Rémy Girard

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Rémy Girard Template:Postnominals (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Quebec.<ref name=cte>Gaetan Charlebois, "Girard, Rémy". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, December 5, 2023.</ref>

Early life

Born in Jonquière, he is the son of politician Fernand Girard.<ref name=ouzounian>Richard Ouzounian, "Rémy Girard: a connoisseur of life". Toronto Star, December 31, 2010.</ref>

He attended Université Laval, initially to study law but switching to acting after joining the university's theatre troupe.<ref name=belzil>Patricia Belzil, "Girard, Rémy". The Canadian Encyclopedia, February 16, 2012.</ref> He transferred to the Conservatoire de théàtre du Québec, where he graduated in 1974.<ref name=belzil/>

Acting career

Girard has acted in film, television and stage productions throughout his career.<ref name=cte/> He first became famous for playing the role of Rémy in Denys Arcand's 1986 film The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain),<ref name=belzil/> later reprising the character in The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares).<ref name=ouzounian/> Girard also appeared in Arcand's films Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) and Testament.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, "Testament en salle le 5 octobre". Films du Québec, May 24, 2023.</ref>

He was Paul Bougon in the TV series Les Bougon, which ran for three seasons on TV in Canada from 2003 to 2005.<ref>Gabrielle Caron, "Rémy Girard en 5 rôles marquants". Ici ARTV, July 13, 2022.</ref> He hosted a game show called La Chasse aux Trésors that aired on Quebec television network TVA during the late 1990s, and starred in the 2011 Canadian action comedy InSecurity on CBC Television.<ref>Brendan Kelly, "Rémy Girard stars in new CBC-TV comedy series InSecurity". Montreal Gazette, November 25, 2010.</ref>

In 2006 he was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival.<ref>Kirill Galetski, "Swede's first feature wins top prize at Moscow Film Festival". Screen Daily, July 3, 2006.</ref>

Girard played notorious criminal Lucien Rivard in The American Trap (Le piege americain).<ref>"Six Quebec films get green light". Montreal Gazette, December 3, 2006. pg. A.29.</ref> Girard starred as Hervé Mercure in the thriller 7 Days (Les 7 Jours du Talion), directed by Daniel Grou.<ref>Brad Miska, "AFM '09: Monster Revenge in 'Seven Days'". Bloody Disgusting, November 7, 2009.</ref>

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	The Conquest (La Conquête)	Customer in restaurant
1982	Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges)	Henri-Paul
1984	The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)	Radio announcer
1986	The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)	Rémy, Louise's husband
1988	The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes)	Monsieur Litwin
1988	Kalamazoo	Félix Cotnoir
1988	The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)
1989	Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)	Martin
1991	Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...)	Consul
1993	La Florida	Léo Lespérance
1994	Million Dollar Babies	Martin Poulin
1994	Jerome's Secret (Le Secret de Jérôme)	Cyrille Marquis
1996	Lilies (Les Feluettes)	the inmate playing the baroness
1996	The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal)	Bob
1997	Les Boys	Stan
1997	The Seat of the Soul (Le siège de l'âme)	The Detective
1998	The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge)	the customs officer
1998	Free Money	Louis
2001	Varian's War	Colonel Joubert
2002	Séraphin: Heart of Stone	Father Laloge
2003	The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)	Rémy
2004	Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille)	Maurice Morissette
2005	Aurore	Oreus Mailhot
2005	The Rocket (Maurice Richard)	Tony Bergeron
2005	Human Trafficking	Viktor Taganov
2006	Le Lièvre de Vatanen	Richard Growe
2007	Blades of Glory	Father St. Pierre
2007	Bluff	Georges
2008	The American Trap (Le piège américain)	Lucien Rivard
2008	Honey, I'm in Love (Le Grand départ)	Henri Leduc
2009	A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre)	Michel Dolbec
2009	Father and Guns (De père en flic)	Charles Bérubé
2009	Je me souviens	Monseigneur Madore
2010	Incendies	Jean Lebel, the barrister
2010	The Comeback (Cabotins)	Marcel Lajoie
2016	Boundaries (Pays)	Paul Rivest
2016	Votez Bougon	Paul Bougon
2016	Murdoch Mysteries	Joseph-Elzéar Bernier	episode 10 of season 9: The Big Chill
2018	The Fall of the American Empire (La Chute de l'empire américain)	Sylvain 'The Brain' Bigras
2019	And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)
2020	The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland)
2020	You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi)	Édouard
2021	Portrait-Robot or The Sketch Artist	Bernard Dupin
2022	Bones of Crows	Father Jacobs
2023	Testament	Jean-Michel
2024	Ababooned (Ababouiné)	Cardinal Madore
2025	Compulsive Liar 2 (Menteuse)	Serge Gauthier

Awards

In June 2019 Girard was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2023 he was the recipient of the Prix Iris Tribute Award, the lifetime achievement award of Québec Cinéma, at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.<ref name=demers>Maxime Demers, "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations". Le Journal de Montréal, November 14, 2023.</ref> He had previously received two Best Actor and five Best Supporting Actor nominations, but had never won a competitive award, making him the actor with the most nominations without a win.

In 2024 he was named the winner of the Prix Denise-Pelletier for his body of work.<ref>"Rémy Girard et Élise Turcotte parmi les lauréats des Prix du Québec". Ici Radio-Canada, October 16, 2024.</ref>

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Film	Result	Template:Abbr
Genie Awards	1987	Best Actor	The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)	Template:Nom	<ref>John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". The Globe and Mail, February 5, 1987.</ref>
	1991		Love Crazy (Amoureux fou)	Template:Won	<ref name=topalovich>Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. Template:ISBN.</ref>
	1993		La Florida	Template:Nom	<ref>"Genie nominations". Calgary Herald, October 20, 1993.</ref>
	1998		Les Boys	Template:Nom	<ref>"Two films lead Genie pack". Waterloo Region Record, December 8, 1998.</ref>
	2003		The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	1989	Best Supporting Actor	The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes)	Template:Won	<ref name=topalovich/>
	1990		Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)	Template:Won	<ref name=topalovich/>
	2005		Aurore	Template:Nom	<ref>Guy Dixon, "Forget the awards. Watch the party". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2006.</ref>
	2009		Father and Guns (De père en flic)	Template:Nom	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Canadian Screen Awards	2020		And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)	Template:Won	<ref>Connie Thiessen, "The Song of Names, Antigone lead final night of Canadian Screen Award winners". Broadcast Dialogue, May 28, 2020.</ref>
Prix Jutra/Iris	2002	Best Actor	Les Boys III	Template:Nom	<ref>"Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced". Screen Daily, January 24, 2002.</ref>
	2004		The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares)	Template:Nom	<ref>Odile Tremblay, "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, January 22, 2004.</ref>
	1999	Best Supporting Actor	Les Boys II	Template:Nom	<ref>"Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1999.</ref>
	2003		Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: Un homme et son péché)	Template:Nom	<ref>Martin Bilodeau, "Télévision - La Grande Nuit du cinéma". Le Devoir, February 22, 2003.</ref>
	2010		Father and Guns (De père en flic)	Template:Nom	<ref>"Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010.</ref>
	2020		And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux)	Template:Nom	<ref>"Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.</ref>
	2021		The Vinland Club (Le club Vinland)	Template:Nom	<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.</ref>
	2023	Tribute Award		Template:Won	<ref name=demers/>

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