d'un été) Curé Beaulieu

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Paper Wedding Bouchard Television film
1991 Lance et compte: Le choix Paul Lachance
1992 Bombardier Joseph-Armand Bombardier 2 episodes
1994 Les grands procès Me Raymond Daoust Episode: "L'Affaire Mesrine"
1996 Marguerite Volant Claude Volant 4 episodes
1997 Urgence Claude Rivest 3 episodes
2001–2003 Fortier Gabriel Johnson 42 episodes
2002 Un gars, une fille L'enquêteur de l'impôt 1 episode
2008–2009 Belle-Baie William Noël 12 episodes
2010–2014 Trauma Antoine Légaré 54 episodes
2017 Victor Lessard Ted Rutherford 5 episodes
2022 La Faille Léopold Jolicoeur 8 episodes

References

  1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond (March 12, 2013). "Jutra 2012: Monsieur Lazhar, Vanessa Paradis et Gilbert Sicotte". Films du Québec.
  2. ^ Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Genie nominations". Calgary Herald, October 20, 1993.
  5. ^ "The 1994 Genie nominees". Playback. November 7, 1994.
  6. ^ Norman Wilner, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show". Now, February 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Bruce Kirkland, "They dream of Genies; Canadian directors see films scoop 12 noms each". Winnipeg Sun, January 29, 2008.
  8. ^ "Gilbert Sicotte perd son emploi au Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal". Ici Radio-Canada, February 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "Ronnie Hawkins among 45 who receive Order of Canada". CBC News, May 7, 2014.
  10. ^ "Antoine Sicotte". amazon.ca. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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